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rīhi - dish; dishes; lease

Ka horoi koe i ngā rīhi i muri i te kai.
You will wash the dishes after the meal.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Nā wai ngā rihi i horoi?
Who washed the dishes?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku ngā rīhi i horoi.
I was the one who washed the dishes.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā Mia ngā rīhi e horoi, Aria, māu e whakamaroke.
Mia will wash the dishes, Aria, you will dry them.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku te rīhi e horoi.
I will wash the dish.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā mātou ngā rīhi e horoi.
We will wash the dishes.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā kōrua ngā rihi e horoi.
It will be you two who will wash the dishes.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā tātou ngā rīhi e horoi.
We will wash the dishes.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Hera ngā rīhi e horoi.
Hera will wash the dishes.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māu ngā rīhi e horoi.
You will wash the dishes.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Whakahokia ngā rīhi ki te kāpata i muri i te kai.
Return the dishes to the cupboard after the meal.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kaua e waiho ngā rīhi mō āpōpō.
Don't leave the dishes until tomorrow.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Me horoi koutou i ngā rīhi me te whakairi anō i ngā kākahu.
You guys should wash the dishes and hang out the clothes too.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Ka horoia ngā rīhi e ngā tama ā te pō nei.
The dishes will be washed by the boys tonight.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua horoia ngā rīhi e ngā tamariki.
The dishes have been washed by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te horoi rīhi ngā tamariki.
The kids are washing the dishes.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kei te whakamaroke ngā rīhi a Rangi.
Rangi is dishes-washing.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Ka taea e ngā tamariki ngā rīhi te horoi?
Are the children capable of washing the dishes?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore anō ngā rīhi kia whakapai.
The dishes have not been cleaned yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore koe e horoi i ngā rīhi i muri i te kai.
You will not wash the dishes after the meal.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Nā rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Kāore anō ngā rīhi kia horoia e ngā tamariki.
The dishes have not been washed by the children.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kaua e whakahokia ngā rīhi ki te kāpata i muri i te kai.
Don't return the dishes to the cupboard after the meal.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ehara māku te rīhi e horoi.
I won’t wash the dish.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ehara mā mātou ngā rīhi e horoi.
We won’t wash the dishes.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ehara i a au ngā rīhi i horoi.
I didn’t wash the dishes.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

I ōku tuāhine e horoi ana i ngā rīhi, ka moe ahau.
While my sisters were washing the dishes, I was sleeping.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...

Mā wai ngā rīhi e horoi?
Who will wash the dishes?
Who will? - mā wai?

Mā wai ngā rihi e horoi?
Who will wash the dishes?
Who will? - mā wai?

E kore e taea e ngā tamariki ngā rīhi te horoi.
The children are unable to wash the dishes.

Mā Kayte ngā rihi e horoi.
It will be Kayte who will wash the dishes.

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