Fijian Language Book
p. 11 · Read in the full issue
NO one who has any interest in Fiji can affort to be without that handy volume compiled by the Suva Marist Brothers, “Fijian as Spoken.” It first was published in 1906, and is well known; but the new edition, which has appeared recently, has been so completely revised and enlarged as to really constitute a new book.
The book is skilfully arranged.
The student is taken along, step by step, assisted by phonetic spelling or phonetic indications; and, in a short time, a newcomer to the Colony should be speaking in teligible and reasonably correct Fijian. The vocabulary thus acquired would not go beyond a simple stage however. It would allow one to deal with the material needs of the day; but it would not permit the preaching of a sermon or the writing of an editorial. There is an extensive Fiji-English vocabu lary. Price is 7/6, Fijian.