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1
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She is washing her clothes.

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E horoi ana ia i ōna kākahu.

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One of my golf clubs snapped!

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I whati tētahi o āku rākau hau pōro!

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My parents are still alive.

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Kei te ora tonu ōku mātua.

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Who are your (1) older siblings?

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Ko wai ōu tuākana?

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Our (2) pizza has run out!

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Kua pau tā tāua parehe!

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Our (2) boss is angry.

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E riri ana tō tāua rangatira.

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How many houses do we (2) have now?

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E hia ō tāua whare ināianei?

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Our work has ended. (dual; us, not you)

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Kua mutu tā māua mahi.

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Our friend has arrived. (dual; us, not you)

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Kua tae mai tō māua hoa.

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Do you two have one dog?

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Kotahi tā kōrua kurī?

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Do you two have three dogs?

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E toru ā kōrua kurī?

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Their grandmother has passed away. (dual)

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Kua mate tō rāua kuia.

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Mere has a pen.

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He pene tā Mere.

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Mere has got (some) pens.

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He pene ā Mere.

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They (2) have got a house.

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He whare tō rāua.

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They (2) have (some) houses.

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He whare ō rāua.

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17
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My nephew has a hat.

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He pōtae tō taku irāmutu.

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My nephew has (some) hats.

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He pōtae ō taku irāmutu.

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19
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Have you got (some) pens?

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He pene āu?

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20
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Does she have a house?

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He whare tōna?

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21
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Do you(1) have (some) hats?

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He pōtae ōu?

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I am watching Mere’s TV.

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E mātakitaki ana ahau i te pouaka whakaata a Mere.

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23
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Do you(1) have some food?

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He kai āu?

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24
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Do they (2) have some tickets?

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He tikiti ā rāua?

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25
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How many fish have they (4) got?

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E hia ā rātou ika?

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26
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Have you (6) got a strategy?

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He rautaki tā koutou?

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27
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We (she and I, but not you) have a ball.

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He pōro tā māua.

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28
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They (2) have a boat.

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He waka moana tō rāua.

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29
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We (you and I) have a house.

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He whare tō tāua.

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30
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Do we (all 6 of us) have some firewood?

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He wahie ā tātou?

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31
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You have a cat.

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He ngeru tāu.

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32
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I have shoes.

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He hū ōku.

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33
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She has a bag.

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He pēke tāna.

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34
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She has a house.

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He whare tōna.

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35
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I have dogs.

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He kurī āku.

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36
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I have an apple.

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He āporo tāku.

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37
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Do you have a car?

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He waka tōu?

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38
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Does she have some tickets?

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He tīkiti āna?

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39
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Do I have a brain?

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He roro tōku?

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40
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Do you have funds?

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He pūtea āu?

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41
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How many hats does he have?

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E hia ōna pōtae?

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42
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I have one cat.

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Kotahi tāku ngeru.

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43
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Do those two have some cars?

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He waka ō rāua?

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44
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How many books do you(1) have?

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E hia āu pukapuka?

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45
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How many crayfish do you (pl) have?

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E hia ā koutou kōura?

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46
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Does she have a good teacher?

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He kaiako pai tōna?

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47
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How many children do I have?

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Tokohia āku tamariki?

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48
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How many bosses do you all have?

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Tokohia ō koutou rangatira?

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49
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Do you have a brain?

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He roro tōu?

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50
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Choose the correct possessive.

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Kōwhiria te pūriro tika.

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51
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Do you have relatives?

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He whanaunga ōu?

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52
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They(4) have some food.

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He kai ā rātou.

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53
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They(2) don’t have a boat.

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Kāhore ō rāua waka moana.

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54
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She doesn’t have any dogs.

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Kāhore āna kurī.

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55
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They(2) don’t have any funds.

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Kāhore ā rāua pūtea.

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56
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He doesn’t have a car.

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Kāhore ōna waka.

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57
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You (pl) don’t have any strategy.

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Kāhore ā koutou rautaki.

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58
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We(2, not you) don’t have any snapper.

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Kāhore ā māua tāmure

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59
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She doesn’t have any firewood.

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Kāhore āna wāhie.

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60
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I don’t have any food.

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Kāhore āku kai.

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61
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I don’t have any tickets.

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Kāhore āku tikiti.

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62
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I don’t have a TV

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Kāhore āku pouaka whakaata.

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63
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Do you(1) have some socks? I don’t have any socks.

