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Ehara i a au te karakia i taki.
I was not the one who recited the prayer.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

I mahi poka noa au ki te keri i te whenua, ka kohete mai ia, 'E tama e! Me taki karakia i te tuatahi'.
I heedlessly started digging and she growled at me, 'Boy! You should do karakia first!'
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Me karakia tātou.
We should say a karakia.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kia karakia tātou
Let us do an incantation.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Taihoa tātou e īnoi kia horahia ngā kai katoa.
Hold off on karakia until all of the food is laid out.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Nāku te karakia i taki.
I was the one who recited the prayer.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Rangi te karakia i taki.
It was Rangi who recited the prayer.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māku te karakia e taki.
I will recite the prayer.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māu pea te karakia e taki?
Would you like to lead the prayer?
Future agent emphatic - māku

E kōrerotia ana te karakia e te wahine.
The prayer is being spoken by the woman.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka mutu ngā karakia a Te Aotaki ka werohia e ia a Rangipopo.
Te Aotaki finished his incantations and then he invoked Rangipopo.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I haere mātou ki te marae karakia ai.
We went to the marae to pray.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Ka karakia ia i ngā karakia mō ngā taniwha moana.
He chanted the incantations for the taniwha of the sea.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Mā wai te karakia e taki?
Who will recite the karakia?
Who will? - mā wai?

Ehara nāku te karakia i taki.
I was not the one who recited the prayer.

Ehara nāku te karakia i taki, nā Aria kē.
I was not the one who recited the prayer, it was Aria.

Kei te mātou a Koro Pou ki ngā karakia.
Koro Pou is knows karakia well.

Kia meatia he karakia mā tātou.
Let's say a karakia for us.

Ko te tikanga nui ka karakia ia i mua i āna mahi i te māra.
The main one is that she does karakia before working in the garden.

Kei te ako au i ētehi karakia tūturu.
I am learning some traditional karakia.