Māori Grammar

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That aforementioned thing

taua, aua

"Demonstratives" are words that go before a noun:

te whare
ngā tamariki
he kurī
tōku hoa
tēnei pukapuka
ēnei hoiho
etc

The demonstratives taua is used to indicate something that has been previously or recently discussed.

taua kurī - that dog (we have been talking about)
taua whare - that (aforementioned) house

As with other demonstratives such as tēnēi and tōku the plural is made by dropping the initial t:

aua kurī - those dogs (we have been talking about)
aua whare - those (aforementioned) houses

He pai rawa atu kia a au taua pōwhiri.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.

E kore taua puna e mimiti i te raki of te raumati.
That spring would never dry up in the drought of summer.

He moumou tāima aua korikori.
Those exercise classes are a waste of time.

Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.

Tokoiwa ngā tāngata i taua hui.
There were nine people at that (aforementioned) meeting.

I tētahi taha ake o taua pā tētahi ngāherehere.
On the far side of the fort there was a patch of bush.

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

He pai rawa atu taua pōwhiri ki a au.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.

He roa noa atu te kōrero a te iwi nei i taua pō.
The tribe's discussion that night lasted for a long time.

E mau nei anō aua ingoa.
Those names remain the same.

Nōna te waka. He koretake taua mea.
The car is his. It's a useless one.

Ko te tino tangata o taua marae, ko Hapi.
The leading person of that marae is Hapi.

Tau kē! Kei hea taua wharekai?
Awesome! Where is that restaurant?

He kai tino reka aua kai.
That food is sweet as.

Haere ake i aua ope nei he tamariki kau.
Only young people went in those groups.

Ngā kanohi o taua kōtiro rā.
The eyes of that girl there.

Kāhore kau ana tū taonga nei i whakawhiwhia ki te taitamariki i aua rā.
These kinds of treasures were not given to the young in those days.

Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.

E kāia ana hoki he tino toa koe ki taua mahi.
It is also said that you were a real champion at that job.

Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.

Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.

Ka kite mātou i a Taika. Kua mate taua koroua.
We saw Taika. That old man is ill.

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o taua hui?
Do you know who the organiser of the hui is?

Ka pai te waiata a aua kōtiro.
Those girls sang well.

Kua pāngia taua wahine e te mate.
That woman has been touched by sickness.

Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauraro.
The pā's water source was a spring on the north side.

Kei te mahara au ki taua hui?
Do you remember that hui?

Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.

Ko Ngāti-Kahukoka e mea ana nā rātou taua wāhi moana.
Ngāti-Kahukoka said that part of the sea belonged to them.