How to form the plural in Māori

You want to learn how to use the plural in Māori? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Māori lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Māori.

Māori nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The are several ways to form the plural in Māori.

Examples

kōtiro
girls
tamatāne
boys
pukapuka
books
wāhine
women
tamariki
children
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Step 5 : The plural in Māori

The plural is important in Māori when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns pukapuka, tūru and tatau (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. This is easy in Māori, because in Māori, the plural is usually the same form as the singular. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Māori plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of pukapuka, tūru and tatau, you can move on to Step 6 (Māori demonstrative pronouns).

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