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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.