Sentences 3

Question 1

Pai tū pai hinga nā wai, nā oti

Answer 1

Through trials and tribulations the work will be complete.

Question 2

Kei te taurangi ahau te whakaruruhau i a koe.

Answer 2

I promise to protect you.

Question 3

Koirā pakō! (k)

Answer 3

That’s the bomb!

Question 4

[kua] taka te kapa

Answer 4

the penny has dropped, I should have realised, I get it now, I get the picture - an idiom adopted from English to indicate that someone has just realised something that should have been obvious from earlier signs

Question 5

Kua kēhi.

Answer 5

case closed, done and dusted, done deal, check mate, game set and match, that’s settled - an idiom to suggest that a matter is settle

Question 6

Tēnā pōhēhē tēnā.

Answer 6

you’re so mistaken, that’s totally incorrect, that’s a load of rubbish, you’re so wrong, yeah right - an idiom suggesting that in the opinion of the speaker the statement is incorrect. Pōhēhē can be replaced by other similar words, e.g. whakaaro, rūkahu, wawata, kimikimi

Question 7

Tō [tamariki] ai.

Answer 7

And yet you’re so [young].
(kīwaha that usually has a negative connotation.)

Question 8

Wehe ana [au] i te rekareka.

Answer 8

[I’m] delighted - an idiom used to show delight due to an achievement

Question 9

Ka tuwhera te tāwaha o te riri , kāore e titiro ki te ao mārama. (wh)

Answer 9

Bloodlust takes over reason. Be in control of your anger.