Ngā Tūpou (Pronouns)
me and you
tāua
belonging to me
tāku/tōku
apple
A (kai)
My dog
tāku kurī
He paru ōna hū
his shoes are dirty
all of us
tātou
belonging to all of us
tā/tō tātou
page of a book
O (wāhanga)
my blue pens
āku pene kikorangi
I tunu ōku hoa i te hāngi
my friends cooked the hāngi
rātou
belonging to you two
tā/tō korua
hairtie
A (hangarau)
My hair is long
He roa ōku makawe
I hīkoi ahau mai i tō tātou kura ki te whare o tō tātou kuia inanahi
I walked from our school to our grandma's house yesterday
ia + ia + koe
koutou
belonging to me and those three (plural)
ā/ō mātou
feather on a bird
O (wāhanga)
my cousin can play guitar
ka taea e tōku kahi/kaihana te whakatangitangi kitā/rakuraku
Nā tātou tāna pihikete i tāhae
It was all of us who stole his cookie
au + ia + ia + ia
mātou
belonging to him and her (plural)
ā/ō rāua
feather worn in the hair
O (whakarākei)
He his hungry but I have not yet cooked his breakfast.
Kāore e taea te kurī te kōrero Hapani, engari, ka taea e ia te kōrero Māori
The dog can not speak Japanese but he can speak Māori