Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 117:
tukuna, tuna, tunua, tuāhine, tāra
Sentence Flashcards
36 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–117, including at least one word introduced in lesson 117.
tuna me te tītī.
eel and mutton bird.
E hia ngā tau o ō tuāhine?
How old are your sisters?
Nāna tēnei rua tāra.
This $2 is his.
Kāore ōku tuāhine.
I don't have sisters.
Ka nui te mīti, te hēki me te tuna.
There's plenty of meat, eggs and eels.
Kei te tunua te kai ki te ahi.
The food is being cooked by fire.
Kei te tunua te kai i te ahi.
The food is being cooked on the fire.
Ko te utu mō te tamariki kotahi tāra.
The price for children is one dollar.
Ka hokona e ua te koti rā mō te whā rau tāra.
She bought that coat for four hundred dollars.
He awa tino pai tēnei mō te hopu tuna.
This was a very good river for catching eels.
Ka hokona e ia te kurī rā mō te rua rau tāra.
He sold that dog for two hundred dollars.
Kotahi rau tāra te utu mō te pukapuka.
The book cost one hundred dollars.
Ka tino rata ia ki te keke ka tunua ki te kāinga.
They really like the cake that is baked at home.
Kaua e tunua te ika.
Don't cook the fish.
Kaua te ika e tunua.
Don't cook the fish.
He kai tā ngā tuna.
The eels have food.
I ōku tuāhine e horoi ana i ngā rīhi, ka moe ahau.
While my sisters were washing the dishes, I was sleeping.
Ka tunua te keke.
The cake will be cooked.
Kaua e tunua te kai.
The food shouldn't be cooked.
I tukuna te tangata kia haere noa.
The man was allowed to go free.
Tunua te keke.
Bake the cake.
Kei te tunua te keke e tōku whaea.
The cake is being cooked by my mother.
Kei te tunua te keke *e* te māmā
The cake is being baked by the mother
Kei te tunua te keke
The cake is being baked
Hoatu te tuna ki te pēke!
Put the eel in the sack!
Ka tunua te keke e tō whaea i korā
The cake will be cooked by your money over there where you are.
Nō te ahiahi nei i tunua ai te kai.
(It was this afternoon that the food was cooked.)
Kotahi taku tuāhine.
I have one sister.
Kua piki tana utu ki te whā tekau mano tāra ia tau, ia tau.
His salary has gone up to forty thousand dollars a year.
Taihoa koe ka tukuna ki te kura.
Presently you will be sent to school.
Tokotoru ōku tuāhine.
I have three sisters (literally, Three my sisters).
Rua rau tāra tāna utu.
His pay is two hundred dollars.
Ko ōna tuāhine
His sisters are the organisers.
(I tukuna te moni ki te tangata
The money was sent to the person
Kua piki tana utu ki te whā tekau mano tāra ia tau, ia tau
His salary has gone up to $40,000 a year
Hōhā au i ōku tuāhine.
I’ve had enough of my sisters. (speaker is male)