Recently the use of macrons has encouraged better pronunciation of Māori words. That's good. So what would be even better?
I believe that the use of commas should be similarly encouraged. My reason is that this would assist in getting people to understand te reo grammar more readily.
Sentences in Māori are made up largely of phrases - e.g. noun phrases, verb phrases - that may be preceded and followed by small particle words. If phrases are separated by commas then it is easier to recognize those phrases and to grasp the meaning more intuitively.
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