Results for 'Wind'
hau - wind, air, breath
matangi - wind, breeze
paeroa - range of hills; wind which blows along the shore
pōkai - flock, swarm; roll up, wind up, wrap around
pūkaea - large wooden wind instrument
tiu - north; north wind; soar
I te pupuhi te hau inanahi.
The wind was blowing yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te pupuhi te hau.
The wind was blowing.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka kaha te pupuhi o te hau ki Tauranga ā te pō nei.
The wind will blow in Tauranga tonight.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kātia te kuaha kia kaua e uru mai te hau.
Close the door to prevent the wind from coming in.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kāore te hau i te pupuhi.
The wind is not blowing.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Ka kite mātou i te Wind Wand, ā, ka hīkoi i te ara moana.
We saw the Wind Wand, and walked on the beach walkway.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka pupihi te hau, ha hingahinga ngā rākau, ka rere ngā tīni o te whare.
The wind blew, the trees blew over and roofing iron blew off.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kaua e kātia te kuaha kia kaua e uru mai te hau.
Don't close the door to prevent the wind from coming in.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
I pakaru te wini i te hau?
Did the wind break the window?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Inapō nei, e pupuhi ana te hau.
Last night, the wind was blowing.
I pupuhi te hau.
The wind blew.
Inapō nei ka pupuhi te hau.
Last night, the wind blew.
Kei te pupuhi te hau.
The wind is blowing.
Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
TÄwhirimÄtea is the god of the storms.
I tēnei wā, kua tino kaha te pupuhi o te hau.
By this time, the wind had become very strong.