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rohe - district, area, boundary, territory


ā rohe - local

koroheke - old man

rohe - messy, untidy

Rarohenga - the underworld

rohea - weary

roherohe - mark off by boundary; to separate

torohē - examine

roherohe - wag (as in a dog wagging its tail)

rohe mua - pre-posed periphery particle

rohe muri - post-posed periphery particle

E noho ana au i te rohe o Pōneke.
I am living in the Wellington region.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E noho ana au i te rohe o Pōneke.
I am living in the Wellington area.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Nō tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te rohe o Te Arawa a Hemi.
Hemi is from the Te Arawa region.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Nō whea e toa te poroheahea i te pōtitanga?
How could a nutter possibly win an election?
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Kei te mokemoke ahau i te mea kei rohe kē taku whānau.
I am lonely because my family is in another region.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Ka roherohea taua moana e rātou.
That sea was divided up by them.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kei rohe kē taku whānau nō reira kei te mokemoke ahau.
My family is in another region, therefore I am lonely.
Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Ehara koe nō tēhea rohe?
Which region are you not from?
Negating n`aku possessives - Ehara i...

Ehara a Hemi nō te rohe o Te Arawa.
Hemi is not from the Te Arawa region.
Negating n`aku possessives - Ehara i...

Kotahi rau ngā marae o tēnei rohe.
There are one hundred marae in this area.
Counting over ten -

Kātahi ka mahara te koroheke rā ki te nuinga o tōna pai.
Then then old man began to thing about his abundant good fortune.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Ko hea te ingoa o tēnei rohe?
What is the name of this area?

Awatea kau ana, ka haere te koroheke rā.
When morning came, that old man left.

E hia ngā marae o te rohe nei?
How many marae are there in this region?

Taku kitenga i a rāua i nanahi, i te tautohetohe rāua.
When I saw them yesterday, they were quarrelling.

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