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karanga - to call

Kei te karanga mai te kuia.
The elder is calling.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

I karanga atu ki ngā manuhiri au.
I called to the guests.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka karanga e koe ki a au.
You will call me.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ko Kauri te kuia e karanga ana ki te manuhiri.
Kauri is the old woman who calls to the visitors.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei mua te kuia e karanga ana.
The kuia is calling in front.
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Mere e karanga ngā manuhiri.
Mere will call the guests.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Aria e karanga ngā manuhiri.
Aria will welcome the visitors.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kotahi atu a Ataahua ki te wharekai me te karanga anō ki ngā mahuhiri.
Ataahua made a beeline to the kitchen and began to call the visitors.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Kāore au e āhei te karanga, kua ngaro hoki taku reo.
I can't karanga as I've lost my voice.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Ka karanga ki tana rōpā ki te wai ki a ia.
He called to his slave to get water for him.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka a ia, ka karanga mai i waho i te whare.
He stood and called from outside the house.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka karanga atu te rōpū whakaeke ki ngā tangata whenua.
The group ascending onto the marae calls back to the people of the land/marae.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ma wai tāku karanga e rongo?
Who will hear by speech?
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

I tau mai te waka ki uta, me te karanga atu a te iwi e tatari ana.
The canoe came to shore while the people who were waiting called out.
Towards - mai

Karanga mai, karanga mai, karanga mai!
Call me! Call me! Call me!
Towards - mai

Ehara Mere e karanga ngā manuhiri.
Mere won't call the guests.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ehara Mere e karanga ngā manuhiri.
Mere won't call the guests.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ka mutu ana te karanga, ka tīmata ngā whaikōrero.
When the karanga has finished, the whaikōrero will start.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Ka tīmata ngā whaikōrero, ka mutu ana te karanga.
The whaikōrero will start when the karanga has finished.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Ka karanga ia ki ngā manuhiri.
She will call to the guests.

Ko te karanga te mahi a ngā kuia.
The call of welcome is the job of the elderly women.

Ka karanga a Rāpata ki a au kia .
Rapata called to me to stand.

I karanga ia ki ngā manuhiri.
She called to the guests.

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