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Māori Pronouns Practice Worksheet

Use the context clues to identify who is speaking and who is included. In Māori, pronouns can show both number and whether the listener is included. Macrons matter: write them where needed.

A. Decode the speaker

Read each message from a group planning a beach clean-up. Choose the best interpretation of the bold pronoun.

1.Au ka kohikohi para ā te ata. Who does *au* refer to?

The speaker: I / me
The person being spoken to: you
A person being spoken about: he, she or they

2.Ka haere māua ki te takutai. Who is included in *māua*?

The speaker and the listener
The speaker and one other person, but not the listener
The speaker and at least two other people, but not the listener

3.A team member says, “Tātou ka tīmata i te iwa karaka.” What does *tātou* tell the listener?

4.True or false: *Rāua* means two people being spoken about, not including the speaker or listener.

TrueFalse

B. Choose precisely

For each situation, decide who is included before choosing a pronoun.

5.You and the person you are speaking to will prepare kai together. Write the Māori pronoun for “we two”, including the listener.

6.You and two other volunteers will collect equipment; the person you are speaking to is not part of your group. Write the Māori pronoun for “we”, excluding the listener.

7.Complete the message with the pronoun that includes the listener: “ ka whakatō rākau ā te Rāhoroi.” (We, three or more, including you, will plant trees on Saturday.)

8.A speaker says, “Māua ko Hana ka horoi i ngā taputapu.” Translate the pronoun phrase *māua ko Hana* into English. Does it include the listener?

C. Repair and create

Check meaning as well as grammar. More than one full sentence may be possible in the final task.

9.A learner writes, “Tāua ka tae wawe,” intending to say that the learner and two other people will arrive early, but the listener is not coming. What pronoun should replace *tāua*?

10.Write two short Māori messages about the clean-up: one using *tāua* or *tātou* to include the listener, and one using *māua* or *mātou* to exclude the listener. Underline each pronoun and explain who is included in each message.

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