Maori Unpacked, 39, Let's get personal

39
Let's get personal!
au, I, me
koe, you, singular
ia, he, she, it, singular
raaua, they two, singular
taaua, you and I, we
maua, myself and another person but not the person spoken to, we
koorua, you, two people
raatou, they, more than two
taatou, we, more than two
matou, we, more than two of us but not the person spoken to
koutou, you, more than two

Put these in a Personal Pronouns Box.
Make a Mobile for each Personal Pronoun. Each time you stand under a Personal
Pronoun Mobile make up a sentence using that term.
Write them all on a Poster and put it on the wall

And here is something to put alongside these pronouns
it is the personal article a
Ki a au
To me
AND put it in front of all the other personals
IF it follows a preposition like i or ki or hei or kei
i a ia
from him
ki a koe
to you
a can also go in front of names
He tangata tere a Nepia
Nepia was (or is) a fast person
AND names of places and months follow the same pattern with a as personal names
Even when you can't think of a person's name
ki a Mea
to SoandSo
ki a wai
to whom.

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