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He tōkena ōu? Kāhore ōku tōkena.

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64
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Do you have a dog? I don’t have any dogs.

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He kurī tāu? Kāhore āku kurī.

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65
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Do I have any funds? You don’t have any funds.

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He pūtea āku? Kāhore āu pūtea.

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66
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Do you have a car? I don’t have a car.

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He waka tōu? Kāhore ōku waka.

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67
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Does she have a strategy? She doesn’t have any strategy.

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He rautaki tāna? Kāhore āna rautaki.

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68
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Do we(2) have any houses? We don’t have any houses.

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He whare ō tāua? Kāhore ō tāua whare.

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69
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Do you have some food? I don’t have any food.

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He kai āu? Kāhore āku kai.

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70
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Does he have a taiaha? He doesn’t have a taiaha.

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He taiaha tāna? Kāhore āna taiaha.

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71
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Do you(2) have children? We don’t have any children.

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He tamariki ā kōrua? Kāhore ā māua tamariki.

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72
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I don’t have the energy. You DO have the energy!

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Kāhore ōku kaha. He kaha tōu!

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73
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We(2) don’t have any food.

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Kāhore ā tāua kai.

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74
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We(2) are walking to the beach.

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E hīkoi ana tāua ki tātahi.

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75
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Ka mātua i tēnā!

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That’ll do!

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76
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Ehara i te tī!

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You only live once!

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77
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Kia ahatia!

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So what!? What does it matter?

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78
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That’ll do!

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Ka mātua i tēnā!

79
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So what!? What does it matter?

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Kia ahatia!?

80
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You only live once!

A

Ehara i te tī!

81
Q

Have your mother’s grandchildren arrived?

A

Kua tae ngā mokopuna a tō māmā?

82
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I don’t have a map, but I know where it is.

A

Kāhore āku mahere, engari e mōhio ana ahau kei hea.

83
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We’re walking to the beach.

A

E hikoi ana tāua ki tātahi.

84
Q

What are we doing today?

A

He aha ana tāua i tenei rā?

85
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Good, let’s go to my mother’s house.

A

Ka pai, ka haere tāua ki te whare o tōku māmā.

86
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They(3) are watching our (us 3, not you) TV

A

E mātakitaki ana rātou i tā mātou pouaka whakaata.

87
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S/he is washing their(3) plates.

A

E hōroi ana ia i ā rātou pereti.

88
Q

Parihaka is our mountain.

A

Ko Parihaka tō mātou maunga.

89
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Here is our mate! S/he has arrived.

A

Anei tō tātou hoa! Kua tae mai ia.

90
Q

Rugby is their(3) favorite game.

A

Ko te whutupōro tā rātou tino tākaro

91
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Hatea is their river.

A

Ko Hatea tō rātou awa.

92
Q

We (all) have run out of food.

A

Kua pau ā tātou kai.

93
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Look at your dirty clothes!

A

Titiro ki ō koutou kākahu paru!

94
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Here are our friends! They have arrived.

A

Anei ō tātou hoa! Kua tae mae rātou.

95
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Here is their cloak.

A

Anei tō rātou korowai.

96
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Their(2) dog is playing.

A

E tākaro tā rāua kurī

97
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Our(3) car has broken down.

A

Kua pakaro tō tātou waka.

98
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Here is our(pl) food.

A

Anei ā tātou kai

99
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Their(3) pet is a cat.

A

He ngeru tā rātou mōkai.

100
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Wiremu is her husband.

A

Ko Wiremu tāna tāne.

101
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I have four children.

A

Tokowhā āku tamariki.

102
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These are my grandchildren.

A

Ko āku mokopuna ēnei.

103
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My books are at school.

A

Kei te kura āku pukapuka.

104
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Heta’s workers were late this morning.

A

I tōmuri ngā kaimahi ā Heta i te ata nei.

105
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My relatives are here.

A

Kei konei ōku whanaunga.

106
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That’s the family’s boat.

A

Ko te waka moana o te whānau.

107
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Let’s go back to our place.

A

Me hoki ki tō tātou whare.

108
Q

His arms are long!

A

He roa ōna ringaringa!

109
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Feelings

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Ngā kare-ā-roto

110
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Our sorrow is overwhelming.

A

Ka nui tō mātou pōuri.

111
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Put on your(4) warm clothing!

A

Me kuhu i ō koutou kākahu mahana!

112
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Qualities, traits

A

Āhuatanga

113
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You two are awesome at this game!

