Under this head may be classed some instances that cannot well be reduced to any of the above rules: E hara koe i te rangatira noku, you are not my master.
E hara koe i te rangatira noku, you are not my master.
Wherowhero, te rangatira o Waikato, at the Settlement of Wherowhoro, the Chief of Waikato.
The following use of it is, at least in Waikato, erroneous: "A he tangata nui hoki a Hone, he rangatira hoki u a ratou.
These sentences, democratic though they were to the last degree, found no sympathy with Rangatira Moetara, who followed with a brief speech.
Na, e mea ana ia, kia huihuia katoatia mai nga Rangatira o te Wakaminenga o Nu Tireni, a te Wenerei i tenei wiki tapu e haere ake nei, kia kitekite ratou i a ia.
Troops of natives came from all directions to the korero with the rangatira nui, or great gentleman from England.
Accompanied by a score or so of the rangatira of his hapu, the ariki rode over to the young settler's place.
The death of a chief, orrangatira of note, was an affair of great importance.
But the rangatira girls have learnt from the Pakeha ladies to indulge a passion for fine clothes, and it is seldom that they do not find means to gratify their vanity.
A Maori young lady—for the rangatira hold themselves as of gentle blood at the very least—has several ways open to her of acquiring sufficient pin-money to place her wardrobe on a proper footing.
He only reproved his wife for not showing sufficient and proper honour to her "rangatira Pakeha" guest, which could not be done, he considered, unless she were completely attired in full Pakeha costume.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rangatira" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
