A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points of Hawaiian Grammar

By Alexander, W. D.

Description
As all former grammars of the Hawaiian language are out of print, at the solicitation of friends, I have revised and enlarged a brief synopsis of Hawaiian grammar, which was originally written for my pupils, and published in 1864. This little work does not pretend to be a philosophical treatise, or to be a complete account of the struct ure and peculiarities of the Hawaiian branch of the Polynesian language. But it is hoped that it may be of service to those who wish to study the genuine, uncorrupted idiom as spoken by the older Hawaiians, as well as to students of comparative philology. The terms and divisions of European grammars have been retained for the convenience of students, although they are only partially applicable to languages of a radically different type. I have to acknowledge my obligations to Rev. L. Andrews’ Hawaiian Grammar, to Dr. Maunsell’s New Zealand Grammar, and to M. Gaussin’s able work on the Polynesian language.

Excerpt
§ 1. All purely Hawaiian sound can be represented by twelve letters, of which five are voxels and seven, consonants, viz: a, e, i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p, w. A la sounded as in father, e as in they, i as in marine, o as in note, u as in rule, and not as in male. In a few words, as maka, make, mana, &c., the sound of a approaches that of a short u in tub. In the compounds of waho and in Oaku, it has a broad sound like that of a in fall.

Book Id: WPLBN0002096986
Format Type: Default
File Size: 2 MB
Reproduction Date: 6/7/2011

Title:

A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points of Hawaiian Grammar

Author:

Alexander, W. D.

Volume:

Language:

Hawaiian

Subject:

Non Fiction, Drama and Literature, Hawaiian Language Education

Collection:

Authors Community

Subcollection:

Education

Historic
Publication Date:

1891

Publisher:

Press Publishing Company Print

Member Page:

Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center

Add to Book Shelf

Flag as Inappropriate

Related Titles: Click to view all Related Titles

Attaining the Worlds Beyond (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(200)
Basic Concepts in Kabbalah (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(200)
Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Lif... (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(118)
The Kabbalah Experience (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(132)
The Path of Kabbalah (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(200)
The Science of Kabbalah (Pticha) Volume 1 (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(1)
Interview with the Future (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(8)
Introduction to the Book of Zohar Volume 2 (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(0)
The Open Book (by Rav Michael Laitman)
(200)
Life in Early Hawaii the Ahupuaa (by Kamehameha Schools Press)
(0)
Aia I Hea (by Eve Furchgott)
(0)
Title Searching for the Non-Professional (by Jackie Mahi Erickson)
(0)

Other Books I Looked at: Click to view all Books in my History

A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential P... (by Alexander, W. D.)
(0)

People also read these books: Click to view all Additional Books

Information Technology Tales (by Brad Bradford)
(0)
Ozma de Oz (by L. Frank Baum)
(108)
The Future of the Internet : And How to ... (by Jonathan Zittrain)
(8)
New Theory of Thermal Stability in Boili... (by Eugene F. Adiuroti)
(0)
A New and Simple Concept for the Analysi... (by Adiuroti, Eugene F.)
(2)
How-To-Tutorials: Download Kindle eBooks (by World Public Library)
(0)
Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws (by Philo of Alexandria)
(0)
Kilia a Me Wahiopua (Kilia and Wahiopua) (by Dawn Kahalaomapuana Tautafa Wasson)
(0)
Spisy Básnické Andreja Sládkovia (by Sládkovi, Andrej)
(311)
Fixing Global Finance (by Kavaljit Singh)
(1)
And Gulliver Returns Book VII : Book 7 V... (by Bob Oconnor)
(39)
And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at... (by Bob Oconnor)
(182)

Other Books by Same Author: Click to view all books by Alexander, W. D.

A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential P... (by Alexander, W. D.)
(0)
History of Later Years of the Hawaiian M... (by Alexander, W. D. (William De Witt))
(175)
A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential P... (by Alexander, W. D. (William De Witt))
(3)
Introduction to Hawaiian Grammar (by Alexander, W. D. (William De Witt))
(3)
History of Later Years of the Hawaiian M... (by Alexander, W. D. (William De Witt))
(3)
Voyages in the Northern Pacific : Narrat... (by Corney, Peter)
(3)
Voyages in the northern Pacific : narrat... (by Corney, Peter)
(0)
Voyages in the Northern Pacific : Narrat... (by Corney, Peter)
(3)
A short synopsis of the most essential p... (by Alexander, W. D. (William De Witt))
(0)

Other Books with Same Subject: Click to view all books in Non Fiction, Drama and Literature, Hawaiian Language Education

Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the insi... (by Chi, Anson)
(26)
The Power of Our Words (by Liz Mcgrath)
(934)
The New Engineering (by Eugene F. Adiuroti)
(93)
Why the Fluid Friction Factor Should Bea... (by Adiuroti, Eugene F.)
(2)
Fourier, Mechanical Engineering, August,... (by Eugene F. Adiuroti)
(27)
An Improved Form for Natural Convection ... (by Eugene F. Adiuroti)
(1)
A Critical Examination of the View That ... (by Eugene F. Adiuroti)
(0)
A New and Simple Concept for the Analysi... (by Adiuroti, Eugene F.)
(2)
New Theory of Thermal Stability in Boili... (by Eugene F. Adiuroti)
(0)
Data Recovery E-Book (by EaseUS)
(19)