Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 27:
tama, reira, kē, mōhio, tākaro
Sentence Flashcards
91 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–27, including at least one word introduced in lesson 27.
I noho au i reira i tērā tau.
I stayed there last year.
Me tākaro!
We should play!
He pai te tākaro!
Playing is fun!
Tama tū, tama ora, tama moe, tama mate.
The boy that stands, lives. The boy that sleeps, dies.
Ka tau kē!
How neat!
Kia ora e tama!
Hello boy!
Kia ora e tama mā!
Hello boys!
Ka tau kē.
Awesome.
Kei te mōhio koe.
You know.
Ka pai kē!
How great!
Nō reira!
Yeah!
I reira...
On the contrary...
Kei te hiahia koe ki te mōhio?
Do you want to know?
I mōhio koe ki a Mere?
Did you know Mere?
Nō reira...
Therefore...
E tā, i reira hoki au.
Come on mate, I was there too.
E tama, i te aha koe?
Boy, what were you doing?
Ka tau kē tō mahi.
Your work is awesome.
Kei reira.
Right on.
Nō reira, tēnā koutou.
So, hello to you all.
E noho e tama.
Sit down please boy.
Tō mōhio hoki.
Gee, you're clever.
Te wahine mōhio.
The clever woman.
Mā hea haere ai ki reira?
How shall we go there?
Tau kē!
Fantastic!
Ka mōhio taku hoa ki te tangata rā.
My friend knows that man.
I mōhio ahau e haere mai ana koe i tēnei rā.
I knew you would come today.
I a au i reira e noho ana...
While I was living there...
E tama!
Address to a boy or young man.
Nō reira tēnā koutou!
Therefore, greetings to you all!
He wahine mōhio.
A knowledgeable woman.
Kei runga ake te manu i te tama.
The bird is above the boy.
Ka haere ngā tama ki te kura.
The boys will go to school.
I te tama.
The boy had it.
Kei te tama.
The boy has it.
Tama tū, tama ora. Tama noho, tama mate.
If you stand, you live. If you sit down, you'll die.
He aha a Tama i kore ai e tākaro?
Why didn't Tama play?
Nā te aha i Tama i kore ai e tākaro?
What is the reason why Tama didn't play?
I oma te tama ki te kura.
The boy ran to school.
I reira te waka.
The car was there.
Kei reira ngā pukapuka.
The books are there.
I reira ngā pukapuka.
The books were there.
Hei reira te pukapuka.
The book will be there.
Nā te aha ngā tamariki i tākaro ai?
For what reason did the children play?
Nā te aha ngā tamariki i kore ai e tākaro?
Why didn’t the children play?
Nā te aha te tama i tangi ai?
For what reason did the boy cry?
Nā te aha te tama i kore ai e tangi?
Why didn’t the boy cry?
Mā ngā tamariki tēnei tākaro.
This toy is for the children.
Ehara mā ngā tamariki tēnei tākaro.
This toy is not for the children.
Ko koe anō hoki tētahi i reira.
You also were one of those present.
E mōhio ana au ki tēnei tangata e haere mai nei.
I know this man who is coming this way.
ana tama ake
his own sons
Tākaro ai ngā tamariki.
The children always play.
I tākaro ngā tamariki, ā, ka haere rātou ki te whare, ā, ka kai rātou.
The children played, subsequently, they went to the house and then they ate.
E tākaro ana te tama
The boy playing
I kite au i te tama e tangi ana
I saw the boy who was crying
He rere kē koe i a au.
You are different from me.
He kē tēnei.
Ahhh... this is strange, or This is unusual.
Kua haere kē ahau.
There are three possible meanings:
He wahine mōhio
a knowledgeable woman.
Tō mōhio hoki!
Gosh you’re knowledgeable!
Me te mea nei kei te moe kē rātou.
It looks as if they are already asleep.
Nō hea au e mōhio!
How would I know!
Nō reira, tēnā koutou katoa.
Therefore/so, greetings to you all. (New Zealand Curriculum)
Kei hea kē ngā tamariki?
Where are the children? They are not where I expected them to be.
Kua haere kē ngā tamariki.
The children have gone somewhere else.
E aha kē ana koutou?
What on earth are you doing?
He nui kē atu tēnei i tērā.
This, on the other hand, is bigger than that.
Kua kōrero mōhio tērā tangata.
That man has spoken wisely.
Ā tērā tau au hoki atu ai ki reira.
I am going back there next year.
E mōhio ana au ki te tangata e kōrero nā koe.
I know the person you are talking about.
E āhua mōhio ana.
Sort of know, but not very sure.
Me pēhea rā tātou e mōhio ai?
How will we know?
Haere ki reira, noho ai.
Go there and stop.
tērā tangata mōhio
that wise man
nā reira/nō reira
therefore/and so
Nō reira, e hoa mā, haere mai, haere mai, haere mai!
Therefore, friends, welcome, welcome, welcome!
Kei te mōhio koe ki tōku hoa?
Do you know my friend?
Ehara tērā tangata i te mōhio.
That man is not clever.
Tae rawa atu rātou ki te kāinga, kua tae kē ō rātou hoa
When they eventually reached home their friends had already arrived
Ehara tōna hoa i te tangata mōhio
his friend is not clever
E tākaro ana ngā tamariki
The children are playing
Kei te tākaro ngā tamariki
The children are playing,
Rere atu i reira!
Get out of there!
Mā reira, ka aha?
So what? And …?
(E mōhio ana koe ki ngā waiata
You know the songs
Ā tērā tau au hoki atu ai ki reira
I’m going back there next year (it’s next year that I’m going back there)
Kia mōhio (koe)
You should know …
Me pēhea rātou e mōhio ai?
How are they to know?
Kei te tākaro tātou?
Are we (all of us, three or more) playing?
Kei te tākaro mātou?
Are we (all of us, three or more, but not you) playing?