Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 48:
mātua, puta, pātai, hine, tere, pukuriri
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156 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–48, including at least one word introduced in lesson 48.
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Ōku mātua
My parents
Kei te waiata a Hine.
Hine is singing.
Pātai atu ki ngā tāngata kei te aha rātou.
Ask the people what they are doing.
Nō hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?
Pai noa iho e hine.
Easy, sweet as, girl.
Kei te pukuriri au.
I'm grumpy.
Kei te āhua pukuriri au.
I'm somewhat grumpy.
Kei te tino pukuriri au.
I'm very grumpy.
Kei te āhua pukuriri rawa atu au.
I'm extremely grumpy.
Kia ora e hine!
Hello girl!
Kia ora e hine mā!
Hello girls!
Ētahi pātai.
Some questions.
Kāore a Hine i te kōrero.
Hine wasn't talking.
Kāore he pātai.
There aren't any questions.
Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?
Kaua e pukuriri - kia tau.
Don't be angry. Chill out.
He pātai tāku.
I have a question.
E hine, kia ora.
Hi there girl.
Kei konei koutou nō reira kei te pukuriri ahau.
You are here, therefore I am angry.
Kāore koe i te mōhio ki taku pātai?
You don't know my question?
Mā runga waka tere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by ferry.
Ko wai ngā mātua?
Who are the parents?
He pātai tāu?
Do you have a question?
He pātai tōu koutou?
Do you (3 or more) have a question?
Te whare o ō mātou mātua.
Our parents' house.
E puta ki waho.
Go outside.
He tere ia.
She is fast.
Ko Hine tōku ingoa.
My name is Hine.
Kia tere te tīmata.
Start quickly.
Kia tere.
Be quick.
E puta ana ngā tamariki katoa ki waho.
All of the children are going outside.
He pātai pai tēnā.
That's a good question.
Nāku te pātai i pātai.
It was me who asked the question.
Kia tere!
Be quick!
He pātai ā koutou?
Do you have any questions?
Kaua e puta ki waho.
Don't go outside.
Kaua hei puta ki waho.
Don't go out.
Kāore ō pātai?
Don't you have any questions?
Kāore au i te mōhio he aha he pātai māku.
I don't know what to ask.
Kia tere te kai.
Eat quickly.
He pātai anō?
Any other questions?
Kia tere ake tō oma.
Run faster.
I puta katoa mai tēnā i a koe?
Did all that come out of you?
Puta atu koe.
Get out.
I tere oti te mahi.
The work was completed quickly.
Kia tino tere haere ai.
So that it should go very quickly.
Kei te pukuriri ahau.
I am grumpy.
Kei te pukuriri koe.
You are grumpy.
Kei te pukuriri ia.
He or she is grumpy.
I pukuriri ahau.
I was grumpy.
Ka pukuriri ahau.
I will be grumpy.
I pukuriri koe.
You were grumpy.
Ka pukuriri koe.
You will be grumpy.
Ka pukuriri ia.
He or she will be grumpy.
I pukuriri ia.
He or she was grumpy.
I tino pukuriri ahau.
I was very grumpy.
Ka tino pukuriri ahau.
I will be very grumpy.
I tino pukuriri koe.
You were very grumpy.
Ka tino pukuriri koe.
You will be very grumpy.
I tino pukuriri ia.
He or she was very grumpy.
Ka tino pukuriri ia.
He or she will be very grumpy.
I āhua pukuriri ahau.
I was somewhat grumpy.
Ka āhua pukuriri ahau.
I will be somewhat grumpy.
I āhua pukuriri koe.
You were somewhat grumpy.
Ka āhua pukuriri koe.
You will be somewhat grumpy.
I āhua pukuriri ia.
He or she was somewhat grumpy.
Ka āhua pukuriri ia.
He or she will be somewhat grumpy.
Kei te āhua pukuriri ahau.
I am somewhat grumpy.
Kei te āhua pukuriri koe.
You are somewhat grumpy.
Kei te āhua pukuriri ia.
He or she is somewhat grumpy.
Kei te tino pukuriri ahau.
I am very grumpy.
Kei te tino pukuriri koe.
You are very grumpy.
Kei te tino pukuriri ia.
He or she is very grumpy.
Kei te tino pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi is very grumpy.
Kei te tino pukuriri a Mere.
Mere is very grumpy.
Kei te āhua pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi is somewhat grumpy.
Kei te āhua pukuriri a Mere.
Mere is somewhat grumpy.
I āhua pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi was somewhat grumpy.
Ka āhua pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi will be somewhat grumpy.
I āhua pukuriri a Mere.
Mere was somewhat grumpy.
Ka āhua pukuriri a Mere.
Mere will be somewhat grumpy.
I tino pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi was very grumpy.
