Section outline

  • Learning Outcomes:

    Students will be able to:

    • use comparatives and superlatives


    Comparatives

    In te reo Māori we use directional words like atu, ake, iho  to add ‘er’ to the adjective. 

    For example:

    nui atu = bigger                     teitei ake = taller                    poto iho = shorter


    The word noa is often used with the directional words ‘atu’ and ‘iho’ to add the word ‘much’ to the comparison.

    nui noa atu = much bigger                     poto noa iho = much shorter


    The joiner ‘i’ is used to compare two things in a sentence. For example:

                            He (adjective) atu/ake/iho (Subject 1) i (subject 2)

    He nui atu tōku whare i tōu whare               My house is bigger than your house