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Maori Unpacked continued
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Unpack the actor

or

Emphasise the actor

Maa teenaa e whai i taana.
Its over to each to follow his/her own.
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This construction is known as the Actor Emphatic.

Maa wai ra e taurima te marae i waho nei.
Who will support the marae outside.

Make up a Mind Map using Maa...e in sentences.
Work out your actors in a simple exercise with one person or group followin another as with;

Maaku e whai i a koe.
I will follow you (singular).

Maau e whai i a ia.
You can follow him.

Maana e whai i a raaua.
He can follow you (two).

Maa raaua e whai i a maaua.
They (two) can follow we (two).

Maa maaua e whai i a koorua.
We (two) can follow you (two).

Maa taaua e whai i a raatou.
The two of us can follow them (more than two).



Maa raatou e whai i a maatou.
They (more than two) can follow us (more than two and not the person spoken to).

Maa maatou e whai i a koutou.
We (more than two and not the person spoken to) can follow you (more than two).

Maa taatou e whai i a koorua.
We (more than two and including the person spoken to) can follow you (two).

Maa koorua e whai i a au.
You (two) can follow me.

Maa koutou e whai i a ia.
You (more than two) can follow her or him or it.


Make a Mobile with Maa...e on it and make up an Actor Emphatic construction every time you go under it.

Ma teenaa tanagata taana.
To each his own.