Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 89:
tawhiti, tipu, tohu, tōkena, ahatia
Sentence Flashcards
45 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–89, including at least one word introduced in lesson 89.
Tangohia ō tōkena!
Take off your socks!
te tōkena
the sock
ngā tōkena
the socks
Tangohia ngā tōkena.
Remove the socks.
Tangohia ō tōkena.
Take off your socks.
Homai ngā tōkena.
Pass me the socks.
Kei hea ōna tōkena?
Where are his socks?
Kei tawhiti taku tahu.
My beloved is far away.
He tawhiti kē tō koutou haerenga, ki te kore haere tonu.
You have come too far in your journey to not carry on.
Kua ahatia tērā tāne?
What happened to that man?
Nō wai ēnei tōkena?
Who do these sock belong to?
Kua whai tohu koe?
Do you have a degree?
Ka mutu ōna tohu, ka noho ki raro.
When his instructions were ended, he sat down.
Kei mua i te whare e tipu ana.
Growing in front of the house.
Me kau hoki ki hea i te tawhiti ki waho o te moana nui?
Where could he swim to, from such a distance out in the ocean?
Kia ahatia. He rākau noa iho te papa, he māmā te horoi.
Never mind. It's a wooden floor. It's easy to clean.
Kia ahatia. Ka hoki mai tēnā pōtae ā tōna wā anō e tika ana.
No worries/it's all good. That hat will return when the times is right.
Kia ahatia, ka haere tonu koe ki te kura.
No worries, you're still going to school.
Kia ahatia, ehara te toa i te mea nui.
Never mind, winning isn't everything.
Kia ahatia, ka hoki mai anō.
No worries, it will come back.
Kia ahatia, he rā anō āpōpō.
It's all good, there's another day tomorrow.
Kia ahatia. Māku e whakatika.
It's all good. I will fix it.
Kei te ahatia koe?
What is happening to you?
Ka ahatia koe?
What will happen to you?
I ahatia koe?
What happened to you?
Kei tawhiti ngā maunga.
The mountains are in the distance.
I tawhiti ngā maunga.
The mountains were in the distance.
Kāore ngā maunga i tawhiti.
The mountains were not in the distance.
Hei tawhiti te whare.
The house will be in the distance.
Kāore te whare hei tawhiti.
The house will not be in the distance.
Ko te tāne a te wahine nei i haere ki te mahi i tētahi whenua tawhiti.
The woman’s husband had gone to a distant place to work. When he returned home the woman went hokianga mai ki te kāinga, ka haere te wahine ki te wharekai ki te mahi.
Kua ahatia koe?
What has been done (to) you?
Kei te haere atu ahau ki te whare i tipu ake ai ahau.
I am going to the house where I grew up.
Kei te haere ahau ki te whare i tipu ake au.
I'm going to the house I grew up.
Kei te haere mātou ki te marae i tipu ake ai a Hine.
We are going to the marae where Hine grew up.
Kei te haere ahau ki te whare i tipu aku ai ahau.
I am going to the house where I grew up.
I hoki ahau ki te kāinga i tipu ake ai ahau.
I returned to the home where I grew up.
Ahakoa ko tēnei tōku kāinga tipu, ka wehe atu au.
Although this is the place where I grew up, I will leave.
He tawhiti te toa, nō reira ka haere mā runga pahi mātou.
The shop is far, so we’ll go by bus.
I ahatia tō waewae?
What happened to your leg?
Ka mea ētahi, ‘Ko wai hoki koa ka tohu?
Whoever would have thought it?
Kei runga rānei, kei raro rānei, kei tawhiti atu rānei i a tātou.
Above, below, or far from us perhaps.
I ahatia tōu waewae
What has happened to (befallen) your leg?
Kei tawhiti ō rāua marae
Their marae are far away
I a wai ōku tōkena?
Who had my socks?