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kaimahi - worker, employee (kai- + mahi)

I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere.
In the mornings, the workers always go to the bush.
Habitual action - ai

Mā koutou ngā pānui e tono atu ki ngā kaimahi.
You (3/+) will send the notices out to the workers.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Ka pēwhea ngā kaimahi?
What will happen to the workers?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

Ka whakatikahia te whare e ngā kaimahi.
The house will be fixed by the workers.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te ngenge te kaimahi.
The worker is tired.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kāore te kaimahi i te ngenge.
The worker is not tired.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore te whare i oti i ngā kaimahi.
The house was not completed by the workers.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kāore te whare e whakatikahia e ngā kaimahi.
The house will not be fixed by the workers.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Te māngere hoki o āu kaimahi!
How lazy your workers are!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Kua oti te whare i ngā kaimahi.
The house was completed by the workers.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua hoki ngā kaimahi.
The workers have returned.

Kua whakahoki ngā kaimahi i ā rātou taputapu.
The workers have returned their tools.

Kua haere kē ngā kaimahi, nāna nei i mahi te hei?
The labourers who did the work on the hay have already gone.

Ko te kaimahi ia.
He or she is the worker.

I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere
In the morning, the workers go to the forest

Kia oti rā anō ngā mahi, ka hoki ngā kaimahi ki te kāinga.
The workers won't go home until the work is finished.

I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere.
In the mornings, the workers always go to the bush. (Māori Dictionary)

Ka pai ā mātou kaimahi katoa.
All our workers are doing well.

Haimona kaimahi hiako
Haimona (the) leather worker

Tokohia ō kaimahi?
How many people do you work with?

He kaimahi ahau ki Te Kōhanga Reo
I am a worker at Kōhanga Reo.

He kaimahi ahau ki Countdown.
I am a worker at Countdown.

He kaimahi ahau ki ANZ
I am a worker at ANZ

He kaimahi ahau ki ANZ ki Pōneke.
I am a worker at ANZ, in (or at) Wellington.

He kaimahi ia.
He is a worker.

Kei konei ia hei kaimahi mā te hapū
She is here to work for the tribe

E pau haere ana te hau o ngā kaimahi.
The workers are starting to run out of puff.

Āe, koia te rangatira o te kamupene, he tokomaha ana kaimahi.
Yup, he is the boss of the company. He has a lot of workers.

He kaimahi pukumahi koe.
You are a hard worker.

Ko Rōpata te kaimahi nāna tērā whare i hanga
Rōpata is the workman who built that house

Tērā kei roto i te whareherehere nei ētahi tāngata tokorua he kaimahi nā Parao.
There were in the prison two people who were servants of the Pharaoh’s.

Ka pēwhea ngā kaimahi?
What will happen to the workers?

Ko rātou ngā kaimahi nāna tōku whare i hanga.
They are the workmen who built my house.

Kua haere kē ngā kaimahi nāna nei i mahi te hei.
The labourers who did the work on the hay have already gone.

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