A

Ka nui hoki tō kōrua pai ki tēnei tākaro!

114
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For whom is this food?

A

Mā wai tēnei kai?

115
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This food is for the children.

A

Mā ngā tamariki tēnei kai.

116
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For whom is this house?

A

Mō wai tēnei whare?

117
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This house is for those two.

A

Mō rāua tēnei whare.

118
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This car is for you (1).

A

Mōu tēnei waka.

119
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This apple is for you (1).

A

Māu tēnei āporo.

120
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This food is for them (2).

A

He kai tēnei mā rāua.

121
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This feast is for all of us.

A

Mā tātou te hākari.

122
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This new toy is for them (3)

A

Mā rātou te taputapu tākaro hōu.

123
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Jason is baking a cake for us.

A

E tunu keke ana a Jason mā tātou.

124
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That kete is for you (3)

A

Mā koutou tērā kete.

125
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The blankets are for Hauata

A

Mō Hauata ngā paraikete.

126
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Who is going with you (3) as a friend?

A

Ko wai hei hoa haere mō koutou?

127
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Ei konā au!

A

I’m there with you on that, I agree!- an idiom used to show agreement or support.

128
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Hoea tō waka!

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Go for it, please yourself, you’re on your own - an idiom to support or criticise someone’s proposed action or idea. It sometimes implies that the person won’t listen to advice but will find out eventually from his/her mistakes.

129
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Kāti te patu taringa!

A

Stop battering my ears!

130
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The clothes are for the children.

The clothes are not for the children.

A

Mō ngā tamariki ngā kākahu.

Ehara i te mea mō ngā tamariki ngā kakahu.

131
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The house is for the old man.

The house is not for the old man.

A

Mō te koroua te whare.

Ehara i te mea mō te koroua te whare.

132
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The pencils are for Mere.

The pencils aren’t for Mere.

A

Mā Mere ngā pene rākau.

Ehara i te mea mā Mere ngā pene rākau.

133
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Is the flute for them (3)?

The flute isn’t for them.

A

Mā rātou te kōauau?

Ehara i te mea mā rātou te kōauau.

134
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The carvings were carved by experts.

A

I whakairotia ngā whakairo e ngā tohunga.

135
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Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.

A

There are six people living at my house.

136
Q

You will cut the flax in the morning.

A

Hei te ata, ka tapahi koe i te harakeke.

137
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The flax has already been cut by me.

A

Kua tapahia kētia te harakeke e au.

138
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The food was loaded onto the trolley by me.

A

I utaina e ahau ngā kai ki roto i te torore.

139
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Locative preposition, past tense.

The potatoes were in the flax basket.

A

I

I te kōnae harakeke ngā rīwai.

140
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Locative preposition, future tense

I will be there.

A

Hei

Hei korā ahau.

141
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Locative preposition, present tense

There are trees in the forest

The paper is on the left-hand side of the computer.

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Kei

Kei roto ngā rākau i te wao.

Kei te taha mauī o te rorohiko te pepa.

142
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He is going to the supermarket to buy food. (ki, ai)

A

E haere ana ia ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā kai.

E haere ana ia ki te hokomaha hoko kai ai.

143
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I will turn on the television. (agent emphatic)

A

Māku te pouaka whakaata e whakakā.

144
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I’m at home.

A

Kei te kāinga au.

145
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Collect, gather

He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son’s illness.

A

Kohikohi (-a)

I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā mō te māuiui o tāna tama.

146
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There are six people living at my house.

A

Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.

147
Q

Maru grew the kumara. (agent emphatic)

A

Nā Maru te kūmara i whakatipu.

148
Q

Maru grew the kumara. (active sentence)

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I whakatipu a Maru i te kūmara.

149
Q

The grass is being grown by Papa-tū-ā-nuku.

A

E whakatipua ana te pātītī e Papa-tū-ā-nuku.

150
Q

What a lot of beautiful flowers this spring.

A

E hia kē mai nei ngā putiputi ātaahua i tēnei kōanga.

151
Q

Spring (season)

A

Kōanga

152
Q

heaps! goodness knows how many!

A

e hia kē (mai) (nei)!

153
Q

e hia kē (mai) (nei)!

A

heaps! goodness knows how many!

154
Q

We should speak Maori at home.

A

Me kōrero tātou i te reo Māori i te kāinga

155
Q

I’m on the side of the people of the marae this time.

