How to use demonstrative pronouns in Māori

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Māori demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'tēnei' in Māori.

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tēnei tūru
this chair
tēnei pukapuka
this book
tēnei hōiho
this horse
tēnei tamatāne
this boy
tēnei āporo
this apple
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Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns pukapuka, tūru and tatau (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Māori demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Māori demonstrative pronouns with the nouns pukapuka, tūru and tatau and the plural nouns pukapuka, tūru and tatau you can move on to Step 7 (Māori adjectives).

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