Results for 'rua'
rua - two; grave, hole, storage pit
E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E hui ana te kōmihana ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Commission meets for two days in each month.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I tauomaoma rātou e rua maero i te one.
They had a race for two miles along the beach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kia rua kapu o te huka.
Let there be two cups of sugar.
Let there be... - kia...
Kia rua ngā kapu.
Two cups (let there be two cups).
Let there be... - kia...
Nō muri, ka āmio haere ia i ngā moutere e rua nei.
Afterwards, he circumnavigated these two islands.
Belonging to the past - nō
Kia kotahi māku, kia rua mā Tame.
One for me, two for Tame.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina mō te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
Kāore a Rua i te pānui i te pukapuka.
Rua isn't reading the book.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He rua ō ngā pōtiha.
The foxes have dens.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Ka hoki mai au i te rua haora.
I'll be back in two hours.
Towards - mai
Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
E rua ngā kurī.
There are two dogs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E toru ngā kahawai, e rua ngā tāmure.
There are three kahawai and two tāmure (fish).
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ō waewae. Tahi, rua.
You've got two legs. One, two.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ngā tepu.
There are two tables.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua paringa o te tai i te rā.
There are two tides a day.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ngā pune.
There are two spoons.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Telling time - kara
Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.
Telling time - kara
Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.
Telling time - kara
E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.
Telling time - kara
Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara
E rua ngā pukapuka.
There are two books.
Counting 1-10 -
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Kāore e tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are not twelve children.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...
Kāore e rua ngā tepu.
There are not two tables.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Rua mano rua tekau
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E rua ngā huka.
Two sugars.
E rua hāora e toe ana.
There is two hours to go.
Ka hokona e ia te kurī rā mō te rua rau tāra.
He sold that dog for two hundred dollars.
Tekau mā rua ngā kurī.
There are twelve dogs.
He rua tāra tikiti tēnei.
This is a two dollar ticket.
E rua maero te haerenga o te one.
This beach extends for two miles.
Tātou ka mahi i te tawa kia rua rau putu te roa.
Let us make a tower 200 feet high.
Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.
E rua tekau mā tahi ōku tau.
I'm twenty one years old.
Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.
E rua ngā pū-tohu-wā "wātū".
There are two time markers for the present tense.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.
Tekau mā rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.
Riripeti is twelve years old.
Te rima ngā kura, rua wiki te roa o ia kura.
There are five schools - each school is two weeks long.
Mō ngā wiki e rua i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.
E rua ngā wiki i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.
Ko ngā rōpū e rua i te totohe.
The two groups were arguing.
Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui.
About 20 people came to the meeting.
E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.
E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.
I ngā rua wiki.
Two weeks ago.
E rua marama ki muri.
Two months ago.
E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.
Ā rua wiki.
In two weeks.
Kia rua hoki he hokohoko?
Should an exchange take place twice?
Nāna tēnei rua tāra.
This $2 is his.
Kia rua koa.
Two please.
E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.
Kia rua ngā huka.
Two sugars please. (Let it be two sugars.)
Kia pēhea te hōhonu o te rua nei?
How deep should this hole (rua) be?
Ko te rua o Hakihea.
The second of December.
E rua mano ngā tūru.
There are 2000 chairs.
Tōna rua rau pea.
About 200, perhaps.
E rua e rua.
One and the same.
Ko te hui a te rua haora.
The meeting is in two hours.
Ko tō tāua tūtakitanga a te rua haora ka tautohetohe.
Our meeting in two hours will be quarrelsome.
E rua haora noa-atu-rā, i konei ahau.
I was here two hours ago.