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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 Nikau.
Nikau 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.

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