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moe - sleep; to marry

Kei te moe te pēpi.
The baby is sleeping.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te moe ngā tamariki.
The children are sleeping.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E moe ana au i tētahi rākau kākāriki.
I am sleeping in a green tree.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E moe ana te pēpi.
The baby is sleeping.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E moe ana te paruauru i roto i te wharau.
The gardener is sleeping in the shed.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E moe ana te kuia .
The old lady is speaking.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I te moe a Taika.
Taika was asleep.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te moe ngā pēpi.
The baby was sleeping.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kua moe ia
He has slept
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua moe a Tamahae i runga i te tēpu.
Tamahae has gone to sleep on the table.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me moe koe.
You should sleep.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me moe te pēpi.
The baby should sleep.
Simple sentences: you should - me

E moe ana au i tētahi rākau kākāriki.
I am sleeping in a green tree.
Sentences with i - i

Kei te moe ia i tōna moenga.
He's sleeping on his bed.
Sentences with i - i

Kei roto ngā tamariki te te rūma moe e tākaro ana.
The kids are in the bedroom playing.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei runga i tōna moengamoe ia e moe ana.
She's sleeping on her bed.
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Pēnei au i te moe koe.
I thought you were asleep.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

mua i te piringa ki a Rangi, ka moe a Papa rāua ko Tangaroa.
Before the union with Rangi, Papa was in a relationship with Tangaroa.
Belonging to the past - nō

Māku? Auē, kei te moe tonu aku karu Pāpā.
Me? Oh no, my eyes are still sleeping Dad.
Future agent emphatic - māku

E moe ō karu!
Close your eyes!
Command with e! - e!

Kei roto te paruauru i te wharau. E moe ana ia
The gardener is in the shed. He's sleeping.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kaua e moe roa!
Don't sleep in!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei , kia mauria ai kōrua ki te ngahere a te ata.
Go to bed early tonight, so that you can be taken to the forest in the morning.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Kei konei au, engari kei te moe tonu ngā karu Nan.
I am here, but my eyes are still sleeping Nan.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Ka āhei te ngeru te moe i runga i te tūru.
The cat is allowed to sleep on the chair.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Ka puta mai te mate moe ki a Te Tahi.
Te Tahi became sleeopy.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

I moe tāua pēpi i te moenga o rāua pēpi.
Our baby slept in their baby's bed.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Kei te moe a Angie rāua ko Raiha.
Angie and Raiha are sleeping.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kei te moe tonu pea, pērā i rāua pāpā.
They are probably still sleeping, just like their father.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

I moe ia, pēnei tonu i a Tamahae nei.
He was asleep, just like Tamae here.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Ka kōrero a Toto, ki ana kōtiro, mehemea e pai rāua ki te moe tāne.
Toto asked his daughters if they wanted husbands.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Ka kōrero a Toto ki ana kōtiro, mehemea e pai rāua ki te moe tāne.
Toto asked his daughters if they wanted to get married.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

I ōku tuāhine e horoi ana i ngā rīhi, ka moe ahau.
While my sisters were washing the dishes, I was sleeping.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...

I whakaweto au i te pouaka whakaata kia moe ai au.
I turned off the TV in order to sleep.
In order to... - kia... ai...

te aha koe i moe ai i te nei?
For what reason did you sleep tonight?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

te aha koe i kore ai e moe i te nei?
Why didn’t you sleep tonight?
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?

Āpōpō au moe ai.
Tomorrow, I will sleep.
Using "ai" instead of ka - ai

I moe ia i a Pare, kaua ko Kiri.
You should marry Pare, not Kiri.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

I moe ia i a Pare, kaua rawa ko Kiri.
You should marry Pare, absolutely not Kiri!
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Ka ānini ana te mahunga, ka moe ahau.
Whenever I get a headache, I have a sleep.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Kāore te ngeru e āhei te moe i runga i te tūru.
The cat is not allowed to sleep on the chair.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei

Kua , me moe koe.
It's night, you'd better sleep.

Ka moe ahai i tērā rūma moe āpōpō.
I will sleep in that bedroom tomorrow.

He uaua te moe i ngā wera.
It's hard to sleep on hot nights.

I moe au.
I slept.

Mahi noa, nāwai rā, ka puta mai te mate moe ki a Te Tahi.
They worked on, and then presently Te Tahi felt sleepy.

Kua moe te kuia .
The kuia over there has gone to sleep.

I moe kinikini au.
I had a catnap.

Kei te moe ia.
She is sleeping.

E moe ō whatu.
Close your eyes to sleep.

Kei te moe tonu rāua ko tōna pera!
He's still sleeping with his pillow.

Kei te moe te tamaiti.
The child is sleeping.

Ka moe a Hera i tana tāne a te Āranga.
Hera is to marry her man at Easter.

Kīano i moe noa i te tāne.
[She] had not yet married a man.

Ka moe a Sally i a Fred.
Sally married Fred.

Kei te moe te ngeru.
The cat is sleeping.

Kei te moe kōrua.
You two are sleeping.

Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei .
Go to bed early tonight.

Kei te moe te koro
The old man is sleeping.

Kei te moe ia i tōna moenga
He's sleeping on his bed.

I moe a Aroha i a Koa ka puta ko Ari.
Aroha married Koa and gave birth to Ari.

Ka moe rāua i te one.
They (2) are going to sleep on the beach.

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