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tatau - to count

tātau - we; us; everyone

Me tīmata tātau i ngā mahi ināianei.
We had better start the work now.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Aria e oma ki Tatau Iho.
Aria will run to Countdown.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Ka tuwherahia te tatau e te kaiako.
The door will be opened by the teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Me haere tātau ki te marae hui ai.
Let's go to the marae in order to have a meeting.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Ka āhei tātau ki te haere ki te hui?
Are we allowed to go to the meeting?
Allowed to do something - āhei

He tatau te whare.
The house has a door.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kāore te tatau e tuwherahia e te kaiako.
The door will not be opened by the teacher.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Me Ponga i hoki mai anō te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.
And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Ki te whiti te āpōpō, ka haere tātau ki tātahi.
If the sun shines tomorrow, we will go to the beach.
If using ki - ki

Ki te wehe moāta tātau, ka tae wawe tātau ki Te Tai Hauāuru.
If we leave early, we will arrive in the Westland region on time.
If using ki - ki

Kia tae mai a Tame, ka peka atu tātau ki te kāinga o Pita.
When Tame arrives, we will stop by Pita's house.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Ki te kore te e whiti āpōpō, kāore tātau e haere.
If the sun does not shine tomorrow, we won't go.
If not... - ki te kore...

Me wehe tātau ināianei, kia kore ai tātau.
We had better leave now so we are not late.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

He aha tātau i kore ai e toa?
Why didn't we win?
Why didn't? - he aha i kore ai e?

te aha tātau i kore ai e toa?
Why didn't we win?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

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