Section outline

  • Learning Outcomes:

    Students will be able to:

    • Use singular pronouns and possessives accurately
    • describe in detail themselves and other people (hair, eyes, features)
    • describe people’s characteristics

    Modifiers

    tino = very                                             āhua = quite, somewhat, a little, kind of

    He tino ataahua tērā wahine                That woman (over there) is very beautiful
    He āhua teitei tērā wahine                   That woman (over there) is kind of tall


    Describing people's appearance

    This week we will also learn to describe people's appearance and personality traits. We will learn to use modifiers to add meaning to our use of adjectives in describing sentences.


    To say “Someone has….” to describe a person's appearance we use possessives from the Ō category because these characteristics belong to them.

                                                             He (adjective) + (possessive) + characteristic

    He parauri ōna makawe           Her hair is brown
    He kakariki ōna whatu              Her eyes are green