Section outline

  • Learning Outcomes

    Students should be able to:

    • recognise and use plural pronouns correctly
    • add an object onto a verbal sentence using the correct tūhono (joiner) ‘i or ki’


    Adding an Object to an active verbal sentence

    To do this we must use a joiner either i or ki 

                                   E (verb) ana (kaimahi) i or ki (object)

    At this level we use:

     ‘ki’ to mean ‘to’ ‘with’ or ’at’                  ‘i’ is used for everything else. 

    'I' does not have a meaning but is simply used to join the object onto the sentence.

    E haere ana ahau ki te kura               She is going to school
    E horoi ana ahau i te waka                 She is washing the car


    Plural Pronouns