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ake - up, upwards (Various uses and meanings, eg upwards, as in: piki ake, titiro ake; comparative as in: nui ake; own, as in: tōku whānau ake)

piki - to increase

I te piki au i te rākau.
I was climbing the tree.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kua piki te ngeru ki runga i te tūru.
The cat has climbed onto the chair.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua piki au i te maunga o Tongariro.
I've climbed the mountain Tongariro.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kia piki te ora ki a koe.
May you be in perfect health.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Āwhinatia te ngeru kia piki ki runga i te tūru.
Help the cat climb onto the chair.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kei te piki haere anō te utu o ngā whare, e ai ki tā te niupepa.
House prices are on the rise again, according to the newspaper.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kāore anō au kia piki i te maunga o Tongariro.
I haven't yet climbed the mountain Tongariro.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore anō te ngeru kia piki ki runga i te tūru.
The cat has not climbed onto the chair yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Ka piki puku atu hoki a Ponga i muri i a ia.
Ponga also climbed up silently behind her.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka piki ā rāua tamariki i te maunga āpōpō.
Their children will climb the mountain tomorrow.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ā tērā tau piki ai taku mātāmua ki te wharekura.
My oldest moves up to wharekura next year.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Kei te piki ia ki te maunga.
He is climbing to the mountain.
Verbs that take 'i' or 'ki' - i, ki

Kei te piki ia i te maunga.
He is climbing the mountain.
Verbs that take 'i' or 'ki' - i, ki

Kei te piki ake a Te Naera ki runga
Te Naera is climbing up on top.
Up - ake

Ka piki ake ia.
He climbed up.
Up - ake

I piki ake tō mātou ki te tihi o Taranaki maunga.
Our group climbed to the summit of Mount Taranaki.
Up - ake

Kei piki ake te utu.
The price has gone up.
Up - ake

Kaua e āwhinatia te ngeru kia piki ki runga i te tūru.
Don't help the cat climb onto the chair.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kua piki rātou i te maunga.
They have climbed the mountain.

Kia piki te ora ki a kōrua.
May you two be in perfect health.

Kia piki te ora ki a koutou.
May you three or more be in perfect health.

Ka piki, ke heke.
Up and down.

Kei te piki haere ngā utu.
The prices are increasing.

Kua piki rātou i te pātū.
They climbed the wall.

Kei te piki ngā tamariki i te hiwi ki te kehokeho o te hiwi.
The children are climbing the ridge to the summit of the ridge.

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