Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 95:
ākarana, āwhinatia, arā, haka, hokona
Sentence Flashcards
45 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–95, including at least one word introduced in lesson 95.
Arā rāua!
There those two are!
Ka hokona te taonga e koe.
The gift will be bought by you.
I hokona ngā ika e ia.
The fish were bought by him.
Ko ia te tuakana o taku pāpā, arā taku matua kēkē.
He's my dad's older brother, that is my uncle.
Arā tō tātou pahi.
There is our bus.
Kua hokona tēnei rorohiko māu.
This computer has been bought for you.
E hokona ana e au kia whā.
I am buying four.
E haka ana te iwi whenua rā i te haka.
The local people were performing the haka.
Tēnā koe, e noho mai nā i Ākarana.
Hello to you who will in Auckland.
Ko wai te iwi e pai ana ki te haka?
Who is the nation who is good at doing haka?
Ko ngā iwi katoa e pai ana ki te haka.
All of the iwi are good at doing haka.
Ki ngā kura rānei tata atu ki Ākarana.
To the schools near Auckland.
Āwhinatia rātou!
Look after them!
Kaua rātou e āwhinatia!
Don't help them!
Āwhinatia te ngeru kia piki ki runga i te tūru.
Help the cat climb onto the chair.
Kaua e āwhinatia te ngeru kia piki ki runga i te tūru.
Don't help the cat climb onto the chair.
Kei te āwhinatia te hoa e au.
The friend is being helped by me.
Kāore te hoa i te āwhinatia e au.
The friend is not being helped by me.
E āwhinatia ana ngā wāhine.
The women are being helped.
Kāhore ngā wāhine e āwhinatia ana.
The women are not being helped.
Kei te haere ahau ki te hokomaha kia hokona ai te kai.
Again, this uses as a passive.
Kei te āwhinatia a Rangi e Mere.
Is Rangi helping Mere or is Mere helping Rangi?
Kei te āwhinatia a Rangi.
Rangi is being helped.
Kei te āwhinatia a Rangi *e Mere*.
Rangi is being helped by Mere.
Nō te Rātapu i hokona ai te motokā.
(It was on Sunday that the car was bought.)
Ahakoa te nui o te utu o te whare, ka hokona e tōku tuahine.
Despite the great cost of the house, my sister will buy it.
Hokona he kai kia kai ai rātou katoa.
Buy some food so that they may all eat.
Hokona he kai kia kainga ai e rātou katoa.
Buy some food so that it will be eaten by them all.
Hokona he kai kia pau ai i a rātou katoa.
Buy some food so that it will all be consumed by them.
Haere mai ki konei kia āwhinatia ai tēnei koroua.
Come here so that this old man can be helped.
Nō Ākarana au.
I am from Auckland.
Ki Ākarana rā.
To Auckland, implying that Auckland is where the hearer or reader is.
Ehara au nō Ākarana.
I am not from Auckland.
Ko Ākarana te tāone nui rawa atu o Aotearoa.
Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand.
Ka mea ake taua iwi nei, ‘He iwi pai koutou ki te haka?
Are your people good at haka?
Ā hea koe haere ai ki Ākarana?
When will you go to Auckland?
I te Mane, ka haere au ki Ākarana.
On Monday (last) I went to Auckland.
Āwhinatia a Mere.
Help Mere (literally, Be helped Mere; ‘by you’ is implied).
E toru ngā rā i āwhinatia ai mātou e ia.
(It was) three days on which we were helped by him.
Kua āwhinatia e mātou te kōtiro e patua ana.
We have helped the girl who was being beaten.
Hokona he kai kia kai ai rātou katoa
buy some food so as they may all eat (in order that they might all eat thereby)
Haere mai ki konei kia āwhinatia ai tēnei koroua
Come here in order that or so as this old man will be assisted (‘kia āwhinatia ai’ giving ‘be assisted thereby
Kaua rātou | e āwhinatia!
Don't help them!
Ki Ākarana rā
To Auckland (implying that that is where the hearer/reader is)
E ua ana i Ākarana
It’s raining in Auckland