Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 127:
hoake, hokinga, ingarangi, inoi, kanohi
Sentence Flashcards
27 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–127, including at least one word introduced in lesson 127.
Kei te inoi te whānau.
The family is praying.
I Ingarangi koe?
Were you in England?
Kia inoi tātou.
Let us pray.
Ka pai rā, hoake tāua!
Ka pai, let's go.
Me horoi i tō kanohi.
Let's wash your face.
Kua mā tō kanohi ināianei.
Your face is all clean now.
Hoake tātou ki tātahi!
Let's go to the beach!
Ngā kanohi o taua kōtiro rā.
The eyes of that girl there.
Ko tēnei he reta nō Ingarangi mai.
This is a letter from England.
Hoake tātou ki tō rāua whare.
Let's go to their house.
Me inoi tātou.
Let us pray.
Hoake! Hoatu!
Let's all go! You go and I'll stay!
Nō Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.
Ehara a Rangi nō Ingarangi.
Rangi is not from England.
Titiro ōu kanohi!
open your eyes!
Me inoi anō koutou tētahi mō tētahi.
You should pray for one another.
Hoake ki runga i te waka kia kotahi ai tāua mate!
Go onto the canoe so that we two shall die together!
I mua mai i tōku hokinga mai.
Before I return.
I mua atu i tōku hokinga mai ki konei.
Before I returned here; before my return here.
I muri mai i tōku hokinga mai.
After my return here; after I had returned here.
Pango tonu tana kanohi i te paru.
His face is all black with dirt.
Hoake tātou ki te whare!
Let’s go to the house!
E hoa, kia mahara koe ki ahau ina haere atu koe ki Ingarangi.
Friend, remember me when you go to England.
He tawhiti rawa ngā marae o te wā kāinga nei hei hokinga mai mō rātau (Kāretu 1974:153)
The marae of the home area are too far away to be a place they can return to
Nō te hokinga rā anō mai ki te kāinga (Kāretu 1974:89)
On my return home, it wasn’t until I came back home, that ...
I mua atu i tōku hokinga mai ki konei
Before I returned here, Before my return here
I muri mai i tōku hokinga mai
After my return here, After I had returned here