Ngā Kīanga (Phrases or Sentences) Flashcards
1
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Kei te haere a Raureka ki te toa
A
Raureka is going to the store
2
Q
Kua oma a Pāpā ki te motokā
A
Dad ran to the car
3
Q
Ko wai koe?
A
Who are you?
4
Q
Whakaatu mai
A
Show me
5
Q
Ko Bronson koe
A
You are Bronson
6
Q
He māmā ahau
A
I am a mother
7
Q
He kaimahi ahau ki ANZ
A
I am a worker at ANZ
8
Q
He makariri tōna kāinga
A
Her / his place (home) is cold
9
Q
Kei te kāinga te pēpi
A
The baby is at home
10
Q
Kei Ngāruawāhia te whaea
A
The Mum is in Ngāruawāhia
11
Q
He aha tēra?
A
What is that?
12
Q
Kua mutu te mahi
A
Work is finished
13
Q
Tino pai te hui
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The meeting was really good
14
Q
Kia pai tō rā
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Have a good day
15
Q
Māu e mahi
A
You do it
16
Q
He aha māu?
A
What would you like?
17
Q
Ka pōuri ia
A
She / he became sad
18
Q
Ka moe wahine anō
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Married again (to a woman)
19
Q
I hea a Miti rāua ko Auau?
A
Where were Miti and Auau?
20
Q
I raro i te tūru
A
(It was) Under the chair
21
Q
Mā ngā Tama e haka
A
The boys can haka
22
Q
Me haere ahau
A
I had better go
23
Q
Te Tuna Kai
A
Cooking Food
24
Q
Tahi kapu o te miraka
A
1 cup of milk
25
E hia ngā āporo?
How many apples?
26
E toru ngā pune
Three spoons
27
Hei konei rā
See you later
28
Kia rua ngā kapu o te huka
(Let there be) two cups of sugar
29
Ko James te tamaiti tuarua o te whānau
James is the second child in the family
30
Ko te haurua mai I te toru karaka te wā
The time is 3:30pm
31
Ata mārie
Good morning
32
Pō mārie
Good night
33
Kei te tārere a Mereana
Mereana is swinging
34
Kei te oma a Mere, rātou ko Haiata, ko Matiu, ko Ropata
Mere, Hariata, Matiu and Ropata are running
35
Haere akē
Go upwards
36
Haere iho
Go downwards
37
Kei te oma kōtiro ko konā
The girl is running near you
38
Kua rite koe?
Are you ready?
39
He rawe te hākinakina
It's great to excercise
40
Kua mā ināianei?
Is it clean now?
41
Kāore anō
Not yet
42
Haere tonu
Keep going
43
Me aha au?
What should I do? / what shall I do?
44
Me aha a Mere?
What should Mere do? / What shall Mere do?
45
Me mahi koe
You should work
46
Me taitai te tama I ōna niho
The boy should brush his teeth
47
Tīkina he pākete
Get a bucket
48
Mā wai e horoi?
Who shall wash? / Who should wash?
49
Māku e horoi
I'll wash
50
Kia manawanui
Be patient
51
Kia tūpato
Be careful
52
Kia mauritau
Be settled
53
Kia pono
Be truthful
54
Kaua ko ngā kākahu paru
Not the dogs
55
Kaua e āwangawanga
Don't worry
56
Kei te kata te pēpi / Kāore te pēpi i te kata
The baby is laughing / The baby is not laughing
57
Tangohia ngā otaota
Remove the weeds
58
Te māra kai
The food garden
59
Kātahi ia ka hoki ki te ngahere
Then he/she went to the forest
60
Ka whakamaua te kākahu moe
He (inferred) put on the pajamas
61
Whakamaua ō whakakai
Put your earrings on
62
Tomo mai
Come in
63
Te ātaahua hoki o tōna whare
She/he has a beautiful house
64
Tōna kāpō hoki
She/he is very blind
65
Te nui hoki o te waho o Wuruhi
What a big mouth Wuruhi has
66
Te makariri hoki o taku rūma
My room is very cold
67
Anei tō tūru
Here is your seat
68
Meinga iho te pouaka whakaata
Turn off the television
69
Katia ngā mataphi
Close the windows
70
Katia ngā karu
Shut the eyes (as in go to sleep)
71
Tineia te rama
Turn off the light
72
Taihoa tātou ka mōhio
Soon we will know
73
He whānako te iwi nei
These guys are thieves
74
Kia kotahi atu tātou
We should go straight to it
75
Ō karu
Your eyes (implies the person is not looking properly)
76
He aha tāu e pīrangi nā?
What do you want?
77
He aha tā kōrua e rapu nā?
What are you two looking for?
78
Hulking te tatau o te motokā
Open the door of the car
79
Utaina ngā ō ki te taputu
Load the stores into the boot
80
Kia tika tō taraiwa
Make sure you drive properly
81
Kāore e kore
No doubt
82
E tunu ana rāua i te aha?
What are those two cooking?
83
Kia kotahi te kaputino
One cappucino
84
Kāore e roa
Won't be long
85
He pēwhea te matara?
What is the distance? / How far is it?
86
Nā whakaata i kī; "He ātaahua a Hukamā"
Mirror said; "Snow White was beautiful"
87
He aha tātau i hoki mai ai ki konei?
Why did we come back here?
88
Ko tāku mahi he horoi rīhi
My job is washing the dishes
89
Me pai koe kei raru ia
You be good or he will be troubled
90
Kāore he hua o te noho noa iho
There is nothing to be gained from simply sitting around / There is no benefit to more laziness
91
Māu ngā tapa o te iāri e kukuti
You can weed/eat the edges of the yard
92
Ai! He noke!
Eek! A worm!
93
Ka tīmata mai I konei
Start from here
94
Ka kaere tonu ki kō atu o te hēti
Carry on past the shed
95
Tē taea
Unable
