Ngā Wāhanga A/O

E rua ngā wāhanga ka tirohia mō ngā pupuritanga i roto i te reo Māori. Mehemea ka tirohia ngā tūpou pupuri ‘t-‘ hei tauira e rua ngā tūmomo āhua (rite tonu ngā pupuritanga katoa:

  Reo Māori Reo Pākehā
Tautahi tāku / tōku my
Taurua tāu / tōu your
Tautoro tāna / tōna his or her

Ko te rerekētanga o ngā āhua tūpou pupuri i runga ake ko te wāhanga 'a' me te wāhanga 'o'. Ka mōhiotia ko tēhea, nā te hononga i waenganui i te kaipupuri me te mea e pupuritia ana.

Te wāhanga 'A'

Ka whakamahia te wāhanga 'a' mehemea ko te mea e pupuritia ana ko tētahi o ēnei e whai ake nei.

1. He tāngata māu e tiaki, e whakahaere, me ngā mea māu e whakahaere, arā:
2. Ngā mea kua hangaia e te tangata (ehara i te kākahu), arā:
3. He mahi.

4. He kai, he inu (ehara i te wai hei inu).

Te wāhanga 'O'

Ka whakamahia te wāhanga ‘o’ mehemea ko te mea e pupuritia ana ko tētahi o ēnei e whai ake nei:
  1. He mātua, he tuakana/teina
  2. He hoa
  3. He whaiāipo (ehara i te wahine/tāne, titiro ki runga)
  4. He whira, he whakaaro, he āhuatanga
  5. He waka
  6. He whare 
  7. He mea nui i hangaia e te tangata
  8. He wai māori hei inu, he rongoā hoki
  9. He kākahu
  10. Ngā wāhanga o te tinana

Te wāhanga pūwātea

He wāhanga pūwātea e whakamahia ana me nga tūpou pupuritanga takitahi, arā, mō tōku ingoa, ka kīa kētia taku ingoa. Ko ēnei e whai ake nei he pupuritanga ‘pūwātea’:

  Reo Māori Reo Pākehā Tauira
Tuatahi taku / aku my Kei hea aku pene?
Where are my pens?
Tuaria tō, ō your Ko wai tō ingoa?
What's your name?
Tuatoru tana, ana his or her Homai tana ngeru!
Give me her cat!

Kāore e whakamahia ngatahitia ngā tūpou pūwātea me ngā tūpou takitini pērā i a 'kōrua'.

WHAKAMŌHIOTANGA: He rerekētanga mō ngā wāhanga a/o, hei tauira, i ētahi wā he mōkai te hōiho, i ētahi wā he waka kē. Mehemea he mōkai, kei roto i te wāhanga 'a'; mehemea he waka, kei roto i te wāhanga 'o'. Āta whakaarohia te tikanga mō ēnei tū āhuatanga.

Ko te tikanga kia maumahara i te wāhanga 'a' (koia nei te mea poto), ā, mehemea kāore i roto i te wāhanga 'a', kei roto kē i te wāhanga 'o'