Ebook: A New Grammar of the Tahitian Dialect of the Polynesian Language and Combined With a Vocabulary of English, French, Tahitian

Publisher: Geo W. Burbidge
Date: 1960
Pages: 333
language: English, TahitianDue to the great need of a good reliable Grammar with which to enable English speaking people to acquire a knowledge of Tahitian, Ernest C. Rossiter, in 1919, published, "The Tahitian Grammar". This publication was followed later by a vocabulary of English, French, and Tahitian, published by
0. B. Peterson, in 1924. The supply of these two books has become exhausted, therefore, with a few slight corrections and alterations, we have combined them in this book. Great pains and the utmost care have been taken in devising and arranging rules that would cover the most complicated and technical points of the language.
We feel that this work may be fully relied upon as we were fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. J. Frank Stimpson, formerly of Yale University, whose technical studies of the Tahitian, as well as of other Polynesian dialects played a great part in the compiling of the two previous editions.
In respect to the method of employing this Grammar we beg to offer the student a few suggestions. The rules with their examples and the vocabulary should be learned by heart. The reading Exercises should be given an honest and fair consideration. It will be noticed that the paragraph number of the rule covering a particular phase is cited, and should be given attention. The conjugation of the verbs should be learned by heart; also all of the "Material for Conversation" exercises should be memorized. The Vocabulary in the back should be used at the same time that the student is studying the Grammar.