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Pai te kite i a koe! - Good to see ya!

Parahutihuti ana te haere! - Couldn't see them for dust!

Kei te kite koe i ngā manu ?
Can you see those birds?
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te kite koe i ngā manu ?
Can you see those birds?
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Ka kite au i ōku hoa ki te kura.
I will see my friends at school.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka kite kōrua i a Pāpā Poaka ā tērā tau.
You two will see Pāpā Poaka next year.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

te taenga mai hoki o ngā tauhou ki konei, ka arahina rātou e mātou ki te toka nei kia kite.
And when outsiders come to our district we lead them to this rock so they can see it themselves.
Belonging to the past - nō

Kāore au i kite i te wai i te papa. Haere atu ana au, mea ake kei raro e putu ana.
I didn't see the water on the floor. I was walking along, all of a sudden I'm in a heap on the floor.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Kāore ia i kite i te toka.
He did not see the rock.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore au i kite i te kurī i te pāmu.
I did not see the dog at the farm.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Did you see the policeman?
Did you not see the policeman?
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Ka nui taku hiahia kia kite i a koe!
I greatly desire to see you.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Engari i mua i te haere ki tāwāhi, i hoki au ki taku ūkaipō ki te kite i te whānau.
But before going overseas, I returned home to see my family.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Ka kite au i a ia.
I will see him.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

I haere mātou ki Kaharore kia kite ai i ngā kererū.
We went to Kaharore to see the kererū.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I haere mātou ki te kura kia kite ai i ngā hoa.
We went to school in order to see our friends.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kite ai i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to see my family.
In order to... - kia... ai...

I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kore ai au e kite i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to not see my family.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

I haere mātou ki te kura kia kore ai mātou e kite i ngā hoa.
We went to school in order to not see our friends.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Ka kite au i a koe ā te nei.
I will see you tonight.

He mea tino tauhou ki te kite i te tamariki kāhore he ringa paru.
It is very strange to see a child without dirty henads.

Ākuanei ka kite anō tāua i a tāua.
Soon we'll see each other again.

Hei āpōpō tāua kite anō ai i a tāua.
Tommorow we'll see each other again.

Ka kite au i a koe ā te nei.
I will see you tonight.

Ka kite au i a koe.
I will see you.

Āe, kia ora. te !
Yeah, thanks. See you later.

He pai te kite i a koe.
Nice to see you.

Rere ai au ki Wharekauri ki te kite i te whānau.
I fly to the Chatham Islands regularly to see the family.

He kokonga whare ka kitea, he kokonga ngākau e kore e kitea.
You can see the corners of a house, but you cannot see into the recesses of the heart.

Kia kite ai rātou i te marae ātaahua nei.
So they could see the beautiful marae.

I te kōanga te pai te tirotiro i tērā wāhi.
The best time to see that area is in the spring.

Kei te kite atu au.
I see that.

I aua huihuinga, ka kite a Hinemoa i a Tūtānekai.
At those meetings, Hinemoa would see Tūtānekai.

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