#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.”