Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 13:
kai, me, tō, oma, waiata
Sentence Flashcards
71 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–13, including at least one word introduced in lesson 13.
i pēhea te kai?
how was the food?
Kei te pai au, me koe?
I am good, and you?
Kia pai tō rā!
Have a good day!
Me haere ahau
I had better go.
Me noho koe.
You should sit.
Kei te waiata rātou.
They (3 or more) are singing.
Me kai koe.
You should eat.
I oma au.
I ran.
A koe/me koe?
And you?
Kua kai koe?
Have you eaten?
Kia pai tō rā.
Have a good day.
Kei te kai ahau.
I'm eating.
Ko tēnei te waiata.
This is the song.
I waiata rātou.
They sang.
Me haere ai.
I should go.
E oma!
Run!
E kai!
Eat up!
Me oma!
You should run!
I tēnei rā ka pai te kai.
Today the food is good.
Ka oma rātou.
They ran.
Kei te oma rātou.
They are running.
E waiata ana rātou.
They are singing.
E haere waiata ana rātou.
They were walking along singing.
Kia kaha te kai.
Eat up.
E kai.
Eat up.
Ki a koutou te waiata.
You (3+) will sing the song.
Oma atu!
Run away!
Tēnā koe i te kai.
Thanks for the food.
Kei waiata koe!
Don't sing!
Kei kai koe!
Don't eat!
E kai!
Eat!
E oma!
Run!
Kua kai au.
I have eaten.
Mā rātou tēnei kai.
This food is for them.
Me haere atu koe!
You should go
I oma atu rātou!
They ran away.
E waiata ana rātou.
They are singing.
Me haere au.
I should go.
I te oma au.
I was running.
Kei te oma au.
I am running.
Kei te oma koe.
At the moment, you are running.
Kua kai ahau.
I have eaten.
I te kai au.
I was eating.
Kua kai au.
I have eaten.
Oma ai rātou.
They are always running.
Kei te oma ahau
So how does Kei te hokomaha ahau mean I am at the supermarket?
Kei te kai ahau
We could translate this as
E oma ana ahau.
I was, am, and will be runni h
Ka kai au.
I will eat.
Waiata ai au.
I always sing.
I waiata ai ai.
I always used to sing.
Ka waiata ai au.
I am always sing.
E waiata ai au.
I am always singing.
I kai rātou.
They ate.
Me kai rātou.
They had better eat.
Me haere ahau.
I had better go.
au / ahau I, me
The speaker
Ka pai te kai.
The food is good.
Me haere koe.
You had better go (You must go).
E kai ana rātou (Kei te kai rātou).
They are eating.
E hiahia ana ahau ki te kai.
Exercise 18b
Kua waiata rātou.
They have sung.
Kei te hiahia ahau kia kai koe
I want you to eat (I wish that you should eat)
Kua kai rātou
They have eaten
E kai ana rātou
They are eating
Kei te kai rātou
They are eating
Ka kai rātou
They will eat
E kai ana ahau
I am eating
Ka kai ahau
I will eat
ko, me, e, rā
Me tēnei tangata‘with this man
Kua kai au
I have finished