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ā māua - our [plural, his or hers and mine]

Kaua e kata ki a māua.
Don't laugh at us.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

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

He Tame ro kaiako o ā māua tamariki.
Our children's teacher is Tame.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He ō ā māua tamariki.
Our children have shoes.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

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... ?

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 Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana ā māua tamariki.
Riripeti and Tīwana are our children.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Tokorua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.

Ehara i a māua te kai i tunu. rāua irāmutu i tunu.
It wasn't us two who cooked the food. It was their nephew.

E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.

Ā māua .
Our (2 exc) guns.

#58: My wife meets my girlfriend
#145: Belonging to a reason
#159: Rangi ate the cake. The cake was eaten by Rangi. If was Rangi who ate the cake.
#157: When the police arrived, the thief had already run away
#48: Rangi's bed is big
#155: We are changing our state to being not here
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