Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 74:
kaumātua, kāti, ngahere, ringa, hari, mauria
Sentence Flashcards
73 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–74, including at least one word introduced in lesson 74.
kei hea te ngahere?
where is the forest?
Homai tō ringa.
Pass me your hand.
He kaumātua ia.
He is an elder.
Kua hari au i ngā pouaka.
I have carried the boxes.
Mauria atu te ika nei!
Take this fish away!
Kāti te oma!
Stop running!
Ā kāti, me haere tātou.
Alright then let's go.
E tama, mauria atu he tūru māna.
Hey boy, take a chair for her.
Ā kāti.
Okay enough. (Let's change the subject.).
I pakeke ō kaumātua i hea?
Where did your grandparents grow up?
Kāti te kōrero.
Stop talking.
Mauria mai tō mahi.
Bring me your work.
Ā kāti!
All right then!
Mihi atu ki ōu kaumātua.
Greet your elders.
Kei roto i te ngahere ngā manu e tangi ana.
The birds are singing in the forest.
Ka haere te iwi ki te hui kia kōrero ngā kaumātua.
The iwi will travel to the meeting so the elders can talk.
Ehara māu te kai nei, mā ngā kaumātua kē.
This food is not for you, it is for the elders.
Mā wai ēnei kapu tī? Mā ngā tamariki? Ehara, mā ngā kaumātua kē.
Who are these cups of tea for? The children? No, they are for the elders.
Mauria atu te pukapuka rā!
Bring me that book!
Mauria mai taku pukapuka waiata.
Pass me my song book.
Kāti, ko au anake e haere.
Enough! I alone will go.
I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere.
In the mornings, the workers always go to the bush.
Ka tū tētahi o ngā kaumātua rā.
One of those elders stood up.
Mauria mai te kī i muri i te karaka.
Bring me the key from behind the clock.
Kei waenganui te tāone i te ngahere.
The town is in the middle of the bush.
Kei te hari katoa.
I'm happy as ever.
E hia ngā rākau i te ngahere?
How many trees are in the forest?
E hia ngā rākau o te ngahere nei?
How many trees are in this forest?
E, kāti te kōrero pēnā mō taku mokopuna!
Hey, stop talking like that about my grandchild!
Māu te kai e hari atu ki a rātou.
You can take the food to them.
Kaua aua pukapuka a mauria atu!
Don't take those books away!
Kāti te kōrero pēnā.
Stop talking like that.
Ka taea e koe te hari i a au ki te tāone?
Are you able to take me to town?
E whakatā ana tāua i te ngahere.
We (you and I) are resting in the forest.
Kāore tāua e whakatā ana i te ngahere.
We are not resting in the forest.
Mō ngā kaumātua tēnei tūru.
This chair is for the elders.
Ehara mō ngā kaumātua tēnei tūru.
This chair is not for the elders.
Mauria mai i tō ake reo hoki.
Bring with you your own voice as well.
Ka hari ia ki te haere mai
He will be happy to come
Ka hinga te rākau i te ngahere
the tree fell in the forest
Nā koutou i hari te tangi, ehara nā rātou.
You people led the funeral ceremonies, not them.
he nui ngā rākau *o* te ngahere
The trees of the forest are big
He hari hoki te hoki.
The fish is really happy.
Ka hoki hoki te hoki hari hoki.
The really happy fish will indeed return.
Kua hoki hoki te hoki hari hoki hoki.
The very happy hoki have indeed returned also.
E kāti te kōrero pēnā mō taku mokopuna!
Stop talking like that about my grandchild!
Hei ake nei, hei kaumātua ēnei tamariki.
In a future time, these children will be elders.
I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere.
In the mornings, the workers always go to the bush. (Māori Dictionary)
Ahakoa kei waenganui i te ngahere, kāore ngā tāngata o reira e mokemoke ana.
Although it is in the middle of the bush, the people there are not lonely.
Kei hea a Hari?
Where is Hari?
Kāti te kōrero!
Stop talking!
Mauria mai ngā pukapuka.
Bring the books.
Kāti, kia puta ake nei au ki waho ki te tiki rau rākau.
Well, let me just pop out to get some tree leaves.
Kia kitea, mauria mai ki te taha o te māra tū ai.
When you find it, bring it over to stand at the side of the garden.
Ko Hari mā ngā tāne nā rātou ngā toki.
Hari and the others are the men who own the axes.
Kāti te tangi, e hoki ana anō ahau.
Stop crying, I’m going back.
Me haere māua ki te ngahere, ki reira mahi ai.
We should go to the forest, and work there.
Kāti te waiata!
No singing (cease singing)!
Ko ēnei ngā mea i mauria mai e tōku hoa.
These are the things that were brought by my friend.
Mauria mai ērā pukapuka ki konei.
Bring those books here. (For ‘mauria
Kāti te kai!
Stop eating!
Kua mauria atu e ia te kurī.
He has taken the dog.
Ko rātou ngā tāngata i haere ki te ngahere.
They are the men who went to the forest.
E kōrero ana te kaumātua
The elder is/was talking (active); continuing action set in past, present or future time.
Hoatu ēnei mea ki a Rangi rāua ko Hari
Give these things to Rangi and Hari
Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!
Don’t bring that pig home!
Kaua aua pukapuka | e mauria atu!
Don't take those books away!
Ka kī te ngeru ki ngā manu: ‘Kāti, rere atu!
The cat says to the birds: ‘Well then, fly away!
I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere
In the morning, the workers go to the forest
Mā tāua e hari ki reira.
You will take us there.
Nā wai tāua i hari ki reira?
Who took us there?
Nāu tāua i hari ki reira
You took us there
Kei hea te ngahere?
Where is the forest?