Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 122:
tahitahi, taringa, tipuna, tokomaha, tāhae, tēina
Sentence Flashcards
42 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–122, including at least one word introduced in lesson 122.
Kua mamae taku taringa.
My ear is sore.
Ko Tōmuri Te Awa tōku tipuna.
Tōmuri Te Awa is my ancestor.
Kei te tākaro ki te tahitahi.
They are playing with the broom.
Tokomaha ngā tāngata o tērā iwi.
There are a lot of people in that tribe.
Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?
Tokomaha kei roto i tana whānau.
There are heaps in her family.
Tokorua aku tēina, tokotoru aku tuahine.
I've got two younger brothers (and) I have three sisters.
Kei te mau ia i tētahi mau taringa.
She is wearing an earring.
Tokomaha ngā tauira kei tēnei kura!
What a lot of students at this school!
Koia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou.
That's the ancestor of Ngāti Porou.
Kāore ōku tēina.
I don't have younger siblings.
Nā wai te papa i tahitahi?
Who swept the floor?
Taringa whakarongo mai!
Listen everyone!
Kāore aku tamariki, engari he tokomaha āku irāmutu, tekau mā rima rātou.
I don't have any kids, but I have many nieces and nephews, there are fifteen of them.
Kei te mamae tō taringa?
Have you got a sore ear?
Kei hea ō taringa?
Where are your ears?
Kua riro te moni i te tāhae.
The money was taken by the thief.
Māku te papa e tahitahi.
I will sweep the floor.
Kāhore e Mā, māku te papa e tahitahi.
No worries Mum, I will clean the floor.
Kāore au e rata ki te tahitahi papa, he hōhā.
I don't like sweeping the floor, it's annoying.
I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.
The teacher was talking to us as if we were deaf.
Haere mai ki tō tipuna whare!
Welcome to your ancestral home!
Nā te pirihimana i hopu te tāhae.
It was the policeman who caught the thief.
Ehara i te pirihimana te tāhae i hopu.
The policeman didn’t catch the thief.
I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.
The teacher was talking to us as if we (3+) were deaf.
Tokomaha ōna hoa.
He has many friends.
E taea rānei e te wahine te tahitahi?
Will the woman manage to do the sweeping?
I tukua iho tēnei whenua mai i tō tātou tipuna.
This land was handed down to us from our grandfather.
I kite a Hone i te tāhae
John saw the thief.
Ko Hone kāore i kite i te tāhae, (i moe tonu kē).
John didn’t see the thief, (he was still asleep).
Ehara ko Hone i kite i te tāhae, (ko Kiri kē).
It wasn’t John who saw the thief, (it was Kiri instead).
He aha kē a Hone i tāhae ai i tō pukapuka?
Why did John steal your book?
Nā tērā kurī ā māua kai i tāhae.
That dog stole our food.
Ko te tokomaha o ngā tāngata me te mea e rima mano.
The number of people was about five thousand.
He tāhae ahau i haere mai ai koutou ki te hopu i ahau?
Am I a thief that you (therefore) come to catch me?
Ko ia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou.
He is the ancestor of Ngāti Porou.
Koia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou!
That’s the ancestor of Ngāti Porou!
I āwhinatia rātou e mātou ko aku tēina.
They were helped by me and my younger sisters.
No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine.
Your grandmother is from the South Island.
I tahitahi ngā tamariki i te papa.
The children swept the floor.
Kua riro te moni i te tāhae
A thief has got the money, The money has been taken by a thief
Kua rongo māua ko taringa
I have heard,