Sometimes but rarely it is found in the following construction:
- Me aha te utu mou? what is the payment for you to be?
4. For.
- Whakawateatia he huarahi mo mea ma, clear a road for our friends.
5. At, (future time),
- Mo amua haere ai, go at a future period.
6. Concerning.
- Nga kupu i korerotia ki a koe mo Tipene, the report that was related to you concerning Stephen.
We have observed mo used by foreigners in sentences in which for would appear to be pleonastic, as open the door for me; dress this wound for me, &c. We have no hesitation however in affirming that mo is never used in such a construction.
7. Used with a verbal noun to denote a preparedness, &c., for some future act; e. g.