Ka tino pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi will be very grumpy.
I tino pukuriri a Mere.
Mere was very grumpy.
Ka tino pukuriri a Mere.
Mere will be very grumpy.
E hine!
Address to a girl or young woman.
Kia tere mai!
Hurry up!
Kaua koe e pātai mai.
You shouldn't ask me.
Kua horoi ngā mātua i ngā rīhi.
The parents have washed the dishes.
Tēnā koe i tō pātai mai.
Thanks for you asking me.
He pātai ā kōrua?
Do you two have any questions?
He pātai tā kōrua?
Do you two have a question?
He pātai tā koutou?
Do you have a question?
Te tere hoki o tēnei motokā!
How fast this car is!
Me hoki atu koe ki te kāinga, kei pukuriri tō māmā.
You had better go back now - your mum might get mad.
Tōna tere hoki.
How fast she is.
I pātai au.
I asked.
Kei te harikoa a Hine.
Hine is happy.
Kāore a Hine i te harikoa.
Hine is not happy.
Kei te pukuriri ngā tamariki.
The children are grumpy.
Kāore ngā tamariki i te pukuriri.
The children are not grumpy.
Pātai atu ki tō hoa.
Ask your friend.
Kaua e pātai atu ki tō hoa.
Don't ask your friend.
Me pātai ngā tauira i ngā pātai.
The students should ask the questions.
He tamariki ā Hine?
Does Hine have any children?
Kāore ā Hine he tamariki?
Does Hine not have any children?
He pātai ā te tauira?
Does the student have a question?
Kāore ā te tauira he pātai?
Does the student not have a question?
Kāore ā ngā tauira he pātai.
The students don’t have any questions.
He pukapuka tā Hine.
Hine has a book.
Kāore ā Hine pukapuka.
Hine doesn’t have any books.
He pātai ā ngā tauira.
The students have a question.
Kāore ā ngā tauira pātai.
The students don’t have any questions.
Nā te aha ngā mātua i tae mai ai ki te kura?
For what reason did the parents come to the school?
Nā te aha ngā mātua i kore ai e tae mai ki te kura?
Why didn’t the parents come to the school?
Nā Hine i kī te kōrero.
It was Hine who made the statement.
Ehara i a Hine te kōrero i kī.
Hine didn’t make the statement.
Mā ngā mātua ngā tamariki e āwhina.
The parents will help the children.
Ehara mā ngā mātua ngā tamariki e āwhina.
The parents won’t help the children.
Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.
Ehara i a Hine tēnei whare.
This house does not belong to Hine.
Ki te kore e makariri āpōpō, ka puta tātou ki waho.
If it's not cold tomorrow we'll go out.
Kaua e tere rawa te haere
Don’t hurry/go so fast!
Kei hea ngā mātua o ēnei tamariki?
Where are the parents of these children?
Kua puta mai rātou, i roto i te whare.
They have come forth out of the house.
I te wā i mua rā, kei hine ana au.
In time gone by, when I was a girl.
He pātai tāku mō te mahi āpōpō.
I have a question about tomorrow's work.
He pātai tāku
And, remember, if I say
He pātai koe
I'm not saying to have a question but you are a question
Me tika te mahi + kei pukuriri mai a Māmā
Make sure the work is done correctly, or Mum will be angry at us.
Hine: Āe, kia rua māku.
Yes, two for me thanks.
Hine: I tino pai.
It was great.
Tō tere kē hoki.
Gee, you’re quick alright.
Kua ora mai anō ōna mātua.
His parents have got well again.
Kua puta mai rātou i roto i te whare.
They have come out of the house.
Kei te ora tonu ōku mātua.
My parents are still alive. — 1678
Kaua e tere rawa te haere!
Don’t go so fast!
Kia tere, tamariki mā.
Hurry up, children.
I pātai mai ia kei te haere au ki hea.
He asked me where I was going.
Kei konei tōku hoa tāu i pātai mai nā.
Here is my friend about whom you asked.
Ka puta mai ana, kia tere te oma.
As soon as he appears, run as fast as you can.
Haere e oma kia puta ai koe.
Go, run, in order that you may escape.
Nā tērā kōtiro, nā Hine ngā tamariki i ako.
The children were taught by that girl, Hine (That girl, Hine, taught the children).
E karanga ana a Hine.
Hine is calling.
Nā Hine ngā manuhiri i karanga
Hine called the visitors
Titiro ki a Hine, ā, whakarongo ki a ia
Look at Hine, and listen to her
E moe ana a Hine
Hine is sleeping
Kua ora haere mai anō ōna mātua
His parents have got better than they were, are getting better
I tere oti te mahi
The work was completed quickly
Kei te ora tonu ōku mātua
My parents are still alive