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manuhiri - guest

Ko wai tō tāua manuhiri?
Who is our visitor?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai mā ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

He aha a Nikau i kore ai e tū ki te whakatau i ngā manuhiri?
Why didn't Nikau get up to greet the guests?
Why? - He aha... ai?

Ehara i a rātou ngā manuhiri i pōhiri.
They didn't welcome the guests.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

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 tae katoa mai ana ngā manuhiri.
All the visitors are arriving.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I tērā pō, ka tae mai ētahi manuhiri.
Last night, some visitors arrived.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I karanga atu ki ngā manuhiri au.
I called to the guests.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka inu te manuhiri i ngā inu i te marae.
The guest will drink the drink at the marae.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka manaaki te tangata whenua i ngā manuhiri.
The people of the land/marae will care for the visitors.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua tae mai tā tātou manuhiri.
Our visitors have arrived.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Ko Kauri te kuia e karanga ana ki te manuhiri.
Kauri is the old woman who calls to the visitors.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Taihoa koutou e kai me whāngai te manuhiri i te tuatahi.
Don't eat yet, feed the visitors first.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Nā rātou ngā manuhiri i pōhiri.
They welcomed the guests.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna ngā manuhiri i karanga.
She called to the guests.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māna ngā manuhiri e karanga.
She will call the guests.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Henare e whakatau ngā manuhiri.
Henare will welcome the visitors.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā rātou ngā manuhiri e pōhiri.
They will welcome the guests.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā ngā kaikōrero e mihi ngā manuhiri.
It will be the speakers who will greet the visitors.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā rātou ā mātou manuhiri e pōwhiri.
They will welcome our guests.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Ani e karanga ngā manuhiri.
Ani will welcome the visitors.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Manaakitia ngā manuhiri ki te kai, ki te kōrero.
Look after the guests with food and good conversation.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kei waenganui tana matua i ngā manuhiri.
Her/his father is in the middle of the visitors.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei waenga ō tātou manuhiri i a tātou.
Our visitors are among us.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Ka pōwhiritia te manuhiri e te tangata whenua.
The visitors will be welcomed by the local people.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E takahia ana te whenua e ngā waewae o ngā manuhiri.
The ground is trodden on by the feet of the visitors.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I hoea te waka e ngā manuhiri ki te motu.
The boat was paddled by the guests to the island.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I hoea te waka e ngā manuhiri ki te motu.
The boat was paddled by the guests to the island.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua reri mai te marae, engari kei te tāria tonutia te manuhiri.
The marae is ready, but we are still waiting for the guests.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kāore anō ngā wāhine kia pōwhiri atu ki ngā manuhiri.
The women have not yet welcomed the guests.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore anō ngā wāhine kia pōwhiri atu ki ngā manuhiri.
The women have not yet welcomed the guests.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore anō ngā manuhiri kia tae mai.
The visitors have not arrived yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Ka oho te tini i roto i te whare manuhiri.
The party at the visitor's house woke up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He kaha te iwi te manaaiki i ngā manuhiri.
The iwi is strong at looking after guests.
Categorizing sentences - he

Nā ō tātou manuhiri pea?
Perhaps they belong to our guests?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Ko tērā te manuhiri.
That's the guest.
That (over there) - tērā

Kua tae mai ngā manuhiri.
The guests have arrived.
Towards - mai

Ka mutu te hui, ka haere atu ngā manuhiri ki te whare kai.
When the meeting ended, the visitors went to the eating house.
Away - atu

Ehara mā Mere e karanga ngā manuhiri.
Mere won't call the guests.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ehara mā rātou ngā manuhiri e pōhiri.
They won't welcome the guests.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests.
Counting over ten -

Kātahi anō ngā manuhiri ka tae mai.
The guests have just arrived.
Has just... - kātahi anō...

Ka karanga ia ki ngā manuhiri.
She will call to the guests.

Kua hoatu he kai ki te manuhiri.
Some food has been given to the visitor.

Tangata takahi manuhiri, he maraer puehu.
If you mistreat your guests your marae will be dusty (because no one will come anymore).

Ahakoa ka mutu te hui, ka noho ngā manuhiri i roto i te whare nui.
Although the meeting ended, the visitors remained in the meeting house.

Kei waho ngā manuhiri i te whare kai.
The visitors are outside the meeting house.

Ko koe te manuhiri.
You are the visitor.

E haere ana ngā manuhiri.
The visitors are coming.

He manuhiri kei roto i te rūma noho.
There is a guest in the sitting room.

Ka rūpeke noa rātou ki waenga o te marae e nohoia rā e te manuhiri.
They all gathered together in the middle of the marae where the visitors were sitting.

He manuhiri kei waho.
There's a guest outside.

He manuhiri ērā tāngata.
Those people (over there) are guests.

Ko ngā manuhiri ērā tāngata.
Those people (over there) are the guests.

Kua tae mai te manuhiri.
The visitors have arrived.

I karanga ia ki ngā manuhiri.
She called to the guests.

I hongi ngā manuhiri me ngā tāngata whenua.
The manuhiri pressed noses with the people of the marae.

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

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