Kia vs. Ko
Kia – Ko te kia he kupu ka whakamahia hei tohu i te hiahia, te whāinga, te tumanako rānei. Ka taea te whakamahi i te kia hei tohu i te tūmanako mō te mahi, te āhua rānei.
Kia kaha koe ki te ako i te reo Māori.
Ko – Ko te ko he kupu ka whakamahia hei tohu i te tangata, te wāhi, te mea rānei kei te kōrerohia. He kupu e tūhono ana i te kaupapa ki te rerenga kōrero.
Ko au tēnei e tū nei.
Ngā Whakamahinga o Kia
Ka whakamahia te kia hei tohu i te hiahia, te tūmanako rānei. He maha ngā āhuatanga ka taea te whakamahi i te kia, pēnei i te hiahia kia tutuki tētahi mahi, te hiahia kia tū tētahi āhua, me ētahi atu.
Kia tere te haere, kei te mutunga te wā.
Kia – Tūmahi hei tohu i te hiahia, te tūmanako rānei.
Kia pai tō rā.
Ngā Whakamahinga o Ko
Ko te ko he kupu ka whakamahia hei tohu i te tangata, te wāhi, te mea rānei kei te kōrerohia. He kupu e tūhono ana i te kaupapa ki te rerenga kōrero.
Ko te whare tēnei nāku.
Ko – Tūtohu tangata, wāhi, mea rānei kei te kōrerohia.
Ko Tāmaki Makaurau te tāone nui o Aotearoa.
To vs. E
To – Ko te to he kupu ka whakamahia hei tohu i te tangata, te mea rānei nōna tētahi mea. He kupu e tūhono ana i te tangata me tana taonga.
Ko tōku whare tēnei.
E – Ko te e he kupu ka whakamahia hei tūhono i te tūmahi me te kaupapa. He kupu e whakakaha ana i te rerenga kōrero.
E haere ana au ki te kura.
Ngā Whakamahinga o To
Ka whakamahia te to hei tohu i te tangata, te mea rānei nōna tētahi mea. He kupu e tūhono ana i te tangata me tana taonga.
To kai tēnei.
To – Tūtohu tangata, mea rānei nōna tētahi mea.
Ko tōna waka tēnei.
Ngā Whakamahinga o E
Ko te e he kupu ka whakamahia hei tūhono i te tūmahi me te kaupapa. He kupu e whakakaha ana i te rerenga kōrero.
E oma ana ngā tamariki.
E – Tūtohu tūmahi me te kaupapa.
E kōrero ana te kaiako ki ngā ākonga.
He Whakarāpopototanga
I te mutunga iho, ko te kia me te ko he kupu e rua e tino rerekē ana te whakamahinga. Ko te kia hei tohu i te hiahia, te tūmanako rānei, ā, ko te ko hei tohu i te tangata, te wāhi, te mea rānei kei te kōrerohia. Waihoki, ko te to hei tohu i te tangata, te mea rānei nōna tētahi mea, ā, ko te e hei tūhono i te tūmahi me te kaupapa.
Kia maumahara tonu tātou ki te whakamahi tika i ēnei kupu hei whakapakari i tō mātou reo Māori. Kia kaha tātou ki te ako, kia mārama ai tātou ki ngā tikanga me ngā ritenga o tēnei reo rangatira. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui!
