Māori pronouns with greetings

Kia ora koutou!

• Hello to one person

• Good bye to 3 people!

• Hello to more then 3 people (excluding speaker)

• Hello to 2 people

Tēnā koe!

• Good morning to one person

• Hello to one person

• Goodbye to one person

• Hello to 2 people

Mōrena e kōrua

• Good morning to everyone

• Good afternoon to 2 people

• Good morning to 3 people

• Good morning to 2 people

Tēnā tātou

• Greetings to more then 3 people

• Greetings to one person

• Greetings to everyone inclusive of the speaker

• Greetings to everyone excluding the speaker

Ka kite koutou!

• Greetings to 3 people

• Farewell to more then 3 people

• Farewell to us

• Farewell to them (in the distance)

Ngā mihi ki a koe

• Acknowledgements to you (2 people)

• Acknowledgements to you (1 person)

• Thanks to us all

• Thank you to 2 people

Me karakia mātou

• We (us) should pray

• They should pray

• Us 2 should pray

• We should all pray

Ngā mihi o te ahiahi ki a tātou

• Acknowledgements of the morning to us all

• Acknowledgements of the afternoon to us all

• Good morning to you (excluding speaker)

• Good night to them

Kei te karakia ahau

• I am praying

• You are praying

• All of us are praying

• They are praying

Kei te karakia tāua

• We are praying

• You and i are praying

• Those 2 people are praying

• Me and my mate are praying