pāua - abalone
Kua kai pāua koe?Have you eaten pāua?Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Nō hea tēnei pāua?Where did this pāua come from?Belonging to a place - nō
Ehara ēnei pāua mā ngā tamariki.These pāua aren't for the kids.Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Kaua e kohi i te pāua iti!Don't gather small pāua.Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kei te ruku pāua a Pāora.Pāora is diving for pāua.Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
E ruku pāua ana au nā te mea e haere mai ana tōku hungarei.I'm going pāua diving because my mother-in-law is coming.Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Ehara mā ngā tamariki ēnei pāua.These pāua aren't for the kids.
Haere mai e tama, rukuhia ngā pāua a Tangaroa nei.Come here son, dive for the pāua belonging to Tangaroa.
He iti rawa atu ēnā pāua.Those pāua are too small.