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mokopuna - grandchild

Ko Amaru te mokopuna tuatahi.
Amaru is the first grandchild.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Liam te mokopuna a Beverley rāua ko Denis.
Liam is the grandchild of Beverley and Denis.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana aku mokopuna.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my grandchildren.
Identity sentences - ko...

E kaingākau ana ia ki tana mokopuna ki a Tīwana.
She is very fond of her grandchild, Tīwana.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Me tino mārena e koe taku mokopuna nāu hoki is i hapū au.
You must marry my granddaughter since you got her pregnant.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ki a au te tiaki i ngā mokopuna.
I will look after the grandkids.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

He tangata aroha nui a Hone ki tana mokopuna a Riripeti.
Hone is a man who greatly loves his granddaughter Riripeti.

Ma āku mokopuna tēnei manu.
This kite is for my grandchildren.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ko Ari te mokopuna a Nikau rāua ko Aria.
Ari is the grandchild of Nikau and Aria.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Manu rāua ko Moana ngā mokopuna o Amaru rāua ko Aroha.
Manu and Moana are the grandchildren of Amaru and Aroha.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Brooklyn te mokopuna a Lynne rāua ko Barry.
Brooklyn is the grandchild of Lynne and Barry.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Rāwiri rātou ko Tūmanako, ko Rongomai, me tana tāne a Moana, aku mokopuna.
Rāwiri, Tūmanako, Rongomai, and Moana, her husband, are my grandchildren.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ā, kua hoki mai taku mokopuna.
Ah, my grandchild has returned.
Towards - mai

Tekau tonu ngā mokopuna a Pāora.
Pāora has exactly ten grandchildren.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

E, kāti te kōrero pēnā mō taku mokopuna!
Hey, stop talking like that about my grandchild!
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Kua hāereere te mokopuna.
The grandchild can walk now.

He rā mokopuna.
A fine winter's day.

He mokopuna au nā Honi.
I am a mokopuna/grandchild of Honi.

He maia ēnei mokopuna ki te kōrero.
These grandchildren are confident speakers.

E hia ngā tau o tana mokopuna?
How old is her grandchild?

Kei hea aku mokopuna?
Where are my grandchildren?

Ko au tāna tino mokopuna.
I'm her favourite grandchild.

Ko au te mokopuna a Rangi.
I am the grandchild of Rangi.

tā te kuia mokopuna
the old woman's grandchild

ā te kuia mokopuna
the old woman's grandchildren

Ko Tīwana, ko Amiria, ko Riripeti, ko Tiakina, ko Maia aku mokopuna tuarua.
Tīwana, Amiria, Riripeti, Tiakina, and Maia are my great-grandchildren.

Ko Kui tōku tupuna kuia, arā, ko au te mokopuna a Kui.
Kui is my grandmother, that is, I am Kui's grandchild.

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