wiki 1 tūpou rirohanga (possessive pronouns)

Question 1

We are going to study possessive pronouns (T-Class)

Take a good look at the table in the answer because the rest of the deck is about this table. We are going to focus on the ‘A’ and ‘O’ categories and whether they are singular or plural, rather than the neutral one in the middle.

Answer 1

Question 2

In relation to you, who are the people in the ‘O’ category, and who are in the ‘A’ category?

Answer 2

Question 3

Ok so how do you say, “My son”?

Answer 3

Tāku tama.

Remember that:
- tama is son
- we used tāku not tōku because a son is the generation below
- we used tāku and not āku because ‘a son’ is singular
- if we wanted to say “My sons”, we would say ‘Āku tama’, drop the ‘t’.

Question 4

My mother.

Answer 4

Tōku māmā / whaea.

• you are referring to only one mother
• your mother is a generation above you so that’s ‘O’ category

Question 5

My brothers.

Answer 5

Ōku tungāne

• same generation so ‘O’ category
• there are more than one, so drop the ‘t’

Question 6

My younger sisters. (you’re female)

Answer 6

Ōku tēina.

This one is a bit of a trick.
My younger sister = Tōku teina
My younger sisters = Ōku tēina (tohutū on the ē in plural form)

Some other words like this:
Singular | Plural
teina | tēina
tuakana | tuākana
tuahine | tuāhine
matua | mātua
whaea | whāea
tipuna | tīpuna

tungāne (brother to a female) is the same for both singular and plural
tamāhine (daughter) is the same for both singular and plural

Question 7

Ok so we have only looked at possessive pronouns for first person singular so far, ie ‘my’, now let’s look at ‘your’.

Have another look at the table in the answer, especially look at the section “Your (belonging to you)

Answer 7

Question 8

Your son.

Answer 8

Tāu tama

Question 9

Your daughters. (tamāhine = daughter/s)

Answer 9

Āu tamāhine.

You have to really watch out for the context aye cos ‘au’ means ‘I’. This ‘āu’ has a long ‘ā’, and the sentence is structured differently so you should know which ‘au’ is being referred to.

Question 10

Your ancesters

Answer 10

Ōu tīpuna

Note: tipuna / tīpuna can also be tupuna / tūpuna

Question 11

Now we are on to her / his / their.

Have another look at the table in the answer, especially look at the section “His / Her / Their (belonging to him / her / them)

Answer 11

Question 12

His nephew.

Answer 12

Tāna irāmutu.

Referring to one nephew, who is of course the generation below.

irāmutu
1. (noun) nephew, niece.

Question 13

Her sisters-in-law.

Answer 13

Ōna taokete

taokete
1. (noun) brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female).