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Māori · 8 October 2026 · Personal Pronouns (Singular, Dual, Plural)

au

I; me

personal pronoun

Au means "I" or "me". Au and ahau are interchangeable; after the personal article a, au is the usual form (ki a au, i a au).

In a sentence

Nō Ōtautahi tōku whānau, engari kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara au.

My family is from Christchurch, but I live in Wellington.

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The Māori word au, illustrated
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