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mātakitaki - to watch, to observe, examine, inspect

mātakitaki - watch

E mātakitaki pouaka whakaata ana a Mia.
Mia is television watching.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E mātakitaki ana rātou i te netipāora.
They are watching the netball.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E mātakitaki ana te ngeru ki te manu.
The cat is watching the bird.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I te mātakitaki au i te kiriata me ōku hoa.
I was watching the movie with my friends.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Me mātakitaki koe i te kēmu.
You should watch the game.
Simple sentences: you should - me

I ngā Rāpare, mātakitaki ai au i Coronation Street.
On Thursdays I always watch Coronation Street.
Habitual action - ai

Taihoa e mātakitaki pouaka whakaata kia mutu te horoi rīhi.
Hold off watching television until the dishes are done.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

E rata ana a Pāpā ki te mātakitaki pouaka whakaata.
Pāpā likes to watch television.
To like - rata

Kaua e mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata i te ao, i te pō!
Don't watch television day and night!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka taea koe te mātakitaki i te kiriata.
You are able to watch the movie.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

I haere mātou ki Te Whanaganui a Tara kia mātakitaki ngā tamariki i te kēmu.
We went to Wellington so that the children can watch the game.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Ka āhei koe te mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata.
You are allowed to watch TV.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kāore au i te mātakitaki i te kiriata me ōku hoa.
I was not watching the movie with my friends.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

Te rangonga o te iwi o te pā i te haruru, ka oma iho ki te mātakitaki haka.
When the people of the pā heard the noise, they ran down to hear the haka.
Down - iho

Kāore koe e taea te mātakitaki i te kiriata.
You are unable to watch the movie.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Ki te kore te ua e mao, ka mātakitaki kiriata tāua.
If the rain doesn't clear, we will watch movies.
If not... - ki te kore...

Kāore koe e āhei te mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata.
You are not allowed to watch TV.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei

Kia mātakitaki ake tātou.
Let's watch.

Kei te mātakitaki ia i ērā tāngata.
She's watching those people.

Kei te mātakitaki au i te kēmu.
I am watching the game.

Kei te mātakitaki au i ngā kēmu.
I am watching the games.

Kei te mātakitaki au i tētehi kēmu.
I am watching a game.

I mātakitaki au i tērā hōtaka i tētrā wikil.
I watched that programme last week.

Kei te mātakitaki au i ētehi kēmu.
I am watching some games.

I haere mātou ki te Whanganui a Tara hei mātakitaki i te kēmu.
We went to Wellington to watch the game.

E noho koe ki te mātakitaki pouaka whakaata.
You sit to watch television.

I mātakitaki pouaka whakaata au.
I watched TV.

I mātakitaki au i te pouaka whakaata.
I watched TV.

Kei te mātakitaki au i te kemu.
I am watching the game.

Kei te mātakitaki koe i te aha?
What are you watching?

Kia kaha ki te mātakitaki whakaaturanga reo Māori, whakarongo anō hoki ki te reo irirangi.
Watch programmes in te reo on television and listen to te reo on the radio.

Kei te mātakitaki ngā ākonga i te whutupōro i te taiwhanga hākinakina.
The students are watching the football in the stadium.

Kei te mātakitaki koe i te kēmu ā te pō nei?
Are you watching the game tonight?

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