Results for 'rātau'
rātau - them; they (three or more people)
Rātau = ratou, pron. 3rd pers. pl. They, them.
Williams Dictionary
Heoi anō kāore ngā tungāne o Puhiwahine i pai ki te whaiāipotanga o te wahine nei ki tana whanaunga, nā reira ka tikina mai e rātau tō rātau tuahine, ka whakahokia ki roto o Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Well Puhiwahine’s brothers did not approve of this woman's affair with her relative, so they fetched their sister, and returned her to Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Hoko ai hoki rātau i ngā maniūa mō te māra i Ōpotiki.
They usually buy the manure for the garden at Ōpotiki.
Nā te mea i kaha ake rātau i a tātau.
Because they were stronger than us.
E haere pēhea ana rātau?
In what direction were they travelling?
Nā reira tangi ai rātau.
Therefore (and so for that reason) they lament.
Kei te kohi moni hei whakatū marae mō rātau (Kāretu 1974:154)
(They) are collecting money with which to establish a marae for themselves
He tawhiti rawa ngā marae o te wā kāinga nei hei hokinga mai mō rātau (Kāretu 1974:153)
The marae of the home area are too far away to be a place they can return to
Ka rūrū rātau, ā, ka haria te manuhiri ki te kai (Kāretu 1974:10)
They shake hands and the visitors are taken to have a meal
He mataku pea nō ngā Kiri Mā kei tere mōhio ngā Kiri Pango ki te whakahaere i a rātau.
Perhaps the whites were afraid the blacks would quickly learn how to administer their own affairs.
Ka haramai rātau kia kite.
They came to see her.
I tū tātou, ēngari, kei te noho rātau.
We stood, but they are sitting.
Me tuku mātau i ā mātau tamariki ki te kura kia pai ai tō rātau hoki mai ki te tāhae, ki te whānako?
Should we send our children to school so that they can return better at cheating and
