Māori Family Pronouns
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Māori Family Pronouns
Who? | Pronoun | Meaning
One person being talked about | ia | he, she or they (one person)
Two people being talked about | rāua | they two
Three or more people being talked about | rātou | they (three or more)
Two people spoken to | kōrua | you two
Three or more people spoken to | koutou | you (three or more)
We two, including the person spoken to | tāua | we two (you and me)
We two, not including the person spoken to | māua | we two (not you)
We three or more, including the person spoken to | tātou | we all (including you)
We three or more, not including the person spoken to | mātou | we (not including you)
Choose the pronoun
Read each situation carefully. Think about how many people there are and whether the person spoken to is included.
- ia
- rāua
- rātou
- ia
- rāua
- rātou
Untangle the whānau puzzle
Use the guide to match each pronoun to its situation. The person speaking is included only when the situation says so.
- tāua
- māua
- tātou
- mātou
- The speaker and one other person: two people, not including the person spoken to
- The speaker and others: three or more, not including the person spoken to
- The speaker, the person spoken to and others: three or more altogether
- The speaker and the person spoken to: two people together
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