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tohunga - expert, priest


tohunga tā moko - skilled tattoo artist

tohunga whakairo - master carver

Ko ngā tohunga nāna te waka i tārai.
The experts who carved the canoe.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ehara te teina i te tohunga whakairo.
The younger one is not a master carver.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara ngā tēina i te tohunga whakairo.
The younger ones are not master carvers.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Tokotoru ngā tohunga e hauhau ana i ngā waka nei.
There were three experts hewing these canoes.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Ka whāngaitioa ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētahi tohunga.
Ruataupere was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka whāngaitia ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētehai tohunga.
Ruataupare was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.
They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.
For the purpose of - hei

Ka haria ki tētahi tohunga te pounamu e tāhaetia i te whare nui.
The greenstone which was stolen from the meeting house was taken to a tohunga.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

He tohunga whakairo ngā tēina.
The younger ones are master carvers.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Ko Hone te tohunga kutikuti pātītī.
Hone is the expert at mowing the lawns.

Kua hangaia te marae e ngā tohunga.
The marae has been built by the experts.

Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae.
The experts have built the marae.

He tohunga a Kupe.
Kupe was an expert.

Kua haere te tohunga.
The young person left.

He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.

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

Ko Raka-tāura te tohunga whakahaere i te mahi.
Raka-tāura was the overseer of the work.

He tohunga whakairo te teaina.
The younger one is a master carver.

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