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koroua - elderly man, grandfather

Ko Kahu te koroua o Terewai.
Kahu is the elder of Terewai.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai te koroua nui tōna aroha ki tōna whānau?
Who is the old man who has a lot of love for his whānau?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te koroua?
Who is the grandfather?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Kei te mihi te koroua ki ngā manuhiri.
The elderly man is acknowledging the visitors.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E whaikōrero ana te koroua.
The elderly man is making a speech.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Nō hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?
Belonging to a place - nō

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

He tino kaha a Taika, ahakoa kua koroua.
Taika's as strong as an ox, even though he's become old.
Conjunctions - although - ahakoa

Kei te pukuriri ngā koroua.
The male elders are grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

I te marae, he aha te mahi a ngā koroua?
At the marae, what is the work of the elders?
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Tae rawa atu rātou, kua mate te koroua.
By the time they got there, the old man had died.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kāore he tangata i kō atu i tōku koroua ki ahau.
There's no one better than my grandad in my opinion.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

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

Kua mate rawa ō tātou koroua katoa.
All our old men are dead.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He hātekēhi tērā koroua.
That old fellow is a hard case.
That (over there) - tērā

Tae rawa atu te whānau ki te hōhipera, kua hoki kē te koroua ki tōna kāinga.
By the time the family arrived at the hospital, the old man had already gone home.
Away - atu

Ka kite mātou i a Ari. Kua mate taua koroua.
We saw Ari. That old man is ill.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

I kōrero te koroua ki tāna tahu.
The old man spoke to his love.

Koroua.
Grandfather.

Ko Nikau te koroua.
Nikau is the grandfather.

Kei muri te koroua i te marae.
The elderly man is behind the marae.

Whakarongo ki te kōrero a te koroua.
Listen to the old man's story.

Kua koroua koe.
You have become an old man.

Kei te tangi te koroua i tōna tahu.
The old man is mourning his love.

Ko au te mōkai a Kui. Ko Tahu tōku koroua. Kua mate ia.
I am Kui's pet. Tahu is my grandfather. He has passed away.

Kei mua te koroua i te wharenui.
The elderly man is in front of the carved meeting house.

Kei te mihi te koroua ki ngā manuhiri.
The elderly man is greeting the visitors.

He pai tā te koroua mihi.
The elderly man's greeting was excellent.

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