Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 41:
whakarongo, āwhina, ngenge, rangatira, aku
Sentence Flashcards
145 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–41, including at least one word introduced in lesson 41.
whakarongo ki tēnei waiata!
listen to this song!
kei te ngenge
I am tired
Whakarongo mai.
Listen to me.
Ehara tērā tāne i te rangatira.
That man is not the boss.
Kei te whakarongo koutou.
You are listening.
Whakarongo mai, e te tau!
Listen, here my darling!
Haere mai ki te āwhina.
Come and help.
Kia tū rangatira!
Let's be chiefly!
Kei te ngenge au.
I'm tired.
Kei te āhua ngenge au.
I'm somewhat tired.
Kei te tino ngenge au.
I'm very tired.
Kei te ngenge rawa atu au.
I'm extremely tired.
Kei te āwhina au i a koe.
I am helping you.
Ka āwhina koe i a au ā tērā wiki.
You will help me next week.
Kei mua au i aku hoa.
I am in front of my friends.
Kei tō tamaiti aku kī.
Your child has my keys.
Ko rāua aku hoa.
They are my friends.
Kei hea aku kī?
Where are my keys?
Māku e āwhina.
I will help.
Kei a koe aku hū?
Have you got my shoes?
Kei a koe aku kī?
Have you got my keys?
E Mere, kei a koe aku kī?
Mere, have you got my keys?
Kei te hiahia au kia whakarongo mai koe!
I want you to listen!
Kei te hiahia āwhina koe?
Do you need a hand?
Kei konei koe hei āwhina.
You're here to help.
Tō tātou rangatira.
Our chief.
Ngā rākau a ō tātou rangatira.
Our chief's weapons.
A tērā wiki, kei te haere mai tētahi rangatira ki tō mātou kāinga.
Next week, a chief is coming to our home.
Kei hea aku pukapuka?
Where are my books?
Whakarongo ki a āwhina.
Listen to āwhina.
āwhina mai.
Help me please.
Whakarongo ki te tangi a te manu.
Listen to the cry of the bird.
Ka taea e koe au te āwhina mai?
Are you able to help me?
Whakarongo mai!
Listen to me!
Me whakarongo!
You should listen!
He kākahu rangatira ō rātou.
They have flash clothes.
Kātahi tō rātou rangatira, a Rua, ka mea....
Then their chief, Rua, said...
Tēnā, whakarongo mai.
Listen here, please.
I te whakarongo koutou?
Were you listening?
Tā te rangatira kai.
The chief's food.
Kei te ngenge ahau.
I am tired.
Kei te ngenge koe.
You are tired.
I ngenge ahau.
I was tired.
I ngenge koe.
You were tired.
Ka ngenge koe.
You will be tired.
Ka ngenge ahau.
I will be tired.
I tino ngenge ahau.
I was very tired.
Ka tino ngenge ahau.
I will be very tired.
I tino ngenge koe.
You were very tired.
Ka tino ngenge koe.
You will be very tired.
I āhua ngenge ahau.
I was somewhat tired.
Ka āhua ngenge ahau.
I will be somewhat tired.
I āhua ngenge koe.
You were somewhat tired.
Ka āhua ngenge koe.
You will be somewhat tired.
Kei te āhua ngenge ahau.
I am somewhat tired.
Kei te āhua ngenge koe.
You are somewhat tired.
Kei te tino ngenge ahau.
I am very tired.
Kei te tino ngenge koe.
You are very tired.
Kei te tino ngenge a Rangi.
Rangi is very tired.
Kei te tino ngenge a Mere.
Mere is very tired.
Kei te āhua ngenge a Rangi.
Rangi is somewhat tired.
Kei te āhua ngenge a Mere.
Mere is somewhat tired.
I āhua ngenge a Rangi.
Rangi was somewhat tired.
Ka āhua ngenge a Rangi.
Rangi will be somewhat tired.
I āhua ngenge a Mere.
Mere was somewhat tired.
Ka āhua ngenge a Mere.
Mere will be somewhat tired.
I tino ngenge a Rangi.
Rangi was very tired.
Ka tino ngenge a Rangi.
Rangi will be very tired.
I tino ngenge a Mere.
Mere was very tired.
Ka tino ngenge a Mere.
Mere will be very tired.
E te rangatira!
Express of respect to chief or highly respected person.
Mā wai ahau e āwhina?
Who will help me?
Mā wai koe e āwhina?
Who will help you?
Mā ngā tama koe e āwhina.
The boys will help you.
Whakarongo atu!
Listen (out for something)!
Māu ahau e āwhina?
Can you help me?
E haere ana te rangatira.
The chief is going.
