Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 3
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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