OF THE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.

As the possessive pronouns are closely connected with the personal, they may be mentioned next.

They are as follows:

SINGULAR.	PLURAL.
Toku, or tāku, or tăku, my.	Oku, āku, or ăku, my.
Tou, to, or tau, thy.	Ou, o, au, thy.
Tona, tāna, or tăna, his.	Ona, āna, ăna, his.

The other possessive pronouns are formed from the dual and plural of their respective pronouns by prefixing o; e. g.,

o	{	taua,	}	of us two.	o	{	tatou,	}	our.
		maua,					matou,
o korua, of you two.					o koutou, your.
o raua, of them two.					o ratou, their.

Such words as himself, his own, my own, &c., are expressed in Maori by some adverb added in the sentence; e. g., Nona ake ano tona aroha ki a tatou, his love to us was his own; i. e., was self-derived.

The adverbs most usually employed for this purpose are ake, ano, noa, iho, tonu.