Possessives Rirohanga Flashcards
Your, yours (referring to one person and a single item), you have, you own
tāu
tōu
for indicating future possession, by, made by, acted on - future tense who or what will do the action
mā
mō
of, belonging to - indicates achieved possession, combines with ‘i’ to make past tense of who or what did the action, also indicates there by the listener after names, pronouns, nouns, location words
nā
nō
your when talking about one person and one thing must be followed by a noun, belonging to and combines with dual and plural pronouns, has have, own, owns a possessive
tā
tō
for me when the possessor has the control or is dominant, I will
māku
mōku
my referring to one item, mine, I have, I own
tāku
tōku
belonging to me, mine when the possessor does not have the control of the relationship or was subordinate, while I was, as a result
nāku
nōku
his/her referring to one item, often followed by a noun, his/hers, he/she has, he/she owns
tāna
tōna
for you referring to one item when the possessor does not have control of the relationship or is subordinate
māu
mōu
my, of mine, belonging to me referring to more than one item when possessor has or had control of relationship or is dominant, I have - more than one thing
āku
ōku
his/her more than one thing, of his/hers, he/she has
āna
ōna
for him/her when possessor will not have control of the relationship or be subordinate
māna
mōna
