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kete - basket, kit

Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

te kōtiro te kete ātaahua i raranga.
It was the girl who wove the beautiful basket.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māu te kete kākahu e wehewehe.
You will sort the clothes basket.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kāhore tēnei kete i rarangatia ki te raupō.
This kit was not woven out of bulrushes.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ehara māku e taki te karakia, 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

Tīmata ana ki te raranga i tana kete harakeke.
She is starting to make a flax kit.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Ahakoa he iti kete, he iti te aroha.
It is the thought that counts.

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.

Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket.

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