Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 68:
inanahi, kaimahi, mehemea, poaka, rorohiko, waru
Sentence Flashcards
89 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–68, including at least one word introduced in lesson 68.
He kaimahi ia.
He is a worker.
Ka kite kōrua i a Pāpā Poaka ā tērā tau.
You two will see Pāpā Poaka next year.
Ko rātou, ko ngā poaka e toru.
Them (over there), the three little pigs.
Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.
Tekau mā waru.
Eighteen.
Kāore tōku pāpā i te hoko i tētahi rorohiko.
My father isn't buying the computer.
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Kei te ako tātou i te kupu 'poaka'.
We are learning the word 'pig'.
I hoki mai koe inanahi?
Did you come bach yesterday?
I aha koe inanahi?
What did you do yesterday?
Inanahi ka pai te kei.
Yesterday, the food was good.
Kāore āna rorohiko.
S/he doesn't have a computer.
A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.
He kaimahi pukumahi koe.
You are a hard worker.
He rorohiko hou tēnei.
This is a new computer.
He rorohiko hou tēnā.
That (near you) is a new computer.
He rorohiko hou tērā.
That (over there) is a new computer.
Ko ngā rorohiko hou ēnei.
These are the new computers.
Whitu tekau mā waru tōna pakeke.
She is seventy-eight years old.
He aha te mahi a te kurī inanahi nei?
What is the dog doing now?
Inanahi nei he aha te mahi a te ngeru?
What was the cat doing yesterday?
Kua pakaru te rorohiko.
The computer is broken.
Kāore kau he rorohiko i ērā wā.
There were no computers whatsoever in those days.
Te māngere hoki o āu kaimahi!
How lazy your workers are!
Rite tonu koe ki te poaka ki te kai.
You eat just like a pig.
Mehemea ka ua āpōpō, kāore au e haere ki te mahi.
If it rains tomorrow, I won't go to work.
Kei te ngenge te kaimahi.
The worker is tired.
Kāore te kaimahi i te ngenge.
The worker is not tired.
He rorohiko tāna.
He/She has a computer.
Kāore āna rorohiko.
He/She doesn’t have any computers.
Kei runga te rorohiko i te tēpu.
The computer is on the table.
I runga te rorohiko i te tēpu.
The computer was on the table.
Kāore te rorohiko i runga i te tēpu.
The computer was not on the table.
Kua oti te whare i ngā kaimahi.
The house was completed by the workers.
Kāore te whare i oti i ngā kaimahi.
The house was not completed by the workers.
E waru ngā tūru.
There are eight chairs.
Kāore e waru ngā tūru.
There are not eight chairs.
He pai ki a koe te rorohiko hou?
Do you like the new computer?
Ehara te rorohiko hou i te pai ki a koe?
Do you not like the new computer?
Ehara i a koe tēnei rorohiko.
This computer does not belong to you.
Mehemea ahau i haere, kua mate au
If I had gone, I would have been killed
Mehemea i tae mai ia, ka kite au
If he had come, I would have seen [him]
Rite tonu koe ki te poaka ki te kai
You’re just like a pig at eating
E waru ngā rūma o te whare nei.
This house has eight rooms.
Kei konei te kurī, i mate i taua poaka.
Here is the dog killed by that pig.
Kua haere kē ngā kaimahi, nāna nei i mahi te hei?
The labourers who did the work on the hay have already gone.
Ka oti te mahi i ngā kaimahi
the work is completed by the workers
I hea rātou, inanahi?
Whjere were they yeterday?
I te aha kē koe inanahi?
What were you doing yesterday?
I te aha ngā tamariki inanahi?
What were the children doing yesterday?
I te tākaro ngā tamariki inanahi.
The children were playing yesterday.
Ko te kaimahi ia.
He or she is the worker.
Nā te rorohiko ia i mahi ai.
It was because of the computer that he worked.
Ko ēnei ngā rorohiko hou.
These are the new computers.
Kāore te rorohiko i runga i te tēpu.
The computer isn't on the table.
He rorohiko tā māua.
The two of us (not you) have a computer.
He rorohiko ā māua.
The two of us (not you) have computers.
Inanahi, i mahi ahau, ā, ka pānui ahau i te pukapuka.
Yesterday i worked, i, and then, subsequently, ka, i read the book.
Inanahi, i titiro te kurī i te ngeru ā, ka whai te kurī i te ngeru.
Yesterday, the dog saw the cat and then, subsequently, the dof chased the cat.
E waru ngā kapu
Eight cups
Mehemea ka tae mai ia, *ka* kōrero māua.
If he arrives, then we will talk.
Mehemea ka harikoa ia, ka kanikani ia.
If she is happy then she will dance.
Ka kanikani ia, mehemea ka harikoa ia.
She will dance if she is happy.
Hei tūru tēnei poaka.
This box will be used as a table.
Kei te mahi au i taku rorohiko
I am working at my computer.
Kei whea te rorohiko?
Where is the computer?
He aha tā koutou mahi inanahi nei?
What did you guys (3 or more) get up to yesterday?
E pau haere ana te hau o ngā kaimahi.
The workers are starting to run out of puff.
Kāore kau he rorohiko i ērā wā.
There were no computers whatsoever in those days.
Inanahi, kāore au i te haere.
Yesterday, I was not going.
I tīmata te hui i te waru karaka.
The meeting began at eight o’clock
Ka tīmata te hui ā te waru karaka.
The meeting will begin at eight o’clock
E whā ngā poaka e haere mai ana.
There are four pigs coming this way.
Tekau mā waru rātou.
There are eighteen of them.
Kia oti rā anō ngā mahi, ka hoki ngā kaimahi ki te kāinga.
The workers won't go home until the work is finished.
Kua hoki ngā kaimahi.
The workers have returned.
I hea rātou inanahi?
Where were they yesterday?
I pātai mai a Rangi mehemea e haere ana au ki te hui.
Rangi asked if I was going to the meeting.
Kei konei te kurī i mate i taua poaka.
Here is the dog killed by that pig.
Kua haere kē ngā kaimahi nāna nei i mahi te hei.
The labourers who did the work on the hay have already gone.
Ā te waru karaka, ka tae mai rātou.
At eight o’clock, they will arrive.
Mehemea kāore (he)
L137: “If there were not
Ehara tērā i te poaka.
That is not a pig.
Ko rātou ngā kaimahi nāna tōku whare i hanga.
They are the workmen who built my house.
He poaka ērā.
Those are pigs.
Mehemea kāore (he)):
If there were not
Ka pai ā mātou kaimahi katoa.
All our workers are doing well.
Ka mutu te mahi inanahi, ka haere mātou ki te tāone.
When yesterday’s work was finished, we went to town.
Hoki mai ā te waru karaka!
Come back at eight o’clock!