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koutou, rātou, rātou, mātou

Personal Pronouns — Pronouns - plural — rātou Pronouns - plural, exclusive of listener — mātou Pronouns - plural, inclusive of listener — tātou

Plural personal pronouns, including "us but not you".

They are playing

When we are talking about more than one person who isn't me or you, we use the word rātou. For example:

Kei te tākaro rātou.
They are playing.

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Vocabulary

rātau — them; they (three or more people)
tātou — we, us, inclusive, three or more people

āe • ahau • āhua • ātaahua • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hou • ia • iti • kaha • katoa • kau • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • koe • koro • koutou • mā • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • oma • ora • pai • pēhea? • rā • rātau • tama • tamariki • tātou • tere • tino • waiata • whaea

Grammar

Personal Pronouns — Pronouns - plural — rātou Pronouns - plural, exclusive of listener — mātou Pronouns - plural, inclusive of listener — tātou

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