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#141: In the time of the ancestors

nā to refer to a time
Belonging to a time with derived nouns — nō te... Belonging to the past — nō
In te reo Māori, nā marks possessive time phrases like “from the 1960s” or “belonging to last week.” It adds emphasis, translating as “it was [time] that…,” often paired with ai (“when”). Example: Nā tērā wiki ahau i haere atu — “It was last week that I went.”

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ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • ehara ehara • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hōiho • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • kāore • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • ko wai • koe • koro • kōrua • koutou • kōwhai • kua •  • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • ō • oma • ora • pai • pango • pēhea? •  • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • taku • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tana • tātou • tāua • tere • tino •  • wāhine • waiata • whaea • whero
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