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patu - to strike, hit; to kill

pātū - wall


patua - hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)

pātuhi - text message, to text

papatuhituhi - whiteboard

kaipatu ahi - firefighter

patupaiarehe - fairy, elf, pixie

patu parāoa - short flat whalebone weapon

raupatu - conquest; confiscate; take by force

taupatupatu - to compete with one another; contradict

patua - covered; cover! (pass. of tāpatu)

Ka patu tōna pīkaru. - Fast asleep. Out to it.

Patu ngaro noa iho! - All momentum has been lost!

He (moe) te patunga! - The only thing to do is (sleep).

Kei te patu a Aroha i te whāriki.
Aroha is beating the carpet.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Ka patu au i te pōro.
I will hit the ball.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Nā rātou i kawe te patu.
They carried weapons.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te kōtiro te kurī i patu.
It was the girl who hit the dog.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te kōtiro te taramu i patu.
It was the girl who hit the drum.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā te kōtiro te kurī e patu.
It will be the girl who will hit the dog.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā te kōtiro te taramu e patu.
It will be the girl who will hit the drum.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā te kōtiro te taramu e patu.
It will be the girl who will hit the drum.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kaua e pātuhi i te wā o te akoranga.
Don't text during the lesson.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e patu i tō teina!
Don't hit your younger sibling.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Ka whakaarotia, kia kaua e whakamatea mā te patu.
It was decided not to kill him with a club.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Engari ka whakaarotia kia kaua e whakamatea mā te patu.
But it was decided that [he] would not be killed with a weapon.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Patua aku kupu!
Prove me wrong!
Passive sentences - tikina...

I patua au.
I was hit.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I patua e au.
It was hit by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua patua ahau.
I have been hit.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I patua te rango e te tangata.
The fly was hit by the man.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I patua te kurī e te tamaiti.
The dog was hit by the child.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka patua ia e te tamaiti rahi.
He was hit by the big boy.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ko Papatūānuku te aorangi tuatoru mai i te rā. Kei waho atu i a tātou ko Matawhero, ā, kei waho atu i a ia, ko Pareārau. Ā, ko Kōpū, ko Whiro kei roto atu.
The Earth is the third planet from the sun. Farther out from us is Mars, and out from Mars is Jupiter. Further in from us our Venus and Mercury.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Me muku koe i ngā pātū, i te peihana, ka mutu me āta mukumuku anō i te heketua.
You need to wipe the walls and the basin, plus you need to carefully wipe the toilet. And moreover, don't forget there's a separate cloth for the loo.
...and also, moreover - ...ka mutu

Ka mahue a Puhihuia i te taha o te tangata i a ia rā te patu pounamu.
Puhihuia was left beside the man who had the greenstone weapon.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka patua katoatia.
All [the people] were killed.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

I tāhaetia te patu pounamu i te whare taonga.
The greenstone patu was stolen from the museum.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

He rongonui te kōrero mo te patunga o Kae e Tinirau.
The story of Kae's being killed by Tinirau is famous.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ka mīharo rātou ki te ātaahua o te wahine patupaiarehe.
They were astonished at the beauty of the fairy woman.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He tāne au kia mau i tēnā patu?
Am I a man, that I should take that weapon?
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Kei te ata ka eke mai ka patu.
In the morning they will arrive and attack.
Towards - mai

Kaua e patua!
Don't kill it!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

I patua te kau me ngā hipi e te kaipāmu ki te rākau.
The cow and the sheep were hit by the farmer with the stick.
By means of - ki

Kāore e taea te taraiwa kia tika me te pātuhi anō.
You can't drive properly whilst at the same time texting.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

I patua e ia ki te ngākaukore.
He killed it heartlessly.

Kei te patu ia i tana kurī.
She is beating her dog.

Kei te patua e ia tana kurī.
Her dog is beaten by her.

I patu au.
I hit.

Ko ngā patu poto a te hokowhitu nei i hunaa ki muri i ngā tuara.
The party held their short clubs concealed behind their backs.

Kua piki rātou i te pātū.
They climbed the wall.

Ka patu te kōtiro i te paoro.
The girl hits the ball.

Ka patu te tamaiti i te poro ki te taiapa.
The child hits the ball to the fence.

E pīrangi ana a Hēmi kia mutu te patu tohorā.
Hēmi wants the killing of whales to stop.

Tēnā tō patu, hei koha māu ki ō tātou ariki i Āwhitu.
Here is young weapon, for you [to give] as a gift for our leaders in Āwhitu.

He tino tohunga tēnei ki te patu i te tangata mā te mākutu.
He was very expert at killing people with black magic.

I patua e ia kāhore he māripi.
He killed it without a knife.

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