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karakia - prayer, to pray


whare karakia - church

karakiatia - prayed (pass of karakia)

Ehara i a au te karakia i taki.
I was not the one who recited the prayer.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E kōrero ana te wahine i te karakia.
The woman is speaking the prayer.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I mahi poka noa au ki te keri i te whenua, ka kohete mai ia, 'E tama e! Me taki karakia i te tuatahi'.
I heedlessly started digging and she growled at me, 'Boy! You should do karakia first!'
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Me karakia tātou.
We should say a karakia.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kia karakia tātou
Let us do an incantation.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Karakia ai au ia ata, ia ata.
I always pray every morning.
Habitual action - ai

Kia hia ngā putiputi i te whare karakia?
How many flowers do you need in the church?
How many are needed? - Kia hia

Taihoa tātou e īnoi kia horahia ngā kai katoa.
Hold off on karakia until all of the food is laid out.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Nāku te karakia i taki.
I was the one who recited the prayer.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Mia te karakia i taki.
It was Mia who recited the prayer.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā 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

Māku te karakia e taki.
I will recite the prayer.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māu pea te karakia e taki?
Would you like to lead the prayer?
Future agent emphatic - māku

E kōrerotia ana te karakia e te wahine.
The prayer is being spoken by the woman.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka mutu ngā karakia a Te Aotaki ka werohia e ia a Rangipopo.
Te Aotaki finished his incantations and then he invoked Rangipopo.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ehara māku e taki te karakia, nā te mea he iti taku kete pāpaku taku kete karakia.
I will not be the one to recite the prayer because my kete is shallow.
Conjunctions - but - engari

I haere mātou ki te marae karakia ai.
We went to the marae to pray.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

I te tekau mā tahi karaka i te ata te karakia.
The service was at 11 am.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Ka karakia ia i ngā karakia mō ngā taniwha moana.
He chanted the incantations for the taniwha of the sea.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ā te tekau karaka tīmata ai te karakia.
The service starts at ten o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Mā wai te karakia e taki?
Who will recite the karakia?
Who will? - mā wai?

Ehara nāku te karakia i taki.
I was not the one who recited the prayer.

Ehara nāku te karakia i taki, nā Koa kē.
I was not the one who recited the prayer, it was Koa.

I hē te whakahaere a Rua-tatanoa i tētahi wāhi o te karakia.
Rua-tataone made a mistake at one place in the incantation.

Kei te mātou a Koro Pou ki ngā karakia.
Koro Pou is knows karakia well.

karakia
prayer

He tino pai a Amaru ki te kōrero, he tino mōhio ki te karakia.
Amaru was good at speaking, and also knowledgeable on karakia.

He mātau a Pāora ki te karakia.
Pāora is adept at incantations.

Kia meatia he karakia mā tātou.
Let's say a karakia for us.

Tā tātou karakia.
Our karakia.

Kātahi tēnei ka karakia. Ehara, kua rere mai ngā ika ki roto i te waka.
Then this man prayed. Lo and behold, fish flew into the canoe.

Ko te tikanga nui ka karakia ia i mua i āna mahi i te māra.
The main one is that she does karakia before working in the garden.

Kā tonu te whare karakia.
The church was full.

A te Rātapu, ka haere tātou ki te karakia.
On Sunday we will go to church.

Kei te ako au i ētehi karakia tūturu.
I am learning some traditional karakia.

Kua taki a Pou i te karakia.
Pou has recited the karakia.

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

Ki te whare karakia
To church.

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