§ 8. Personal Pronouns. The personal pronouns have three numbers, Singular, Dual, and Plural, as shewn by the following table.
TABLE OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
| SINGULAR. | DUAL. | PLURAL. | |
| 1st Person | Ahau, or au | Maua | Matou |
| 1st includ. 2nd. | Taua | Tatou | |
| 2nd Person | Koe | Korua | Koutou |
| 3rd Person | Ia | Raua | Ratou |
| Interrog. | Wai? | Wai ma? | Wai ma? |
| Indef. | Mea | Mea ma | Mea ma |
Of the dual and plural pronouns of the first person, taua and tatou include the person or persons spoken to, while maua and matou exclude them.
§ 9. The singular Personal Pronouns ahau, I, koe, thou, ia, he, become respectively -ku, -u, -na, when they follow the possessive prepositions a, o, of, na, no, belonging to, ma, mo, for, and the compounds ta, and to (which consist of the article te and the prepositions a and o). Owing to this irregularity the preposition and pronoun in each case are generally written as one word.
Ahau, I; aku, or oku, of me; naku, or noku, belonging to me, mine; maku, or moku, for me; taku or toku, my (literally te a ku, the ... of me.)
Koe, thou; au, or ou, of thee; nau, or nou, belonging to thee, thine; mau, or mou, for thee; tau, or tou, thy.
Ia, he or she; ana, or ona, of him; nana, or nona, belonging to him, his; mana, or mona, for him; tana, or tona, his.