Ko te uta atu i ngā āhuatanga o te tangata, ngā mahi a te tangata rānei ki runga i tētahi mea o te taiao, i tētahi mea hangahanga rānei. Hei tauira:
Ascribing human characteristics or actions to something in nature or something person-made. For example:
Kimihia ētahi whakataukī e whakatangata ana i tētahi āhuatanga o te taiao.
Ko tā te Māori, he whakatangata i ō tātou wharenui.
Ko te whakatangata tētahi nuka reo e rangona nuitia ana i te reo Māori.