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pōnga - nightfall

Ēhara i a Ponga te hē nei.
The fault is not Ponga's.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Are you saying that Pongo is to be your lord?
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ponga te kōhuru i a au.
Ponga is responsible for the treachery against me.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ponga tēnā, ēhara i a au.
Ponga is the cause, not me.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ponga ahau i āwhina.
I was protected by Ponga.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te moko o Ponga i pai ai.
It is because of Ponga's facial tattoo that he was attractive.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

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

Tae atu a Ponga ki tana taha.
Ponga reached her side.
Away - atu

Haere tonu rāua, me te whai atu anō a Ponga i muri tata.
They went on with Ponga following close behind.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Me Ponga i hoki mai anō mā te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.
And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Ko Ponga te mea i mihi puku ki a ia.
Ponga admired her silently.

Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua o te kapa.
When Ponga appeared at the front of the ranks.

Kāti, e mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Then are you saying Ponga is to be your lord?

Ko Ponga i kōhuru i a au.
Ponga treated me maliciously.

Nā taua wai rā i kawe rā i kitea ai te whakaaro a Ponga ki a au.
Because of that water that was fetched, Ponga's feelings towards me were discovered.

Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.
Ponga was one of their chiefs.

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