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pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)

pākaru - to break forth, break into pieces

He aha taku motokā i pakaru ai?
Why did my car break down?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Kua pakaru te hīrere.
The shower has broken!
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua pakaru te rama i runga ake i te tēpu.
The light above the table is broken.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua pakaru i a Ari?
Did Ari break it?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

I pakaru te wini i a Manu.
The window was broken by Manu.
Sentences with i - i

Kia tūpato, kei pakaru te tūru.
Be careful, or the chair will break.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

He waka tōna, engari kua pakaru tōna waka.
He has a car, but his car is broken.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kua pakaru te wini.
The window is broken.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kua pakaru te matapihi.
The window has been broken.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kāore te wini i pakaru i ngā tamariki.
The window was not broken by the children.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kua pakaru te wini i ngā tamariki.
The window was broken by the children.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I pakaru te wini i te hau?
Did the wind break the window?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pakaru i a ia te matapihi.
The window has been broken by her.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pakaru i a koe.
It has been broken by you.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pakaru i a Pāpā te motokā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pakaru te motokā i a Pāpā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Tē taea te haere i te mea kua pakaru te waka.
[We] couldn't go because the car was broken down.

I pakaru te wini i a Tamahae.
Tamahae broke the window.

I pakaru te matapihi i a au.
The window was broken by me.

I pakaru te wini.
The window was broken.

Kua pakaru te kapu i te tangata kino.
The cup has been broken by the bad man.

Kua pakaru te rorohiko.
The computer is broken.

Upoko pakaru te karawhiu!
Get a smashed head! (Keep going! Get into it!).

Kua pakaru taku mōwhiti.
My glasses are broken.

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