pōnga - nightfall
Ēhara i a Ponga te hē nei.The fault is not Ponga's.Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
E mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?Are you saying that Pongo is to be your lord?Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Nā Ponga te kōhuru i a au.Ponga is responsible for the treachery against me.Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Ponga tēnā, ēhara i a au.Ponga is the cause, not me.Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Ponga ahau i āwhina.I was protected by Ponga.Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā te moko o Ponga i pai ai.It is because of Ponga's facial tattoo that he was attractive.Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Ka piki puku atu hoki a Ponga i muri i a ia.Ponga also climbed up silently behind her.Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Tae atu a Ponga ki tana taha.Ponga reached her side.Away - atu
Haere tonu rāua, me te whai atu anō a Ponga i muri tata.They went on with Ponga following close behind.Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
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...
Ko Ponga te mea i mihi puku ki a ia.Ponga admired her silently.
Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua o te kapa.When Ponga appeared at the front of the ranks.
Kāti, e mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?Then are you saying Ponga is to be your lord?
Ko Ponga i kōhuru i a au.Ponga treated me maliciously.
Nā taua wai rā i kawe rā i kitea ai te whakaaro a Ponga ki a au.Because of that water that was fetched, Ponga's feelings towards me were discovered.
Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.Ponga was one of their chiefs.