Maori Unpacked, 43, Connecting nominal phrases
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What about connecting two nominal phrases?
One way of doing it might be with
part-to-whole relationships. What? You know, like, the part of the thing;
Te waahanga o te mea
The part of the thing
Te waewae o te teepu
The leg of the table
and another might be with relations of dominance
Te kuri a te tangata
the dog of, belonging to, the man
Te kai a te tangata
The food of the person
and yet another might be relations of subordinance
Te whaea o te tangata
The mother of the person
Te whenua o te tangata
Or we might be talking about a means of transport
Te waka o te tangata
The canoe of the person
Hang phrases like
Te mookai
or
te tangata
in mobiles
and connect them together using
a
or
o
te mookai a te tangata
te roa
te whare
te roa o te whare
Set up a box alongside the definite article box and the noun box..
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