Conversational Tahitian : An Introduction to the Tahitian Language of French Polynesia / D. T. Tryon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tryon, D. T., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Lesson 1. PRONUNCIATION

Lesson 2. THE ARTICLES

Lesson 3. NUMERALS AND TIME

Lesson 4. THE ADJECTIVE

Lesson 5. THE DEMONSTRATIVE

Lesson 6. POSSESSION

Lesson 7. THE PRONOUN

Lesson 8. THE VERB

Lesson 9. THE CAUSATIVE VERB

Lesson 10. THE NEGATIVE

Lesson 11. VERBAL SENTENCE TYPES

Lesson 12. NON-VERBAL SENTENCES

Lesson 13. TIME AND FREQUENCY

Lesson 14. LOCATION AND DIRECTION

Lesson 15. OPTIONAL PHRASES

Lesson 16. PURPOSE AND CAUSE

Lesson 17. IMPERATIVES

Lesson 18. THE INTERROGATIVE I

Lesson 19. THE INTERROGATIVE II

Lesson 20. DEPENDENT SENTENCES I

Lesson 21. DEPENDENT SENTENCES II

Lesson 22. SPECIAL VERBAL FORMS

Lesson 23. DESIDERATIVE, NECESSITATIVE, CONDITIONAL

Lesson 24. CONJUNCTIONS

FURTHER PASSAGES FOR TRANSLATION

KEY TO EXERCISES

KEY TO TRANSLATIONS

THE TAHITIAN FAMILY

TAHITIAN—ENGLISH GLOSSARY

ENGLISH—TAHITIAN GLOSSARY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520321762

0520321766

OCLC:

1224278640