Maori Unpacked, 11, Where to put things- positionals

11

Where to put things- positionals
nei, na, ra

Lets unpack the Polynesian Triangle
Here, near me
nei
There, near you
na
There, away from both of us
ra

Hope its not like the Bermuda Triangle!
Hate to get lost...

We can extend this into this or that
teenei, this
teenaa, that, near you
and teeraa, that, over there

We can even extend this or that into these or those
eenei, these, near the speaker
eenaa, near the person spoken to
eeraa, those, over there

That was a lot of extension!
I'm quite extended actually.
Lunch is well overdue!

Perhaps we've just got time to make that Mind Map! Three dots, the nei dot, the na dot and the ra dot?

Or a box called the Positional Box?

Or a mobile above where the speaker sits showing the area near the speaker, nei, the area near the person spoken to, na, and the area over there, away from the speaker and the person spoken to, ra.

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