tikanga - reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)
Nāwai i hē ka hē kē atu - Things are going from bad to worse.
Ka mea atu ia ki a Mea kia meatia ngā mea katoa ki mea wāhi.She told so-and-so to put all the things in such-and-such a place.Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka pīrangitia e ia ngā mea katoa.All the things are wanted by him.Passive sentences - tikina...
Me kōpaki e tātou ā tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.We should wrap our things up and then head home.And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.Be waited for - tāria
Ka tae te ope rā ki ā rātou mea i mahia mai rā i Āwhitu.The group took their things which had been made in Āwhitu.Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ko ēnei ngā mahi o te hui.These things are the work of the meeting.Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua tū mea nei.The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
He kaupapa āna?Does she have some things on?Do you have any...? - He... ?
He aha ngā rongonga kōrero?What are the things you've heard?What? - He aha?
He aha ngā mea ngahau ki a koe?What things do you find entertaining?What? - He aha?
He aha ngā mea pai ki a koe?What things do you like?I like... - He pai ki a au...
He manu ērā mea mā.Those white things are birds.
Na rātou ēnā mea.Those things are theirs.
E hia?How many things (are there)?
Mā ngā mea nunui e rahu te tapu o te pā nei.The important ones can touch the sacred things of this pā.
Kia tika a muri, kia tika a mua.If things out the back are going well, things out the front will go well.