Exercise One

More about using possessives

I haere mātou i runga i te tono a ō māua hoa
More about using possessives

Tirohia ngā tauira e whai ake nei, ā, kotahi atu tō titiro ki te whakatakoto o ngā kupu tūingoa me ngā ingoa tāngata.

Hei tauira:

I te taenga atu o tō māua hoa ko Hēmi ki te kanikani, ka harikoa ngā kōtiro katoa.
When Hēmi’s and my friend arrived at the dance, all the girls were happy.

Kāore tō māua māhita ko tōku hoa, i paku whakarongo ki te waiata.
Not once did my friend and my teacher listen to the song.

Ka whāngai ahau i tā māua mōkai ko Piripi ētahi kāreti.
I fed Phillip’s and my pet some carrots.

Tērā pea ka taea e koe te kite i te whakamahinga tika mehemea e hiahia ana koe ki te whakamōhio atu ki te kaiwhakarongo ko wai te tangata e kōrerohia ana e te rirohanga. Whakapuakina te kupu ‘ko’ ki mua i te ingoa o te tangata i tō taha.

He whakamārama, he tauira atu anō kei te whārangi 135-136 o Te Māhuri.

Tirohia ngā rerenga kōrero kua hē tōna whakatakotoranga. Ko tāu mahi he whakatika i te whakatakotoranga o ēnei rerenga kōrero. Pāwhiritia te pātene kei te taha o te rerenga kōrero kia kite ai koe i te rerenga kōrero hei āwhina i a koe e whakatika haere ana

Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).

tō Hone kua māua te kāinga haere ko hoa kē ki

teina ko kaukau i tōku tētahi māua ko puna nei whānui whare tō



ngeru tō māua ko tērā a te kuia Hera ko



tō Hone kua māua kāinga haere ko hoa kē ki



i i konohete te tuakana ko kātahi tōku whaiāipo a ko ahau i māua te kite tō tungāne



te mema o Hēmi ko pāremata he hoa pāpā tō māua



kōporeihana ki tukuna tā reta ko ahau ka māua e Hoani te


koretake I kapa rātou he whakaaro te tō māua a ko Hōhepa waiata