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(rG**J HANDBOOK OF THE FIJIAN LANGUAGE, BY THE REV. WILLIAM MOORE. MDCCCXCIII. G. L. GRIFFITHS, PRINTER, SUVA, FIJI. PUiw PREFACE. The first Book owed its request from H.B.M. Consul edition of this little appearance to a (Captain H. M. Jones, V.C.,) that I should pre" Handbook for Immigrants, more pare a small SIMPLE AND LESS EXPENSIVE THAN OUR PRESENT Books." In sending out the second edition, I may say that I make no pretensions to originalAlthough I have made preity, except in plan. parations for greatly enlarging " this little and otherwise yet, in deference to improving Key," the opinion of others, it is now reprinted with only some few corrections and additions, to meet a pressing want. WM. MOOEE. Levuka^ Ovalan, 1881. 450 COIsTTZEDSTTS. Preface 3 The key to the language 5 6 4. The Alphabet The Articles The Nouns 5. Adjectives 6. Numerals 9 7. Pronouns 9 8. Verbs 9. Adverbs 1. 2. 3. ... 6 7 ... ... ... 8 ... ... ... ... 11 ... 13 10. Prepositions ... ... ... ... 13 11. Conjunction ... ... ... ... 13 ... ... ... ... 13 ... 13 ... 14 ... 15 19 21. Words for Garden, Plantation- &c. Words for Boating and Canoes ... Words for parts of the human body ... ... Words for Kelalionship Words for Naturalist and Botanist Words requiring care with ai ... 22. A 12. Interjections 13. Useful words to be learnt first 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Useful sentences on landing Household words, &c. ... shoet vocabulary ... ... ... 21 22 24 25 28 33 THE KEY FIJIAN LANGUAGE. KEY. 1 i You have the A cava oqo Key wherewith ' ?' What' s th is ? to open your in the above sentence, pronounced in English you can procure a native, do so by bet before you, ply him with your the proper sounds. until way " into the languug* Ah thavaongo ?" you have mastered your Alphabet. A This done, begin at once to use your down everything around you. Pointing to a stone, " A cava " A vatu." Key, oqo P*' The answer will be, note " "Oqo," Ko ya," that (distant.) Keep "Oqori," that (near). in mind, and will make your Key more definite and successful. this. If means, and, placing the AlphaKey " cava oqo ?" until you get Be careful of B, C, D, G, Q, and do not proceeil all tfaifl HANDBOOK OP 2. Form. ALPHABET. THE FIJIAN LANGUAGE, f Examples* A matau, A Ai matau, the Ai matai, the an axe. matai, a carpenter. sele, a cnt pig. A A yau, right hand. first. Ai sele, a knife. Ai yau, riches, property, &c. towards end of book.) to carry. (See list NOUNS. 4. (1.) Derivation. (For Derivations and peculiarities, see Grammar, p. All adjectives are used as abstract nouns