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Possessives - belonging to us, them, you all — tā rātou, tō mātou, tā koutou...
Possession with groups uses the personal pronouns with tā (a-category) or tō (o-category). For example, tō tātou whare means “our house” (belonging to all of us), and tō rāua whare means “their house” (belonging to those two). If two people share something but not the listener, we use tō māua, as in tō māua waka (“our car, not yours”).

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ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • 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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