mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)
Kua whakahokia ki a ia te tamaiti i mauria e ngā pirihimana i te marama o Oktopa.The child who was taken by the police in October has been returned to her.Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Mauria atu ērā oka!Take those knives away!Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Mauria mai ētahi parāoa parai.,bring me some fried bread.Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei pō, kia mauria ai kōrua ki te ngahere a te ata.Go to bed early tonight, so that you can be taken to the forest in the morning.So that something can happen for someone else - kia
Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!Don't bring that pig home!Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Mauria mai ngā toka ki tēnei taha o te whare.Bring the stones to this side of the house.Towards - mai
E tama, mauria atu he tūru māna.Hey boy, take a chair for her.Away - atu
Mauria atu te ika nei!Take this fish away!Away - atu
Mauria atu te pukapuka rā!Bring me that book!Away - atu
Kaua aua pukapuka a mauria atu!Don't take those books away!Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Ko taku hiahia kia mauria mai e koe he kūano tori.I wish you would bring me a kitten.Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Ke hoki ia ki Hawaiki, ka mauria e ia ētahi pounamu.When he returned to Hawaiki, he took some pieces of greenstone with him.
Mauria mai i tō ake reo hoki.Bring with you your own voice as well.
Mauria mai tō mahi.Bring me your work.
Mauria mai te tukuoro.Bring me the speaker.
Mauria mai te kī i muri i te karaka.Bring me the key from behind the clock.
Ko taku hiahia kia mauria mai e koe he kūao tori.I wish you would bring me a kitten.
Mauria mai taku pukapuka waiata.Pass me my song book.
