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māua - we, us (two people, excluding addressee)
Māua, pron. 1st per. dual, excluding the person or persons addressed. We two, us two. Ka karanga atu nga wahine ra, “He koroheke ta maua” (T. 51). The following uses should be noted: (a) In soliloquy, where the use of taua might be expected. Ka mahara ano te ngakau o te hoa o Haka-wau, ka mea, “Kei konei pea maua mate ai” (T. 176). (b) By a speaker to include himself and other persons regarded as a company. Ka mate katoa nga tamariki a Uenuku, ka rere kotahi … ka ki atu ia, “Na hoki maua, pau katoa” (W. iii, 19). In this connection ngatimaua is used indicating the speaker and his party. (c) Poetically and in animated address bringing parts of the person, or other inanimate objects, within the scope of the pronoun. Kia whakarongo atu maua nei ko aku taringa (M. cxi). E tae ki nga po Rakaunui o te marama, tena au, maua ko to hakari pakuha (W. iv, 156).
Williams Dictionary
E waiata ana māua i te hui.
We (me and one other person) are singing at the gathering.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E whakarongo ana māua ko Paora ki te tumuaki.
Paora and I are listening to the head-master.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I whakatā māua i te whare.
We (me and one other) rested at the house.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I whakaakona māua ki te raranga harakeke e tō māua kaiako.
We (2 exclusive) were taught to weave flax by our teacher.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I pou māua i ētahi rākau māori: he tōtara, he tarata, he kōwhai hoki.
We planted some native trees: tōtara, tarata and kōwhai.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I taraiwa māua.
We drove.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kua oti tā māua mahi.
Our (two people) work is done.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me haere māua ki te hoko parāoa.
We two had better go and buy some bread.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Ko mataku māua i a ia.
We were frightened by him.
Sentences with i - i
Pēnei māua kei tāwāhi tonu koe!
We thought you guys were still overseas!
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
Tēnā mahia mai he kapu tī mā māua?
Can you please make us (2) a cup of tea?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Nā māua ngā tamariki i tiki.
We got the kids.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā māua.
He/she and I will.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
I titiro māi rātou ānō nei he kūare māua.
They were staring at us as if we were stupid.
It was as if - ānō nei
I te kōrero mai a Pāpā ānō nei he kūare māua.
Dad was talking to us as if we (2) are stupid.
It was as if - ānō nei
Ka haere māua mā runga pahi.
We (he/she and I) will travel by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Kaua e kata ki a māua.
Don't laugh at us.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kua waiatatia te waiata e māua.
The song has been sung by us.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka haere māua ko Niko ki te hokomaha tiki ai.
Niko and I are going to the supermarket to shop.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Kāore anō tā māua mahi kia oti.
Our work is not done yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kei te hiainu māua.
We're thirsty.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te
Kāore māua i whakatā i te whare.
We did not rest at the house.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...
Kei te haere māua ki te hokomaha. Kei te hia haere mai kōrua?
We're going to the supermarket. Do you want to come?
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
I homai te koroua i te moni ki a māua.
The old man gave the money to us (two, but not to you the listener).
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Kāore māua e waiata ana i te hui.
We are not singing at the gathering.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...
Nō tā māua tama tērā whare.
That house belongs to our son.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
He Tame ro kaiako o ā māua tamariki.
Our children's teacher is Tame.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kei te haere tō māua hoa ki te whare o tō rāua whaea.
Our friend is going to their mother's house.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He hū ō ā māua tamariki.
Our children have shoes.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāore ō māua pōtae.
We don't have any hats.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore ā māua tīkiti.
We don’t have any tickets.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
He tīkiti ā māua.
We (me and one other) have tickets.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Ākuanei ka haere māua ko Ataahua ki te tiki i a Pita.
Soon Ataahua and I will go to fetch Pita.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Māua ko Aroha.
Aroha and me.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ka kōrero ia ki a māua ko Mere.
He spoke to Mere and me.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko māua ko Mere ngā kaiāwhina.
Mere and I are the helpers.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei Pōneke māua ko Sarah.
Sarah and I are in Wellington.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Māua ko tōku hoa.
My friend and I.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana ā māua tamariki.
Riripeti and Tīwana are our children.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I mahi māua ko tōku māmā.
My mother and I (us two, but not you the listener) worked.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te tino pai rawa atu māua i nāianei.
We are really good now.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Kei te mahi māua āpōpō.
We will be working tomorrow.
*Future locatives - kei te
E toru ngā tamariki a ō māua.
Our friends have three children.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o
Ehara i tōku hoa ō māua kākahu i horoi.
My friend didn't wash our clothes.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ehara i a ia tō māua waka i whakatika.
He didn't fix our car.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ehara i tō māua pāpā tēnei keke i tunu.
Our father didn't cook this cake.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ka mutu te hui, ka haere māua ki te tāone.
When the meeting is over, we will go to town.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka
Kei te hikoi māua.
We're walking.
Kia harapaki māua ko te riri
That wrath and I may join,
Kua rongo māua ko taringa
I have heard,
Māua ko te nguha.
Fierce rage and I.
Ka kōrero māua ko Mere ki a ia.
