Māehe 17-21

Question 1

Haere.
Kaua e haere.

Answer 1

Go
Don’t go.

Question 2

Waiho ngā kamokamo
Kaua e waiho ngā kamokamo

Answer 2

Leave the big kamokamo.
Don’t leave the big kamokamo.

Question 3

Homai te mea nā
Kaua e homai te mea nā.

Answer 3

Pass me that thing.
Don’t pass me that thing.

Question 4

Hoatu te māripi ki a Te Wera.
Kaua e hoatu te māripi ki a Te Wera.

Answer 4

Give the knife to Te Wera.
Don’t give the knife to Te Wera.

Question 5

Tapahia te parāoa AND Me tapahi te parāoa
Kaua e tapahia te parāoa AND Kaua te parāoa e tapahia.

Answer 5

Slice the bread. We/You should slice the bread.
Don’t slice the bread. We/You should’nt slice the bread.

Question 6

Me pakipaki tātou.
Kaua tātou e pakipaki.

Answer 6

We should clap.
We should’nt clap.

Question 7

Kia ngāwari tō reo.
Kaua e ngāwari tō reo OR Kia kaua e ngāwari tō reo.

Answer 7

Speak gently.
Don’t speak gently.

Question 8

Homai

Answer 8

Give or pass to me

Question 9

Hoatu

Answer 9

Give or pass to someone else

Question 10

Waiho

Answer 10

Leave, leave be, leave alone

Question 11

Kia kotahi ki te hē o Rona’

Answer 11

Remember / Let us remember the sin of Rona’

Question 12

Kaua e waiho ō hū ki konā.

Answer 12

Dont leave your shoes there.

Question 13

Mā te … ka …

Answer 13

Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be acheived.

Question 14

Mā te whai i ēnei tohutohu ka pai te noho a te hau ki roto i te ranunga.

Answer 14

By following these instructions the air will stay in the mixture.

Question 15

Mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere.

Answer 15

Through or With feathers a bird can fly.
A bird needs feathers in order to fly.

Question 16

Mā tāu rourou, mā tākua rourou ka ora te iwi.

Answer 16

Through your food basket and my food basket the people will be fed.

Question 17

Mā te mahi tahi e tū ai te kaupapa.

And

Mā te mahi tahi te kaupapa e tū ai.

Answer 17

Through cooperation the kaupapa will get off the ground or be realised.

Question 18

(Kua/I) tata (verb) …

Answer 18

Almost / Just about…

Question 19

Kua tata wahine koe

Answer 19

You’ve almost reached womanhood

Question 20

Kua tata mutu te hui.

Answer 20

The hui is almost over.

Question 21

Kua tata hū te wai.

Answer 21

The water’s almost boiled.

Question 22

Kua tata hemo taku waea.

Answer 22

My phone’s almost dead.

Question 23

Kua tata pau te wai.

Answer 23

The water’s just about all gone.

Question 24

I tata rāoa au.

Answer 24

I just about choked.

Question 25

I tata toremi taku tamaiti.

Answer 25

My child just about drowned.

Question 26

Me te (verb) anō …

Answer 26

And in addition / whilst at the same time (doing some action/some other action)

Question 27

Me hoko e tātou he koha mā Māmā, me te tākai anō kia ātaahua.

Answer 27

We should buy Mum a present, and wrap it nicely too.

Question 28

I kohia he pipi māku, me te kohi anō i ētehi mā taku matua.

Answer 28

I gathered some pipi for me, as well as some for my dad/uncle.

Question 29

E hīkoikoi ana a Koro me te whiowhio anō.

Answer 29

Koro was walking along whilst at the same time whistling / whistling as he went.

Question 30

Kāore e taea te taraiwa kia tika me te pātuhi anō.

Answer 30

You can’t drive properly whilst at the same time texting/ texting as you go.

Question 32

Toitoi atu ana te hōiho me te pāterotero haere anō.

Answer 32

The horse trotted off farting as it went.

Question 33

Wehe atu ana a Kawa me te amuamu anō.

Answer 33

Kawa left complaining as she went.

Question 34

E ai ki… / E ai ki tā … / ki tā …

Answer 34

According to

Question 35

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.

Answer 35

According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.

Question 36

E ai ki a Mira, he pai te rimurimu hei whakamōmona i te whenua.

