Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 93:
māui, pata, ringaringa, rātapu, taka
Sentence Flashcards
42 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–93, including at least one word introduced in lesson 93.
Homai ō ringaringa.
Give me your hands.
Tuatahi, horoia ōu ringaringa!
Firstly, wash your hands!
Kia tūpato, kei taka te moenga.
Be careful, lest you fall asleep.
Kaua e wareware tā tātou hui ā tēnei Rātapu.
Don't forget our meeting this Sunday.
parāoa me te pata.
bread and butter.
Kei te horoi a Mere i ōna ringaringa.
Mere is washing her hands.
Homai koa te pata.
Pass me the butter please.
Ngā ringaringa ō āku tamariki.
My children's hands.
Kia tūpato kei taka koe ki raro.
Careful in case you fall down.
Ā te Rātapu mātou ka haere ki Pōneke.
On Sunday we are going to Wellington.
He hui tāku ā te Rātapu.
I have a hui on Sunday.
He nui ōna ringaringa.
He has big hands.
Ehara mō Māui taku kōrero.
My talk is not about Māui.
Ō ringaringa ki runga.
Arms up.
A te Rātapu, ka haere tātou ki te karakia.
On Sunday we will go to church.
He aha te mahi a Pāpā i te Rātapu?
What does Dad do on Sunday?
Hei aha te pata.
Never mind the butter.
I tata taka au i te rākau.
I just about fell out of the tree.
Te rangi i taka iho!
That'll be the day! (When they sky falls down!)
Te ika a Māui.
The fish of Māui.
Homai te pata.
Pass me the butter.
Kaua e homai te pata.
Don't pass me the butter.
Ia Rātapu, ia Rātapu haere ai rātou ki te whare karakia.
Every Sunday they go to church.
Ka tae a Māui ki te rua i rere iho rā tōna whaea.
Māui reached the pit down which his mother had fled.
Kaua e piki rākau kei taka koe!
Don’t climb trees lest you fall!
Kei taka koe!
Don’t fall down!
Me horoi ō ringaringa.
You'd better wash your hands
Tuatahi, me horoia o ringaringa.
First. Wash your hands.
Hei aha te pata.
Never mind any butter.
Homai te pata.
Pass me the butter.
Kia taka pea koe i runga i te hōiho!
I hope you fall off the horse!
Kia tūpato kei taka!
Be careful or you’ll fall!
E kore rānei e taka tahi kōrua ki te wai?
Will you not both fall together into the water?
Ka mea mai a Māui, ‘ Āe, me haere kē atu au
Māui relied, ‘Yes, I had better go away.
Mehemea i whakarongo rātou ki te reo o Māui, e kore e kino te whenua.
the land If they had heeded Māui’s voice the land would not have been bad.
= E kore rānei e taka tahi kōrua ki te wai?
Perhaps this is not the correct word?
Ko te Rātapu te rā e hoki ai rātou ki tō rātou kāinga
Sunday is the day on which (when) they go back to their home
I te Rātapu te karakia
The service was on Sunday
Ko Aotearoa te ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui’s fish.
Ka rere atu tāna tama ki a Māui.
Māui’s son rushed off to him.
Kei taka (koe)!
Don’t fall down!
i te Rātapu
on Sunday