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hui - meeting; gathered

Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E haere ana tātou ki te hui raranga.
We are going to the weaving meeting.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama te rua .
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana ia marama te rua .
The Commission meets for two days in each month.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka haere te iwi ki te hui kia kōrero ngā kaumātua.
The iwi will travel to the meeting so the elders can talk.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me haere koutou ki te hui kei hinga te take.
You should go to the meeting, or the matter might be defeated.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te wharenui te iwi e kōrero ana te hui ā te mutunga wiki.
The people are in the wharenui talking about the meeting on the weekend.
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Nōnahea te hui i tīmata ai?
When did the meeting begin?
Belonging to the past - nō

te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō

te rangatira o te iwi te hui e tīmata ki te karakia.
The chief of the tribe will begin the meeting with the prayer.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Rangi te hui e whakakapi.
Rangi will close the hui.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kua ngaro tāku pene. He nui āu. Tēnā, hōmai tētahi.
I've lost my pen. You've got lots. Give me one please.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e wareware tātou hui ā tēnei Rātapu.
Don't forget our meeting this Sunday.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kua tata mutu te hui.
The hui is almost over.
Almost/just about - kua/i tata...

Kei te haere au ki Kāpiti hei hui ki te marae.
I'm going to Kāpiti to meet up at the marae.
For the purpose of - hei

Ka hui rātou āpōpō kōrero ai te wharenui.
They will meet tomorrow to discuss the wharenui.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Me haere tātau ki te marae hui ai.
Let's go to the marae in order to have a meeting.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kāore anō te hui kia mutu.
The meeting has not finished yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kei te hui rātou.
They are at the meeting.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

He hui āku ki Tāmaki-makau-rau, reira me haere au i nāianei.
I have a meeting in Auckland, so I have to go now.
Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Ka mihi ahau ki tōku kara, arā te kara hui o te Kuini.
I greet my flag, the great flag of the Queen.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He hui tāku ā te Rātapu.
I have a hui on Sunday.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Te hui a te Whiringa-ā-nuku ko te mea mutunga tēnei tau.
The meeting in October will be the last for the year.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

Ā tērā wiki ka hui tātou ki Papaioea.
Next week we will meet in Palmerston.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ā tērā marama tātou hui ai.
We are meeting next month.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Kei te hui a Manu rāua ko Aroha ki te pātaka kōrero.
Manu and Aroha are meeting in the library.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Tēnā koutou kua hui mai nei i tēnei !
Greetings to you who are gathered here on this day!
Towards - mai

Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara

Hei Te Waipounamu te hui a Oketopa.
The meeting in October will be at the South Island.
Future locative - hei

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o taua hui?
Do you know who the organiser of the hui is?
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.
Future locatives - kei te

Nōnanahi te hui i tīmaia i tīmata ai.
The meeting began yesterday.
The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...

Ehara i a au te hui i whakarite.
I didn’t organize the meeting.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i Amaru te hui i whakarite.
Amaru didn't organise the hui.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

wai tēnei hui e whakahaere?
Who will run this meeting?
Who will? - mā wai?

Ā hea te hui tīmata ai?
When will the meeting begin?
Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?

Āpōpō te hui tīmata ai.
The meeting will begin tomorrow.
Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?

Ā hea tātou hui ai?
When are we meeting?
Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?

Inahea te hui i tīmata ai?
When did the meeting begin?
Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

I mātua hui te iwi ki te marae, kātahi ka haere ki te urupā.
First the tribe met at the marae, and then set off to the cemetry.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Ka mutu te hui, ka haere māua ki te tāone.
When the meeting is over, we will go to town.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Kia wātea mai koe, ka hui tāua.
When you are free, we will catch up.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Kia mutu taku hui, ka waea atu ia ki a koe.
When I finish my meeting, I will call you.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Ka mutu ana te hui, ka hoki atu tāua ki te kāinga.
When the hui finishes, then we will come home. (Or when the hui finished, then we went home.)
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Ka haere tātou, ka mutu ana te hui.
We will go when the hui finishes.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Ka hui tātou ki te marae.
We will meet at the marae.

Kei te haere tātou ki te hui raranga.
We (3+ exclusive) are going to the weaving meeting.

Āpōpō ka hui tātou ki Papaiea ki te ako i te reo Māori.
Tomorrow we will meet in Palmerston North to learn the Māori language.

Haumi e, Hui e! Tāiki e!
Join together, unite, the group is ready to progress for the purpose of coming together.

Kei te haere tātou ki te hui raranga.
We (3+ inclusive) are going to the weaving meeting.

He hui Aria.
Aria has a meeting.

Kia tina! TINA! Hui e! TĀIKI E!
Draw together! Affirm!

Tae ā-tinana.
Arrive in body hui ā-tau meet annually.

Āwhea te hui ai?
When will the hui take place?

Āwhea ai te hui?
When will the hui take place?

Tēnā koutou kua hui mai nei i tēnei .
Greetings to you who are gathered here at this time.

Kei Otaki rātou e hui ana.
They are meeting at Otaki.

Ā te tau e heke mai nei, ka te hui nui.
In the year ahead, the big meeting will be held.

E toru miriona tāra te hui o te pūtea.
3 million dollars is the size of the fund.

Ka te hui ki tēhea marae?
Which marae is the hui at?

Ko tēnei te hui tuaiwa ki konei.
This is the ninth meeting here.

Ko te pai o ngā hui raumati, he moata te tākiritanga mai o te ata.
The good thing about summer meetings is that the mornings start early.

Ka tīmata ngā hui ki te karakia.
Meetings begin with a prayer.

Ko te hui a te rua haora.
The meeting is in two hours.

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