Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 59:
kainga, koroua, māna, parāoa, pā
Sentence Flashcards
89 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–59, including at least one word introduced in lesson 59.
Homai te parāoa.
Pass me the bread.
Hoatu te parāoa.
Pass the bread (away).
I homai te koroua i te moni ki a māua.
The old man gave the money to us (two, but not to you the listener).
Kei muri te koroua i te marae.
The elderly man is behind the marae.
Kainga tāu āporo!
Eat your apple!
He pai tā te koroua mihi.
The elderly man's greeting was excellent.
Ka tunu au i te parāoa ā tēnei pō.
I'll bake the bread tonight.
Nō hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?
Kei te pukuriri ngā koroua.
The male elders are grumpy.
Nāna te parāoa i tunu.
He baked the bread.
Ehara māna e mau mai ngā kai.
She won't bring the food.
Māna tēnei pukapuka.
This book is for her.
Kei te mihi te koroua ki ngā manuhiri.
The elderly man is acknowledging the visitors.
Māna ēnei pene.
These pens are for him.
Whakarongo ki te kōrero a te koroua.
Listen to the old man's story.
Kainga i waho.
They ate outside.
Ko wai te koroua nui tōna aroha ki tōna whānau?
Who is the old man who has a lot of love for his whānau?
Nā wai i mahi te parāoa?
Who made the bread?
Nā wai te parāoa i mahi?
Who made the bread?
Nāku te parāoa i mahi.
I made the bread.
Mā wai e mahi te parāoa?
Who will make the bread?
Mā wai te parāoa e mahi?
Who will make the bread?
Māku te parāoa e mahi.
I will make the bread.
Māna ngā kai e hoko.
She will buy the food.
Ehara māna ngā kai e hoko.
She won't buy the food.
Māna ngā manuhiri e karanga.
She will call the guests.
Ka puta te iwi rā i te pā.
The tribe emerged from the pā.
Ko wai te koroua?
Who is the grandfather?
I te marae, he aha te mahi a ngā koroua?
At the marae, what is the work of the elders?
Kua koroua koe.
You have become an old man.
Māna e āwhina ahau,
She will look after me.
Me haere māua ki te hoko parāoa.
We two had better go and buy some bread.
I kainga te keke e Mere.
The cake was eaten by Mere.
I kai ngā tamariki i te parāoa.
The children ate the bread.
Kāore ngā tamariki i kai i te parāoa.
The children did not eat the bread.
Māna e mau mai ngā kai.
She will bring the food.
Ehara māna e mau mai ngā kai.
She won't bring the food.
Māna ngā kai e hoko.
She will buy the food.
Ehara māna ngā kai e hoko.
She won't buy the food.
Māna te whare e horoi.
She will clean the house.
Ehara māna te whare e horoi.
She won’t clean the house.
Ko wai ngā tāngata, māna e tō te waka ki te wai?
Who are the men who will drag the canoe to the water?
Noho ana ia, tunu manu ana māna
he sat down and roasted birds for himself
Ehara māna ngā kai nei.
This food is not for him.
Māna e waiata.
He/she will be the one to sing.
Ehara māna e waiata.
He/she will not be the one to sing.
Māna tēnei pene.
This pen will be his/hers / is for him/her.
Kia toru ngā kapu parāoa.
Three cups of flour
I kainga te keke.
The cake was eaten.
I kainga te keke e au.
The cake was eaten by me.
Kei te kainga i te keke e au.
So passives are a little but tricky.
Kei te kainga ahau i te keke
And number 4 if also wrong because it uses i for the cake
Kei te kainga ahau e te keke.
If we miss off the agent for a second we can see who or what is being eaten.
Kei te kainga ahau
I am being eaten.
Kei te kainga te keke e au.
The cake is being eaten by me.
Hei aha māna?
What does it matter to him/her?
I kite ahau i te whare i noho ai tōku koroua.
I saw the house where my grandfather lived.
Kua kainga te keke *e* ngā tamariki.
The cake was eaten by the children.
Kei te tunu a Mere i te keke e kainga e Rangi.
The same with statives:
Kia hia ngā parāoa?
How many (packets of) bread do we need?
Kāore te keke i kainga e ngā tamariki.
The cake was not eaten by the children.
I kainga ngā āporo e te hōiho.
The apples were eaten by the horse.
Kāore ngā āporo i kainga e te hōiho.
The apples were not eaten by the horse.
Tae rawa atu rātou, kua mate te koroua.
By the time they got there, the elder had died.
Oti rawa tēnei pukapuka, kua tino koroua au.
By the time this book is finished, I shall be an old man. — 1172
Ko wai ngā tāngata māna e tō te waka ki te wai?
Who are the men who will drag the canoe to the water?
Kua pau te parāoa.
The bread has all been consumed.
Kua pau te parāoa i te kurī.
The bread has all been consumed by the dog.
Kua pau te parāoa te kai.
The bread has all been consumed through eating.
Kua pau te parāoa i te kurī te kai.
The bread has all been consumed by the dog through eating.
Kua pau te parāoa te kai e te kurī.
The bread has all been consumed through being eaten by the dog.
He tino nui te āporo e kainga nā e koe.
The apple being eaten by you is very big.
Ā te wā, ka kite anō ai au i tō koroua.
In time I will also see your grandfather.
Ka whai kōrero ngā koroua kēkē i runga i te tikanga Māori.
The elders made speeches in (in accord with) Māori custom.
Ko ēnei ngā āporo kua kainga e ngā manu.
These are the apples that have been eaten by the birds.
He tino nui te āporo e kainga nā e koe
Nā wai te kurī e patua rā e Hēnare’ = Whose is the dog (that is) being hit by Hēnare?
Māna ngā pukapuka hou
The new books are for him/her
Kua kainga ngā keke e ngā tamariki
The cakes have been eaten by the children
He aha ō rātou whakaaro e pā ana ki tēnā?
What do they think about that?
Kua mate rawa ō tātou koroua katoa.
All our old men are dead.
He pā i konei i ngā wā o mua
There was a pā here in the olden days
Oti rawa tēnei pukapuka, kua tino koroua au
By the time this book is finished, I shall be an old man
I tū tū mai ngā koroua ki te kōrero
The elders stood up (individually, one at a time) to speak.
Tae rawa atu rātou, kua mate te koroua
By the time they got there, the koroua had died
I a rātou i reira, ka mate te koroua
While they were there, the old man died
Kua koroua tōna papa
Her father has aged
Māna tēnā pukapuka
That book is for him/her
Ko wai te ingoa o te koroua rā?
What's the name of that elderly gentleman over there?
Koroua - Kuia Pāpā - Māmā
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