Language Education
Lau is the name given to the language spoken by the inhabitants of the artificial islets which lie off the northeast coast of Big Malaita, Solomon Islands. The language spoken on the coast from Uru on the northeast to Langalanga, Alite Harbor, on the northwest of Big Malaita,...
Lau is the name given to the language spoken by the inhabitants of the artificial islets which lie off the northeast coast of Big Malaita, Solomon Islands. The language spoken o...
2. Chapter 21. The words used are _ati_, who; _taa, tafa_, what. The personal article _a_ makes _ati_ who, singular, _gerati_ plural. Both _ti_ and _taa_ are nouns. The adverb _ba_ may be a...
3. Chapter 3_ai_, _aiai_, 1. n. a person, kindred, you (voc.) _Joe, ai_, I say, Joe! _mwela ai_, Hey, you! _ai ana fera nau_, my neighbour; _ai salaa_, a stranger; _James ai tou_, James the...
4. Chapter 4_fe_ 2. (a) marks repetition or restoration or continuance; is accompanied by adv. _lau_, again; _na abana e fe boeboela lau_, his hand was restored whole; _daro fe lea lau go_,...
5. Chapter 5_na_ 1. definite article, a, the; used with both sing. and pl.; _gera na Grekia_, the Greeks. Cf. Florida _na_. M. L. p. 524: _na noni_, the body; _na sasigamu_, your brethren;...
6. Chapter 6_ta_ 1. numeral; one, a certain one, at all; just, only, _eta_ one; used as article, a, an, _ta si fou_, one rock; _na tasi fou_, one rock; _ta sala nia_, a friend of his; _ta s...