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ō tāua - yours and mine (plural)

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

Ko wai ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ka mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

I te taha o te awa te ana o taua ngārara.
The cave of the monster was beside the river.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Manu rāua ko Tame ō tāua hoa.
Manu and Tame are our friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

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

Ngā kanohi o taua kōtiro .
The eyes of that girl there.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o taua hui?
Do you know who the organiser of the hui is?
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

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.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko Puhihuia te noho mai i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko te wai o taua he puna kei te taha ki te hauaro.
The water source for that pā was a spring on the north side.

He whare mātoro i tētahi pito, ki te pito ki te marangai o taua marae.
There was an entertainment house in one corner, the corner to the east of that marae.

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