The Morning Star: History of the Children's Missionary Vessel and of the Marquesan and Micronesian Missions (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Warren, Mrs. Jane S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133071945X ISBN 13: 9781330719459

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Morning Star: History of the Children's Missionary Vessel and of the Marquesan and Micronesian Missions It is thought desirable to prefix to this little work some explanation of the mode now in use of writing and pronouncing the words in the native languages of the Pacific Islands. The vowels and diphthongs are sounded as follows: a as a in father, art.e as ey in they, or simple long a.i as i in machine, the English long e.o as o in no.u as 00 in too.ai as I, the long English i in pine.au as ow in how. Where two or more vowels occur together, they are not, with the above exceptions, to be pronounced together, but as so many distinct syllables; as 0-a-hu, Ha-wai-i, Pu-a-a-i-ki. Consonants are sounded nearly as they are in English. They are, however, never doubled, and rarely end a word or syllable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 133071945X
• ISBN 13: 9781330719459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332