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kupu - word

Kāore te iwi i rata ki ētahi o ngā kupu hou a Te Taura Whiri.
People didn't like some of the new words Te Taura Whiri coined.
To like - rata

Kawea tētehi puka iti ki ngā wāhi kei reira te reo Māori e kōrerohia ana, tuhia ngā kupu me ngā kīanga ka rangona.
Bring a small book with you to the places where the Māori language is spoken, write down the words and phrases that are heard.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.
Be waited for - tāria

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...

He aha te kupu Māori time?
What's the Māori word for time?
What? - He aha?

He aha te kupu Māori hat?
What's the Māori word for hat.
What? - He aha?

He aha te kupu Māori lollies?
What is the Māori word for lollies?
What? - He aha?

He aha te kupu Māori 'awesome'?
What's the Māori word for 'awesome'?
What? - He aha?

Aua, he kupu hou tēnā ki a au.
I don't know, that's a new word to me.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

He kupu hou tēnā.
That's a new word.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Kei te ako a Hēmi rāua ko Pita i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Hēmi and Pita are learning Māori 'family' words.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

I kitea te kupu i te papakupu.
The word was seen in the dictionary.

Kei te ako tātou i te kupu 'poaka'.
We are learning the word 'pig'.

E kore e ea i te kupu taku aroha mōu.
Words can't express how much I love you.

He kupu kei ngā pakitara o te kīhini?
Are those words on the walls of your kitchen?

Ko ngā kupu a te akomanga.
The words of the class.

Kimihia te kupu ki te papakupu.
Look for the word in the dictionary.

Whakahokia ngā kupu ki te wāhi tika.
Put back the missing words.

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

E kore te whare kōrero, e puta he kupu tētahi tangata i muri i te kupu a te tino ariki.
It was not allowable according to the rules of debate for any person to say anything after the high chief had spoken.

I te pānuitia te kupu e te kaiwhakahaere.
The message is being read out by the manager.

Homai koa te kupu huna te ipurangi.
Please give me the password for the internet.

Hei tino tauira hei tāna, "i roto i te Kowheori i ngā marama e ono, e hia nei ngā kupu te mate Kowheori i te tīmatanga ."
A prime example "is when Covid-19 first hit, in the first six months there were so many different Māori names used for the word Covid".

Iti te kupu nui te kōrero.
Short but laden with meaning.

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