Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 38:
titiro, taha, tāna, tāone, ua, moana
Sentence Flashcards
122 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–38, including at least one word introduced in lesson 38.
Titiro mai!
Look here!
titiro atu!
look over there!
Kei te ua!
It's raining!
Kei te tāone.
At town.
Titiro ki te motokā nei.
Look at the car here.
Kei te haere te kurī ki te moana.
The dog is going to the sea.
Ka haere tātou ki te tāone i te pō nei.
We (3+you) will go to town tonight.
He tino makariri te moana.
The sea is very cold.
E ua ana ki waho.
It's raining outside.
Titiro ai au ki te ua.
I always watch the rain.
Kaua e haere ki waho, kei te ua.
Don't go outside, it's raining.
Ki tā te Māori titiro...
In the Māori viewpoint...
He pai tāna kōrero.
Her talk was good.
Aroha mai, kua haere au ki te tāone.
Sorry, I'm off to town.
E hoa e, titiro! Kei mua i a koe!
Jees mate, look! It's right in front of you!
Tēnei taha o te whare.
This side of the house.
Ko tāna pene tēnā kei tōu taha.
That's her pen beside you.
Ki te mutu te ua, ka haere ahau.
If it stops raining I will go.
I te taha o taku māmā.
On my mum' s side.
I te taha o taku pāpā.
On my dad's side.
He aha te tāone pai ki a koe?
What town do you like?
Titiro atu!
Look over there!
Me titiro mai!
You should look here!
Hei āpōpō haere atu ai au ki te tāone.
Tomorrow I am going to town.
Me haere tonu tāua ki te tāone.
We should still go to town.
Titiro ki te whare ātaahua rā.
Look at that beautiful house.
He aha tāna?
What does s/he have?
He aha tāna e mahi ana?
What is it that s/he is working on?
E ua ana.
It is raining.
E ua ana te ua.
It is raining (lit: "the rain is raining").
Ka hiahia ngā tamariki ki te haere ki te tāone.
The children want to go to town.
Titiro ake ki te rangi.
Look up to the sky.
Titiro mai.
Look over here.
Ko tō rātou whare tika tonu ki tērā taha.
Their house is opposite.
Roa^noa, ka titiro ki te waka rā.
For a long time, he looed at that canoe.
Kua mākū katoa ngā tamariki i te ua.
The children are all wet from the rain.
Nā te ua tātou i kore ai e haere.
It was because of the rain that we didn't go.
Ko Moana tōku hoa tāne.
Moana is my husband.
Moana, i pēhea tō moe?
Moana, how was your sleep?
E hia ngā whare i te tāone?
How many houses are in the town?
E kore e ua i tēnei rā.
It isn't going to rain today.
Hei aha tāna kōrero.
Never mind what he is saying.
Kei te haere kōrua ki te tāone?
Are you two going to town?
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ai tāua.
When the rain stops, then we'll (us two) go.
Kia hoki mai rātou i te tāone, ka kai ai tātou.
When they get back from town, then we'll eat.
Ka ua āpōpō.
It will rain tomorrow.
Kātahi te tāone makariri!
What a cold town!
Ka mutu te hui, ka haere māua ki te tāone.
When the meeting is over, we will go to town.
Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho tāua ki te kāinga, kei mākū.
If it rains tomorrow, we will stay home in case we get wet.
He kaha ake tērā tama i tāna tama.
That boy is stronger than his boy.
Titiro ki te waka.
Look at the car.
Kaua e titiro ki te waka.
Don't look at the car.
Hei te taha o te motokā te wahine.
The woman will be by the car.
He kī tāna?
Does he/she have a key?
Nā te aha koutou i haere ai ki te tāone?
For what reason did you (plural) go to town?
Nā te aha koutou i kore ai e haere ki te tāone?
Why didn’t you (plural) go to town?
Hei aha tāna kōrero.
Never mind what he is saying.
E ua ana
It is raining
Ki te mutu te ua, e noho ana tātou.
If the rain stops we are staying.
Ka haere te wahine ki te tāone
the woman goes to town
E haere ana te wahine, ki te moana.
The woman is going to the sea.
E haere ana tāua, ki te tāone.
We two (you and I) are going to town.
E haere ana māua, ki te tāone.
We two (not you) are going to town.
Kei te taha moana ngā kōtiro.
The girls are at the seaside.
