Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 52:
patu, rongo, taihoa, āna, kau, miraka
Sentence Flashcards
92 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–52, including at least one word introduced in lesson 52.
Kei te hiakai au, engari, kore kau he kai!
I am starving, but, there is absolutely no food!
Nā te kōtiro te kurī i patu.
It was the girl who hit the dog.
Mā te kōtiro te kurī e patu.
It will be the girl who will hit the dog.
Kua rongo koe?
Have you heard?
Me haere koe ki te toa ki te hoko miraka.
You should go the shop and buy milk.
Kua rongo au kei te haere mai koe.
I heard you were coming.
He tino pai tēnei pukapuka āna.
This book of his is very good.
He tino pai ēnei pukapuka āna.
These books of his are very good.
He pai ētahi o āna waiata.
Some of his songs are good.
Kua rongo rātou i te kai.
They (3/+) have tasted/smelled the food.
Kua pau te miraka?
Has the milk run out?
Rongo mai, rongo mai!
Listen up!
Ka inu koe i te miraka.
You will drink the milk.
Kei te āwhina ia i āna tamariki.
She is helping her children.
Kāore āna tamariki.
S/he doesn't have any children.
Ka rongo te iwi katoa.
All the tribe heard.
I te waka rā, he tāne kau.
In the canoe, there was just a man (or: "there were just men").
He tāne au kia mau i tēnā patu?
Am I a man, that I should take that weapon?
Kāhore kau he kupu a rāua ki a rāua.
They did not say a single word to each other.
Taihoa e mahi tēnā mahi.
Don't do that yet.
Kei te patu ia i tana kurī.
She is beating her dog.
I rongo kōrua?
Did you hear?
Ko āna tamariki tonu ki te āwhina haere i a ia.
Her own children used to help her.
Kia rongo tātou i ngā kōrero katoa
[Wait] until we hear all of the relevant information.
Taihoa kōrua e haere!
Don't you two go just yet!
Taihoa e haere!
Don't go yet!
Taihoa kōrua e oma!
Don't you two run off just yet!
Taihoa e moe!
Don't go to sleep just yet!
Hoatu koutou. Ko au ā taihoa ake.
You three go. I'll go a bit later.
Kua pau te miraka.
The milk's all gone.
Kāore anō kia pau te miraka.
The milk has not yet been consumed.
Taihoa e tīmata te hui.
Hold on, don't start the meeting just yet.
I rongo koe i tana kōrero?
Have you heard what he said.
Taihoa e kai!
Don't eat yet!
I patu au.
I hit.
Kaua e kau i taku kai.
Don't eat my food.
Kua rongo koe i te waiata hou?
Have you heard the new song?
Kāore anō koe kia rongo i te waiata hou?
Haven't you heard the new song yet?
Ko wai kei te patu i a wai?
Who is hitting whom?
Kātahi ka tae te rongo ki ngā iwi katoa.
Then the news reached all the tribes.
Taihoa tātou e haere!
Let us wait a while before we go.
E haere ana au, ki te whare miraka.
I am going to the milking shed.
Kia āta kōrero tātou kei rongo mai aku hoa.
Let us talk quietly so that my companions do not hear.
Taihoa e kōrero.
Don't talk yet.
Taihoa tātou e waiata.
Let's not sing just yet,
Taihoa koutou e haere atu.
You all should not go away just yet.
Taihoa kōrua e moe.
You two should not sleep just yet.
Kaua e patu!
Don't hit!
He pene āna.
He or she has pens.
Kua inu te tamaiti i te miraka.
The child has drunk the milk.
I inu te tama i te miraka.
The boy drank the milk.
I pau te miraka i te tama.
The boy consumed the milk.
I pau te tama i te miraka.
The boy was consumed by the milk.
I pau te miraka.
The milk was consumed.
I pau te miraka i ngā tamariki.
The milk was consumed by the children.
Kua rongo koe i te manu e waiata ana i te ata?
Have you heard the bird that is singing in the morning?
Kia rua ngā kapu miraka.
There should be two cups of milk
Kei te kau ahau i te keke.
I am eating *i* the cake.
Āe, kau rānei.
And we can also ask negative questions in the sane way:
Taihoa tātou ka kai
Soon we (three or more) will eat.
Taihoa tāua ka haere
Soon we will go.
Taihoa ka kai
Soon we will eat.
Hei aha te miraka.
Never mind (the/any) milk.
Taihoa e moe.
Don’t go to sleep just yet.
Kei te miraka kau tonu pea ngā tāngata.
Perhaps the people are still milking.
I patu te ngeru i te manu.
The cat killed the bird.
Kia kotahi kapu o te miraka.
Let there be one cup of milk.
E rua tekau āna tamariki.
She has twenty children.
Ka rongo ahau i tētahi waiata pai i tēnei rā.
I heard a nice song today.
Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.
Kua inu te pēpi i te miraka.
The baby has drunk the milk.
Kua pau te miraka.
The milk has run out.
I rongo au i tētahi manu e tangi ana.
I heard a bird singing.
I runga āna pukapuka i te tēpu.
Her books were on the table.
I runga i te tēpu āna pukapuka.
Her books were on the table.
I patu te kōtiro i te kurī.
The girl hit the dog.
Taihoa te haere!
Don’t go yet!
Taihoa kōrua e oma.
Don’t you two run off just yet.
Taihoa e haere.
Don’t go yet.
Taihoa ka mōhio.
Soon we will know.
Taihoa tātou ka kai.
Soon we will eat.
Taihoa koe ka kite.
Wait and see.
Kāhore kau āku whakaaro ki te taua e haere mai nei.
My thoughts are not at all on the army that is coming.
He pai nō tāku noho i patu mai ai ia.
Someone wants to attack because of my excellent situation.
Āpōpō tāua te rongo ai i te kōrero.
Tomorrow we will hear the news.
Āpōpō tāua te rongo i te kōrero.
No determiner other than te appears to be possible in this construction:
He miraka kau tā rāua mahi.
Milking cows is their job.
He aha koe i patu ai i a ia?
Why are you hitting him?
Ka patu anō rātou i ngā kurī.
They hit the dogs again.
I runga āna pukapuka i te tēpu (I runga i te tēpu āna pukapuka)
Her books were on the table
tana, tāna, tōna ana, āna, ōna
Two people
Kei hea āna tamariki?
Where are his children?