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A Maori Podcast
Kia ora ra e hoa ma! I've come across these structure before but it still hasn't quite set in for me yet. Hopefully today's episode can shed a bit more light into it's usage.
Whakatauki: Nga mahi a te mata raumati - "The occupation of mid summer." Said of the habits of one that sleeps until late morning when the sun is hot. [Murdoch Riley, Maori Sayings & Proverbs, 54 - 2]
Wetenga reo:
No to ratou taenga atu ki marae, ka kite ratou kua timata ke hui. - When they arrived at the marae, they saw that the meeting had already begun. [Ray Harlow, A Maori Reference Grammar, pg. 216]
[Ray Harlow, A Maori Reference Grammar, pg. 217]
A, no ka hukea te hangi, he hawareware kau ano. - Then, when the oven was opened, there was nothing but skin and bones. (Orbell 1992:13)
No ratou ka rongo, ka werowero i roto i o ratou ngakau - When they heard (this), they were cut to the heart. (Acts 2:37)
Nona ka rongo - When s/he heard.