Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 51:
whai, hanga, pahi, āku, whero
Sentence Flashcards
86 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–51, including at least one word introduced in lesson 51.
Āku tamariki.
My children.
He whero ōna hū.
Her shoes are red.
āku pene
my pens
Ehara nā rātou te whare i hanga.
They didn't build the house.
I te hanga rātou i te whare.
They were building the house.
Kei te whai mai koe i ahau.
Do you follow me?
He pene whero tāu?
Have you got a red pen?
He tino kino tēnei pahi!
This bus is really terrible.
Ko te pahi o te kura tēnei.
This is the school bus.
Kei te haere ahau ki te kura mā runga pahi, engari kei te haere koe ki te toa mā raro.
I'm going to school by bus but you're walking to the shop.
Mā runga pahi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bus.
Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.
Ka haere māua mā runga pahi.
We (he/she and I) will travel by bus.
I haere rāua mā runga pahi.
Those who travelled by bus.
Kāore āku pātai.
I don't have any questions.
He tamariki āku?
Do you have children?
E toru āku.
I have three.
Nō wai te motokā whero rā?
Whose is the red car?
Kāore āku moni.
I have no money.
Āe, he tamariki āku.
Yes, I have children.
Kāore, kāore āku tamariki.
No, I don't have children.
E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.
He tamariki āku.
I have children.
Nō wai te waka whero?
Whose is the red car?
Ka hanga au i te whare.
I build the house.
Kei te hoki rātou mā runga i te pahi.
They are returning by bus.
He pene whero kei runga i te tēpu.
A red pen is on the table.
He pahi tēnei nō te kura.
This is a bus belonging to the school.
Kua mahi he tamaiti i te pahi.
A child was left behind by the bus.
Kua horoi ia i te pahi.
She has cleaned the bus.
Kua hoki mai ia i te pahi.
She has come back from the bus.
Kāore āku kurī.
I don't have any dogs/I don't have a dog.
Ka haere rāua i te taha tonu o te pahi.
They walked past the bus.
Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
He whero te motokā.
The car is red.
Kāore e roa ka tae mai te pahi.
It won't be long before the bus arrives.
Mā te whai i a ia ka ngaro koe.
By following him you will get lost.
Ko wai e whai nei?
Who's next?
E whai nei a wai?
Who's next?
Kāore ia e whai wā.
He will not have time.
Kāore ia i whai wā.
He did not have time.
Kāore āku pene.
I don’t have any pens.
Ko wai i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?
Ko wai kāore i hanga i te whare?
Who didn’t build the house?
Ka taea ngā tāngata te haere mā runga pahi.
The people are able to travel by bus.
Kāore ngā tāngata e taea te haere mā runga pahi.
The people are unable to travel by bus.
Nā rāua i hanga te whare.
It was them (two) who built the house.
Ehara i a rāua te whare i hanga.
They didn’t build the house.
E whai ana mātou i a koutou.
We are chasing you.
Homai te rākau whero.
Give me the red stick.
E hia ngā rākau whero?
How many red sticks?
He pukapuka āku.
I have books.
I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.
Kei te hanga rātou i tētahi whare.
They are building a house.
Kei te hanga whare rātou.
They are house building
Kei te haere ahau *mā runga* pahi
I am traveling by bus
He aha tā rātou kurī i whai ai i tērā ngeru?
Why did their dog chase that cat?
Kāore āku kai.
I have no food.
Kāore āku tamariki.
I dont have any children.
Kāore āku pukapuka.
And you may wonder why I am telling you this. Why am I telling you this?
Nā whai anō
Ah, so that’s why ….!
Kua hoki mai au nā te mea ka pau katoa āku moni.
I have come back because my money is all spent.
Kāore he tangata i hanga i te whare.
No-one built the house.
Kotahi te mea whero.
There is one red one.
Kei te tae mai ia mā runga i te pahi.
She is arriving by bus.
Ka hoko rānei koe i te motokā whero?
Will you (or will you not) buy the red car?
Ka hoko koe i te motokā whero, kāore rānei?
Will you buy the red car or not?
I a ia āku pukapuka?
Did he have my books?
He pene āku.
I have some pens.
Kāore āku pene.
I have no pens / I don’t have a pen.
He whero ērā.
Those are red.
He whero ērā manu.
Those birds are red.
He whero ōna hū.
Her shoes are red.
Ko āku tamariki anō.
My own children.
Nā whai anō kōrua i haere mai ai.
So that’s why you two came.
Kua haere te pahi?
Has the bus gone yet?
Tēnā anō koutou e whai kaha nei i te reo rangatira!
Greetings again to you all striving in the Māori language!
I whai te kurī i te waka.
The dog chased the car.
Ko te kurī i whai i te waka.
The dog chased the car or It was the dog that chased the car.
He whero ēnei pukapuka iti.
These little books are red.
Ka nui āku mihi ki a koutou.
I greet you warmly.
Nāku tēnei whare i hanga.
I built this house.
Kua pau āku moni.
My money has run out.
(E hanga ana koe i te whare
You are building the house
He tino kaha rātou ki te whai i tā rātou e hiahia nei
They are very energetic at pursuing their own goals
Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua
They are house building for their parents