| 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.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
The next in order are the relative pronouns. For these there is no distinct form in Maori. Sometimes they are wholly omitted in the sentence; e. g.
- Ko te tangata tenei i patua e Hone, this is the man that was beaten by John.
At other times their place is supplied by some artifice of the construction. Vid. S.