Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 133:
tuhia, ture, tāima, tākuta, tōtara
Sentence Flashcards
27 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–133, including at least one word introduced in lesson 133.
Kua hinga te tōtara i te tangata.
The tōtara has fallen due to the man.
Kei raro te ngeru i te tōtara.
The cat is under the tōtara tree.
He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.
A tÅtara split in two is food for the fire.
Tuhia he kōrero mō tō whānau.
Write a story about your family.
Anei tētahi rākau nui. He tōtara tēnei.
Here's a mighty tree. It's a tōtara.
Ehara tērā rākau i te tōtara.
That tree is not a tōtara.
Tokorima ngā tākuta o konei.
There are five doctors from here.
He tōtara tērā rākau.
That tree is a tōtara.
Kaua e tuhia he reta roa.
You shouldn't write a long letter.
Tuhia ō koutou whakaaro, ka tuku mai ai ki a au.
Write down your ideas, and then send (them) to me.
I tuhia tētahi reta e ia ki tōna hoa.
The letter was written by her to her sweetheart.
Kua tuhia te reta e Hine.
The letter has been written by Hine.
Kāore anō te reta kia tuhia e Hine.
The letter has not been written by Hine.
Nā te kaiako i kī ngā ture.
It was the teacher who stated the rules.
Ehara i te kaiako ngā ture i kī.
The teacher didn’t state the rules.
Mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher will explain the rules.
Ehara mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher won’t explain the rules.
He aha te tāima?
What is the time?
Ono karaka te tāima.
It is six o’clock.
He tākuta ahau.
I am a doctor.
Me haere koe ki te tākuta, nā te mea he wera rawa koe!
You should go to the doctor because you are really hot!
Ehara mā koutou te mōhio ki te tāima ki te wā rānei.
It’s not for you to know the time or season.
I ēnei rā, tuhia ai ngā tuhinga roa ki te rorohiko, kaua ki te pene.
These days, essays are written on computers, not with a pen.
Me tiki e koe i ngā rau o ngā rākau katoa, i ngā kiri, kia mōhio ai koe ki te āhua o te tōtara.
Fetch leaves from all the trees, and bark, so that you will know what the totara looks like.
I ako taku tama i te ture kia mahia ai tēnei momo mahi.
My son learnt the law so that he could do this kind of work.
He āwhina i te tākuta tāna mahi.
Her job is helping the doctor.
Kaua e tuhia!
Don’t write (it)!