Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 67:
mahue, patua, tuakana, anake, hē
Sentence Flashcards
74 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–67, including at least one word introduced in lesson 67.
Kei mahue koe i te pahi.
You might miss the bus.
Kua mahue ia i te pahi.
He has been left behind by the bus.
Kua mahue au i te pahi.
I have been left behind by the bus.
Mō taku hē.
My mistake, my bad.
E hia te pakeke o tō tuakana?
How old is your older brother?
Mō taku hē?
What about you?
Ā, mō taku hē.
Oh, (sorry) my mistake.
Ehara nō tōku whaea te hē.
The blame isn't my mothers.
Kei te hē koe!
You are wrong!
E hē!
Nope!
Kei te hē tēnā!
That is wrong!
He hē ia.
She is incorrect.
Mō taku hē e hoa.
My bad mate.
E hē ana tāna.
What she/he said was incorrect.
Ko ia tōku tuakana.
He is my older brother / she is my older sister.
He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?
Kei te tika, kei te hē rānei ēnei kōrero.
These statements are true or false.
I patua te kurī e te tamaiti.
The dog was hit by the child.
Ko koe te mea ka mahue i te pahi.
You're the one left behind by the bus.
Kua mōhio ahau i hē ia.
I know he is wrong.
Mōhio rawa ake ahau kua hē a ia.
I just realised she was wrong.
Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga, kei hē au.
We should return home, lest I get into trouble.
Nā te wahine anake tērā mahi.
That task is done by woman alone.
Kei te patua e ia tana kurī.
Her dog is beaten by her.
He rite ia ki tōna tuakana.
She is just like her elder sister.
Mō taku hē!
My apologies!
He aha te hē o tō tama?
What's wrong with your son?
He tangata pai tonu ia ki a au, ahakoa āna mahi hē i ētahi wā.
I think he's an okay guy, in spite of the fact that he stuffs up sometimes.
Ka mahue te...
You should have...
Kāore rātou i mahue i te pahi.
They were not left by the bus.
Kei te hē rawa atu tāna kōrero.
What he says is completely mistaken.
Ehara i a au te hē.
It's not my fault.
Patua aku kupu!
Prove me wrong!
Kua patua ahau.
I have been hit.
Ka mahue tō kōrero mai.
You forgot to talk to me.
Ka mahue tō waea mai.
You forgot to phone to me.
Kia tere, kei mahue koe i te pahi.
Be quick, or you will miss the bus.
Ka patua te ngeru e te kurī.
The cat will be attacked by the dog.
Kāore te ngeru e patua e te kurī.
The cat will not be attacked by the dog.
He aha kua mahue i te tamaiti?
What has the child left behind?
Kua mahue ia
He was left behind
patua te kurī rā!
kill that dog!
Kaua e patua!
Don’t kill (it)!
Kotahi anake te pukapuka.
There is only one book.
anake anō hoki kau kē koa noa pea rawa tonu
The ten particles here may be briefly glossed as follows.
I kōrero tonu au ki tōku hoa wahine kia mahue ia i te pahi.
I kept on talking to my girlfriend so that she would be left behind by the bus.
I patua e au.
It was hit by me.
I patua au.
I was hit.
Kua mahue ia.
She was left behind.
I mahue ia i te pahi.
He was left behind by the bus.
Mahue ake i a rāua tō rāua matua.
Then and there they left their father.
He tuakana ia.
He is an older brother of a boy
Ko koe anake ka haere.
Only you will go.
I waiata anake a Rangi i tētahi waiata.
Rangi only sang one song. (i.e., he sang it but didn't play, dance, or compose it)
Ko Rangi anake i waiata i tētahi waiata.
Only Rangi sang one song. (i.e., nobody else sang)
I waiata a Rangi i tētahi waiata anake.
Rangi sang only one song. (i.e., one song, not two or more)
I mahi ngā wāhine anake.
Only the women worked. (The men didn't.)
Kua mahue te kurī.
The dog has been left behind.
I patua te manu e te ngeru.
The bird was killed by the cat.
Kua patua tēnei kurī e ētahi tamariki.
This dog has been hit by some children.
Ki te kore koutou e haere mai ināianei, e mahue ana koutou i a mātou.
If you don’t come at once, we will leave you behind.
Kei patua e koe te tangata rā mō te kore take noa iho!
Don’t you beat that man for no reason at all!
Ehara rānei koe i tōna tuakana?
Are you not his brother?
Kei te hiahia ahau kia hoki mai tōku tuakana.
I wish that my elder brother would come back.
I patua tēnei tamaiti e wai?
By whom was this child hit?
Nā te pahi a Mere i mahue ai.
Mere was left behind by (because of) the bus.
Waiho, ko māua anake ki tēnei whare, moe ai.
Leave us to sleep.
Kua mahue tana tāne i a ia kia ora ai ngā tamariki.
She has left her husband so that the children would be safe.
Kua mahue tōku tuakana.
My brother has been left behind.
I patua ia.
He was hit.
Kua mahue ngā tamariki i te pahi
The children have been left behind by the bus.
Kei te hiahia ahau kia hoki mai tōku tuakana =
I wish that my elder brother would come back.
Kei te hē rawa atu → tāna kōrero.
What he says is completely mistaken.
I mahue ia i te pahi
He missed the bus, He was left behind by the bus