Sentence Starters Chapters 5-8 Flashcards
Tokohia koutou e hoki ana ki te kāinga?
How many of you went home?
He tere rawa te oma a Rewi
Rewi is/was running too fast
Haere ai a Tamahae ki te miraka kau ia ata, ia ata
Tamahae goes to milk the cow every morning
Ā
At, on (future time)
Nō
At, on (past time)
Nōnahea
When did…?
He aha koe i haere ai?
Why did you go?
Nā te aha koe i ngenge ai?
Why are you tired?
Ehara tērā i te tangata
That is/was not a man
Tērā e pohēhētia ko koe te kāpene
Anyone would think you are/were the captain
Tērā e pōhēhētia ko te raumati tēnei, I pēnei rawa ai te wera o te rangi
Anyone would think it was/is summer, the day is so hot
He aha i pēnei rawa ai te tere o tō haere?
Why are/were you going so fast?
Ko te tau tēnei e rere ai ngā rōkete ki te marama
This is the year when the rockets will fly to the moon
Ko te rā tēnei i haere ai mātau ki te mātakitaki whutupaoro
This is the day when we will go to watch rugby
He hū ō ētahi
Some have boots
Kāore he hū ō etahi
Some have no boots
Kātahi anō ka tae mai ngā manuhiri
The visitors have just arrived (all together)
Tokoono mātau e hoki ana
6 of us went back
Kei kōna a Rewi?
Is Rewi there?
Kāore a Rewi i konei
Rewi is not here
Anei ahau
Here I am
Kei hea taku kete?
Where is my kit?
Anā, kei muri i a koe
There it is behind you
Arā, te tarikihana, kei te kēti
Over there is the tractor at the gate
Kua taetae mai ngā manuhiri
The visitors are arriving (one at a time)
Hoko ai a Hata i āna purapura i te toa
Hata buys his seeds from the shop
Kua kurua a Rewi ki te rīwai
Rewi has been hit by a potato
Ā te mutunga o te hui, ka hoki tātau
When the meeting is over, we will go back
Nō te taenga ki te marae, ka tū te pahi
When they reached the marae, the bus stopped
Nō tō mātau kitenga i a rātau, ka kata mātau
When we saw them, we laughed