Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 45:
maunga, ngaro, ia, āporo, āta
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573 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–45, including at least one word introduced in lesson 45.
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Kua moe ia
He has slept
Me whakatā ia
He should rest
Me āta whakaaro koe!
You should be careful!
Ia rā, ia rā
Every day
Kei te pai au, engari kei te tangi ia.
I'm ok, but she's crying.
Ka haere ia ki hea?
To where is he going?
Kei te oma ia.
He/She is running.
Kei te haere ia ki te moana.
He is going to the sea.
Kua ngaro te ngeru i te kōtiro.
The cat has become missing because of the girl.
Kei te titiro ia ki a au.
He's looking at me.
I mua ia i te toa.
He was in front of the shop.
Kōrero mai anō? Āta kōrero.
Can you repeat that please? Slowly please.
Me noho ia.
He should sit.
Kua ngaro taku pukapuka.
My book is lost.
Ehara ia i te tangata.
Ehara is not a man.
Kei te pai ia.
She's okay.
Āta kōrero mai.
Speak slowly.
He ātaahua ia.
She is beautiful.
Me kai ia.
She should eat.
Kei te whakarongo ia.
He is listening.
Kāore ia i te whakarongo.
He is not listening.
I kōrero au ki a ia.
I spoke to her.
I te kōrero au ki a ia.
I was speaking to her.
Kua kōrero au ki a ia.
I have spoken to her.
Kei te kōrero au ki a ia.
I am speaking to her.
E kōrero ana au ki a ia.
I am speaking to her.
Ka kōrero au ki a ia.
I will speak to her.
Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga?
What is the name of that mountain?
Kei te hoki ia ki te mahi i tēnei rā.
I am returning to work today.
Kāore ia i oma.
She didn't run.
Kāore ia i tunu i te kai.
He didn't cook the food.
I hīkoi ia ki te kura.
She walked to school.
Kāore ia i te hīkoi.
She is not walking.
Kei raro ia i te rākau.
He is under the tree.
Hoatu tēnei ki a ia.
Give this to him.
Kua kite koe i a ia?
Have you seen her?
Kua haere ia ki te kura.
She's gone to school.
Kei te mōhio koe ki a ia?
Do you know him?
Me oma au ia rā, ia rā.
I had better run each and every day.
Me āta whakarongo koe ki a ia.
You should listen carefully to her.
Ko ia taku hoa.
He's my friend.
Me āwhina koe i a ia.
You should help her.
Kei a ia pea?
Maybe he's got it.
He mea pai ake kia āta kōrero.
It would be better if it was spoken slowly.
Kei te ako au i ia rā, i ia rā.
I'm learning each and every day.
Ako ai au ia rā, ia rā.
Learn something habitually every day.
Hīkoi ai au ia rā, ia rā.
I always walk each and every day.
Pānui ai au i ia pō, i ia pō.
I always read each and every night.
Ka hīkoi koe ia rā, ia rā?
Do you walk each and every day?
Āe. Hīkoi ai au ia rā, ia rā.
Yes, I always walk each and every day.
Kei te mōhio au ki a ia.
I know him.
Kua haere ia.
He's gone.
I reira ia e kōrero ana ki ngā tamariki.
She was there talking to the kids.
Ka kite au i a ia, ka aroha atu.
When I saw her I was moved.
Kore rawa ia e hoki mai ki a tātou.
He will never come back to us.
Kei te kōrero ia mā mātou.
She is speaking for us.
Kei te kōrero ia mō mātou.
He is speaking about us.
He nui ia.
She is big.
He tika ia.
He is correct.
He tama toa ia.
He's a brave boy.
He kōtiro mōhio ia.
She's an intelligent girl.
Homai ngā āporo.
Pass me the apples.
Kei roto ia i te whare.
He/she's inside.
Kei reira ia e noho ana.
She/he is living there.
Hoatu te pukapuka ki a ia.
Pass the book to him.
āta whakarongo tamariki mā.
Listen carefully children.
He kōtiro pai ia.
She's a good girl.
Ko ia tōku tino hoa.
He is my best friend.
He tino ātaahua ia.
She is very beautiful.
I haere tonu ia.
He still went.
I haere ia.
She went.
Ia rā, ia rā, ka haere au ki te kura.
Every day I go to school.
Ko ia!
He is!
Ka kite au i a ia.
I will see him.
Oma atu i a ia!
Run away from her!
Ka kōrero ia ki a māua ko Mere.
He spoke to Mere and me.
I oma ia?
Did he/she run?
Ka oma ia?
Will he/she run?
