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hopu - to catch

Ko wai i hopu i te ika?
Who caught the fish?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ka hopu a Poti i te manu.
Pussy catches the bird.
Sentences with i - i

Nā te pirihimana i hopu te tāhae.
It was the policeman who caught the thief.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ko wai kāore i hopu i te ika?
Who didn’t catch the fish?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

He awa tino pai tēnei mō te hopu tuna.
This was a very good river for catching eels.

I hopu au i te pahi.
I caught the bus.

Inā poroa e ahau te taura, māua e hopu mai te kete.
When I cut the rope, you catch the basket.

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

Ko te timatatanga o te raumati te wā haere ki te hopu tītī.
The start of summer is the time to go mutton-birding.

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