Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 49:
reka, rūma, whea, whenua, karakia
Sentence Flashcards
99 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–49, including at least one word introduced in lesson 49.
Hoki atu ki te rūma rā!
Return to that room!
tino reka te kai
the food is really delicious
Tino reka te reo
the voice is really sweet.
Tino reka te kai.
The food is delicious.
Tino reka te inu.
This drink is very sweet
Ki te whare karakia
To church.
Āe, kua mā te rūma.
Yes, the room is clean.
Haere ki tōu rūma moe!
Go to your bedroom!
Ka tīmata ngā hui ki te karakia.
Meetings begin with a prayer.
Kei te taha o te tangata whenua au i tēnei wā.
I'm on the side of the people of the marae this time.
Mā te rangatira o te iwi te hui e tīmata ki te karakia.
The chief of the tribe will begin the meeting with the prayer.
Kia karakia tātou
Let us do an incantation.
Me karakia tātou.
We should say a karakia.
Tā tātou karakia.
Our karakia.
Te reka hoki o tēnei kai!
How sweet this food is!
Kei tana rūma ia.
He's in his room.
Me kai i te rūma kai, kaua e kai i tō rūma moe.
You should eat in the dining room not in your bedroom.
Kei roto ngā tamariki te te rūma moe e tākaro ana.
The kids are in the bedroom playing.
He manuhiri kei roto i te rūma noho.
There is a guest in the sitting room.
He reka tēnei āporo.
This apple is sweet.
He reka tēnā?
Is that sweet?
He reka tēnā.
That is sweet.
He kai reka.
Some delicious food.
He reka te kai.
The food is delicious.
He reka ia ki te waiata.
She's sweet at singing.
Kātahi te reo reka ki te waiata!
What an awesome singing voice!
Te reka hoki o te kai!
How sweet it is!
Te reka hoki o tōna reo!
How sweet her language is!
Karakia ai au ia ata, ia ata.
I always pray every morning.
I haere mātou ki te marae karakia ai.
We went to the marae to pray.
He reka ia.
She is sweet.
He tino iti taku rūma moe.
My room is really small.
Ko tēnei taku rūma moe.
This is my bedroom.
He tino reka tēnei keke.
This cake is yum.
Kei roto tonu ia i tōna rūma moe.
He is still in his bedroom.
Kei roto ia i tōna rūma moe.
He is in his bedroom.
He reka rawa te inu?
Is the drink too sweet?
He reka te kai?
Was the food delicious?
Ko hea te tāone reka te kai?
Which town has delicious food?
Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.
Kei whea kē mai te pai o te mahi nei.
What an excellent job.
Kei te haere koe ki whea?
Where are you going?
Kātahi tēnei ka karakia. Ehara, kua rere mai ngā ika ki roto i te waka.
Then this man prayed. Lo and behold, fish flew into the canoe.
He rite tonu ia ki tōna pāpā mō te mahi whenua.
He is just like his father when it comes to farming.
Nō whea tēnā tēpu?
Where did you get that table from?
Nō whea ō hū?
Where did you get your shoes from?
Nō whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?
Nō whea ngā hū?
Where are the shoes from?
Nō whea tō waka hou?
Where did you get your new car from?
Nō whea tātou i mōhio ai!
We couldn't possibly have known!
Nō whea hoki i taea ai!
There's no way that could have been done.
Nō whea hoki ia e tae mai ai?
There's no way he will get here?
E kōrero ana te wahine i te karakia.
The woman is speaking the prayer.
Ki runga ki te whenua.
Upon earth.
Te reka hoki o te keke!
The cake was delicious!
Te makariri hoki o tēnei rūma!
How cold this room is!
Kei te rūma horoi kākahu ō hū.
Your shoes are in the laundry.
Kāore ō hū i te rūma horoi kākahu.
Your shoes are not in the laundry.
Ko wai kei te horoi i te rūma?
Who is cleaning the room?
Ko wai kāore i te horoi i te rūma?
Who isn’t cleaning the room?
Nō te whānau tēnei whenua.
This land belongs to the family.
Ehara i te whānau tēnei whenua.
This land does not belong to the family.
Kei whea a Mere?
Where is Mere?
Ko wai e aha ana i a wai i whea?
Who is doing what to whom where?
Kei whea tōu kāinga?
Where is your home?
me te whenua,
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
I haere mātou ki te marae karakia ai.
We went to the marae to pray.
Kāore ia i te rūma.
He/she is not in the room.
Haere ki te rūma horoi.
Go to the bathroom.
Kātahi te kai reka!
What delicious food!
He tino reka tāna kai
Her food is delicious
Kei te aroha rātou ki tō tātou whenua
They all love our land
Kei whea taku pukapuka?
Where's my book?
Tino reka te kai.
The food is delicious.
Ā te tekau karaka tīmata ai te karakia.
The service starts at ten o’clock.
Nō hea, nō whea
a strong or emphatic negative.
Nō whea tātou i mōhio ai?
There was no way we could know. / We couldn’t possibly have known?
Nō whea hoki i taea ai?
There’s no way that could have been achieved/done.
Kei whea tāku pukapuka?
Where is my book?
Kei roto a Hine i tōna rūma, e moe ana.
Hine is in her room, sleeping.
He wāhine kei roto i tērā rūma.
There are women in that room.
Kei roto ngā wāhine i tērā rūma.
The women are in that room.
Kei whea te pāpā?
Where is the father?
He reka te keke nei.
This cake is sweet.
He tino reka te keke nei.
This cake is very sweet.
He reka rawa te keke nei.
This cake is too sweet.
He tino reka rawa atu tēnei kai!
This food is absolutely delicious!
He reka rawa ēnei keke.
These cakes are really delicious.
E waiata a Mere ki te rūma.
Mere will sing at the room.
Nō reira anō i ngaro ai tētahi wāhi o te whenua.
Therefore some part of the land disappeared.
Me haere tātou ki te rūma e waiata ai a Mere.
We had best go to the room will sing therein Mere.
he āporo reka
a sweet apple (some sweet apples)
He reka te āporo.
Apples are sweet.
Ko te whare karakia tērā
That is the church
He whare karakia tērā
That is a church
Kua ngaro ōku whenua katoa.
All my lands are lost.
(Nō te iwi te whenua
The land belongs to the tribe
He reka tēnei kai
This food is nice
He tino reka tēnei kai!
This food is very nice!