Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 61:
pakaru, pōneke, tamāhine, teina, ahiahi
Sentence Flashcards
64 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–61, including at least one word introduced in lesson 61.
Waiho tō teina.
Leave your younger sibling
Kua pakaru te kapu i te tangata kino.
The cup has been broken by the bad man.
Ā te ahiahi nei.
See you this afternoon.
I te ahiahi.
In the afternoon.
Ngā mihi o te ahiahi; kei te pēhea tātou?
Afternoon greetings, how are we?
Haere ai au ki Pōneke.
I am always going to Wellington.
Kei muri au i taku tamāhine.
I am behind my daughter.
Ko wai tō teina?
Who is your younger sibling?
Kia pakaru?
(Is it) broken?
I te ahiahi i hoki au ki te kāinga.
In the afternoon I returned home.
Kaua e patu i tō teina!
Don't hit your younger sibling.
Nā te mahi rātou i hoki ai ki Pōneke.
They returned to Wellington because of the work.
He tamāhine āku.
I have girls.
Ngā hū o ā tamāhine.
Our daughters' shoes.
Kei hea ngā pānui mō tēnei ahiahi?
Where are the notices for this afternoon?
He teina tōu?
Do you have a younger sibling?
He teina tōu.
You have a younger sibling.
He tamāhine ā rāua.
Those two have daughters.
He waka tōna, engari kua pakaru tōna waka.
He has a car, but his car is broken.
He tamāhine hou tāna kātahi anō ka whānau mai.
She has a new daughter than has just been born.
Ka tangi ngā tamāhine ki tō rātou pāpā.
The daughters mourned for their father.
Ko wai te tamāhine?
Who is the daughter?
He tāone a Pōneke.
Wellington is a city.
He rite tonu tāku teina ki tōku pāpā.
My younger sibling is just like my father.
Kua pakaru i a koe.
It has been broken by you.
E kore e oti i a rātou taua whare i te ahiahi nei.
They will not finish that house this afternoon.
Kāore anō kia kitea e ia tāna tamāhine.
He has not yet found his daughter.
Kua pakaru i a Pāpā te motokā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Kua pakaru te motokā i a Pāpā.
The car was broken by Dad.
I whānau mai ai au i Pōneke.
I was born (specifically) in Wellington.
He aha taku motokā i pakaru ai?
Why did my car break down?
Te pai te kite i a koutou, kua tau mai ki tēnei wā, ki tēnei ahiahi.
It is good to see you all, having arrived at this time, this afternoon.
Nā tātou te whare i pakaru ai.
All of us (including you) were the reason the house got broken.
E kī ana ahau, e taku teina.
I say, my younger brother.
Waiho kia ahiahi, ka haere ai tāua.
Leave it till dark, then we two shall go.
I te ahiahi ka moe te kuia.
In the evening the old lady slept.
Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.
Ko au tā rāua tamāhine.
I am their daughter.
Ā te ahiahi.
In the afternoon.
He teina ia
He is a younger brother of a boy
He pakaru tō tāua waka
Our car is broken
Kua pakaru tō tāua waka.
Our car is broken.
Kei Pōneke tō rātou whare?
Their house is in Wellington.
Kei te papa tākaro ngā tamariki Kei Pōneke te tāne
The man is in Wellington
I tērā wiki, i haere ahau ki Pōneke mā runga i tōku waka.
Last week I went to Wellington in my car.
Ka haere ia ki te kura e ako ai tana tamāhine.
She will go to the school where her daughter studies.
Ka kite + i a + kōrua + ā te + ahiahi + nei
See you two this afternoon.
He aha tā kōrua mahi i Pōneke?
What did you two get up to in Pōneke?
Nō te ahiahi nei a Hine i tunu ai i te kai.
(It was this afternoon that Hine cooked the food.)
I Pōneke au e noho ana i tērā tau.
Last year I was living in Wellington.
Kei Pōneke mātou e noho ana.
We are living in Wellington.
E mahi ana ia i Pōneke.
She works in Wellington.
teina nō / o
A younger sibling of the same sex; younger siblings still normally take o.
I kau mai te wahine nei i ngā ahiahi katoa.
This woman swam here every evening.
Tēnā koutou e noho mai nā i Pōneke!
Greetings to you living in Wellington!
Waiho kia ahiahi ka haere ai tāua ki te riri.
Leave it till evening then we'll go into battle.
He pakaru pea tēnei waea?
Perhaps this wireless is broken? (I wonder if this wireless is broken?)
Kua mate māua ko taku teina.
My younger sister and I are sick.
Ko ia tōku teina.
She is my younger sister.
Kāore anō kia kitea e ia tana tamāhine.
He has not yet found his daughter.
Kei Pōneke ia e noho ana?
Does s/he live in Wellington?
E hoko kākahu hou ana ia mō tana tamāhine
She is buying new clothes for her daughter
I te ahiahi nei
This afternoon
Ā te ahiahi nei
This afternoon