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First Lessons in Maori
§ 10. Ma
§ 10. Ma.
When any person is spoken of in connexion with others whom it is not necessary to specify put ma after the name, thus:
Kahutia ma, Kahutia and his companions, or Kahutia and the others.
page 12Also when addressing more persons than one it may be used with the different forms of address, thus:
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E hoa ma! Friends!
With the pronouns wai? and mea (§ 6) it makes a dual or plural.
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A wai ma? Who? (pl.).
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A mea ma, such and such persons.