Vol. l.-NO. 26.

SECOND Person.
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Malay iva, he, she, it. Samoan ia,
pronounced iya) he, she, it. A neu-
ter it is frequently plural.


In the possessive form (says Mr.. N.Y.
the iva undergoes an entire change, as
kapaIa MIA, his head. So it does in Sa-
moa, Iona ulu. his head.


For the third person plural, Malay, iva
is also sometimes used, but as more COM
monty expressed by orang, persons. For
this most of the Polynesian have ratou or
latou. -.
PRoNoUNs DEMoNsTATIvE, OR DEFIN-


TIE, &c.


This class Mr.. NJ. makes to include the
definite article, together with relatives and
which in the Malay, as in
most languages, arc for the most part tho
same words employed in relative or in
terroeativc, instead of dcmonstrative
sense. Malay, lang that, which, those,
who, whom, the. Samoa, o lc, or simply
lie, he who, plural e, they who, or who;
ia, those Pcrsons or tlings.) Malay, itu,
that, those, the, as orang itu, that man.
Samoa, le a, plural ia as le tagata
lea, that man, mea ia, those things. If
at distance, le ma, or lie la, to which the
use Of the Malay itu, appears very SINH
lar.


Malay, ini, this, these, as bulan ini,
this month. This is very much like the
PoIynesian nei, denoting present time or
place, or what is near the speaker. o le
fale nei, this house, here.


Malay. apa, what, which as apa itu,
what is that? Samoa, Sc a? o le a Po
a? What, &c. Sc lea mea? What
thing is that Malay, Sc apa. Mr.. M.
says is the preceding interrogative per-
sonitied, by means of a particle common
ly prefiXed to proper names who, whom,
which: as Sc apa mau, who chuses
This would seem to be much like the Sa-
moan Sc, meaning some, any, &c. o al
ca Sc filifli: who is some one (who is the
many who chuscs: In Samoa, however,
this particle is not prefxed to proper
names. The,o is so. as the sign of the
nominativc case. as O lesu, Jesus.


In Malay mana. the advcrb where is
automatically used for who, &C., and deu
for self. The Samoa has nothing accord
ING with these. But the Malay iva itu,
that is to say, is very much like the Sa-
moa, o lie mca lava lea, or lea lava, or
Ola lava, that is the very thing, these very
things.


The Malay indefinite article, sa, is a
contraction of the numeral of unity.
The Samoan has also Sc, sa, nisi, and 9th
er indefnitcs probably contracted from
the same numeral.


70 be continued.