Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 64:
na, tēhea, ōu, kanikani, korā, mahia
Sentence Flashcards
112 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–64, including at least one word introduced in lesson 64.
Ko tēhea te kapu pai ki a koe?
Which cup do you like?
Ki korā
over there (away from both the speaker and listener).
Kei te haere koe ki korā.
You are going over there.
Haere kōrua ki korā
you two go over there.
Haere atu ki korā!
Go away over there!
Kei te mahi ngā tāne ki korā
The men are working over there.
Kei te oma te tama ki korā
The boy is running over there.
Kua mahia te mahi pai e kōrua.
The good work has been done by you two
Ko wai tērā ki korā?
Who is that over there?
Kei te oma te kurī ki korā.
The dog is running over there.
Ko tēhea te mea pai ake?
Which is better?
Mahia atu!
Get into it!
Nō tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?
Nō tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?
Kaua e māngere, mahia atu!
Don't be lazy, give it heaps!
Māna te kanikani e haere.
It will be her that goes to the dance.
He kākahu hou ōu?
Do you have new clothes?
Ko tēhea rā o te wiki tēnei?
Which day of the week is this?
Kei korā te kurī.
The dog is over there.
Ko tēhea kaupapa te mea pai rawa ki a koe?
Which subject do you like the most?
Ko tēhea te tāone pai ki a koe?
Which town do you like?
Kāore e taea e au te kanikani.
I can't dance.
Kāore au mō te kanikani.
I don't care for dancing.
Ka taea e koe te kanikani?
Can you dance?
Na Mere tēnei kurī.
This dog belongs to Mere.
Na rātou ēnā mea.
Those things are theirs.
Ko tēhea?
Which?
Kua kite koe i taku pene? He mā whero te mea na.
Have you seen my pen? It's a pink one.
He hōiho ōu.
You have horses.
He pōtae ōu.
You have hats.
He whakaaro ōu?
Do you have any ideas?
I taua pō, ka tū te kanikani.
That night, there was a dance.
I ngā rā o mua, kāore tēnei mahi e mahia ana e ngā Māori o Te Kaha.
Formerly, this activity was not performed by the Māori people of Te Kaha.
Ka mahia he waka mō tekau tāngata,.
A ten-man canoe was made.
Nō whea ōu hū?
Where did you get your shoes from?
E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
Na wai tēnei tamaiti?
Who does this child belong to?
Na wai ēnā kōtiro mōhio?
Whose are those clever girls?
Na wai te waka whero?
Who does the red car belong to?
Kāore taua rākau i korā.
That tree is not over there.
Mahia te mahi!
Do the work!
Ka oma tātou ki korā, kātahi ka whakatā.
Went ran over there and then rested.
Haere atu ki korā tū ai, kia pai ai tō titiro.
Go over there to stand so you can have a good look.
Me noho ki korā, kaua i konei.
We should go sit over there, not here.
Nō tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?
Ehara koe nō tēhea iwi?
Which iwi are you not from?
Kei korā te whare.
The house is over there.
I korā te whare.
The house was over there.
Kāore te whare i korā.
The house was not over there.
Hei korā ngā tūru.
The chairs will be over there.
Kāore ngā tūru hei korā.
The chairs will not be over there.
Kua mahia te mahi e ngā tamariki.
The work was done by the children.
Kāore te mahi i mahia e ngā tamariki.
The work was not done by the children.
Ki ōu whakaaro.
In your thinking / In your view.
Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
\Could you make me a... please.
na te tangata noa atu
belonging to some unknown person
Na wai te mea nei?
Who owns this thing?
Na hea mai koutou?
By way of what place did you come?
Ā te ahiahi ka tīmata te kanikani.
The dance will begin in the evening.
Mahia ngā mahi kei tamariki ana.
Get things done while (you’re) young.
E haere ana rātou ki te kanikani.
They are going to the dance.
E haere ana rātou ki te kanikani?
Are they going to the dance?
I waiata ahau, ka kanikani ai ahau,
I sang, and then I danced.
I tērā wiki i kanikani au.
It was last week that I danced.
Ko tēhea te mea pai?
Which one is the best?)
Kei korā ahau.
I am there.
Hei korā ahau.
I will be there in the future.
Māu e kanikani.
You will be the one to dance.
Ehara māu e kanikani.
You will not be the one to dance.
Ko tēhea ōu?
Which one is yours?
E kanikani ana ngā tamariki
The children dancing
Ko tēhea tāku kapu?
Which cup is mine?
Ko tēhea te ara tika
Which is the right path?
Ko tēhea e haere ana?
Which one is going?
Ko tēhea te kaiako?
Which one is the teacher?
Ko tēhea tōu?
Which is yours?
Ko tēhea waka tōu?
Which car is yours
Ko tēhea te mahi kua oti?
Which is the work which has been completed
Ko tēhea te mea nui?
Which is the important thing?
E kanikani ana a Mere.
Mere is dancing.
Kāore a Mere e kanikani ana.
She isn't dancing. She wasn't dancing. Or won't be dancing. Party pooper. Or maybe her leg is in a cast. That's a bit sad.
Kāore ōu hoa.
You have no friends.
Āpōpō, ka hīkoi māua ki korā.
Tomorrow, the two us, not you, will walk over there.
Nā ngā tamariki te keke i kai i korā.
It was the children who ate the cake over there.
Mahia kia pēnei.
Do it like this.
I waiata ahau, kātahi ka kanikani ahau.
I sang, and then I danced.
I waiata ahau, ka kanikani ai ahau.
I sang, and then, following on from that, I danced.
na, titiro mai
now watch,
E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
Kei te waiata ahau, ka kanikani ai a Mere.
I sang and then Mere danced.
I waiata ahau, kia kanikani ai a Mere.
I sang so that Mere would dance.
Kei te waiata ahau, kia kanikani ai a Mere.
I am singing so that Mere willdance.
Ka waiata ahau, kia kanikani ai a Mere.
I will sing so that Mere will dance.
Kei te whare kura ōu hoa.
Your friends are at the school.
Kāhore ōu hoa i te whare kura.
Your friends are not at the school.
Pau katoa ana te pō i a rāua e kanikani tahi ana.
They spent the whole night dancing together.
Haere atu ki korā.
Go away over there.
Kei te haere atu ngā tamariki ki korā.
The children are going away over there.
Ā, ko ētahi atu e karanga ana mai, ‘Hei korā rā he pā mō tātou
There will be a fort for us
I hea te kāinga i noho ai ōu mātua?
Where is the village at which your parents lived?
Ko tēhea te ara e haere mai ai tō tātou hoa?
Which is the track will come thereby our friend?
I mahia ngā mahi katoa
All the tasks were worked on/done (passive); simple past.
Ko te whakaaro na te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
No/na wai?
(Whose is? Whose was?)
No/na wai mā?
(Whose are? Whose were?)
Na ō tātou manuhiri pea?
(Perhaps it’s our visitors’?)
Ko tēhea te mahi → kua oti?
Which is the work which has been completed?
māna (mā + -na)
for him/her.
Kei pēhea a korā?
What’s it like over there?
Ka tū te hui ki tēhea marae?
At which marae is the hui to occur?
Kei korā tōku koroua
My grandfather is over there
Ka taea e koe, mahia atu!
You can do it, give it a go!