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tua - beyond

Kei tua ngā mate i tērā ārai.
The dead are beyond that veil.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei tua te maunga i te awa.
The mountain is beyond the river.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I tua te maunga i te awa.
The mountain was beyond the river.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Kāore i tua atu i...
There's no one better than...
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

Kāore i tua atu i tōku pāpā mō te kaukau.
There's no one better than my father for swimming.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

Kāore i tua atu i tōku māmā mō te tunu keke.
There's no one better than my mother for baking cakes.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

Kāore i tua atu i te huka me te wai rēmana.
There's nothing better than sugar and lemon juice.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

Me haere tātou ki tua o tēnei maunga.
We've got to go over this mountain.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Hei tua te whare i te marae.
The house will be beyond the marae.
Future locative - hei

Kāore te maunga i tua i te awa.
The mountain isn’t beyond the river.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te maunga i tua i te awa.
The mountain was not beyond the river.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te whare hei tua i te marae.
The house will not be beyond the marae.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Ki tua o te maunga.
On the other side of the mountain.

I tua atu i tēnā...
In addition to that...

Kāore he tangata i tua atu i a ia.
There's no one apart from him.

Kāore i tua atu.
There's none better.

Tērā tētahi pukepuke rarauhe, he nehenehe i tētahi pito i tua tata mai o te pā.
There was a fern hill with a patch of bush at one end on the near side of the fort.

I tērā wā kua haere a Riu-ki-uta ki tua atu o Maunga-whau.
At that time, Riu-ki-uta had gone beyond Mount Eden.

I oma rātou nā tua o ngā rākau.
They ran past beyond the trees.

Kāore i tua atu i tēnā.
There's nothing more commendable than that.

Tika tāu. Kāore i tua atu i tēnā.
That's true. That's the most important thing.

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