Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 42:
ētahi, kuia, wāhi, ako, ika, māuiui
Sentence Flashcards
126 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–42, including at least one word introduced in lesson 42.
Ko te karanga te mahi a ngā kuia.
The call of welcome is the job of the elderly women.
E hiahia ana ahau ki te ako i te reo Māori.
I want to learn Māori.
Kei te aha te kuia?
What is the old lady doing?
Kua ako a Mere i te waiata.
Mere has learnt the song.
Kei te ako tāua i te reo Māori.
We're learning Māori.
I ako au i te reo Māori.
I learnt the Māori language.
I ako au.
I learnt, studied.
Kei te māuiui au.
I'm sick.
Kei te āhua māuiui au.
I'm somewhat sick.
Kei te tino māuiui au.
I'm very sick.
Kei te māuiui rawa atu au.
I'm extremely sick.
Kei te ako au i te reo Māori.
I am learning the Māori language.
Kāore au e ako ana i te reo Māori.
I am not learning the Māori language.
Kei te karanga mai te kuia.
The elder is calling.
Kua ako koe i tēnei rā?
Did you learn anything today?
Te nui hoki o tēnā ika!
How huge that fish is!
Ko tōku kuia tērā!
That's my nanna!
He aha te wāhi pai ki a koe?
What place do you like?
Kei mua te kuia e karanga ana.
The kuia is calling in front.
Kua moe te kuia rā.
The kuia over there has gone to sleep.
He kuia aroha a Mere.
Mary is a loving elder.
I haere au ki te kura ako ai.
I went to the school to learn.
Tekau aku ika.
I have 10 fish.
He pai tēnei wāhi.
This place is nice.
Ko wai te ingoa o tō kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?
Kua ako koe i te reo Māori?
Have you learned te reo Māori?
Kua māuiui māua.
The two of us (but no you) are sick.
Kei te āwhina mai te kuia i ahau.
The grandmother is helping me.
Hei āpōpō pānui au ai i ētahi pukapuka reo Māori.
Tomorrow I will read some Māori books.
Kei te kura ngā tamariki e ako ana.
The children are learning at the school.
E moe ana te kuia rā.
The old lady is speaking.
E hia ngā ika a mau i a koe?
How many fish did you catch?
Ka mau te ika.
The fish is caught.
Mō te kuia tēnā ka tika.
That would be fine for an old lady.
Ka kai tātou i tētahi ika nui.
We will eat a big fish.
Ko wai ngā mea a ako ana i te reo Māori?
Who are the ones learning te reo Māori?
Kei te māuiui koe?
Are you sick?
I haere au i te taha o tōku pāpā ki tōna wāhi mahi.
I went with my father to his work.
Nāku kē ētahi kai i hoko, nō reira kua pai tātou.
I already bought some food, so we are alright.
Kei te māuiui ahau.
I am sick.
Kei te māuiui koe.
You are sick.
I māuiui ahau.
I was sick.
Ka māuiui ahau.
I will be sick.
I māuiui koe.
You were sick.
I tino māuiui ahau.
I was very sick.
Ka tino māuiui ahau.
I will be very sick.
I tino māuiui koe.
You were very sick.
Ka tino māuiui koe.
You will be very sick.
I āhua māuiui ahau.
I was somewhat sick.
Ka āhua māuiui ahau.
I will be somewhat sick.
I āhua māuiui koe.
You were somewhat sick.
Ka āhua māuiui koe.
You will be somewhat sick.
Kei te āhua māuiui ahau.
I am somewhat sick.
Kei te āhua māuiui koe.
You are somewhat sick.
Kei te tino māuiui ahau.
I am very sick.
Kei te tino māuiui koe.
You are very sick.
Kei te tino māuiui a Rangi.
Rangi is very sick.
Kei te tino māuiui a Mere.
Mere is very sick.
Kei te āhua māuiui a Rangi.
Rangi is somewhat sick.
Kei te āhua māuiui a Mere.
Mere is somewhat sick.
I āhua māuiui a Rangi.
Rangi was somewhat sick.
Ka āhua māuiui a Rangi.
Rangi will be somewhat sick.
I āhua māuiui a Mere.
Mere was somewhat sick.
Ka āhua māuiui a Mere.
Mere will be somewhat sick.
I tino māuiui a Rangi.
