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reta - letter

Ko ngā aha ngā reta ra?
What are those letters?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ka tuhituhi a Pita i te reta mō tōna hoa.
Pita will write the letter for his friend.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka tuhituhi reta ia.
He will be letter-writing.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Tuhituhi reta ai ia.
He regularly writes letters.
Habitual action - ai

Ko tēnei he reta nō Ingarangi mai.
This is a letter from England.
Belonging to a place - nō

Mā Rewi e tuhituhi he reta ki te Pirimia.
It will be Rewi who will write a letter to the Prime Minister.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kaua e tuhia he reta roa.
You shouldn't write a long letter.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

I tuhia tētahi reta e ia ki tōna hoa.
The letter was written by her to her sweetheart.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tuhia te reta e Hine.
The letter has been written by Hine.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te tuhituhi reta kē ahau.
I'm writing a letter.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

E tuhituhi reta kā ana ahau.
I'm writing a letter.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kāore a Pita e tuhituhi i te reta mō tōna hoa.
Pita will not write the letter for his friend.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Kua kite mātou i āu kupu i roto i tēnei reta āu.
We have seen your words in this letter of yours.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Kāore anō te reta kia tuhia e Hine.
The letter has not been written by Hine.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kaua tō reta e tukua ki te nūpepra!
Don't send your letter to the newspaper!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ehara i a au te reta i tuhituhi.
I didn’t write the letter.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

I tuhi au i tētahi reta kia uru ai au ki roto i te raruraru.
I wrote a letter in order to get into trouble.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I tuhi au i tētahi reta kia kore ai au e uru ki roto i te raruraru.
I wrote a letter in order to not get into trouble.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Kei te tuhi au i taku reta kia a ia.
I am writing my letter to him.

Kua tuhituhi a Manu i tētahi reta ki Te Kaunihera.
Manu has written a letter to the Council.

Ko ā tātou reta ērā.
They're our letters.

He reta ērā.
They're letters.

I tuhi ia i tētahi reta ki tōna hoa.
She wrote a letter to her sweetheart.

Ki a Kauri kē te reta nei.
This letter is to Kauri.

Tino roa te reta a Nikau.
Nikau's letter was very long.

Nā Huia te reta kē i muri o te karaka.
The letter behind the clock is Huia's.

Ehara nā Hōri te reta nei i tuku mai.
George didn't send this letter.

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