Kia ora!

This week I touch on A-Category. Hopefully you find it useful!

Anyways, here is a brief overview of what sits under this category according to the book A Maori Reference Grammar.

1. Small portable objects which are owned by the possessor, eg books, toys, tools, cups. - Nahaku tena pukapuka / That book belongs to me.
2. Subjects of nominalisations of active transitive verbs. - Te tuhinga a Hemi i tana reta / Hemi's writing of his letter.
3. Actions carried out by the possessor and things produced by such actions. - Te korero a Pita / Pita's speech.
4. Family relationships for the generation below. - Tahaku mokupuna.
5. Consumables, except fresh water and medicine (though some iwi dialect class washing water as o, and drinking water as a, and others o for both). Homai he paraoa mahaku. / Give me some bread.
6. Animals as pets. - Nga kuri a te rangatira / The chiefs dogs.