Te Pupuritanga a/o me ngā pūtūmua pupuri
Ki te mea ko te kaipupuri he kupu ingoa (arā, ehara i te tūpou), ka taea te whakatū ki muri i te mea kua puritia, ā ka tohua ki te ‘a’, ki te ‘o’ rānei.
Ka whakaatu ngā pūtūmuapūtūmua 'a' me 'o' i te pupuritanga, ā, i konei kei te hāngai ki te pūtūmua "of" o te reo Pākehā.
Ko te waka o Hineawe.
The car of Hineawe (Hineawe’s car).
He karaka te pene a Rongo.
The pen of Rongo is orange (Rongo’s pen is orange).
Me whai tonu i ngā tikanga o ngā a/o categories.
Kei te tauira tuatahi, nō te wāhanga 'o' te waka, nā te mea, he tūmomo waka.
Kei te tauira tuarua, he mea iti te pene, he mea hanga e te tangata, nā reira nō te wāhanga 'a'.
Ētahi atu tauira:
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
The Week of the Māori Language (Māori Language Week)
te ngeru a Taimana
the cat of Taimana
I kimi ia i te whare o tōna taokete.
He searched for the house of his brother-in-law.
te mōhio o te kaiako
the knowledge of the teacher