Mere and I spoke to him.
Ko māua ko Mere ngā kaiwhina.
Mere and I are the helpers.
Nā māua tēnei mahi.
This work is ours (me and him/her, not you).
Kei te pai māua.
We're (not you) okay.
Mā māua tēnei mahi.
This work will be ours (me and him/her, not you).
He Hainamana te kaiako o ā māua tamariki.
Our children’s teacher is Chinese.
He rite tonu ō māua nei wawata.
Our aspirations are exactly the same.
Kei mua māua i ngā motokā.
We are in front of the cars.
E toru ngā tamariki a ō māua hoa.
Our friends have three children.
Kua mate māua ko taku teina.
My younger sister and I are sick.
Tokorua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.
Kia aroha ki a māua.
Cherish us.
māua i a ia.
We were frightened by him.
Kāhore māua i kite i ētahi kekeno.
We didn’t see any sea-lions.
I tangi māua i te mataku.
We cried because of fear.
He aha koutou i whakamataku ai i a māua?
Why did you frighten us?
I mokemoke ia i te ngaro o tō māua hoa.
He's lonely as a result of the absence of our (2 inclusive) friend.
Ehara i a māua te kai i tunu. Nā tō rāua irāmutu i tunu.
It wasn't us two who cooked the food. It was their nephew.
tō māua ā māua ō māua
Your — two people addressed
Kei te oma tō māua hōiho.
Our horse is running.
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa.
Me and my friend drove.
Nā māua tēnei pene.
This pen belongs to us two (not you).
Whakaorangia koe, māua hoki.
Save yourself, (and) us as well.
Kei te tākaro māua?
Are we (her and I) playing?
E haere ana māua, ki te tāone.
We two (not you) are going to town.
Ka mātaki-kiriata māua.
We will watch a movie.
Kua kite kē māua i tēnei kiriata.
We (him and I) have already seen this movie.
tā māua mahi
our work
Māua ko taku hoa tāne
My husband and I
Me tuhi pikitia māua ko George!
George and I should draw a picture!
Kua haere māua.
We're off.
Nō māua tērā whare
That house belongs to us
I taua pō, i hoki māua.ko Tonga ki tētehi whare moe ai.
That night, Tonga and I went back to a house to sleep.
Kua tae mai tō māua hoa
Our friend has arrived
Kāore ā māua moni
We have no money
Kāore ō māua whanaunga i konei
Our relations are not here
He karaka tā māua hunaonga.
Our daughter-in-law is a clerk.
Inā poroa e ahau te taura, māua e hopu mai te kete.
When I cut the rope, you catch the basket.
tā/tō māua tā/tō mātou
2nd Person
Kua māuiui māua.
The two of us (but no you) are sick.
Ko te Tūrei te rā i hoko ai māua i tō māua whare hōu.
Tuesday is the day on which we shall buy/bought our new house.
E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.
Āpōpō, ka hīkoi māua ki korā.
Tomorrow, the two us, not you, will walk over there.
tā māua, tō māua ā māua, ō māua
(Exclusive) our
Mā māua e whakaaro.
We two (not you) will be the ones to think.
Waiho, ko māua anake ki tēnei whare, moe ai.
Leave us to sleep.
Ehara mā māua e whakaaro.
Us two (not you) will not be the ones to think.
Me haere māua ki te ngahere, ki reira mahi ai.
We should go to the forest, and work there.
Ka haere māua ki te hōtēra, kai ai
we will go to the hotel to eat (there at)
Ka haere māua.
We two will go, excluding you.
Kei te noho māua.
Us two but not you are sitting
Kei te māua whare
I am at our house, not yours
Kāhore anō māua kia kai.
We have not eaten yet.
Ka haere māua ki waho o tēnei whare.
We are going outside (to the outside of) this house.
Ā tērā Rāmere, ka haere māua ki Temuka.
Next Friday, we (2 exclusive) will go to Temuka.
Ā māua pū.
Our (2 exc) guns.
Kei te hokomaha tō māua māmā.
Our mother (not yours) is at the supermarket.
I te hokomaha tō māua māmā.
Our mother (not yours) was at the supermarket.
Kua rite māua, Pāpā. Ka haere ināianei?
We're ready, Dad. Are we going now?
Hei te hokomaha tō māua māmā.
Our mother (not yours) will be at the supermarket.
Kei te hiamoe māua.
He/she and I are sleepy.
Nā tērā kurī ā māua kai i tāhae.
That dog stole our food.
He rorohiko tā māua.
The two of us (not you) have a computer.
Kua oti tā māua mahi.
Our (two people, not your) work is done.
Mehemea ka tae mai ia, *ka* kōrero māua.
If he arrives, then we will talk.
Ka haere māua ki Pōneke mā runga waka rererangi
Us two, not you, will travel to Wellington by plane.
I titiro māi rātou ānō nei he kūare māua.
They were staring at us as if we were stupid.
I te kōrero mai a Pāpā ānō nei he kūare māua.
Dad was talking to us as if /like we (2) are stupid.
He rorohiko ā māua.
The two of us (not you) have computers.
Kua oti ā māua mahi.
Our (two people, not your) work (plural) is done.
