kupu translations

Question 1

pereti: plate

Kei hea tāna pereti?
Where is his plate?

Answer 1

hea to ask where

Question 2

kapu: cup

Ringihia mai te wai ki tāku kapu.
Pour the water into my cup.

Answer 2

command in simple passive form

Question 3

hanawiti: sandwich

He hanawiti reka tēnā. 
That sandwich (you have/by you) is delicious.

Answer 3

classifying sentence

Question 4

momo: type/kind

He aha tēnei momo kai?
What type of food is this?

Answer 4

he aha to ask what

Question 5

wai: water

Inumia te wai!
Drink the water!

Answer 5

command in simple passive form

Question 6

reka: tasty, sweet, juicy, yummy

Tino reka te mīti!
The meat is yummy!
whakareka(tia) means to sweeten, for example:
Kua whakarekatia te inu.
The drink has been sweetened
He reka ake tāku aihikirimi i tāu. 
My icecream is yummier than yours

Answer 6

passive sentence

classifying sentence

Question 7

rongo (rangona): hear, smell, taste

Kua rongo rātou i te kai.
They (3/+) have tasted the food.
rongo using takes ‘i’ but can sometimes take ‘ki’.

Kua rangona e koe tērā harurutanga?
Did you hear that resounding sound?

Answer 7

active sentence

passive sentence

Question 8

kai(nga): eat / food

E kai ana te pēpi i ngā rīwai. 
The baby is eating the potatoes. 
E kainga ana ngā rīwai e te pēpi. 
The potatoes are being eaten by the baby.
Kainga tāu āporo! 
Eat your apple!

Answer 8

active sentence

passive sentence

command in simple passive form

Question 9

Tāwhirimātea: God of the wind and storms

Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
Tāwhirimātea is the god of the wind and storms.
Ngā tohu a Tāwhirimātea.
The weather – the signs of Tāwhirimātea.

Answer 9

equative sentence

Question 10

hau: wind

Kei te pupuhi te hau.
The wind is blowing.
Kei te pūhia ngā kākahu e te hau.
The clothes are being blown by the wind.

Answer 10

active sentence

passive sentence