Results for 'tangi'
tangi - to cry; to make a sound
kaua - negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi
Kei te tangi te kōtiro.
The girl is crying.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te tangi te pēpi.
The baby is crying.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E tangi haere mai ana te ope.
The group are weeping as they come.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kei roto i te ngahere ngā manu e tangi ana.
The birds are singing in the forest.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Haere atu, kei tangi i a koe tamaiti nei!
Go away, lest you make the child cry.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
I tata tangi te pēpi.
The baby almost cried.
Almost/just about - kua/i tata...
Kei te pai au, engari kei te tangi ia.
I'm ok, but she's crying.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Kua mutu te tangi a te pēpi.
The baby's crying has finished.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka tino kaha rawa tōna tangi ki tōna mamae.
She mourned deeply for her pains.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka tangi ngā tamāhine ki tō rātou pāpā.
The daughters mourned for their father.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He tāne tangi ranginamu.
He is a handsome man.
Categorizing sentences - he
E tangi he pū i ngā pō katoa, ko ahau tēnā, hoe mai.
A flute sounds every night: it's me! Paddle to me!
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Kei te tangi a Mereana rāua ko Paul.
Mereana and Paul are crying.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ka tangi atu te manu ki ana hoa.
The bird calls to his friends.
Away - atu
Nā te aha te tama i tangi ai?
For what reason did the boy cry?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Kua tangi te piana. Kua kanikani ētahi o ngā tāngata.
The piano has started playing. Some of the people have started dancing.
I hea koe i te tangi o te pīpīwharauroa?
Where were you when the shining cuckoo sang?
Kua tangi te pere.
The bell has rung.
I rongo au i tētahi manu e tangi ana.
I heard a bird singing.
I te whakatakariri o Niko, ka tangi ia.
Because Niko was so angry, he cried.
Kei te tangi a Mereana.
Mereana is crying.
Whakarongo ki te tangi a te manu.
Listen to the cry of the bird.
Kei te tangi te koroua i tōna tahu.
The old man is mourning his love.
E tangi he pū i ngā pō katoa.
A flute can be heard every night.