Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 62:
toki, pakeke, tuahine, tuhi, whakapai, wānanga
Sentence Flashcards
92 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–62, including at least one word introduced in lesson 62.
Nā wai taku motokā whakapai?
Who cleaned my car?
Ā muri i te kura ka haere ngā tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school the students will go to university (the house of learning).
He pakeke ia.
He's an adult.
I pakeke ake tō tāne i hea?
Where did your hubby grow up?
E hia ngā tau o tō tuahine?
How old's your sister?
Tuhi waiata.
Songwriting.
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.
I pakeke ake koe i hea?
Where did you grow up?
He ātaahua te ingoa o tō whaea. E hia tana pakeke?
Your mum's name is beautiful. How old is she?
I pakeke koe i hea?
Where did you grow up?
I pakeke tō hoa i hea?
Where did your friend grow up?
I pakeke tō whaea i hea?
Where did your mum grow up?
I pakeke tō pāpā i hea?
Where did your dad grow up?
Tāna toki.
His axe.
He toki tāu.
You have an axe.
E hia tōna pakeke?
How old is she?
E hia tana pakeke?
How old is he?
Kaua e tuhi ki runga i te tēpu.
Don't write on the table.
E hia tō pakeke?
How old are you?
Ā muri i te kura ka haere ētahi tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school, some students will go to the whare wānanga (place of higher learning).
He tuahine tōu?
Do you have a sister?
Nā wai te whare i whakapai?
Who was the one who cleaned the house?
Nāku te whare i whakapai.
I cleaned the house.
Ehara i a au te whare i whakapai.
I didn't clean the house.
Ehara i a koe te whare i whakapai.
You did not clean the house.
Nāna te whare i whakapai.
She cleaned the house.
Ehara i a ia te whare i whakapai.
She did not clean the house.
E toru tekau tau tōna pakeke.
She is thirty years old.
Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
I te tau 1996, ka tuhi ahau i tētahi pukapuka.
In 1996, I wrote a book.
Kei te tuhi au i taku reta kia a ia.
I am writing my letter to him.
E hia ngā tauira o te whare wānanga nei?
How many students are in this university?
I pai taku moe, tuahine.
My sleep was good, sister.
Me tuhi koe i ō hiahia mō te keke.
You should write down what you want for the cake.
I te tau 1984 ka haere au ki te whare wānanga.
In 1984 I went to university.
E tunu keke ana a Māmā me te whakapai whare anō.
Mum cooked a cake whilst cleaning the house.
No tōku tuahine ngā waka whero.
The red car belongs to my older sibling.
Me whakapai koe i te kai.
You had better bless the food.
I tuhi ia i tētahi reta ki tōna hoa.
She wrote a letter to her sweetheart.
Kei te kāinga tōna tuahine.
Her sister is at home.
Kāore tōna tuahine i te kāinga.
Her sister is not at home.
Kei te whare wānanga ngā tauira.
The students are at the university.
Kāore ngā tauira i te whare wānanga.
The students are not at the university.
Kua whakapai ngā rīhi.
The dishes have been cleaned.
Kāore anō ngā rīhi kia whakapai.
The dishes have not been cleaned yet.
Nā rātou i whakapai te whare.
It was them who cleaned the house.
Ehara i a rātou te whare i whakapai.
They didn’t clean the house.
Mā ngā tamariki te tēpu e whakapai.
The children will set the table.
Ehara mā ngā tamariki te tēpu e whakapai.
The children won’t set the table.
Mā tātou te tēpu e whakapai.
We will set the table.
Mā tātou te tēpu + hei whakapai.
We will set the table.
Nā tātou te tēpu i whakapai.
We set the table.
Nā te tama tōna tuahine i tangi ai.
The boy was the reason his sister cried.
Haere ki te kāinga ki te tiki atu i te toki.
Go home and fetch the axe.
Hei tuhi i tētahi reta te pene.
The pen is for writing a letter.
I kitea e au te pene i tuhi ai ia i te reta.
I found the pen with which she wrote the letter.
Nā ngā tamariki te whare i whakapai.
The childred were the ones who cleaned the house
He aha a Rangi i tuhi ai i tētahi pukapuka i tērā tau?
Why did Rangi write a book last year?
Whakapai tō rūma Whakapai i tō rūma
Clean your room!
Whakapai tō rūma
Tidy your room
Ka whakapai koe i tōu rūma?
Are you going to tidy your room?
Ka whakapai rānei koe i tōu rūma?
Are you it are you not high to tidy you room?
He rite ia ki tōna tuahine.
He is like his sister.
Ka rua tekau mā tahi tau tana pakeke ā tērā wiki.
Next week, she turns twenty-one.
Ka tuhi ahau i ngā reta ki tēnei pene.
I will write the letters with this pen.
Me tuhi mai, waea mai rānei ki konei.
You should write to me or phone me here.
He mōhio rānei tōu tuahine?
Is your sister clever?
tāu i tuhi ai
what you wrote.
Kei te whakapai a Mere i te rūma.
Mere is tidying the room.
Kua tae mai tō mātou tuahine ki te kāinga.
Our sister has arrived home.
Kei runga atu i te whare wānanga taku kāinga.
My home is above the university.
Kua oti i a koe tō mahi kāinga te tuhi?
Have you finished writing your homework?
Kua oti te kōrero te tuhi.
The speech has been written.
He pātai āhua pakeke ake tēnā.
That is a rather difficult question.
He pukapuka ā.mātou hei tuhi i ngā kōrero, kia kore ai ia e mau i a mātou.
We had books to write the stories in so that they would not be forgotten.
Mātua whakapai i tōu marae, ka whakapai ai te marae o te tangata.
Clean up your own marae before trying to do the same for someone else.
Mā Mere tēnei pukapuka e tuhi.
Mere will write this book.
Kāhore i a Hau te toki.
Hau does not (did not) have the axe (an axe).
Kāhore āna toki.
He has no axes (axe).
E tuhi reta ana a Mere.
Mere is letter writing.
Ko Hine rāua ko Mere ngā kaiako i haere ki te Whare Wānanga
Hine and Mere are the tutors who went to the University
E tuhi ana koe i te aha
What are you writing?
Nāku tēnei reta i tuhi
I wrote this letter
he toki tino nui
a very big axe
He aha te take e koa ana tōu tuahine
What is the reason your sister is glad? Why is your sister glad?
= He toki tāku
You (two) have shotguns
Ka tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.
Ka tuhi ia ki tana hoa.
He wrote to his friend.
Kei te hiahia au kia haere ia ki te whare wānanga
I would like him to go to university
Tekau tau te pakeke o taku tamaiti
My son is ten years old
Kei te tuhi au i taku reta ki a ia
I am writing my letter to him
Kia tika tā kōrua tuhi!
You (two) must write correctly!