Māehe 24-28

Question 1

,… ka … ai,

Answer 1

… (and) then ….

Question 2

Haere ki te nganau i te wheua kererū i te kono nā, ka haere mai ai me mātou.

Answer 2

Go and chew on the kererū bones in the kono, and then come with us.

Question 3

Me kōpaki e tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.

Answer 3

We should wrap our things up and then head home.

Question 4

Kia ara te rā, ka haere ai.

Answer 4

When the sun comes up, then (we) will go.

Question 5

Kaua e waiho kia pau rawa te haurehu, kātahi ka amuamu ai.

Answer 5

Don’t leave it until the gas is all used up, then complain.

Question 6

Kia oti katoa ngā mahi, kātahi tātou ka haere ai ki te pārekareka.

Answer 6

When all the jobs are done, then we will go and have some fun.

Question 7

Ka kuhu a Hine i ana kākahu papai, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki tana hoa i te tāone.

Answer 7

Hine put on her good clothes, and then went to meet her friend in town.

Question 8

Me kohi ngā karaihe, ka horoi ai.

Answer 8

We should collect up the glasses, and then wash them.

Question 9

Kia tae katoa mai ngā tangata, kātahi ka timata ai.

Answer 9

When everyone arrives, then we’ll begin.

Question 10

Nō hea … / Nō whea …

Answer 10

A strong or emphatic negative.

Question 11

Nō whea e toa te poroheahea i te pōtitanga?

Answer 11

How could a nutter possibly win an election !

OR

How on earth did a nutter win the election?

Question 12

Nō whea e ora ngā tāngata o te takutai i tēnā taiāniwhaniwha.

Answer 12

How could the coastal dwellers possibly survive that tsunami?

OR

There was no chance of the coastal dwellers surviving that tsunami.

Question 13

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana CV.

Answer 13

The truth of what he put in his CV was never questioned.

Question 14

Nō whea tātou i mōhio ai?

Answer 14

There was no way we could know. / We couldn’t possibly have known?

Question 15

Nō whea e pēnā te Māori!

Answer 15

A Māori would never do that!

Question 16

Nō whea hoki i taea ai?

Answer 16

There’s no way that could have been achieved/done.

Question 17

Nō whea e hoki te tihe ki te ihu.

Answer 17

A sneeze can’t possibly return to the nose.

Question 18

Ka kimihia he puna wai, nō whea e kitea.

Answer 18

They looked for a spring, but had no luck whatsoever finding one.

Question 19

Tāria

Kāore e kore

Answer 19

Be waited for.

A way of saying no doubt.

Question 20

Ka tāria te pō pai.

Answer 20

A good night was waited for.

Or

They waited for a good night.

Question 21

Kei te tāria ahau mo Pāpā.

Answer 21

I am waiting for Dad.

Question 22

E tāria ana tō whakautu.

Answer 22

Your reply is being waited for.

Or

(I) await your reply.

Question 23

Ka roa a Pōrori e tāria ana, me te hōhā haere o ngā mea e tatari ana ki a ia.

Answer 23

Pōrori was waited for a long time, and those waiting for him got fed up.

Question 24

Kua roa te Pahi nei e tāria ana. Āwhea ka tae mai?

Answer 24

This bus has been waited for for a long time. When will it arrive?

Question 25

E tāria atu nei a tuahangata.

Answer 25

The man of the moment is being waited for. Or They are waiting for the man of the moment. (To arrive)

Question 26

Kīhai i taria a ngāi whiore mā.

Answer 26

The ones lagging behind weren’t waited for. Or They didn’t wait for the ones lagging behind.

Question 27

Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.

Answer 27

Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.

Question 28

Kāore e kore …

Answer 28

Certainly … / Almost certainly … / No doubt …

Question 29

Kāore e kore ko Roimata te kaikaranga.

Answer 29

Roimata will no doubt be the kaikaranga.

Question 30

Kāore e kore kua pau kē ngā tīkiti.

Answer 30

The tickets have no doubt sold out.

Question 31

Kāore e kore te pā o te mamae i ēnā tū kōrero.

Answer 31

One couldn’t not be hurt by such comments. Or Such comments would most certainly prove hurtful.

Question 32

Hei

Answer 32

For the purpose of … / to …

Question 33

Hine: Hei aha te rīpene whakapari? Tama: Hei whakamau atu i ngā pānui whakaahua ki te pakitara.

Answer 33

Hine: Whats the adhesive tape for? Tama: For attaching the posters to the wall.

Question 34

Hine: Hei aha tēnā tuaina? Tama: Hei here i aku pīni.

Answer 34

Hine: Whats that twine for? Tama: For tying my beans up.

Question 35

Tamaiti: Hei aha ngā taonga hangarua rā? Pouako: Hei hanga taonga toi.

Answer 35

Tamaiti: What are the recycled goods for? Pouako: For making artworks.

Question 36

Ka tae ki te wā hei hokianga ki te kāinga, kua kore e pīrangi haere.

Answer 36

When the time arrived for returning home, she no longer wanted to.

Question 37

Kua whakaroahia te wā hei tuku tono.

Answer 37

The time for submitting applications has been extended.

Question 38

Mōku ake, ko te wā hei korikori, ko te 6 karaka i te ata.

Answer 38

For me the best time for or to exercise is six o’clock in the morning.