Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 29:
māua, konei, kākahu, kōrua, noa
Sentence Flashcards
138 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–29, including at least one word introduced in lesson 29.
Kei hea ngā kākahu?
Where are the clothes?
Kei konei ngā wāhine.
The women are over here.
kōrua ko
You two
Kei te moe kōrua.
You two are sleeping.
Ki konei
towards here (by the speaker).
Kei te haere ngā tamariki ki konei.
The children are coming here (by the speaker).
Haere mai ki konei
come here.
Kei te tākaro rātou ki konei.
They (3+) are playing here.
Kei te oma te tama ki konei.
The boy is running here.
Kei te mahi ngā wāhine ki konei
The women are working here.
Ko wai kōrua?
Who are you two?
Ka horoi au i ngā kākahu.
I will wash the clothes.
Kei hea ō kōrua whare?
Where are your houses?
Kua kai kōrua ?
Have you two eaten?
Kei te hiamoe māua.
He/she and I are sleepy.
Kei te kai rātou ki konei.
They (3+) are eating here.
Kua mā ngā kākahu?
Are the clothes clean?
Haere mai ki konei!
Come here! (to this place/to where i am)
Kia ora kōrua.
Hi you two.
Tēnā (rā) kōrua.
Hello you two.
Pai noa iho e tā.
Easy, sweet as, bro.
Hei konei rā.
Goodbye.
I horoi kākahu au.
I did washing.
Pēhea kōrua?
How are you? (2 people).
Kei te pai kōrua?
You two okay?
Kei te pai māua.
We're (not you) okay.
Kei te pai kōrua.
You two (not me) are okay.
Tēnā rā kōrua.
Thank you both.
Kia ora rā kōrua.
Cheers to you two.
Kei te aha kōrua?
What are you two doing?
Kei te hiainu māua.
We're thirsty.
Kua haere māua.
We're off.
Kei te harikoa ahau i te mea kei konei koutou.
I am happy because you are all here.
E iti noa ana nā te aroha.
A small thing given with love.
Kei te pai noa iho taku mahi.
My work is easy peasy.
Ngā kākahu ō ngā tamariki.
The children's clothes.
Ō mātou kākahu.
Our clothes (not yours).
He kākahu ō koutou.
You have clothes.
Kei runga noa atu koe!
You're on to it!
Tēnā kōrua.
Hello (to two people).
Nō konei au.
I am from here.
Kei konei au.
I'm here.
Kei hea ō kākahu?
Where are your clothes?
E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.
Hei te whare kē noa atu au noho mai ai.
I will stay at another house far away from yours.
I noho noa iho au ki te kāinga.
I just stayed home.
He pai noa tēnei wai.
This water is just right.
Kei runga noa atu koe.
You're the best.
I haere au ki te whare horoi kākahu.
I went to the laundry.
Kei konei katoa nei mātou.
We are all here.
Noho ai ngā wāhine ki konei.
The always women sit here.
Mā māua.
He/she and I will.
Mā kōrua.
You two will.
Ki a au te horoi i ngā kākahu.
I will wash the clothes.
Kaua kōrua e haere.
You two don't go.
Haere atu i konei!
Go away from here!
He kai ā kōrua?
Do you two have any food?
He kai ā kōrua.
You two have food.
Nō tā māua tama tērā whare.
That house belongs to our son.
I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
Mā tātou e horoi ō tātou kākahu.
We will be the ones to clean the room.
Ehara i tōku hoa ō māua kākahu i horoi.
My friend didn't wash our clothes.
Haere mai ki konei noho ai.
Come over here to sit down.
Haere mai koe ki konei kia kōrero ai tāua.
Come over here so we can talk.
Māua ko tōku hoa.
My friend and I.
Kaua e oma i konei.
Don't run here.
E waiata ana māua i te hui.
We (me and one other person) are singing at the gathering.
Nō konei au.
I am from here.
Ehara au nō konei.
I am not from here.
I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
I konei tonu.
It was right here.
