Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 106:
pōwhiri, ra, raumati, taki, taputapu, tari
Sentence Flashcards
61 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–106, including at least one word introduced in lesson 106.
Kei te whiti te ra.
The sun is shining.
Kei te tō te ra
The sun is going down
Kei runga tāu pene whero i tōu tēpu tari.
Your red pen is on your desk.
E pōwhiri ana rātou ki a mātou.
They are welcoming us.
He pai rawa atu taua pōwhiri ki a au.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.
Kei runga tāku rorohiko i tōku tēpu tari.
My computer is on my desk.
Haere ki tōku tari tatari ai.
Go to my office and wait.
Ko ia te rangatira o tēnei tari.
She's the boss of this department.
I tōku tari au.
I was in my office.
Kāore anō ngā wāhine kia pōwhiri atu ki ngā manuhiri.
The women have not yet welcomed the guests.
E pōwhiri ana rātou ki a mātou.
They are welcoming us.
He pai rawa atu kia a au taua pōwhiri.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.
He tāone pai rawa a Raumati.
Raumati is the best town.
Haere ki te tari.
Go to the office.
Mā wai te karakia e taki?
Who will recite the karakia?
Ko te Raumati taku tino wā o te tau.
Raumati is my favourite time of the year.
Ko te waka kākāriki ra tō mātou.
Ours is that green car.
Ko ngā aha ngā reta ra?
What are those letters?
Ko ngā mea ra.
Those ones over there.
Nāku te karakia i taki.
I was the one who recited the prayer.
Ehara nāku te karakia i taki.
I was not the one who recited the prayer.
Ehara i a au te karakia i taki.
I was not the one who recited the prayer.
Māku te karakia e taki.
I will recite the prayer.
Ko te raumati te wā kauhoe.
Summer is the time for swimming.
Ka pōwhiri ki ana ringaringa.
She beckoned with her hands.
Ka whakatika atu ētahi ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā.
Some stood to wave outside the pā.
Māu pea te karakia e taki?
Would you like to lead the prayer?
Āe, taki haere tātou, kotahi atu ki te hokomaha.
Yes, let's be off, straight to the supermarket.
Ākuanei koutou i a au! Taki puta!
You kids had better cut that out right now. Outside – the lot of you!
Mā rātou ā mātou manuhiri e pōwhiri.
They will welcome our guests.
Mā rātou tātou e pōwhiri?
Who will greet us today?
Te wera hoki o tēnei raumati!
How hot this summer is!
Tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Kaua e tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Don't fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
I tōku tari au.
I was in my office.
Kāore au i tōku tari.
I wasn’t in my office.
Hei roto au i tōku tari.
I will be in my office.
Kāore au hei roto i tōku tari.
I will not be in my office.
Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.
Ehara i a mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools do not belong to us.
Kei Raumati ia.
She's in Rauamti.
Nō te taenga ki te raumati, ka mahana te kiri o te tangata.
When summer arrived people began to feel warm.
Kua haere kē atu ra ia.
He has already gone away there.
nei, na, ra
Direction particles
Tēnā ra, koe.
Greetings to you, yonder.
Kua pakaru te taputapu e whakatika ai ia i te motukā.
The tool with which he fixes the car is broken.
Kia iwa ngā rorohiko i te tari.
There should be nine computers in the office.
Hoatu ēnā taputapu ki a ia.
Give those tools to him.
me whakarite ngā taputapu
you should get the equipment ready or set out
I ngā raumati, kaukau ai au i te moana.
In the summer, I regularly swim in the sea. (Māori Dictionary)
Kua mutu te pōwhiri.
The formal welcome has concluded.
Kāore anō te pōwhiri kia mutu.
The formal welcome hasn’t concluded.
Me whakarite ngā taputapu.
You should get the equipment ready.
Kua whakahoki ngā kaimahi i ā rātou taputapu.
The workers have returned their tools.
nei, na, ra, ai
L52: “Complex sentences with subordinate clauses
Haere ai rātou ia raumati ki te wāhi i noho ai ō.rātou tūpuna.
They went every summer to the place where their ancestors lived.
A te raumati, ka haere aku tamariki ki tō rāua kuia.
In summer (coming) my children will go to their grandmother.
Ko te raumati te wā e haere ai te whānau ki tātahi’ =
Summer is the season — will go thereat — the whānau — to the seaside
I kite au i te tamaiti tāne ra.
I saw that boy.
Na wai ēnei taputapu katoa?
(Whose is all this gear?)
Kāore anō te pōwhiri kia mutu?
Has the welcome not concluded?