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whiti - to cross; shine, rise


tawhiti - distant, a distant place

whakawhiti - to cross

whiti - east

poitarawhiti - netball

whiti - glasses

awhitia - to be embraced (pass - awhi + tia)

mawhiti - jump; skip

whitiwhiti - grasshopper

whiti - sunglasses

tarawhiti - a ring

Te Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

whakawhiti kōrero - discuss; communicate

whakawhiti whakaaro - discuss; communicate

whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero - exchange of ideas

whitia - (pass) be crossed over; be jumped over; be recited; be shone on

whitiāhua - movie

whitinga o te rā - sunrise

Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

ara whakawhiti - pedestrian crossing

whiti kaukau - goggles

irawhiti - transgender

whakawhitinga - crossing

tūmahi whiti - transitive verb

tūmahi whiti-kore - intransitive verb

whitireia - new moon

whitia - turned over, rolled over (pass of tūwhiti)

whakawhitia - cross over! crossed, changed (pass. of whakawhiti)

whitia te hopo. - Feel the fear and do it anyway.

E kōwhiti ana te tamaiti nā i ngā kuku.
The mussels are being shelled by that child by you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E whiti ana te rā ki Kaikohe.
The sun is shining in Kaikohe.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E whiti ana te rā.
The sun is shining.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I te whakawhitinga o te katipō i te matapihi, mea oma.
The spider ran across the window.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te kaha o te rā ki to whiti, ka pōngia iho ahau.
The sun was so bright I had to close my eyes.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka whiti te rā ki Kaitaia āpōpō.
The sun will shine in Kaitaia tomorrow.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me kau hoki ki hea i te tawhiti ki waho o te moana nui?
Where could he swim to, from such a distance out in the ocean?
Sentences with i - i

Pēnei au ka whiti mai te rā - engari anō!
I thought the sun would shine. Not so!
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Āhea ngā ngeru meke ai i ngā māwhitiwhiti?
When will the cats pounce on the grasshoppers?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

Nō Te Whanganui-a-Tara au.
I am from Wellington.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti tōku pāpā.
My Dad's from the Eastland region.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti hoki ahau.
I'm also from the East Coast.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.
Belonging to a place - nō

He pēwhea te tawhiti atu o Te Wharekauri i te tuawhenua?
How far away are the Chatham Islands from the mainland?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

Kāore i roa ka whiti mai te rā.
It wasn't long before the sun was shining.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Kei te awhitia te pēpi e tōna māmā.
The girl is being hugged by her mother.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kia tae atu tātou ki Te Tairāwhitio, ka pōhiritia tātou.
When we get to the East Coast we will be welcomed.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E whitia ana au e te rā.
I am being shone on by the sun.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Haria ngā kākahu ki waho kia whitia ai e te rā.
Take the clothes outside so that they can be shone on by the sun
Passive sentences - tikina...

Whitiwhitia e te rā.
Transformed by the sun.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te whitia au e te rā.
I am being shone on by the sun.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Haria ngā kākahu ki waho kia whitia ai e te rā.
Take the clothes outside so that they can be shone on by the sun.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Nō Te Tai Tokerau, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From the Northland region, but my family and I are staying here.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te whiti te rā.
The sun is shining.
When - Kia

Kāore au i te pai ki tēnei pāhotanga. Whakawhiti ki tētahi atu.
I don't like this programme. Change over to a different one.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Mehemea ka whiti te rā, ka haere mātou ki tātahi.
If the sun shines we will go to the beach.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Ki te whiti te rā āpōpō, ka haere tātau ki tātahi.
If the sun shines tomorrow, we will go to the beach.
If using ki - ki

Ka mao te ua, ka whiti mai te rā.
When the rain stops, the sun will shine.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Ki te kore te rā e whiti āpōpō, kāore tātau e haere.
If the sun does not shine tomorrow, we won't go.
If not... - ki te kore...

Hei whakawhiti whakaaro te kaupapa o te hui.
Exhanging idea was the purpose of the meeting.

Whiti ora ki te whai ao
Cross over to life in the changing world

Whiti ki runga, whiti ki raro.
Cross upwards, cross downwards.

Ko ngā iwi o te rāwhiti, o te tonga hoki, ha mahi kē i te "kei te...".
The tribes of the east and the south, on the other hand, use "kei te...".

Kei te whiti te ra.
The sun is shining.

Āwhea a Aria tākaro poitarawhiti ai?
When will Aria play netball?

Ko te tūmahi poro, te tūmahi whiti-kore, he tūmahi ka tū me tana kotahi.
Intransitive verbs, intransitive verbs, verbs...

He tawhiti kē tō koutou haerenga, ki te kore haere tonu.
You have come too far in your journey to not carry on.

Te Tīma Poitarawhiti o Aotearoa.
The New Zealand Netball team.

Kua pakaru taku mōwhiti.
My glasses are broken.

Kei te whiti te rā.
The sun is shining.

Āe rā! Me i kore ēnei karu, kua ngaro rawa tō kopa moni, ngā kī, ō mōwhiti!
I sure am! If it weren't for these eyes, you'd have lost your wallet, the keys, your glasses!

Ka whiti te rā?
Will the sun shine?

Kei tawhiti taku tahu.
My beloved is far away.

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