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kanikani - dance, to dance


whare kanikani - nightclub

kaikanikani - dancer

kanikanitia - danced (pass. of kanikani)

I haere a Hori ki te kanikani ki te kimi hoa wahine.
Hori went to the dance to look for a girlfriend.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Rite tonu a Pāora ki a Elvis ki te kanikani.
Pāora is just like Elvis at dancing.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Māna te kanikani e haere.
It will be her that goes to the dance.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Ka taea e koe te kanikani?
Can you dance?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore i taea e au te kanikani, engari ināianei, āe, ka taea te kanikani.
I couldn't dance, but now, yeah, I can dance.
Conjunctions - but - engari

He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kei te kanikani a Mia rāua ko Niko.
Mia and Niko are dancing.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kua tangi te piana. Kua kanikani ētahi o ngā tāngata.
The piano has started playing. Some of the people have started dancing.

I taua pō, ka tū te kanikani.
That night, there was a dance.

Kāore e taea e au te kanikani.
I can't dance.

Kāore au mō te kanikani.
I don't care for dancing.

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