Ko ia kei te moe.
She is sleeping.
Kaua koe e whakarongo ki a ia.
Do not listen to him.
Kaua koe hei whakarongo ki a ia.
Don't listen to him.
Kei te whakaaro ia ki te haere ki te moana.
He is thinking of going to the sea.
E haere ana ia ki te whakarongo.
He is listening.
Ko hea te ingoa o te maunga rā?
What is the name of that mountain?
E kōrero ana ia ki ngā tamariki.
He is talking to the children.
Kei waho ia i te whare e tū ana.
He is standing outside the house.
He rangatira ia.
He is a chief.
Ka haere atu ia.
She moved away (she left).
He āta haere ia.
He went carefully.
Kua hoki mai ia i te moana.
She has returned from the sea.
He kaiako ia i te tērā wā.
She was a teacher then.
I haere ia ki te kura.
She went to school.
Kei te kura ia.
She is at school.
Ka roa, ka haere atu ia.
After a while, he left.
E kai ana ngā tamariki i ngā āporo.
The children are eating the apples.
Kua hoki mai a ia.
She has returned to us.
I haere ia ki te tāone.
She went to town.
Kei te mahi ia.
She is at her place or work. OR: She is working.
Kāore ia e mōhio ki te waiata.
He doesn't know how to sing.
Kātahi anō ia ka kite he rākau kē.
It was then that he saw it was just a stick.
Kua kite noa atu ahau ka ngaro te reo Māori.
I saw long ago that the Māori language will disappear.
Ka haere ia āpōpō.
He is going tomorrow.
Ka haere tonu ia a tērā tau.
He will go next year.
Tae rawa atu, kātahi tonu ia ka haere.
When we arrived, he had just left.
Āe, kua kōrero ia i tēnei pukapuka.
Yes, he has read this book.
Kua oti i a ia te kōrero tēnei pukapuka.
He has read this book right through.
Kua haere kē ia.
He has just gone.
He pai ki a ia te kōrua.
She likes crayfish.
Pau katoa i a ia te kai.
He finished up all the food.
Ka mutu te kai, ka kī ia...
When the meal was over, he said...
Kei te noho ia, i runga i te tūru, kōrero pukapuka ai.
He's sitting in a chair reading a book.
Kua pau i a ia te kōrero tēnei pukapuka.
He has read this book right through.
Kia tae mai pea ia.
I hope she comes.
Me āta noho koe i runga i tēnā tūru!
You'd better sit carefully on that chair!
Tēnei nā, e kōrero pukapuka ana ia.
She must be reading a book (to just by what I hear).
Kua mōhio ia ki te kōrero pukapuka.
She knows how to book read.
Kua titiro mai te iwi rā ki a ia.
The tribe had been looking at her.
Me ako tētahi wāhi ia rā, ia rā.
You should learn part each day.
Ka noho ia i tētahi rākau e noho rā he tāngata i raro.
[He] came to rest in a tree under which some people sat.
Ka haere mai ia āpōpō.
She is coming here tomorrow.
E tū ake ana ia ki te marae.
He is standing up on the marae.
Kia āta kai.
Eat nicely.
I karanga ia ki ngā manuhiri.
She called to the guests.
Ka karanga ia ki ngā manuhiri.
She will call to the guests.
I te kura ia.
She was at school.
Hei te kura ia.
She will be at school.
Tū ana anō a ia i roto i te wai.
She was still standing in the water.
I te tau 1976, i whānau ai ia.
She was born in 1976.
Kei te horoi ia tana kurī.
She is washing her dog.
Kua kore ia e haere mai.
He isn't going after all.
I a ia e tamariki ana...
When she was young...
Me i konei ia.
If only he were here.
Kia kore ai e ngaro.
Ensure it is never lost.
Kei te matekai ia.
He or she is starving.
Kei te hiainu ia.
He or she is thirsty.
Kei te hiamoe ia.
He or she is sleepy.
Kei te māuiui ia.
He or she is sick.
Kei te whakatā ia.
He or she is relaxed.
Kei te riri ia.
He or she is angry.
Kei te pōuri ia.
He or she is sad.
Kei te wera ia.
He or she is hot.
Kei te makariri ia.
He or she is cold.
I pai ia.
He or she was good.
Ka pai ia.
He or she will be good.
I ora ia.
He or she was well.
Ka ora ia.
He or she will be well.
I matekai ia.
He or she was starving.
I hiainu ia.
He or she was thirsty.
I ngenge ia.
He or she was tired.
Ka pōuri ia.
He or she will be sad.