Kei konei ngā tamariki.
The children are here.
I konei ngā tamariki.
The children were here.
Mō ngā tamariki tēnei kākahu.
This clothing is for the children.
Ehara mō ngā tamariki tēnei kākahu.
This clothing is not for the children.
Haere mai ki konei noho ai!
come here and sit down!
i konei tonu
right here
tā/tō māua tā/tō mātou
2nd Person
tā/tō kōrua tā/tō koutou
3rd Person
Haere mai ki konei, noho ai
come here and sit down
Haere mai ki konei.
Come here.
Ehara i te mea mā rātou e horoi ngā kākahu.
They will not wash the clothes.
Ehara mā rātou e horoi ngā kākahu.
They will not wash the clothes.
Nā māua tēnei mahi.
This work is ours (me and him/her, not you).
Mā māua tēnei mahi.
This work will be ours (me and him/her, not you).
Mā kōrua tēnei kai.
This food will be yours (you two).
mā/mō māua
for us two (not you)
mā/mō kōrua
for you two
Kei te noho māua.
Us two but not you are sitting
I noho māua
The two of us, but not you sat.
Kei te kōrero māua
We two not you are talking
I te kōrero māua
The two of us not you were talking
I kōrero māua
The two of us not you spoke
He wai tō māua
The two of us have water
Me haere atu māua
We should go
Me hoki kōrua ki te kāinga.
You both must return home.
Kei te māua whare
I am at our house, not yours
Hei konei rā
goodbye to someone who is staying
E noho kōrua!
Sit down, you two!
Nā kōrua tēnei kai.
This food is yours (you two).
Haere mai koe ki konei kia kore ai koe e mākū.
Come over here so that you don't get wet.
Hei konei he kāinga mō mātou.
Here will be a home for us.
Kei te haere mai ngā tamariki ki konei.
The children are coming here.
tō māua ā māua ō māua
Your — two people addressed
tō kōrua ā kōrua ō kōrua
Their — two people
Mō Mere ēnei kākahu.
These clothes are for Mary.
rawa, tonu, kē, noa
Directional particles
Me noho ki konei kia hoki rawa mai au.
Stay here until I get back.
I haere noa mātou.
We just went, without any special reason.
He pai noa iho tēnā!
That’s quite all right!
Me he manu, kua rere noa atu.
If it were a bird, it would have flown away long ago.
He tino pai rawa atu tō kākahu.
Your coat is very fine indeed.
I konei tonu.
Right here. — 1594
Ka haere māua.
We two will go, excluding you.
Nui noa atu tana whare i tōku.
His house is a lot bigger than mine.
Nui noa ake tana whare i tōku.
His house is a lot bigger than mine.
Kei te haere mai rātou ki konei.
They are coming here.
Ka nui hoki tō kōrua pai ki tēnei tākaro.
You two are awesome at this game!
E tangi ana kōrua ki te aha?
Why are you weeping?
Ko te mate i mate katoa ai te tangata tae noa ki ngā tamariki.
A disaster in which all are killed including children.
He pai noa iho ā rātou kai.
Their food was good enough (quite all right).
Kia aroha ki a māua.
Cherish us.
E noho rā/Hei konei.
Goodbye (I leave you now).
I ahau tōna kākahu
I had his coat
Nō māua tērā whare
That house belongs to us
Me noho kōrua
You (two people) had better stay
Ka waiata māua
we (my companion and I [but not you])
tā māua, tō māua ā māua, ō māua
(Exclusive) our
Ko tēnā tōku kākahu
This is my coat
tā māua mahi
our work
Kaua e haere atu i konei!
(Do not leave here!)
E tū kōrua!
(You two) stand up!
Māua ko taku hoa tāne
My husband and I
Kei konei katoa nei mātou
We are all here
Kei te tākaro māua?
Are we (her and I) playing?
Haere mai kōrua!
Come here you two!
Kua tae mai tō māua hoa
Our friend has arrived
He tangata harikoa kōrua
You two are very happy-go-lucky