A

Kei te taha o te tangata whenua au i tēnei wā.

156
Q

The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.

A

Kei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.

157
Q

I wake up at six o’clock in the morning.

A

Oho ai ahau i te ono karaka i te ata.

158
Q

What a lot of people are arriving for the food!

A

Tokohia kē mai nei ngā tāngata e tae mai ana mō te kai!

159
Q

What a lot of crayfish!

A

E hia kē mai nei ngā kōura!

160
Q

The kumara are in the oven.

A

Kei roto ngā kūmara i te umu.

161
Q

The food is ready.

A

Kua reri te kai.

Stative sentence. i.e. the food has entered the state of readiness.

162
Q

This is not something they are used to.

A

Kāhore rātou e waia ana ki tēnei.

163
Q

The tekoteko is the carving at the top of the meeting house.

A

Ko te tekoteko te whakairo kei te tāuru o te wharenui.

164
Q

My icecream is yummier than yours.

A

He reka ake tāku aihikirimi i tāu.

165
Q

There is one chair.

There is one person.

A

Kotahi te tūru.

Kotahi te tangata.

166
Q

There are four birds outside.

There are four strong men here.

A

E whā ngā manu kei waho.

Tokowhā ngā tāne kaha kei kōnei.

167
Q

We will eat a big fish.

A

Ka kai tātou i tētahi ika nui.

168
Q

Paddle towards the land!

A

Hoea ki uta!

169
Q

Hold on! The fish are towards land.

A

Taihoa! Kei uta ngā ika.

170
Q

The people will paddle from the shore towards the sea.

A

Ka hoe atu ngā tāngata i uta ki tai.

171
Q

The children bathed (swam) in the bay.

Do you know how to swim?

A

I kaukau ngā tamariki i te whanga.

E mōhio ana koe ki te kaukau?

172
Q

Pursue education!

(a command in simple passive form)

A

Whāia te mātauranga!

173
Q

To whom do these pink shoes belong?

A

Nō wai ēnei hū māwhero?

174
Q

Does this purple coat belong to you?

A

Nōu tēnei kōti waiporoporo?

175
Q

The woman singing has brown hair.

A

He makawe pākākā ō te wahine e waiata ana.

176
Q

His house is sky blue.

A

He kikorangi tōna whare.

177
Q

Come here, son, and dive for the paua belonging to Tangaroa.

A

Haere mai e tama, rukuhia ngā paua a Tangaroa nei.

  • this is an example of a passive sentence
  • this is an example of using “a” possession
178
Q

The fish hooks and fishing line were loaded by him onto the waka in order to fish.

A

Kua utaina ngā matau me te aho e ia ki runga i te waka kia hī ika ai.

  • this is an example of a passive sentence
  • this example uses “ai” to indicate purpose
179
Q

She really like seafood.

Literally “seafood is best to her”

A

He pai rawa atu te kaimoana ki a ia.

180
Q

The spider is hiding in the mailbox.

A

E huna ana te pungāwerewere i te pouaka rēta.

181
Q

My credit card is in my wallet.

A

Kei roto tāku kāri nama i tāku pāhi.

182
Q

I paid with my credit card.

A

I hokona e au ki tāku kāri nama.

183
Q

She will buy the drink.

A

Ka hoko ia i te inu.

184
Q

She looked at the beautiful dresses in the window of the shop.

A

I tītiro ia ki ngā kākahu ātaahua i roto i te matapihi o te toa.

185
Q

The shoes were tried on by me.

A

I whakamaua ngā hū e au.

186
Q

May I try on these shoes?

A

Ka whakamau ahou i ngā hū?

187
Q

Kahurangi and Hōhepa are inside their house.

A

Kei roto a Kahurangi rāua ko Hōhepa i tō rāua whare.

188
Q

The cat is under the tōtara tree.

A

Kei raro te ngeru i te tōtara.

189
Q

Your red pen is on your desk.

A

Kei runga tāu pene whero i tāu tēpu tari.

190
Q

I will go to work by bicycle.

A

Ka haere ahau ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.

191
Q

He arrived on foot.

A

I tai mai ia mā raro.

192
Q

This book was behind the chair.

A

I muri tēnei pukapuka i te tūru.

193
Q

After the meeting, I spoke with Manu.

A

I muri i te hui, i kōrero ahau ki a Manu.

194
Q

The cat is outside.

A

Kei waho te ngeru.

Te Reo Maori (3 decks)

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