LET'S LEARN MAORI

New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 779, 25 June 1954, Page 29

LET'S LEARN MAORI

\ — "HE next set of lessons in Maori (Nos. 16 to 20) ‘is summarised here. This _ weekly series, prepared for the NZBS Talks Department by W. T. Ngata, of the Maori Affairs

Department, is now being heard at 1YZ and 2YZ; it will begin at 1YA on June 28 and at 2YA on July 26. (Listeners are advised to cut out this panel for reference.) (Lesson 16) Referring again to those personal pronouns, ahau or au (I) becomes ku, koe (you) becomes u, ia (he or she) becomes na when preceded by ta, to, na, no, ma, mo. (Lesson 17) Possessives of singular personal pronouns: First person-taku and toku (singular) my, aku and oku (plural) my; naku and noku (belonging to me), maku and moku (for me). Second person-tau and tou (singular) your, au and ou (plural) your; nau and nou (belonging to you), mau and mou (for you). Third person ---tana and tona (singular) his or hers, ana and ona (plural) his or hers; nana and nona (belonging to him or her), mana and mona (for him or for her). (Lesson 18) Revision: Ko taku pu tenei (this is my gun), ko aku pu enei (these are my guns), ko tau pu tena (that is your gun), ko au pu ena (those are your guns), ko tana pu tera (that over there is his gun), ko ana pu era (those are his guns). (Lesson 19) Possessive of the dual forms of the pronouns: Maua the and 1), taua (you and I), korua (you two), raua (those two). For example: ta maua, to maua (singular), belonging to him and me, (a maua, o maua, plural); ta taua, to taua (singular), belonging to you and me (a taua, o taua, (plural); ta korua, to korua (singular), belonging to you two (a korua, o korua, plural); ta raua, to raua (singular), belonging to those two (a raua, o raua, plural). (Lesson 20) Possessives of the plural personal pronouns: As for duals, but substitute plural forms of the pronouns, e.g., ta matou (belonging to them and me), to tatou (belonging to you and me).