I te whakarongo mātou ki te waiata i te rā whānau.
We were listening to the song at the birthday.
Kāore mātou i te whakarongo ki te waiata i te rā whānau.
We were not listening to the song at the birthday.
Kei te ngenge koe?
Are you tired?
Kāore koe i te ngenge?
Are you not tired?
He āwhina koe.
You are a helper.
Ehara koe i te āwhina.
You are not a helper.
He rangatira tōku pāpā.
My father is a leader.
Ehara tōku pāpā i te rangatira.
My father is not a leader.
Ko wai kei te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who is helping the teacher?
Ko wai kāore i te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who isn’t helping the teacher?
Nā ngā tāngata i āwhina te whānau.
It was the people who helped the family.
Ehara i ngā tāngata te whānau i āwhina.
The people didn’t help the family.
me taua nei rangatira
and that chief (who has just been mentioned)
Ka whakarongo te tangata ki te manu
the man listens to the bird
Kei hea te rangatira?
Where is the chief?
E koe, e manu, i runga i te rangi, tēnei whakarongo mai!
Oh bird, up in the sky, now then, listen to me!
Tā te rangatira kai he kōrero.
Talk is the food of chiefs.
Kua moe wahine tō koutou rangatira.
Your chief has taken a wife.
Kei hea aku hū?
Where are my shoes?
E haere ana | te rangatira.
The chief is going.
Ka noho au ki konei hei whakarongo ki a koe.
I will stay here to listen to you.
Kei te whakarongo ahau ki te wahine e waiata ana.
I am listening to the woman who is singing.
Kei te whakarongo ahau ki te wahine waiata.
I am listening to the singing woman.
Kei te whakarongo au ki te wahine e waiata ana.
I am listening to the woman who is singing.
Kua tū ake te rangatira.
The chief has stood up.
I tākaro ngā tamariki, ā, kei te ngenge rātou.
The children played and they are tired.
Ko wai te rangatira?
Who is the chief?
Kei te āwhina a Rangi.
Rangi is helping.
Kei te āwhina a Rangi i a Mere.
Rangi is helping Mere.
Ki te waiata koe, ka whakarongo ahau.
If you sing, I will listen.
Ka whakarongo ahau, ki te waiata koe.
I will listen if you sing.
He roa aku tāku pukapuka i tō pukapuka.
My book is longer than your book.
Kei te ngenge tonu au.
I'm still tired.
Mā Rangi a Mere e āwhina.
Who is helping whom?
Kāore koe i te ngenge
you are not tiring.
Kei te whakarongo koe
you are listening.
Kāore koe i te whakarongo
you are not listening.
Mā taku pāpā koe e āwhina.
My dad will help you.
Haere ai au ki te marae ki te āwhina.
I regularly go to the marae to help. (New Zealand Curriculum)
Nā te ngenge ahau i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
I went home because I was tired.
Mā te ngenge ahau e hoki ai ki te kāinga.
I will go home because I will be tired.
Kāore au e ngenge.
I am not tired.
Whakarongo ki te manu rā!
Listen to that bird!
E rua aku pukapuka.
I have two books.
Tērā tētahi rangatira.
There was a certain chief.
Mā wai ngā tamariki e āwhina?
Who is to help the children?
Kāore aku pene.
I have no pen or pens.
Whakarongo ki ngā manu.
Listen to the birds.
Whakarongo ki tēnei waiata!
Listen to this song!
Kei te āwhina ahau i a Mere.
I am helping Mere.
E whakarongo ana ngā tamariki ki te kaiako.
The children are listening to the teacher.
Whakarongo ki te kōrero.
Listen to the speech.
He rangatira a Rangi.
Rangi is a chief.
Ka taea au e koe te āwhina?
Can you help me?
Ko wai tāu e pai ai o ngā rangatira nei?
Which one of these chiefs do you like?
Nā wai koe i āwhina?
Who helped you?
Whakarongo ki te tangata rā e waiata ana.
Listen to that man who is singing.
E whakarongo ana rātou ki te aha?
What are they listening to?
Nā te aha rātou i ngenge ai?
Why are they tired?
Ko te whare tēnei i noho ai ngā rangatira.
This is the house did stay therein the chiefs.
Titiro mai, whakarongo mai, kōrero mai!
Look, listen, and speak!
Kāore au → e ngenge.
I am not tired.
Kei te ngenge koe?
Are you tired?
Whakarongo koutou ki te manu rā!
(You) listen to that bird!
Tā te rangatira kai
The chief’s food
Kei te riri tō tāua rangatira
Our boss is angry
Kaua e whakarongo!
Don’t listen!
Kaua e whakarongo ki tēnei waiata!
Don’t listen to this song!