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oma - to run, escape

Kei te oma te tama ki konei.
The boy is running here.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te oma te tama ki korā
The boy is running over there.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te oma rātou.
They are running.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te oma rātou ki te kura.
They are running to school.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te oma koe.
You are running.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E oma ana ngā tamariki ki te kura.
The children are running to school.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I oma au.
I ran.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I oma te tama ki te kura.
The boy ran to school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I oma mai te katipō raro mai i te takapau.
The spider ran out from under the mat.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka oma ia?
Will he/she run?
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka oma te kūri.
The dog will run.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua oma ngā tamariki i te papa tākaro.
The children have run in the playground.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me oma au ia , ia .
I had better run each and every day.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me oma tātou ki te awa.
We (3+ including listener) should run to the river.
Simple sentences: you should - me

I te kurī e auau ana, ka oma atu to kaiā.
While the dog was barking, the thief ran away.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

E iwa ngā hoihō e oma atu ana.
There are nine horses running away.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Pēnei au ka māmā te oma i te toru kiromita - tēnā pōhēhē tēnā.
I thought running three kilometres would be a piece of cake - that was wrong.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Pēnei au he māmā noa iho te oma ki tātahi.
I thought running to the beach would be a piece of cake.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Koa e oma ki Tatau Iho.
Koa will run to Countdown.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kei te oma ia anō nei he hōiho.
She is running like a horse.
It was as if - ānō nei

E oma ki a Manu!
Run to Manu!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e oma atu!
Don't run away!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e oma ki a Ari!
Do not run to Ari!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Ka taea te kuri te oma i te papa tākaro.
The dog is able to run in the playground.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore anō ngā tamariki kia oma i te papa tākaro.
The children have not run in the playground yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Ka tau ngā karoro, ka oma atu te kurī, ka rere. Ka tau anō, ka oma anō te kurī ki te hopū, ka taki rere anō ngā manu. Pēnei tonu ā pau noa te hau o te kurī.
The seagulls would land and the dog take off after them, whereupon they'd take flight. Then they'd land again, the dog would run off again to try to catch them, and they'd all take to the air again. It carried on like this until the dog finally ran out of puff.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Kāore rātou i te oma ki te kura.
They are not running to school.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore te tama i oma ki te kura.
The boy did not run to school.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Ka oma mai ngā tamariki i muri i te whare.
The children ran up from behind the house.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

I te oma atu te hōiho i a Tawa.
The horse was running away from Tawa.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

I oma mai te kurī i raro i te tūru.
The dog ran out from under the chair.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Kāore ngā tamariki e oma ana ki te kura.
The children are not running to school.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

Kua oma ato ō tātou hōiho.
Our horses have escaped.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kei te oma a Mere rātou ko Hariata, ko Matiu, ko Ropata.
Mere, Hariata, Matiu and Ropata are running.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

E oma atu ana ngā tamariki.
The children are running away.
Towards - mai

E oma atu ā tāua tamariki hōhā.
Our exasperating children are running away.
Away - atu

Te rangonga o te iwi o te i te haruru, ka oma iho ki te mātakitaki haka.
When the people of the pā heard the noise, they ran down to hear the haka.
Down - iho

Kaua e oma i konei.
Don't run here.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kāore te kuri e taea te oma i te papa tākaro.
The dog is unable to run in the playground.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Ka oma tātou ki korā, kātahi ka whakatā.
Went ran over there and then rested.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kei te oma te pirihimana.
The police officer is running.

Kei te oma te kotiro ki konā.
The girl is running there near you.

Kei te oma a Amaru.
Amaru is running.

Tere tana oma ki runga i tētahi toka.
He ran quickly to the top of a rock.

Kei te oma ia?
Is he/she running?

I oma ia?
Did he/she run?

Kua oma ia?
Has he/she run yet?

Ka oma tāua?
Shall we run quietly?

Ka oma a Kauri ki tana motuka.
Kauri runs to her car.

Ka oma rātou ki muri o te whare.
They ran behind the house.

Arā a Hēmi e oma mai ana.
There is James running.

Ka oma rātou.
They ran.

I oma rātou tua o ngā rākau.
They ran past beyond the trees.

Kei te oma te kurī.
The dog is running.

Kei te oma ngā kurī.
The dogs are running.

Kei te oma ia.
He/She is running.

Kāore au a pai ki te oma ā muri i te kai.
I don't like running after eating.

Kei te oma te kurī ki korā.
The dog is running over there.

Kei te oma te kurī ki Te Waipounamu.
The dog is running to the South Island.

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