Nā te ua te tāne i mākū ai.
Because of the rain, the man got wet.
Mā te ua ngā tamariki e mākū ai.
It is because of the rain that children will be wet.
Ka hoki ahau ki te tāone i noho ai ahau.
I will return to the town which is the place where I lived.
Ka hoki au ki te tāone i noho ai ahau.
I will return to the town where I lived.
Ka haere ahau ki te tāone i mahi ai ahau.
I will go to the town where I worked.
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ai tāua.
When the rain stops, then we'll go.
Kei te haere ahau ki te tāone i mahi ai ahau.
I am going to the town where I worked.
Kei te haere ahau ki te tāone e mahi ai ahau.
I am going to the rown where I *will* work.
I noho au ki te kāinga nā te mea he ua.
I stayed home because of the rain.
Nā te ua i noho *ai* au ki te kāinga.
It was because of the rain that I stayed home.
Kei te oma ahau i te taha o te whare.
I am running by the side of the house.
He mea e hiahia ana koe i te tāone?
Do you want something from the town?
He pene tāna.
He or she has a pen.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki i māku ai.
The rain was the reason the children got wet.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki e māku nei.
The rain is the reason the children are getting wet.
Mā te ua ngā tamariki e māku ai.
The rain is the reason the children will get wet.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki e māku ai.
The rain is the reason the children are getting wet.
Kātahi te ua kaha!
What heavy rain!
He aha tāna mahi?
What is her job?
I te tāone ahau
I was in the town
Ā muri, ka haere au ki te tāone.
In the future, I will go to the town. (And we use ā here for the future)
Nā te mea e ua ana, ka noho mātou ki roto.
Because it is raining, we are staying inside.
He tangata marae a Moana
Moana is a generous/hospitable person.
Titiro ai au ki te ua.
I always watch the rain. (Māori Dictionary)
I hoki mātou ki te kāinga, i te mea e ua ana.
We returned home because it was raining.
Nā te ua mātou i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We returned home because of the rain.
Nā te ua mātou i noho ai ki te kāinga.
It was because of the rain that we stayed home.
He ua te rangi, nō reira ka noho au ki te kāinga.
It’s raining, so I will stay home.
Kia mutu rā anō te ua, ka haere tāua.
Only when the rain stops will we go. / We won't go until the rain stops.
Ka mutu te ua, ka haere tāua.
When the rain stops, we'll go. / If the rain stop, then we'll go.
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ngā tamariki ki waho tākaro ai.
When the rain stops, the children will go outside to play.
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ngā tamariki ki waho.
When the rain stops, the children will go outside.
Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho au ki te kāinga.
If it rains tomorrow, I shall stay home.
Āpōpō ka haere mātou ki te tāone.
Tomorrow we will go to town.
He tangata marae a Moana.
Moana is a generous, hospitable person.
E titiro ake ana au.
I was looking up.
I titiro atu rātou ki te moana.
They looked towards the sea.
Tō titiro mai hoki!
What’s that look for? / What’s with the evils?
Kua rite ki tāna i hiahia ai.
It was just like he wanted.
He pai rawa tāna mahi.
His work is very good (excellent).
Āe, he wahine tāna.
Yes, he has a wife.
He aha koe i titiro mai ai ki au?
Why are you looking (why did you look) at me?
Kei te titiro koe ki te aha
What are you looking at?
Nā te ua rātou i hoki mai ai
Because of the rain they came back
Kaua e titiro ake!
(Don't look up!)
Kei te titiro taua ngeru ki tāna kai.
That cat is looking at his meal.
I titiro atu rātou ki te moana
They looked (away) towards the sea
Kei te ua
It is raining
Nā te ua ngā tamariki i māku ai
It was because of the rain that the children got wet
Ehara nā te ua ngā tamariki i māku ai
It was not because of the rain that the children got wet (but because of something else)
Nā te ua mātou i noho ai ki te kāinga
We stayed home because of the rain, It was because of the rain that we stayed home
Me titiro ki te aha?
What should (we) look at?
Nā te ua tātou i kore ai e haere
It was because of the rain that we didn’t go
He kaiako tāna tama
His son is a teacher
I tō taha ahau!
I was with you!
Kei hea te moana?
Where is the sea?
Kaua e titiro mai!
Don’t look here!
Kaua e titiro atu!
Don’t look over there!