Pronouns = Ngā Tūkapi: Flash Cards

Personal pronouns in Māori are more specific than in English.

# people	includes speaker and listener	excludes the listener	excludes the speaker	neither speaker nor listener
1		ahau	koe	ia
		I / me	you	he / she / him / her
2	tāua	māua	kōrua	rāua
	we / us - you and I	we / us - excl. you	you two	they / them (2)
3+	tātou	mātou	koutou	rātou
	all of us - inc. you	all of us - but not you	you all	they / them (3+)

In the images (for flash-cards and matching) the person in the blue shirt is speaking to the person in the green shirt. This is to try to help you identify the different pronouns without resorting to translating from English.

Finding the patterns helps!

Beginnings

• The 'tā-' words always include me and you.
• The 'mā-' words (plus 'ahau') always include me but not you.
• The 'k-' words always include you but not me.
• The 'rā-' words (plus 'ia') include neither you nor me.

Endings

• The '-ua' words always refer to TWO people.
• The '-ou' words always refer to MORE THAN TWO people.