Answer 36

According to Mira, seaweed is good for enriching the soil.

Question 37

E ai ki ngā kōrero, e ono kē ngā matimati i tētahi o ngā ringaringa.

Answer 37

According to what is said, he had six fingers on one of his hands.

Question 38

I tāhaetia te tūpākupaku, e ai anō ki ngā rongo.

Answer 38

The body was stolen, so the story goes.

Question 39

E ai ki tā Pita, i nui te inanga i ēnei kōawa i mua.

Answer 39

According to Pita, there used to be heaps of whitebait in these streams.

Question 40

Ki tā…

Answer 40

According to

Question 41

Ki tā kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.

Answer 41

According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).

Question 42

Ki tā te panui, hei te pō nei te kōnohete.

Answer 42

According to the flyer, the concert’s tonight.

Question 43

Ki tā te tākuta, kāore ia e hemo i tōna mate.

Answer 43

According to the doctor, her illness isn’t terminal.

Question 44

E keri rua ana - E keri ana i tētehi rua … E kimi para kai ana - E kimi ana i te/ētehi para kai

Question 45

E tunu parāoa ana a Hema. (longer form: e tunu ana a Hema i te parāoa.)

Answer 45

Hema’s baking bread.

Question 46

Kei te hanga taiapa rāua. (Longer form: Kei te hanga rāua i tētehi taiapa)

Answer 46

They’re building a fence.

Question 47

E whatu hiripa ana taku kuia. (Longer form: E whatu ana taku kuia i ētehi hiripa.)

Answer 47

My nan is knitting slippers.

Question 48

Kua tuhi pūrongo rāua mō tā rāua haere. (Longer form: Kua tuhi rāua i tētehi pūrongo mō tā rāua haere.

Answer 48

They’ve written a report about their trip.

Question 49

E … haere ana.

Answer 49

It is getting/becoming

Question 50

E pō haere ana

Answer 50

It is getting dark / becoming night.

Question 51

Kua ngoikore haere te aho.

Answer 51

The light has grown/is growing weak.

Question 52

Kei te kuia haere taku waka, engari he waka pai tonu.

Answer 52

My car is aging/growing old, but she’s still a good car.

Question 53

E pau haere ana te hau o ngā kaimahi.

Answer 53

The workers are starting to run out of puff.

Question 54

Kua mimiti haere te puna.

Answer 54

The spring has started to run dry.

Question 55

He kaihana te paukena nō te kamokamo?

Answer 55

Is the pumpkin a cousin of the kamokamo?

Question 56

a leads to nā o leads to nō

Question 57

He kuia au nō Rāniera.

Answer 57

I am a kuia of Rāniera’s.

Question 58

He mokopuna au nā Atareti.

Answer 58

I am a mokopuna/grandchild of Atareti.

Question 59

He teina au nō Kiwa.

Answer 59

I’m a teina/youger brother of Kiwa’s. I’m one of Kiwa’s teina/younger brothers.

Question 60

He hoa au nō Te Ngae.

Answer 60

I’m a friend of Te Ngae’s. / Im Te Ngaes friend.

Question 61

He uri au nō Ngāti Raukawa.

Answer 61

Im a descendant of Ngāti Raukawa

Question 62

Ake, iho, atu Runga ake raro iho Waho atu Roto atu

Answer 62

Above, higher up. Underneathe, below, lower down. Outside of, on the far side of, farther out. Further inside.

Question 63

Kei runga ngā kī i te whata mātao. Kei runga ake ngā kī i te whata mātao.

Answer 63

The keys are on the fridge. The keys are above the fridge.

Question 64

Ko Roimata kei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.

Answer 64

Roimata is in the year 7 class, her younger sister is in the class beneath that, and her older sister is in the class above.

Question 65

Hine: Kei whea te mamae, kei tō uma? Tama: Kāo, kei raro iho. Kei taku puku.

Answer 65

Hine: Where’s the pain - in your chest? Tama: No, its further down. It’s in my stomach.

Question 66

Kei runga ake i ngā pakiaka ko te kahiwi, kei runga ake i tērā ko ngā manga, ā, kei runga ake i ērā ko te kāpuhipuhi.

Answer 66

Up from the roots is the trunk, up from the trunk are the main branches, and above those comes the crown/fine branches and leaves.