ahi - fire
Kei te tahu ia i te ahi i te marae.He is lighting the fire at the marae.Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
I nukuhia e au ngā ahi wera mai i ngā kōhatu ki te pouaka ki tōku hawera.The hot ashes were moved by me from the stones to the box with my shovel.Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka mura te ahi i te rarauhe, mea ake ka toro ki te ngahere.The fire blazed up in amongst the bracken. In no time at all it had spread to the forest.All of a sudden - Mea ake
Ko te rā, ko te marama hei rama, ā, ko te ahi hei whakamahana i a mātou.The sun and the moon were our lights, and the fire was all we had to keep us warm.Conjunctions - and - ā
I whai atu a ia i te ahi kāpara.He followed [her] by means of the burning torch.Away - atu