He taone a Akarana, Auckland is a town.

Homai ki a au, give it to me.

Ka wera a waho o te rakau, the outside of the tree is burnt.

§ 7. 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.

Also when addressing more persons than one it may be used with the different forms of address, thus:

E hoa ma! Friends!

With the pronouns Wai? and mea it makes a kind of plural.

A wai ma? Who? (pl.)

A mea ma, such and such persons.