Results for 'tō rātou'
tō rātou - their (singular - three or more people)
I pakipaki te katoa me tō rātou kore e tino mārama ki tāua i kī ai.
Everyone applauded though they did not entirely understand what he had said.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I haere ā tāua tamariki ki tō rātou wharekura.
Our children went to their school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Nā tō rātou māmā.
It was their mother who did it.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Māku e horoi tō rātou waka.
I will be the one to clean the car.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kei Matipō Tirīti tō rātou kāinga.
Their house is in Matipō Street.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Ka tangi ngā tamāhine ki tō rātou pāpā.
The daughters mourned for their father.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He whānau pai tō Rina, he nui tō rātou aroha ki a rātou anō.
Rina has a good family. They love each other very much.
He tatou tō tō rātou whare.
Their house has a door.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kaua e tū ki runga i tō rātou whāriki hou!
Do not stand on their new carpet!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He nui te mana o tō rātou waka.
Their canoe has great prestige.
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a
I tō rātou pēne e waiata ana, ka inu mātou i ngā inu kore utu!
While the band sang, we drank free drinks!
While... - i... e... ana, ka...
Mā wai tō rātou kakahu e haenga?
Who will iron our clothes?
Who will? - mā wai?
Tō rātou kaha hoki.
How strong they are.
How... - tō... hoki
Kātahi tō rātou rangatira, a Rua, ka mea....
Then their chief, Rua, said...
Ohorere tātou i tō rātou hokinga mai i te kaha o te kōpeke.
We were surprised at their return on account of the cold.
Ko tēnei tō rātou waka.
This is their car.
Kua tutuki tō rātou wawata.
Their dream has been fulfilled.
Kei hea tō rātou motokā?
Where is their car?
I tō rātou taenga atu, e pōuri tonu ana te hōro.
When they arrived, the hall was still dark.
He mā tō rātou whare.
Their house is white.
Ko tō rātou whare tika tonu ki tērā taha.
Their house is opposite.
E tino rata ana au ki te iwi o reira. – Tō rātou āhua, ā rātou tikanga – ngā mea katoa.
I really like the people from there – how they act, their customs – everything about them.
