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āporo - apple


i - object of the sentence, from; concerning; in; in the past; on; → | Several uses; not always translatable with a specific English word. Past tense verb particle: I haere ia ... She went Past time marker: I tērā wiki ... Last week Direct object marker: Ka kai ia i te oro Source marker (from): Kua hoki mai au i te kura.

Ko wai i kai i ngā āporo?
Who ate the apples?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

He aha rātou i kai ai i ērā āporo?
Why did they eat those apples?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Kei te kai ahau i te āporo.
I am eating an apple.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te kai a Hōne i te āporo.
Hōne is eating the apple.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E kai ana ngā tamariki i ngā āporo.
The children are eating the apples.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E pīrangi ana ahau ki te āporo rā.
I am wanting that apple.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I te kai te kōtero i te āporo.
The girl was eating the apple.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kia hia ngā āporo?
How many apples do you need?
How many are needed? - Kia hia

Tēnā haria mai he āporo māku, e kō?
Can you bring me an apple please, dear?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Ehara mā ngā tamariki tēnei āporo.
This apple is not for the children.
Negating m`aku possessives - ehara... mō...; ehara... mā

Mā ngā tamariki tēnei āporo.
This apple is for the children.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

Kainga tāu āporo!
Eat your apple!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hoatu te āporo kia a Nikau.
Give the apple to Nikau.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā āporo.
Pass me the apples.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Ka tohia te āporo e Mere.
The apple will be picked by Mere.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka taea koe te kai i ngā āporo?
Are you able to eat the apples?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kei te toa ngā āporo.
The apples are at the shop.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore a Hōne i te kai i te āporo.
Hōne is not eating the apple.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I roto i te pouaka ngā āporo.
The apples were in the box.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Kāore te āporo e tohia e Mere.
The apple will not be picked by Mere.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore ā koutou āporo.
You don’t have any apples.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

He āporo ā koutou.
You all have apples.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha te utu o tēnei āporo?
What's the price of this apple?
What? - He aha?

Kāore ahau i te kai i te āporo.
I am not eating an apple.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

Kāore ngā āporo i roto i te pouaka.
The apples weren’t in the box.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore ngā āporo i te toa.
The apples are not at the shop.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore koe e taea te kai i ngā āporo?
Are you unable to eat the apples?
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Homai koa tētahi o ngā āporo.
Please give me one of the apples.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Hoatu ētahi o ngā āporo ki a Amaru.
Give some of the apples to Amaru.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Nā te aha koe i kai ai i te āporo?
For what reason did you eat the apple?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Nā te aha koe i kore ai e kai i te āporo?
Why didn’t you eat the apple?
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?

Ko wai kāore i kai i ngā āporo?
Who didn’t eat the apples?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

He reka te āporo.
Apples are sweet.

āporo me te ārani.
apples and oranges.

He kākāriki te āporo.
The apple is green.

Nāna ēnei āporo.
These apples are his.

He āporo tēnei.
This is an apple.

He āporo ēnei.
These are apples.

E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.

He reka tēnei āporo.
This apple is sweet.

He pirau ngā ārani, ngā pītiti me te paināporo.
The oranges, peaches and the pineapple are rotten.

E hia ngā āporo?
How many apples?

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