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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!

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

Kāore i ngaro āku kī 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 tō 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 pō.
Grieve those who have gone into the night.

Kua ngaro ōna hū.
His shoes have disappeared.

Kei ngaro i a Hēmi aku kī.
Hēmi 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 tō pēke.
Oh no, has it disappeared again? Maybe it's in your bag.

Āe rā! Me i kore ēnei karu, kua ngaro rawa tō kopa moni, ngā kī, 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 kē `na hoa.
When he finally woke up in the morning, [he] looked all around, but his friends had disappeared.

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