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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.
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10. Prepositions
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11. Conjunction
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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
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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
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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