Pita - Peter
Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te tākaro a Pita i te papa tākaro.Pita is playing at the playground.Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I te ako a Pita i te reo Māori i te kura.Pita was learning te reo Māori at school.Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka tuhituhi a Pita i te reta mō tōna hoa.Pita will write the letter for his friend.Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ehara mō Pita tēnei pōtae.This hat isn't for Pita.Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Ehara mā Pita tēnei pukapuka.This book is not for Pita.Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Nā Pita i mau ngā kī.It was Pita who held the keys.Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā Pita tēnei pukapuka.This book is for Pita.Unrealised possession - mā, māku
Mā Pita te kai e tunu.Pita will cook the food.Future agent emphatic - māku
Kāore a Pita i te matekai.Pita is not hungry.Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kāore a Pita i te tākaro i te papa tākaro.Pita is not playing at the playground.Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kāore a Pita e tuhituhi i te reta mō tōna hoa.Pita will not write the letter for his friend.Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.This camera belongs to Pita.Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Ko Pita tērā kei te tapahi i te mīti.That's Pita chopping the meat.That (over there) - tērā
Kāore a Pita i te ako i te reo Māori i te kura.Pita was not learning te reo Māori at school.Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...
Kei te hui a Tawa rāua ko Rangi ki te pātaka kōrero.Tawa and Rangi are meeting in the library.Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Pita rātou ko Paul, ko Mere.Peter, Paul and Mere.Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Me Ponga i hoki mai anō mā te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Ehara i a Pita tēnei kāmera.This camera does not belong to Pita.Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara mā Pita te kai e tunu.Pita won’t cook the food.Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara i a Pita ngā kī i mau.Pita didn’t hold the keys.Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
I horoi a Kauri i tōna waka.Kauri washed his car.
I haere a Manu ki te tangihanga.Manu went to the funeral.
Ko Pita rāua ko Paul.Pita and Paul.
I tōna tikanga ko Pita tana ingoa.It is her intention that his name will be Peter.
Kei te waiata kōrua ko Pita.You and Pita are singing.