Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 60:
take, tuhituhi, āhei, hokomaha, kete, kēmu
Sentence Flashcards
138 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–60, including at least one word introduced in lesson 60.
Kei te haere au ki te hokomaha.
I'm going to the supermarket.
Kei te haere ia ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā kai.
He's going to the supermarket to buy food.
Kei te haere ia ki te hokomaha hoko kai ai.
He's going to the supermarket to buy food.
E hia ngā ika kei roto i tōu kete?
How many fish are in your kete?
Kei te tākaro kēmu ahau.
I am playing games.
Me mātakitaki koe i te kēmu.
You should watch the game.
Kei te mātakitaki au i te kēmu.
I am watching the game.
Kei te mātakitaki au i ngā kēmu.
I am watching the games.
Me haere au ki te whare hokomaha.
I'd better go to the supermarket.
Kāore au i te tākaro i tērā kēmu.
I'm not playing that game.
Kei te mātakitaki koe i te kēmu ā te pō nei?
Are you watching the game tonight?
Āku kete.
My baskets.
Kei te haere ahau ki te hokomaha hoko ai i te kai mā ōku mātua.
I am going to the supermarket to buy food for my parents.
Titiro ki te papa tuhituhi.
Look at the board.
He pai ki a au tēnei kēmu.
I like this game.
He aha te take mō tēnei?
What is the purpose of this?
Ka tuhituhi reta ia.
He will be letter-writing.
Tuhituhi reta ai ia.
He regularly writes letters.
Kāore ia e āhei ki te haere.
She will not be able to go.
Kāore ahau e āhei te hīkoi mā raro.
I can't walk.
He rawa ngā tamariki ki te tuhituhi, ki te pānui hoki.
The children are good at writing and reading.
Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
Kei te hokomaha.
At the supermarket.
I muri i tērā, ka haere ki te hokomaha.
After that, I went to the supermarket.
Kei te haere māua ki te hokomaha. Kei te hia haere mai kōrua?
We're going to the supermarket. Do you want to come?
Nō te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.
Ehara tēnei i te hokomaha.
This is not a supermarket.
E āhei ana au te taraiwa.
I can drive.
E āhei ana au ki te taraiwa.
I can drive.
Kāore au e āhei te karanga, i te mea kei te ora tonu taku whaea.
I am not permitted to karanga, as my mother is still alive.
Ko wai ka āhei ki te utu i tērā moni nui mō te whare?
Who is able to afford to pay that much for a house?
Ahakoa he iti kete, he iti nā te aroha.
It is the thought that counts.
Ka take te wā...
After some time...
Kei te tuhituhi ia i te reta.
He is writing the letter.
Kāore ia i te tuhituhi i te reta.
He is not writing the letter.
Kei te tuhituhi ia i te reta.
She is writing the letter.
Kāore ia i te tuhituhi i te reta.
She is not writing the letter.
Kua tīmata te kēmu.
The game has started.
Kāore anō te kēmu kia tīmata.
The game has not started yet.
He pai ki ahau tēnei kēmu.
I like this game.
Ehara tēnei kēmu i te pai ki ahau.
I do not like this game.
He pai ki ngā tamariki te kēmu hou.
The children like the new game.
Ehara te kēmu hou i te pai ki ngā tamariki.
The children do not like the new game.
Ko wai kei te tākaro i te kēmu?
Who is playing the game?
Ko wai kāore i te tākaro i te kēmu?
Who isn’t playing the game?
Ka taea ahau te tuhituhi i tēnei reta.
I am able to write this letter.
Kāore au e taea te tuhituhi i tēnei reta.
I am unable to write this letter.
Ka āhei ngā tamariki te tākaro i te papa tākaro.
The children are allowed to play at the playground.
Kāore ngā tamariki e āhei te tākaro i te papa tākaro.
The children are not allowed to play at the playground.
Ka āhei ahau te kōrero ki a ia.
I am allowed to talk to him/her.
Kāore au e āhei te kōrero ki a ia.
I am not allowed to talk to him/her.
Ka āhei koe te inu wai.
You are allowed to drink water.
Kāore koe e āhei te inu wai.
You are not allowed to drink water.
Ka āhei te ngeru te moe i runga i te tūru.
The cat is allowed to sleep on the chair.
Kāore te ngeru e āhei te moe i runga i te tūru.
The cat is not allowed to sleep on the chair.
Ka āhei te kaiako te haere ki waho.
The teacher is allowed to go outside.
Kāore te kaiako e āhei te haere ki waho.
The teacher is not allowed to go outside.
Ka āhei a Hine te noho i konei.
Hine is allowed to stay here.
Kāore a Hine e āhei te noho i konei.
Hine is not allowed to stay here.
Ka āhei rāua te haere ki te toa.
They (two) are allowed to go to the store.
Kāore rāua e āhei te haere ki te toa.
They are not allowed to go to the store.
Nāku i tuhituhi te reta.
It was me who wrote the letter.
Ehara i a au te reta i tuhituhi.
I didn’t write the letter.
Mā ngā tamariki te kēmu e tākaro.
The children will play the game.
Ehara mā ngā tamariki te kēmu e tākaro.
The children won’t play the game.
Kei te hokomaha ia.
She’s at the supermarket.
E haere mai ana te tangata e tuhituhi ana i te aha?
The man who is writing what is coming?
kore take noa iho
Don’t you beat that man for no reason at all!
E tuhituhi reta ana ia
She is writing letters/a letter
Kei te haere atu ahau ki te hokomaha hoko kai ai.
I am going to the supermarket in order to buy food.
Kei te haere atu ki te hokomaha ki te hoko kai.
I am going to the supermarket *to* by food.
