Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 186:
tārai, tūī, uenuku, uira, unuhia, urupā
Sentence Flashcards
19 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–186, including at least one word introduced in lesson 186.
E toro mai ana ngā tūī ki te māra.
The tūī are visiting the garden.
Kua oti kē i a Pou te Tārai tōna waka.
Pou had already finished adzing out his canoe.
I ēnei rā, kua waiho taua wāhi hei urupā mō ngā tūpāpaku.
Now that place remains as a burial place for the dead.
Ko ngā tohunga nāna te waka i tārai.
The experts who carved the canoe.
Unuhia, unuhia!
Draw on, draw on!
Unuhia ki te uru tapu nui!
Draw on the superme sacredness!
Unuhia te kiri o te ārani.
Peel the orange
Ka mea a Uenuku, ‘Tukua iho!
Let him down!
I mātua hui te iwi ki te marae, kātahi ka haere ki te urupā.
First the tribe met at the marae, and then set off to the cemetery.
Haere e whai i te waewae o Uenuku, kia ora ai te tangata.
Go search for the footprints of Uenuku so that humankind may be nurtured.
Tū ana ngā tāngata tokorua i ō rātou taha, uira tonu ngā kākahu.
The two men stood at their side,
He tūī tērā manu
That bird is a tūī
Ehara tērā manu i te tūī
That bird is not a tūī
He urupā tō taua marae
That marae has a cemetery (attached to it)
Kāore he urupā o taua marae
That marae has no cemetery (attached to it)
He mōhio ia ki te tārai waka
He is knowledgeable about canoe making
E kīa ana he tino mōhio ia ki tēnei mahi, ki te tārai waka
It is said that he is very knowledgeable about carving out canoes
Kaua e unuhia ō hū!
Don’t take off your shoes!
Unuhia ō hū!
Take off your shoes!