How to use personal pronouns in Māori

You want to learn how to use Māori personal pronouns? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Māori lessons complete with useful examples. I, you, he, she... we explain all you need to know about Māori personal pronouns in bite-size lessons.

Māori personal pronouns : I

A personal pronoun is what we call the English words 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'we' and 'they'. Just like English, Māori has a set of personal pronouns. The English word 'I' is a pronoun in the first person singular. The Māori word for 'I' is 'au'.

Examples

ehara ko au
not me
ahau
I
ko au hoki
me too
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Step 2 : Māori personal pronouns

Personal pronouns are what we call the words I, you, he, she, we and they. Learning personal pronouns is important in Māori, but you don't need to learn them all at once. Focus instead on just three Māori personal pronouns to get started. We suggest that you learn au, koe and rātou (I, you, they). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Māori personal pronouns including useful examples. Learn the three Māori personal pronouns au, koe and rātou by heart and then move on to Step 3 (the indefinite article in Māori).

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