tā tātou - our (singular, three or more people)
Kua tae mai tā tātou manuhiri.Our visitors have arrived.Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Māku tā tātou hapa e tunu a tēnei pō.I will be the one to cook our dinner tonight.Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Kaua e wareware tā tātou hui ā tēnei Rātapu.Don't forget our meeting this Sunday.Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Ka mutu tā tātou mahi āpōpō.Our work will be finished tomorrow.Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Me whakarongo koutou ki tā tātou tohutohu.You had better listen to our instructions.Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He aha tā tātou?What do we want?What? - He aha?
Te kakara hoki o tā tātou kai.Our food smells great.*How... - Te... hoki...
Heoi anō tā tātou, he noho, he whakarongo.All we have to do it sit and listen.All we have to do... - heoi anō tā tātou... he...
Me tā tātou whai i ngā tikanga a rātou mā.as well as in our pursuit of our ancestral traditions.
Haere koe hei kaituki i tā tātou waka.Go and be the chanter for our canoe.
Kua tutuki i a tātou tā tātou whāinga.We've achieved our goal.
Tā tātou karakia.Our karakia.
tā tātou karaiheour (3+ inclusive) class
