Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 134:
tūmanako, tūrei, whakapaingia, wharenui, whatu, whiu
Sentence Flashcards
37 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–134, including at least one word introduced in lesson 134.
E tūmanako ana au kia hoki mai taku tau ākuanei.
I am hoping my darling will return home soon.
Te ātaahua hoki o tō tātou wharenui!
Our meeting house is extremely beautiful!
Kei te wharenui te iwi e kōrero ana mō te hui ā te mutunga wiki.
The people are in the wharenui talking about the meeting on the weekend.
Ka horoi au i ō whatu.
I'll wash your eyes.
E moe ō whatu.
Close your eyes to sleep.
Kei mua te koroua i te wharenui.
The elderly man is in front of the carved meeting house.
Whakapaingia ēnei kai.
Bless this food.
Ko Tūmanako te toki hākinakina o tōna whānau.
Tūmanako is the sports champion of his family
Pēnei au he māmā noa iho te whatu kākahu.
I thought it would be easy as to knit clothes.
Kua whiu au!
Delicious!
Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.
Kaua e whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Don't clean the house before the guests arrive.
Ka whakapaingia te papa e ngā tamariki.
The floor will be cleaned by the children.
Kāore te papa e whakapaingia e ngā tamariki.
The floor will not be cleaned by the children.
Ka hui rātou āpōpō kōrero ai mō te wharenui.
They will meet tomorrow to discuss the wharenui.
I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru nei i mua i te wharenui e tū ana.
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house.
I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru i mua i te wharenui e tū ana.
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house.
Ka hīkoi koe rānei ki te marae i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei?
Will you (or someone else) walk to the marae with Rangi on Tuesday?
Ka hīkoi rānei koe ki te marae i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei?
Will you walk (or get there some other way) to the marae with Rangi on Tuesday?
Ka hīkoi koe ki te marae rānei i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei?
Will you walk to the marae (or somewhere else) with Rangi on Tuesday?
Ka hīkoi koe ki te marae i te taha o Rangi rānei ā te Tūrei?
Will you walk to the marae with Rangi (or someone else) on Tuesday?
Ka hīkoi koe ki te marae i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei rānei?
Will you walk to the marae with Rangi on Tuesday (or some other day)?
Whakapaingia ngā kai!
Bless the food!
Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.
Nō te Mane ia i tae mai ai, kaua i te Tūrei.
It was on Monday that she arrived, not Tuesday.
Whakapaingia te rūma!
Tidy the room!
Me haere atu koe ki te wharenui.
You had better go to the meeting house.
Ko te Tūrei te rā i hoko ai māua i tō māua whare hōu.
Tuesday is the day on which we shall buy/bought our new house.
I mauria mai e au āna kai engari e whiu kē ana ia.
I brought his food but he was already satisfied.
Nā, me whiu ia e ahau, ka tuku atu ai.
So, he had best be whipped by me, released thereafter.
Ko tōku tūmanako tēnei, kia hoki ora koe ki tō whaea.
This is my hope, that you should return safely to your mother.
Kāo, ehara tōku whare i te wharenui
No, my house is not big
E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.
Whakapaingia ngā moenga!
(Make the beds!)
I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru (nei) i mua i te wharenui e tū ana
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house
Nō te Mane ia i tae mai ai, kaua i te Tūrei
It was on Monday that she arrived, not on Tuesday
Ka whakatika mai te manuhiri ki mua o te wharenui, ka tū, ka tangi (Kāretu 1974:10)
The visitors proceed to the front of the meeting house, stand and weep