Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 34:
tunu, tōu, ōku, tekau, ngeru, tika
Sentence Flashcards
120 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–34, including at least one word introduced in lesson 34.
Tōu māmā.
My mother.
ōku kākahu
my clothes
kia tika
Be correct
Me tunu kai koe!
You should cook!
Ka kite au i ōku hoa ki te kura.
I will see my friends at school.
He ātaahua tērā ngeru!
That's a beautiful cat!
Kia tika te noho, e te tau.
Sit properly, my darling.
Kei te aha te ngeru?
What is the cat doing?
Kei te moe te ngeru.
The cat is sleeping.
He aha te tae o tōu whare?
What is the colour of your house?
Tika tonu!
Too right!
Kei te tika tēnei kōrero?
Is this correct?
Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Māori.
Let the language be correct, let it flow, let it be inherently Māori.
I tunu au.
I cooked.
Tekau mā rua.
Twelve.
Rua Tekau.
Twenty.
Tika tonu! Pēhea hoki koe?
True! What about you?
Kia tika a muri, kia tika a mua.
If things out the back are going well, things out the front will go well.
Kei te tunu a Mere i te kai.
Mere is cooking the food.
Māku e tunu.
I will cook it.
Ā! He tika.
Ah! True.
Ā, he tika! Kia ora kia ora!
Huh, you're right! Good on ya!
Ko wai tōu?
Who is yours? (eg who is your father?).
Te whare ō tōu hoa.
Your friend's house.
Kei te tika.
That's correct.
Ka taea e koe te kai te tunu?
Are you able to cook dinner?
Ka taea e koe te tunu keke?
Can you bake cakes?
Ko koe te mea tika.
You are the right person.
He waka tōu?
Do you have a car?
Tekau mā rua ngā kurī.
There are twelve dogs.
E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.
Kia mutu tātou i te wā tika, nei?
Please let's try to finish on time, shall we?
Nā wai te kai i tunu?
Who cooked for food?
Kia tika te mahi.
Be good.
Nā mātou te kai i tunu.
We cooked the food.
Ehara i a mātou te kai i tunu.
We did not cook the food.
Tētahi hoa ōku.
A certain friend of mine.
Te ngeru me te kurī.
The cat and the dog.
Kia tika te noho e tama.
Sit properly, son.
Kia tika hoki te kōrero, e tama.
Let the talk be correct, son.
Ka tunu ahau i te kai.
I will cook food.
Nā wai te keke i tunu?
Who baked the cake?
Ehara i ahau te kai i tunu.
It was not me who cooked the food.
Ehara i a koe te kai i tunu.
You were not the one who cooked the food.
Nā tōku hoa te kai i tunu.
My friend was the one who cooked the food.
Ehara i tōku hoa te kai i tunu.
It wasn't my friend who cooked the food.
Tō pai hoki ki te tunu keke!
How good you are at baking cakes!
Mātou ko ōku hoa.
My friends and I.
Ka tunu a Mere i te kai mō te whānau ā te pō.
Mere will cook dinner for the family tonight.
E tunu ana a Mere i te kai.
Mere is cooking the food.
Me tunu te kai.
The food should be cooked.
He waka tōu?
Do you have a car?
He ngeru ā rāua.
They have cats.
Kei roto te ngeru i te whare.
The cat is inside the house.
I roto te ngeru i te whare.
The cat was inside the house.
Hei konei ngā ngeru.
The cats will be here.
Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.
Ko wai kei te tunu i te kai?
Who is cooking the food?
Ehara i a au te ngeru i hoko.
I didn’t buy the cat.
Ka taea e koe te keke te tunu0.
?Can you bake the cake?
I haere tika tonu ki te whare kai
He went straight to the eating house
e tika ana anō!
that’s right!
Hoki atu ki tōu kāinga!
Go away home!
E kore koe e pai kia haere au ki tōu kāinga?
Wouldn’t you like me to come to your place?
Ko wai tōu hoa?
Who is your friend?
Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What is
Kei te tunu a Mere i te keke.
Mary is baking a cake.
He tino pai rawa atu tōu reo.
Your voice is very good indeed.
Kei te tunu ahau i te keke.
I am baking the cake.
Kei te tunu keke ahau.
I am cake-baking.
He ngeru tērā.
That is a cat.
Ko ngeru tērā.
That is the cat.
Ehara tērā i te ngeru.
That is not a cat.
He tāne tā mātou ngeru.
Our cat is a male.
He tāne ā mātou ngeru.
Our cats are male.
Kei te tika tēnei?
Is this correct?
Kei te oma te kurī ki te ngeru.
The dog is running to the cat.
I oma te kurī ki te ngeru.
The dog ran to the cat.
Kei te kai te kurī i te kai a te ngeru
The dog is eating the cat's food.
Ka haere atu rātou ki tōu whare
They will go to your house
Kei te tunu tōku māmā I tētahi keke
But when we use the gerund, the abridged version we don't need it
Tunu keke ai tō māmā.
Your mother is always cake-baking.
e kai ai I te kai a tā mātou ngeru?
(With subtitles)
Kia tekau ngā tamariki i te kura āpōpō.
There should be ten children at school tomorrow.
Kei te tunu te māmā *i* te keke
The mother is baking the cake
Kei te tunu te māmā
The mother is baking
E tunu ana tō māmā i te keke
Your mother was or is baking the cake
He nui ake tērā kurī i tērā ngeru
That dog is bigger than that car.
He mōhio rānei tōu kaiako?
Is your teacher clever?
Kei te tunu a Mere i te keke e kai ai a Rangi.
But we could also say
Kua tae mai ngā waka e rua tekau.
The twenty canoes have arrived.
Mā muri ka tika a mua.
The front will be right because of the back.
I runga tō ngeru i te rākau.
Your cat was up in the tree.
Kei hea tōu?
Where is yours?
He tino pai rawa atu tōu kākahu.
Your coat is very fine indeed.
Ka tika tonu.
Quite correct. / Precisely. / Exactly. — 746
Ka haere tika mātou ki tō mātou kāinga.
We shall go straight to our home.
Kia pai te tunu i ngā kai!
Prepare the food well!
Kei te tunu kai a Mere.
Mere is cooking food.
Kei te kōrero ahau ki te wahine e tunu ana i te kai.
I am talking to the woman who is cooking the food.
Ko tēnei te whare i tunu kai ai a Mere.
This is the house where Mere cooked food.
He nui ake tōku whare i tōu.
My house is bigger than yours.
E tika ana te kōrero.
The statement is correct.
I hea anō tāku ngeru?
Where was my cat again?
He aha tā rāua e tunu rā?
What are those two cooking?
Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui.
About twenty people came to the meeting.
He tangata pai, he mea tika.
A good and upright man.
Me pēhea ahau i mōhio ai he tika ēnei kōrero?
How did I know that these stories were correct?
He tino pai rawa atu tōu kākahu (He tino pai rawa atu tō kākahu).
Your coat is very fine indeed.
Ka tika tonu
quite correct/precisely/exactly
he tangata pai, he mea tika
(a good and upright man).
E mōhio ana tōu hoa kei hea tōku whare?
Does your friend know where my house is?
Nā tōu hoa,
John Foster
He nui tōu whare?
Is your house big?
Ko te pukapuka tika tēnei
This is the right book
Ko tēnei te pukapuka tika
This is the right book
Ko te tangata tika, ko koe!
The right person is you!
Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui
About 20 people came to the meeting
Kōrua ko tōu hoa wahine
You and your wife
Kei hea te ngeru?
Where’s the cat?