Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 82:
taonga, uaua, uta, waha, whakarite, wini
Sentence Flashcards
67 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–82, including at least one word introduced in lesson 82.
He uaua te mahi
The job is hard.
Ehara tēnei i te mahi uaua.
This is not a difficult task.
Taihoa! Kei uta ngā ika.
Hold up! The fish are towards the land.
He taonga te reo.
Language is a treasure.
He taonga nui te wareware.
Forgetting is a great treasure.
Me whakarite koe i te kai.
You should prepare the food.
Kei te hōhā ahau i te mea he uaua tēnei mahi.
I am bored because this work is too hard.
He uaua tēnei mahi nō reira kei te pōuri ahau.
This work is hard, therefore I am sad.
Nāu te mahi uaua i mahi.
You did the hard work.
He taonga nui te tūpato.
Being cautious is a treasure.
Ka rere mai ngā waka i tai ki uta.
The canoes came from the sea to the shore.
He uaua tēnei.
This is hard.
He uaua te moe i ngā pō wera.
It's hard to sleep on hot nights.
Waha nui!
Big mouth!
He ātaahua te rūma noho me ngā taonga o roto.
The living room and the treasures in it are beautiful.
He nui te Whare Taonga.
The museum is big.
I tae pai katoa rātou ki uta.
They all reached the shore safely.
Waiho te wini.
Leave the window alone.
He waha tēnei.
This is a mouth.
Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket.
I pakaru te wini.
The window was broken.
I rā uta mai rātou.
They came by way of the shore.
Kaua e kōrero me tōu waha e kī ana!
Don't speak with your mouth full!
I tau mai te waka ki uta, me te karanga atu a te iwi e tatari ana.
The canoe came to shore while the people who were waiting called out.
He uaua rawa.
It's too hard.
Mā wai te tēpu e whakarite?
Who will be the one to clear the table?
Nāna te tēpu i whakarite.
She was the one who set the table.
Nā wai tō kai i whakarite i tēnei rā?
Who was the one who prepared food today?
Kei uta te waka.
The boat is ashore.
I uta te waka.
The boat was ashore.
Kāore te waka i uta.
The boat was not ashore.
Hei uta ngā waka.
The boats will be ashore.
Kāore ngā waka hei uta.
The boats will not be ashore.
Kua pakaru te wini i ngā tamariki.
The window was broken by the children.
Kāore te wini i pakaru i ngā tamariki.
The window was not broken by the children.
Nāku i whakarite te hui.
It was me who organized the meeting.
Ehara i a au te hui i whakarite.
I didn’t organize the meeting.
Māu te rā e whakarite.
You will plan the day.
Ehara māu te rā e whakarite.
You won’t plan the day.
Māna tēnei taonga.
This treasure is for him/her.
Ehara māna tēnei taonga.
This treasure is not for him/her.
Māu te kai e whakarite.
You bless the meal.
Ka hoki te tangata ki uta.
The man went back inland.
kau atu ana rātou ki uta
they swam away to shore
He taonga tuku iho.
An heirloom handed down.
Kātahi te mahi uaua!
What a hard job!
Heoi anō, he uaua te mahi nei.
However, this task is difficult.
Kei te whakarite a Pāpā i tō moenga
Pāpā is preparing your bed.
He uaua te mahi.
The job is hard.
Mehemea tonu ko te waha o te koroua nei.
It is just as if it is the voice of our old man.
Kua pakaru te wini.
The window is broken.
Kāore te wini kia pakaru.
The window has not been broken.
He uaua tēnei mahi, nō reira kei te pōuri ahau.
This work is hard, therefore I am sad.
Kaua e kōrero me tōu waha e kī ana.
Don’t speak with your mouth full!
Ko te waha o te marae tēnei.
This is the entrance of the marae.
Ko te waha tēnei o te marae.
This is the entrance of the marae.
He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai.
The job was harder than he had thought.
I uta anake pea tēnei hau e tangi ana.
It seems this wind was only blowing on the shore.
i ngā taonga kia kore ai e tere ngaro.
This is the value of these activities, the competitions, holding on to the treasures so that they will not be quickly lost.
Ko te āhua kau o te waha i hanga, nō reira i mate ai.
Only the appearance of a mouth was formed, and so it died.
Ka taea e au tēnei mahi uaua.
I shall carry out this difficult work.
Kua pakaru → te wini.
The window is broken.
Kāore te wini → kia pakaru.
The window has not been broken.
I pakaru te wini i te hau?
Did the wind break the window?
I rā uta mai rātou
They came by way of the shore
He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai
The job was harder than he had thought,
I tau mai te waka ki uta, me te karanga atu a te iwi e tatari ana
The canoe came to shore while the people who were waiting called out