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hanga - to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)

hangā - (pass) be built, be made

hanga - construction, practice, thing

Ko wai i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

I te hanga te kaiako i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was preparing the work for the class.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te hanga rātou i te whare.
They were building the house.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka hanga a Aroha i tōku whare.
Aroha will build my house.
Sentences with i - i

Nā rāua i hanga te whare.
It was them (two) who built the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Hōne i hanga te pouaka.
It was Hōne who built the box.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kei te hanga taiapa rāua.
They're building a fence.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Hei aha ngā taonga hangarua rā? Hei hanga taonga toi.
What are those recycled goods for? For making artworks.
For the purpose of - hei

Kei te hanga a Rangi i te whare.
Rangi is building the house.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Nāku ngā koha i hanga i tēnei Kirihimete.
I made the presents for Christmas this year.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

Kāore te kaiako i te hanga i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was not preparing the work for the class.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

Kaua e tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Don't fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Te pai hoki o tō hanga i ēnā kākahu.
You look pretty/handsome in those clothes.
How... - Te... hoki...

He mea hanga nā te Atua.
God created.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

He mea hanga i roto i ngā roto i te ara haere atu i Waiuku ki Te Maioro.
[Some] were built in the lakes on the path going from Waiuku to Te Maioro.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

Ko wai kāore i hanga i te whare?
Who didn’t build the house?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

Ka hanga au i te whare.
I build the house.

Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae.
The experts have built the marae.

Ā te Mane, ka tīmata te hanga o tōku whare.
On Monday, the building of my house will begin.

Kei te hanga a Haki i tētehi whare.
Jack is building a house.

Kei te hanga te pūngāwerewere i tana māwhaiwhai ki te hopu i ngā ngaro.
The spider is building its web to catch flies.

Kua hangā he whare.
A house has been built.

I hanga a Nikau i tōku whare.
Nikau built my house.

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