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kaumātua - elder; elderly

Ehara ngā kaumātua tēnei tūru.
This chair is not for the elders.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

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, ngā kaumātua .
This food is not for you, it is for the elders.

wai ēnei kapu ? ngā tamariki? Ehara, ngā kaumātua .
Who are these cups of tea for? The children? No, they are for the elders.

Ka tētahi o ngā kaumātua .
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.

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