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homai - give (to the speaker)

Tēnā, hōmai he pene. Kua ngaro tāku.
Give me a pen please. I have lost mine.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Hei aha te kapu tī, homai te wai rēmana.
Never mind the cuppa tea, give me a lemon drink.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

Homai he wai arani māku.
Pass an orange juice for me.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Hōmai he parāoa māku.
Give me some bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Homai ana pukapuka!
Give me her books!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Homai ēnā māti!
Pass me those matches!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Homai te tāora.
Pass me the towel.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te paukena nui rawa atu!
Give me the biggest pumpkin!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai koa te pata.
Pass me the butter please.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ki au.
Give it to me.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te tote me te pepa.
Pass the salt and pepper.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te tote.
Pass the salt.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

homai te pēpi!
pass the baby!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ki ahau.
Give it to me.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

He rahi rawa tēnei wiri, hōmai he mea iti iho.
This drill is too big, pass me a smaller one.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tēnā.
Give that (thing) here.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te pene.
Pass me the pen.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hōmai aku pene!
Give me my pencils!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

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

Tēnā homai te huka.
Can you pass me the sugar.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hōmai tēnā pene whero.
Give me that red pen (by you).
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tētehi naihi.
Pass me a knife.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te paoka.
Pass the fork.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hōmai te rākau ki a au.
Give the stick to me.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te pata.
Pass me the butter.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hōmai ngā tote.
Pass me the [bags of] salt.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hōmai te tote.
Pass me the salt.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ki a mātou!
Give it to us!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ki a mātou tōu waka.
Give us your canoe.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te hopi.
Pass me the soap.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te ūkui.
Pass me the cloth.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ō koti.
Give me your coats.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā tarau.
Pass me the trousers.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ōu koti.
Give me your coats.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā ūkui.
Pass me the wipes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tō tāora.
Give me your towel.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tōna tīhāte.
Give me his t-shirt.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ō ringaringa.
Give me your hands.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ōna kākahu.
Give me his clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te pēpi
Pass me the baby.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tōna pātara.
Pass me his bottle.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā tōkena.
Pass me the socks.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā kākahu.
Pass me the clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tō hingareti.
Pass me your singlet.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tō ringa.
Pass me your hand.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

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

Kua ngaro tāku pene. He nui āu. Tēnā, hōmai tētahi.
I've lost my pen. You've got lots. Give me one please.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai koa tēnā.
Please pass that.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hōmai tēnā hū ōku.
Pass me that shoe of mine.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hōmai ēnā hū ōku.
Pass mne those shoes of mine.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te parāoa.
Pass me the bread.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā pereti.
Pass me the plates.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā paoka me ngā pune.
Pass me the forks and spoons.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e homai ngā whakautu.
Don't give me the answers.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e homai te mea nā.
Don't pass me that thing.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Homai ēnā i te tuatahi, kātahi ka hoatu ai ēnei ki a koe.
Give me those first, then I'll give you these.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Homai ana e Mahuika he ahi, whakawetohia ana e Māui. Pēneitia tonutia ā pau noa ngā maikuku katoa, atu i tētehi mea kotahi.
Mahuika gave him fire, Māui doused it. This carried on until all of her fingernails were used up except one.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

I homai te koroua i te moni ki a māua.
The old man gave the money to us (two, but not to you the listener).
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Tōna tikanga, me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa āpōpō, engari, taku aroha ki a koutou, e pai ana kia hōmai ā tērā wiki.
Strictly speaking, you should hand in your essays tomorrow, but out of the kindness of my heart, I'll let you do it next week.

Homai tāu pēpi, e Mei!
Pass me your baby, Mei!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Homai tētahi o āu tiakarete, e Koro!
Give me one of your chocolates, Grandad!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

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

Homai koa ētaho o ngā maramara rīwai.
Please give me some of the potato chips.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Homai koa kia toru ngā ika.
Please give me three fish.
A certain amount - kia

Homai te niupepa kia pānui ai au i ngā kōrero mōna.
Pass me the newspaper so that I can read the stories about her.
In order to... - kia... ai...

homai!
give me!

homai te tāora!
pass me the towel!

homai te hopi!
pass the soap!

Nā ngā atua i homai.
Given to us by the gods.

Hōmai te rākau ki ahau.
Give the stick to me.

Homai tōku heru!
Give me your comb!

Homai ōku heru!
Give me my combs!

Homai koa te kupu huna mō te ipurangi.
Please give me the password for the internet.

Homai he wai mōku.
Bring some water for me.

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