How to use the definite article in Māori

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The Māori definite article

The definite article is what we call the word 'the' in English. The definite article is used with nouns. For nouns in the singular, the English definite article 'the' is 'te' in Māori. The word 'te' is not used for nouns in the plural.

Examples

te tama

the son

te whaea

the mother

te tungane

the brother

te tēpu

the table

te whaihanga

the building

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te tūru nei

this chair

te whare nei

this house

te wahine nei

this woman

tēnei hōiho

this horse

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The definite article is what we call the word the in English. The definite article is used with nouns. Using the nouns pukapuka, tūru and tatau (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn how to use the definite article with each of the nouns. The nouns together with the definite article are te pukapuka, te tūru and te tatau (the book, the chair, the door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the definite article in Māori including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the definite article with the Māori nouns pukapuka, tūru and tatau, you're ready to move on to Step 5 (the plural in Māori).

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