Te Reo Matatini

pūhono

preposition

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

He huinga kupu wetereo, arā, he kupu kōiwi ka whakamahia hei tohu i te hononga o tētahi mea ki tētahi. Ko te nuinga e hāngai ana ki te wāhi me te wā.

A group of grammatical words, or structural words which are used to express a relationship between two things. Most often they relate to place and time.

Tauira KŌrero

Tohua ngā pūhono i tēnei rerenga kōrero.

Ko te pūhono tētahi o ngā momo kupu kōiwi.

Ka whai tikanga te pūhono i runga anō i ngā kupu kei ōna taha.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Koia nei ngā pūhono o te reo Māori: ko, me, mā, mō, nā, nō, ki, i, kei, hei, a, o

Ka tū ēnei pūhono hei kupu tuatahi i roto i te kīanga.

Kua tārarotia ngā pūhono i ēnei tauira kōrero:

Kei Ahuriri a Pita mā.
E haere ana rātou mā runga pahi.
He tūru ēnei hei nōhanga mō te hunga kaumātua.
Hei muri i te kai tīmata ai ngā mihimihi.

Ko te noho tahi mai o te pūhono me tōna aronga, ka kīia tērā he kīanga pūhono. Hei tauira (kua tārarotia ngā pūhono):

Kei te taha o te moana ... (aronga = moana)
... i te taha i a Hāmi mā. (aronga = Hāmi mā)
Hei te tekau karaka ... (aronga = tekau karaka)

Takenga Mai

pū (punga) - particle

hono - join

KUPU KĒ ATU

pūtūmua

Tauira KŌrero

Tohua ngā pūhono i tēnei rerenga kōrero.

Ko te pūhono tētahi o ngā momo kupu kōiwi.

Ka whai tikanga te pūhono i runga anō i ngā kupu kei ōna taha.