Results for 'kaumātua'
kaumātua - elder; elderly
Ehara mō ngā kaumātua tēnei tūru.
This chair is not for the elders.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Mō ngā kaumātua tēnei tūru.
This chair is for the elders.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
He kaumātua a Nikau rāua ko Niko no tērā marae.
Nikau and Niko are elders of that marae.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ehara māu te kai nei, mā ngā kaumātua kē.
This food is not for you, it is for the elders.
Mā wai ēnei kapu tī? Mā ngā tamariki? Ehara, mā ngā kaumātua kē.
Who are these cups of tea for? The children? No, they are for the elders.
Ka tū tētahi o ngā kaumātua rā.
One of those elders stood up.
I pakeke ō kaumātua i hea?
Where did your grandparents grow up?
Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
He kaumātua ia.
He is an elder.
Ko ngā kaumātua ngā tāonga o te ao Māori.
The elderly people are the treasures of the Māori world.
I tuketuke haere atu ia i waenganui i ngā kaumātua e rua.
He elbowed his way between the two elders.