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kau - swim; cow

Ehara i te miti kau te hapa pai ki a au.
It's not meat that I like for dinner.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara i te mīti kau (te hapa pai ki a au).
It's not meat (the dinner that I like).
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te hiakai au, engari, kore kau he kai!
I am starving, but, there is absolutely no food!
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Me kau hoki ki hea i te tawhiti ki waho o te moana nui?
Where could he swim to, from such a distance out in the ocean?
Sentences with i - i

Āhea ngā kau kai ai?
When will the cows eat?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e ana i korā i ngā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kāore kau he rorohiko i ērā .
There were no computers whatsoever in those days.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

Kāore kau he tiakarete i te pouaka - kua pau .
There are absolutely no chocolates in the box - they have all been eaten.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

I a Kuikui e tamariki ana, kāore kau he hiko.
When Gran was young, there wasn't any electricity.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana

Kāhore kau he kākā kura o tērā pōkai.
That flock didn't have any red kākā.
That (over there) - tērā

Kāhore kau ana taonga nei i whakawhiwhia ki te taitamariki i aua .
These kinds of treasures were not given to the young in those days.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kaua e kau i taku kai.
Don't eat my food.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

I patua te kau me ngā hipi e te kaipāmu ki te rākau.
The cow and the sheep were hit by the farmer with the stick.
By means of - ki

Awatea kau ana, ka haere te koroheke .
When morning came, that old man left.

I wawata kau au.
I daydreamed.

He taitamāhine anake ēnei i kau atu nei ki uta.
Those who swam to shore were exclusively young women.

Puta kau anō te kōtiro me te rama kāpara i te ringa.
That girl went out alone with hardwood torch in her hand.,.

Kāhore kau he kupu a rāua ki a rāua.
They did not say a single word to each other.

He tītī tētahi kai tino reka ki te korokoro Māori.
Mutton-bird is a very pleasant food to the Māori palate.

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