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First Lessons in Maori
§ 37
§ 37.
Use the specific particle ko when the predicate is either
| i. |
A proper name, or personal pronoun, a local noun (§ 8), or either of the interrogatives wai, or hea; or |
| ii. |
A common noun with any of the definitives (§ 18) except he. |
Examples.
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Ko ia tenei, this is he.
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Ko wai tona ingoa? what is his name?
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Ko Hamo tona ingoa, his name is Hamo.
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Ko toku whare tera, that is my house.
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Ko hea tera maunga? What is (the name of) that mountain?