Ehara ōna waka i a Aotea, i a Tākitimu, i a Mataaua.Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataaua are not his canoes.Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kātahi ka kumea mai e rātou a Tākītimu ki uta rawa kia kore ai e riro i te tai (Pōtatau 1991:29)Then they drew Tākītimu all the way ashore so that it would not be carried off by the tide
Ko Aotea, ko Tākitimu, ko Mataatua ōna waka.Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataatua are his canoes.
Kātahi ka kumea mai e rātou a Tākītimu ki uta rawa kia kore ai e riro i te tai.Then they pulled Tākītimu all the way ashore so that it would not be carried away by the tide.
