Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 66:
moenga, tohunga, tuatahi, waenganui, āu, ināianei
Sentence Flashcards
74 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–66, including at least one word introduced in lesson 66.
Kei te moe ia i tōna moenga
He's sleeping on his bed.
Te wiki tuatahi.
The first week.
Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae.
The experts have built the marae.
Kua mā ināianei?
Is it clean now?
Kei waenganui ngā tūru i ngā tēpu.
The chairs are in between the tables.
Kei te moe ia i tōna moenga.
He's sleeping on his bed.
Kua whakatika au i te moenga.
I've made the bed.
Kia ora, kua mārama ināianei.
Thanks, I get it now.
Kua pai ināianei.
It's good now.
Kei te aha koe ināianei?
What are you doing now?
Kei waenganui rāua i ngā tama.
They are among the boys.
Kei waenganui tana matua i ngā manuhiri.
Her/his father is in the middle of the visitors.
Kei waenganui te tamaiti i ngā kuia.
The child is between the elderly women.
He tamariki āu?
Do you have children?
Mā ngā tamariki e whakapai ngā moenga.
The children will make the beds.
Kei waenganui i rāua.
Inbetween them.
Kei te papa tākaro tuatahi taku kēmu.
My game is on the first field.
Mahia te mahi ināianei.
Do the work now.
Kāore i taea e au te kanikani, engari ināianei, āe, ka taea te kanikani.
I couldn't dance, but now, yeah, I can dance.
Ko ēnā āu.
Those ones are yours.
Ehara āu i ēnā.
Those ones are not yours.
E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Kei hea koe ināianei?
Where are you now?
Mō te whare hou ngā moenga nei.
These beds are for the new house.
Kei waenganui te kōtiro i ōna mātua.
The girl is between her parents.
Pēhea hoki koe? He tamariki āu?
How about you? Do you have any children?
He tamariki āu e hoa?
Do you have any children, friend?
Kua haere te tohunga.
The young person left.
Kua mā katoa koe ināianei.
You're all clean now.
Tēnā koa, haere koe ki tō moenga.
Go to bed, please.
He aha kei waenganui i te rūma noho?
What's in the middle of the lounge?
Kei raro ō hū i tō moenga.
Your shoes are under your bed.
He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.
Kua tata waenganui pō ka hoki mai ia i te mahi.
It's nearly midnight when he returns from work.
He aha tō mahi ināianei?
What are you doing now?
Me kai kē i te tuatahi.
You must eat first.
Kua rite māua, Pāpā. Ka haere ināianei?
We're ready, Dad. Are we going now?
Homai ēnā i te tuatahi, kātahi ka hoatu ai ēnei ki a koe.
Give me those first, then I'll give you these.
I moe tā tāua pēpi i te moenga o tā rāua pēpi.
Our baby slept in their baby's bed.
Nā wai koe i ako ki te whakapai moenga?
Who was the one who taught you to make your bed?
Kāore i a au āu pene.
I haven't got your pens.
Kāore āu hoa.
You don’t have any friends.
Kāore āu kī.
You don’t have any keys.
Hei waenganui ngā tamariki i te papa tākaro.
The children will be in the middle of the playground.
Kāore ngā tamariki hei waenganui i te papa tākaro.
The children will not be in the middle of the playground.
Ko koe te tohunga, māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.
kei waenganui pō
in the middle of the night
E hia āu pene e hoa?
How many pens have you got mate?
He āporo āu.
You have apples.
He mea hanga te whare e ngā tohunga.
The house was built by the experts.
Kei runga tā rātou kurī I tōku moenga?
What? Their dog is on my bed?
Ko te reo Māori tō rātou reo tuatahi
Māori is their first language
Kei te karanga tō moenga?
Is your bed calling?
Kei te pīrangi koe i tō moenga?
Are you wanting your bed?
Kāore tō moenga i te karanga
your bed is not calling
whakapai i te moenga
making the bed.
Kua toru ināianei.
There are three now.
E hia āu pukapuka?
How many books do you have?
Me hoki mai koe ināianei, kia kore ai tō māmā e pukuriri.
You had better come back now so your mum doesn't get angry.
Ehara i te mea he tohunga ia ki tēnei mahi.
It is not as if he were an expert at this work.
Kei raro a Tama i te moenga.
Tama is under the bed.
tōu āu ōu
His / her / its
Kei hea taku tamaiti ināianei?
Where is my child now?
He rite tonu tana waea mai i waenganui pō!
He keeps ringing me up in the middle of the night! — 934
Ko koe te tohunga māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.
I waenganui ngā whare i (ō) ngā rākau.
The houses were in the middle of the trees.
I ngā pō i tika ai ka karakia te tohunga.
On the nights on which (it) was proper the tohunga prayed.
= Ehara i te mea he tohunga ia ki tēnei mahi.
This idiomatic form looks the same as the previous one, but ‘mā’ or ‘ngā’ is not included.
Kua kite mātou i āu kupu i roto i tēnei reta āu.
We have seen your words in this letter of yours.
Kei hea tāku tamaiti ināianei?
Where is my child now?
Tīkina atu āu pukapuka!
Go and get your books!
E hia ō tātou whare ināianei?
How many houses do we have now?
He tohunga mātou ki te hanga waka
We are expert canoe builders
Kia tika tā koutou whakapai moenga!
You must make your beds properly!