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ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

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 ngaro taku pukapuka.
My book is lost.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Tēnā, hōmai he pene. Kua ngaro tāku.
Give me a pen please. I have lost mine.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Kua ngaro tāku pene. He nui āu. Tēnā, hōmai tētahi.
I've lost my pen. You've got lots. Give me one please.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

te whai i a ia ka ngaro koe.
By following him you will get lost.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

I ū te ngaro ki runga ake i te tēpu.
The fly landed above the table.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Kāore au e āhei te karanga, kua ngaro hoki taku reo.
I can't karanga as I've lost my voice.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kua ngaro taku pene.
My pen has been lost.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kāore te i ngaro i te tamaiti.
The key was not lost by the child.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kua ngaro ōku whenua katoa.
All my lands are lost.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ki te ngaro te reo, ka ngaro tāua pērā i te moa.
If the language is lost, we are lost like that of the large extinct moa bird.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Kua ngaro te i te tamaiti.
The key was lost by the child.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua ngaro i a Mere tana pēke.
Mere has lost her bag. (Her bag has been lost by Mere.)
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua ngaro i a Hēmi tōna pōtae.
Hēmi has lost his hat. (His hat has been lost by Hēmi.)
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

kua ngaro tōku kōti.
I've lost my coat.

Kāore āku i ngaro i ahau. I ngaro ēnā i a koe.
I didn't lose my keys. You lost them.

Kāore i ngaro āku i ahau. I ngaro ēnā i a koe.
I didn't lose my keys. You lost them.

Kāore i ngaro i a ia āna hītimi.
She didn't lose her marbles.

Kāore āna hītimi i ngaro i a ia
She didn't lose her marbles.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a koe.
Celestial blessings to you.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a kōrua.
Celestial blessings to you both.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a koutou.
Celestial blessings to you three or more.

Kua ngaro tō pōro.
Your ball has gone missing.

I mokemoke ia i te ngaro o māua hoa.
He's lonely as a result of the absence of our (2 inclusive) friend.

Kua ngaro te ngeru i te kōtiro.
The cat has become missing because of the girl.

Tangihia ngā mate kua ngaro ki te .
Grieve those who have gone into the night.

Kua ngaro ōna .
His shoes have disappeared.

Kei ngaro i a Koa aku .
Koa had better not lose my keys.

Ko te ngaro kei runga i te matapihi.
The fly is on the window.

Ko te ngaro i ngaoki haere i te taha raro i te oko.
The fly crawled along the underside of the bowl.

Kua ngaro i a au aku purutaringa.
I have lost my earphones.

Auē, kua ngaro anō? Kei roto pea i pēke.
Oh no, has it disappeared again? Maybe it's in your bag.

Āe ! Me i kore ēnei karu, kua ngaro rawa kopa moni, ngā , ō mōwhiti!
I sure am! If it weren't for these eyes, you'd have lost your wallet, the keys, your glasses!

Oho rawa ake ia i te ata, ka tirotiro haere, kua ngaro `na hoa.
When he finally woke up in the morning, [he] looked all around, but his friends had disappeared.

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