Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 92:
tupu, whakautu, ihu, iwa, kīhai, kūmara
Sentence Flashcards
45 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–92, including at least one word introduced in lesson 92.
Kua mārama au ki tōu whakautu.
I've understood your response.
Kei te tika tāu whakautu.
Your answer is correct.
Tekau mā iwa.
Nineteen.
Kīhai ia i hīkoi ki te kura.
She didn't walk to school.
Kāo, i tupu ake au i reira.
No, I grew up there.
I tupu hoki ahau i reira.
I also grew up there.
Ehara! Mōhio au ki te pātai, kāore au i te mōhio ki te whakautu!
On the contrary! I know the question, I don't know the answer!
Tekau mā iwa taku pakeke.
My age is nineteen.
He aha te whakautu?
What's the answer.
Kei te kai rāua i ngā kūmara.
They are eating the kūmara.
Kīhai i pīrangi tōna whaea ki a ia.
His mother did not want him.
Kei hea tō ihu?
Where is your nose?
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.
Kaua e homai ngā whakautu.
Don't give me the answers.
Nāu ngā kūmara i waru.
You were the one who peeled the kūmera.
Ka taea e koe te whakautu i taku pātai?
Can you answer my question?
Kāo, kāore e taea e au te whakautu i tō pātai.
No, I can't answer your question.
E iwa ngā whare.
There are nine houses.
Kāore e iwa ngā whare.
There are not nine houses.
Ko ngā rākau anake i tupu tonu.
Only the trees continued to grow.
Kīhai mātou i haere.
We did not go.
Kīhai te rākau i hinga.
The tree did not fall.
He kai pai te kūmara.
Kumara is good food.
He hua whenua te kūmara.
The kūmera is a root vegetable.
He ihu tēnei.
This is a nose.
Tahi Rua Toru Whā Rima Ono Whitu Waru Iwa Tekau
So that's fine for counting on your fingers, but when we want to say how many *things* there are we need to add an e in front of the numbers between 2 and 9.
Waru Iwa Tekau
And we can number things
Kīhai ia i karanga.
He or she did not call.
Kīhai rātou i kai.
They did not eat.
Kīhai rānei koe i haere ki te kura?
Did you not go to school?
Kīhai i mau i ahau tētahi hē o tēnei tangata.
I cannot seize upon any fault of this man.
Tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu.
Their writing of their answers.
e iwa tekau
To add units, continue with mā and the appropriate number:
He tamaiti rānei e mōhio ana ki te whakautu?
Does any child know the answer?
Me whakautu ēnei pātai ki te reo Māori.
These questions are to be answered in Māori.
Me mutu tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu i te toru karaka.
They must stop writing their answers at three o’clock.
Kīhai a ia i hoki mai, ko ana hoa ia i hoki atu i te kupu o te tangata i karanga atu rā.
She did not return; her friends, however, returned at the word of the man who called out.
E tupu nei anō ināianei.
It is still growing there today.
He rite tonu te puta ake o te ihu o te taniwha rā i te wai.
The taniwha kept on sticking its nose out of the water.
Kei.te tupu aua rākau ināianei.
Those trees are growing today.
Me aha a Ihu e rātou?
What should be done to Jesus by them?
Hei kai mā ngā manuhiri ēnei kūmara
These kūmara will be, or will serve as food for the guests.
I tupu tōna pukuriri i roto i a ia.
His anger grew within him.
Me mutu tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu i te toru karaka
Their writing of their answers must stop at three o’clock (i.e., they must stop writing their answers at three o’clock)
E tuhituhi ana rātou i ā rātou whakautu
They are writing their answers