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First Lessons in Maori
§ 13
§ 13.
When nouns are in apposition (i.e., when a second noun is added to explain the first), repeat the preposition, etc., of the first noun with the second, and place the most general noun first, the most particular afterwards.
Example.
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Ma tona tupuna, ma Pau, for his grandfather Pau.
In this example, tona tupuna is a more general term than Pau, and it therefore stands first: and the preposition ma is repeated with the particular name, Pau.