How to use possessive pronouns in Māori

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Māori possessive pronouns : my

Possessive pronouns are used in Māori to describe possession or ownership. Just like English, Māori has a set of possessive pronouns. The English word 'my' is a possessive pronoun in the first person singular. The Māori word for 'my' is 'tāku'.

Examples

tōku whaea
my mother
tōku tungane
my brother
tāku tamāhine
my daughter
tāku tama
my son
tōku tuahine
my sister
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Possessive pronouns are used to describe ownership or possession. To start out, learn to use just two Māori possessive pronouns. We suggest you learn tōku kōkā, tōku matua and tōu kōkā, tōu matua (my mother, my father, your mother, your father). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Māori possessive pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned using these phrases by heart you can move on to the bonus Step 10 (Simple Māori sentences).

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