Results for 'māui'
mauī - left (direction)
māui - on the left hand, left side
Te tokorima a Māui - “The five of ui– a reference to one’s fingers. If an apology is made for the lack of cutlery, one might say “Hei aha rā. Hai te tokorima a It dnot matter. Leave it to the five of
Ehara mō Māui taku kōrero.
My talk is not about Māui.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
E pīrangi ana a Amaru ki tēnā aihikirimi.
Amaru is wanting that icecream by you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E pīrangi ana a Māui ki tēnā aihikirimi.
Māui desires/wants that icecream by you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te whatitoka!
One night, Maui stopped up the chinks in the door.
Belonging to the past - nō
Kei tō taha mauī te rūma kaukau.
The bathroom is on your left?
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Ka numia ki te pakitara maui o waho o te whare.
And led him past the outside of the left wall of the house.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te taha mauī te motokā.
The car is on the left-hand side.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
I te taha mauī te motokā.
The car was on the left-hand side.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Homai ana e Mahuika he ahi, whakawetohia ana e Māui. Pēneitia tonutia ā pau noa ngā maikuku katoa, atu i tētehi mea kotahi.
Mahuika gave him fire, Māui doused it. This carried on until all of her fingernails were used up except one.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...
I te taha mauī o te tēpu te ngeru.
The cat was to the left of the table.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
Hei taha mauī te waka i te whare.
The car will be to the left of the house.
Future locative - hei
Hei te taha mauī te tama.
The boy will be on the left-hand side.
Future locative - hei
Kāore te ngeru i te taha mauī o te tēpu.
The cat wasn’t to the left of the table.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui
The head of the fish of Māui (a name for the Wellington region).
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a
Kāore te waka hei taha mauī i te whare.
The car will not be to the left of the house.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...
Kei te taha mauī o te rorohiko te pepa.
The paper is on the left-hand side of the computer.