Kei te haere atu ahau ki te hokomaha ki te hoko kai.
And I can use ai to say that the reason I am going to the supermarket is to buy food.
Kei te haere atu au ki te hokomaha kia hoko kai ai ia.
I am going to the supermarket in order that she can buy food.
Kei te haere atu au ki te hokomaha hei hoko kai.
I am going to the shops in order to buy food.
Ka oma ngā tamariki ki te papa tākaro hei tākaro i tētahi kēmu.
The children will run to the playground in order to play the game.
I haere au ki te hokomaha hei tangata hoko kai.
I went to the supermarket as the person buying food, or in the role or function of a food buyer.
Nā Rangi i haere atu ki te hokomaha.
It was Rangi who went to the supermarket.
Nā te hoko kai ahau e haere nei ki te hokomaha.
I am going to the supermarket because of the food buying.
Mā te hoko kai ahau e haere atu ai ki te hokomaha.
It is because of the buying of food that I will go to the supermarket.
Ki te hokomaha e taraiwa ai ahau.
It will be to the supermarket that I will drive.
Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i te reta ki te pene.
Rangi is writing a letter with a pen.
Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i te reta ki te pene i hoko ai ia.
Mere is baking the cake.
Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi reta ki te pene.
Rangi is writing a letter with the pen.
Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi reta ki te pene i hoko ai ia.
Rangi is writing a letter with the pen which he bought.
I haere ahau ki te hokomaha, kātahi ka hoko ahau i te kai.
I went to the supermarket, and then I bought the food.
Ka haere ahau ki te hokomaha, kātahi ka hoko ahau i te kai.
I will go to the supermarket, and then I will buy the food.
Ka haere ahau ki te hokomaha a tērā wiki.
I will go to the supermarket next week.
Hei tērā wiki ka haere ai au ki te hokomaha.
It will be next week that I will go to the supermarket.
E āhei ana ia ki te taraiwa i te motokā.
He is allowed to drive the car.
Ka taea e ia te motokā te taraiwa, engari kāore ia e āhei ana ki te taraiwa i tēnei wā.
He is able to drive the car but is not allowed to drive it now.
E āhei ana ia ki te taraiwa i te motokā, engari kāore e taea e ia te taraiwa i tēnei wā.
He is allowed to drive the car but he is not able to drive it now.
Nāku te kēmu i tākaro.
I was the one who played the game.
Nā ngā tamariki te kēmu i tākaro.
It was the children who played the game.
Ehara i a au te kēmu i tākaro.
I was not the one who played the game.
Ehara i ngā tamariki te kēmu i tākaro.
It was not the children who played the game.
Kāore koe i te hokomaha.
You are not at the supermarket.
Kei te tākaro te whānau i te kēmu.
The family is playing the game
I tākaro te whānau i te kēmu.
The family played the game.
Kua tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi pukapuka.
Nah, Nah Rangi's written lots of books.
I oma tō kōrua māmā ki te hokomaha
Your mother ran to the supermarket.
Kei te hokomaha ahau.
I am at the supermarket.
Kei te hokomaha ahau
We could translate this as
Kei te tuhituhi reta kē ahau.
I'm writing a letter.
Kei te hokomaha tō māua māmā.
Our mother (not yours) is at the supermarket.
I te hokomaha tō māua māmā.
Our mother (not yours) was at the supermarket.
Hei te hokomaha tō māua māmā.
Our mother (not yours) will be at the supermarket.
Kei te haere ahau ki te hokomaha ki te hoko kai.
I am going to the supermarket to buy food.
I haere ahau ki te hokomaha, I hoko kai ai.
I am going to the supermarket in order to buy food.
Kei taku kete.
It’s in my kete.
Taihoa e tuhituhi.
Don’t start writing yet.
I taraiwa a Rangi ki te hokomaha kia hoko kai ai ia.
Rangi drove to the supermarket to buy food.
He aha te take i hoki mai ai rātou?
What is the reason they have returned?
Kāore ngā tamariki i tākaro i te kēmu.
The children did not play the game.
E kore ia e āhei te kī atu ki a koe.
He will not be able to tell you.
E tuhituhi ana ia i ngā reta.
She is writing the letters.
Nā tētahi atu wahine tēnā kete.
That basket belongs to another woman.
Nāku tēnei kete.
This kit is mine.
Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.
E tuhituhi reta ana ia.
She is letter-writing.
He aha te take i pēnei ai koe?
What is the reason you did this?
I tau mai au i te take.
I settled here for the reason.
Ko tāku take e waea atu nei ..
The reason I’m phoning is ..
He aha kei roto i tāu kete?
What is in your kit?
= He aha te take i hoki mai ai rātou?
(Because of) a wish to see their mother.
E āhei i a koe te kōrero pukapuka.
You are capable of reading.
Ki tonu ā rātou kete ka hoki rātou ki te kāinga.
When their kits were quite full they returned to the village.
Nāku tēnei pukapuka i tuhituhi
I wrote this book
Nā Mere tēnei kete
This kit belongs to Mere
I tuhituhi ia ki a rātou
he/she wrote to them
I a Hine te kete
Hine had the kit
Ka nui te aroha o ngā tāngata ki te take nei.
The people feel very sympathetic to this cause.
Kāore i tino pai te haere o te take
The matter did not go very well, The “going
(E waea atu ana au i taua take
I’m phoning for that reason
Titiro ki te papa tuhituhi!
Look at the blackboard!
E hia tō roa e whai ana i tēnā take?
How long have you been pursuing that issue?
(I pēnei koe i taua take
You did/said/thought this for that reason
He nui rawa atu tōna mōhio ki taua take
His knowledge of that matter is very great, he knows a great deal about that matter
Māu tēnā kete
That kete is for you