Rangi was very sick.
Ka tino māuiui a Rangi.
Rangi will be very sick.
I tino māuiui a Mere.
Mere was very sick.
Ka tino māuiui a Mere.
Mere will be very sick.
Kei te māuiui.
I'm sick.
E hia ngā ika i te moana?
How many fish are in the sea?
He aha te mahi a ngā kuia i te marae?
What is the work of the elderly women at the marae?
Ko wai kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?
Ngā ika o te moana.
The fish of the ocean.
Te makariri hoki o tēnei wāhi!
How cold this place is!
Kei te māuiui koe?
Are you sick?
Kāore koe i te māuiui?
Are you not sick?
I taua wāhi te marae.
The marae was at that place.
Kāore te marae i taua wāhi.
The marae wasn’t at that place.
Ki te kore koe e māuiui āpōpō, ka haere koe ki te kura.
If you're not sick tomorrow, you will go to school.
Ki te māuiui koe āpōpō, me noho koe ki te kāinga.
If you are sick tomorrow, you should stay home.
Ka taea e tō kuia te waiata?
Can your grandmother sing?
Āe, ka taea e tōku kuia te waiata.
Yes, my grandmother can sing.
I haere au ki te kura ako ai.
I went to the school to learn.
Nāku koe e ako nei.
It is because of me that you are learning.
Kei te aroha ahau ki te kura i ako ai ahau.
I love the school where I learned.
Kei te haere ahau ki te kura i ako ai ahau.
I am going to the school where I studied.
He ika tēnei.
This is a fish.
Ka māuiui au.
I was sick.
Kei te ako rāua
Those two are learning
I te ako rāua
Those two were learning
Ka ako rāua.
Those two will learn.
Kei te waiata ētahi tāne
If I am going to the shop
Kua kai au i ētahi kai.
I have eaten some food.
Kua tae mai te kaiako e ako ana i te reo Māori.
The teacher who teaches Māori has arrived.
Me ako koe.
You should study.
Kei te māuiui ahau
And if I'm running I say
I māuiui au
I was sick
He kaha kē tō kuia.
Your gran is surprisingly strong. She's 86 and she beat me in an arm wrestle.
Kei te ako au i te reo Māori, hei kōrero i te marae.
I am learning Māori for speaking on the marae.
Kei te ako au i te reo Māori, hei kōrero ai i te marae.
This is more grammatically formal. It links the purpose l of speaking on the marae explicitly to the learning.
Mā te kuia e karanga.
The kuia will karanga.
kia mā te wāhi e mahi ai kōrua
your work area should be/needs to be clean
I pōuri mātou i te mea kāore i mau i a mātou tētahi ika.
We were disappointed because we didn’t catch any fish.
Kua tae mai ētahi o ngā manuhiri, kāore anō ētahi.
Some of the guests have arrived, some not yet.
He ātaahua rawa atu tēnei wāhi.
This place is very beautiful.
kuia nō / o
A grandmother or senior female relative.
Mā Mere tēnei ika.
This fish is for Mere.
Kia mā te wāhi e mahi ai kōrua.
Your work area needs to be clean.
I hiahia rātou ki te wāhi.
They wanted the place.
I haere rātou ki te wāhi.
They went to the place.
Nā te māuiui o taku tama, kua kore au e haere.
Because my child was sick I didn’t go.
I hea kōrua e ako ana?
Where were you studying?
Kei hea te wāhi i mahi ai taku tama?
Where is the place where my son worked?
I tērā tau, i mahi ai taku tama i taua wāhi.
Last year my son worked at that place.
I haere taku tama ki taua wāhi, mahi ai.
My son went to that place to work there.
I mahi taku tama i taua wāhi.
My son worked at that place.
Nā wai koe i ako ki te kōrero pukapuka?
Who taught you to read? (By whom were you taught to read?)
E karanga ana te kuia.
The old lady is calling.
Mā tātou te reo e ako
We will learn the language
He aha tērā ika
What is that fish?
He aha te ingoa o tērā ika
What is the name of that fish?
I tērā pō, ka tae mai ētahi manuhiri.
Last night, some visitors arrived.
Ko wai → kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?
Kua māuiui koe.
You are sick (that is, have become sick).
Ka māuiui koe.
You were sick.
Kua mate tō rāua kuia
Their grandmother has passed away