Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 26:
tū, kite, horoi, moe, rua, reo
Sentence Flashcards
110 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–26, including at least one word introduced in lesson 26.
e moe!
sleep!
Me tū koe.
You should stand.
Me horoi koe, e te tau!
You should wash, my darling!
Mā wai e horoi?
Who will wash?
E moe, e te tau.
Go to sleep, my darling.
Kia tū tangata!
Let's be human!
He pai te kite i a koe.
Nice to see you.
Mā te kōrero e ora ai te reo.
By speaking it the language will be alive and well.
Ka kite!
See ya!
Ka kite anō!
See you again!
Kite mahi.
To work.
I moe au.
I slept.
I kite au i taku hoa.
I saw a friend.
Me moe koe.
You should sleep.
I horoi waka au.
I washed the car.
E rua e rua.
One and the same.
Kei te kite atu au.
I see that.
Ko wai kei te horoi?
Who is washing?
Ko Mere kei te horoi.
Mere is washing.
Aroha mai, kua kite koe i a Mere?
Excuse me, have you seen Mere?
Ka nui taku hiahia kia kite i a koe!
I greatly desire to see you.
Ka kite au i a koe.
I will see you.
E tū ana te whare.
The house is standing.
Kaua e tū ki te kai.
Don't stand and eat.
Kei te kite koe i ngā manu rā?
Can you see those birds?
Ka kite au.
I see.
E moe!
Sleep!
Ka kite anō i a koe!
See you again!
Kia kaha ake tō reo!
Speak louder!
Ko wai kei te moe?
Who is sleeping?
E rua ngā kurī.
There are two dogs.
Kua horoi rāua i te whare.
They have washed the house.
Ka tū atu anō he wahine.
Another woman stood up.
Ka kite atu ngā tāne o tēnei i ngā wāhine o tērā.
The men of this [tribe] saw the women of that [tribe].
Kia nui ake tō reo.
Speak louder.
I pēhea tō moe?
How was your sleep?
I au tō moe?
Did you have a sound sleep?
E tū!
Stop.
E tū.
Stand up.
E moe.
Go to sleep.
Kua horoi koe?
Have you had a wash?
E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
I kite te tangata i te kurī.
The person saw the dog.
I pai. I au taku moe.
It was good. I slept well.
Tū ake!
Stand up!
Moe mai!
Sleep!
Kia au tō moe.
Have a sound sleep.
Kei te moe te tamaiti.
The child is sleeping.
He aha koe e kore nei e moe?
Why aren't you sleeping?
Kei te moe ngā tamariki.
The children are sleeping.
E moe!
Sleep!
Kaua e moe!
Don't sleep!
E tū!
Stand!
Kaua e tū!
Don't stand!
Kua kite ahau i a koe.
I have seen you.
I haere mātou ki te kura kia kite ai i ngā hoa.
We went to school in order to see our friends.
I haere mātou ki te kura kia kore ai mātou e kite i ngā hoa.
We went to school in order to not see our friends.
Nā rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books belong to them.
Ehara i a rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books do not belong to them.
I kite·a he pukapuka tino pai
[I] found a very good book
Ka tū ake au ki te kōrero atu ki a koutou.
I stand up to speak to you.
i tangi tū te wahine
the woman wept standing
E rua ngā pukapuka.
There are two books.
Kei te haere ahau ki te whare pukapuka kia kite ahau i te pukapuka.
I am going to the library in order to see the book.
Kei te tū ahau.
I am standing.
E moe ana tā tātou kurī
Our dog was, is or will be sleeping.
Kei te moe tonu ngā tamariki.
The children are still sleeping.
Haere ki te moe
go to sleep.
Ka kite anō i a koe.
See you again.
I tū tētahi tamaiti tāne.
A certain boy stood.
E horoi ana
Describes the washing
Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga moe ai.
We had better go back home to sleep there.
Tū mai kia kite atu au.
Stand up so I can see you.
Horoi i a koutou!
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I kite au i tērā tamaiti tāne.
I saw that boy.
E moe ana te wahine.
The woman is sleeping.
Haere mai kia kite au i a koe.
Come here so I can see you.
Nā Mere te waka i horoi.
It was Mere who washed the car.
Mā Mere te waka e horoi.
Mere will be the one to wash the car.
Kei te kite au i a koe.
I see you.
Kei te kite koe i a au.
You see me.
I tū ake rātou ki te waiata.
They stood up to sing together as a group.
Ka kite ahau i ngā rākau nui.
I saw the big trees.
Ka hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, moe ai.
The children went home to sleep there.
Ka hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, ka moe.
The children went home, and slept.
Ka hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga ki.te moe.
The children went home to sleep.
Kia hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, ka moe ai.
When the children go home then they will sleep.
Hoki ana ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, moe ana.
The children returned home and slept.
He horoi i te whare taku mahi i tēnei rā.
My job is to clean the house this day.
Kaua e moe!
Don’t sleep!
Me moe tātou.
We had best go to sleep (We must sleep).
E aha ana a Rua? (I te aha a Rua?)
What was Rua doing?
Me horoi tēnā mea.
That thing should (had best be) washed.
Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga moe ai
We had best go back home to sleep (thereat)
I kite te tamaiti
The child saw
Kua tū tēnei.
This one has stood.
E tū ana te tamaiti tāne.
The boy is standing. / The boy was standing. / The boy will be standing.
Ka tū he tamaiti.
A boy stands. / A boy will stand.
E tū ana mātou i te roto.
We were standing by the lake.
Kei te tū
Rewi is standing.
Ko ngā mea e tū ana.
The ones standing up.
Mā te kōrero i te reo e ora ai
It is through (people) speaking the language, that it will survive
(Ka kite koe i te mahi
You will find the job
E noho, e tū, haere
Sit! Stand! Go!
I tū ake rātou ki te waiata
They stood up to sing (together, as a group).
Ko wai te whare e tū mai rā?
What’s the name of the house over there?
Kaua e tū!
Don’t stand up!
I te kāinga e moe ana
At home sleeping
Kua moe rāua
They (three people) have gone to the shop
Kua moe rāua?
Have they (three people) gone to the shop?