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kite - to see

pākau - kite; wing

manu aute - kite

Kei te kite koe i ngā manu ?
Can you see those birds?
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te kite koe i ngā manu ?
Can you see those birds?
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

I kite au i te kurī i te pāmu.
I saw the dog at the farm.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kite koe i te pirihimana?
Kāore koe i kite i te pirihimana?
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kite au i tērā tamaiti tāne.
I saw that boy.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kite a Koa i te katipō.
Koa saw a katipō.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kite au i a rātou e ika ana.
I saw them fishing.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kite a Niko i a ia anō.
Niko saw himself.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka kite au i ōku hoa ki te kura.
I will see my friends at school.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka kite kōrua i a Pāpā Poaka ā tērā tau.
You two will see Pāpā Poaka next year.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua kite noa atu ahau ka ngaro te reo Māori.
I saw long ago that the Māori language will disappear.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua kite koe i taku pene? He whero te mea na.
Have you seen my pen? It's a pink one.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua kite ahau i a koe.
I have seen you.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

I a ia e kai ana, ka kite ia i tōna hoa.
While he was eating, he saw his friend.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Pēnei au kua wehe rāua, engari i kite au i a rāua e pupuri ringa ana, e whakaipoipo tonu ana i te tāone.
I thought they'd broken up, but I saw them holding hands and looking pretty loved up in town.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Pēnei au kua mate a Elvis, engari i kite au i a ia i Ōtaki.
I thought that Elvis was dead, but I saw him in Ōtaki.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Pēnei au kua whakakore a John i te inu waipiro, engari i kite au i a ia e inu ana i te waina i te wharewaina.
I thought that John had already quit drinking, but I saw him drinking wine in the winery.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Me i konei koe kua kite koe i a ia.
If you had been here, you would have seen him.
If... (using me) - me

Kei runga ake te manu aute i te rākau.
The kite is above the tree.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Ka kite hoki i ētahi atu rerekētanga, engari, mō te reremahi, kahore.
There are other differences as well, but for verbal sentences, there aren't any.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kāore anō au kia kite i a koe.
I have not seen you yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore au i kite i te wai i te papa. Haere atu ana au, mea ake kei raro e putu ana.
I didn't see the water on the floor. I was walking along, all of a sudden I'm in a heap on the floor.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Kāore ia i kite i te toka.
He did not see the rock.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I te poutūtanga i kite au i taku hoa.
At lunchtime I saw my friend.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Kāore au i kite i te kurī i te pāmu.
I did not see the dog at the farm.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Ka kite atu ngā tāne o tēnei i ngā wāhine o tērā.
The men of this [tribe] saw the women of that [tribe].
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka nui taku hiahia kia kite i a koe!
I greatly desire to see you.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite a Honi i te kōrua.
Honi saw the crayfish.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite a i te mamaha e puta ake ana i mua o te tereina.
Tū saw the steam rising from the front of the train.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite ia i te tīwaiwaka.
He sees the fantail.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite o reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhihuia,.
The young chiefs from there was this girl, Puhihuia.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite mātou i te Wind Wand, ā, ka hīkoi i te ara moana.
We saw the Wind Wand, and walked on the beach walkway.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite au i a ia, ka aroha atu.
When I saw her I was moved.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Engari i mua i te haere ki tāwāhi, i hoki au ki taku ūkaipō ki te kite i te whānau.
But before going overseas, I returned home to see my family.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

I kite ahau i te tangata paru ngā ringa.
I saw a man with dirty hands.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Ka kite au i a ia.
I will see him.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Aroha mai, kua kite koe i a Mere?
Excuse me, have you seen Mere?
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Ka kite anō i a koe.
See you again.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Ka kite anō i a koe e Kui.
See you again Nan.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Ka kite anō i a koe ā tērā wiki.
See you again next week.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Kua kite koe i a ia?
Have you seen her?
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

ngā tamariki tēnei tāwhiri.
This kite belongs to the children.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Ma āku mokopuna tēnei manu.
This kite is for my grandchildren.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Kua kite mātou i āu kupu i roto i tēnei reta āu.
We have seen your words in this letter of yours.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ka kite mātou i tāna kāhui kuihi.
We saw his flock of geese.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ka kite mātou i a Pāora. Kua mate taua koroua.
We saw Pāora. That old man is ill.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ehara i ngā tamariki tēnei tāwhiri.
This kite does not belong to the children.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Mehemea ka kite he kurī i tētahi tangata, ke auau.
If a dog sees someone, it barks.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Kātahi anō ia ka kite he rākau .
It was then that he saw it was just a stick.
Has just... - kātahi anō...

Kātahi ka haere ki te kite i tētehi pikitia.
And then we went and saw a movie.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kia āta titiro ki te whakaahua, kia kite ai koe.
Look carefully at the picture so you can see.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I haere mātou ki Kaharore kia kite ai i ngā kererū.
We went to Kaharore to see the kererū.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I haere mātou ki te kura kia kite ai i ngā hoa.
We went to school in order to see our friends.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kite ai i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to see my family.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kore ai au e kite i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to not see my family.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

I haere mātou ki te kura kia kore ai mātou e kite i ngā hoa.
We went to school in order to not see our friends.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Ka kite au i a koe ā te nei.
I will see you tonight.

Ka kite anō!
See you again!

He mea tino tauhou ki te kite i te tamariki kāhore he ringa paru.
It is very strange to see a child without dirty henads.

Ākuanei ka kite anō tāua i a tāua.
Soon we'll see each other again.

Ka kite au.
I see.

I kite au i a Mea inapō. Pai tōna āhua.
I saw Thingy last night. S/he was looking good.

Hei āpōpō tāua kite anō ai i a tāua.
Tommorow we'll see each other again.

Ka kite ā te nei!
See [you] tonight!

Ka kite au i a koe ā te nei.
I will see you tonight.

Kua kite koe i a Makere?
Have you seen Marg?

Ka kite au i a koe.
I will see you.

I kite te tangata i te kurī.
The person saw the dog.

I kite au i taku hoa.
I saw a friend.

Ka kite anō i a koe!
See you again!

Kua kite koe i a Amaru?
Have you seen Amaru?

I kite au i te tamaiti tāne ra.
I saw that boy.

Ka kite i a kōrua, ?
See you both, eh?

Ka kite a Kōuraraka i tētehi whare.
Kōuraraka sees a house.

He pai te kite i a koe.
Nice to see you.

I kite a Hera i a Niko.
Hera saw Niko.

I kite a Hēmi i a ia.
Hēmi saw him.

Rere ai au ki Wharekauri ki te kite i te whānau.
I fly to the Chatham Islands regularly to see the family.

Ka kite i a koe āpōpō.
See you tomorrow.

Ka kite kōrua ki te kāinga ā muri i te kura.
See you both at home after school.

Kia kite ai rātou i te marae ātaahua nei.
So they could see the beautiful marae.

Kua kite koe i te tītī?
Have you seen the muttonbird?

Kei te kite atu au.
I see that.

I aua huihuinga, ka kite a Hinemoa i a Tūtānekai.
At those meetings, Hinemoa would see Tūtānekai.

Ka kite ā te nei!
See [you] tonight!

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