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tiki - to fetch

Ko wai i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who picked up the children from school?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

I tiki au i ngā tamariki.
I got the kids.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua tiki koe i te kai?
Have you got the food?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me tiki ia i te tītāora.
He should get the tea towel.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tiki atu rāua i a Rangi.
Those two should fetch Rangi.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tiki ngā pukapuka.
The books should be fetched.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tiki ngā tamariki i te kura.
The children should be picked up from school.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ki te tiki i tungane i te pahi.
To pick up your brother from the bus.
Sentences with i - i

Ka haere au ki te tiki miraka i te pouaka makariri.
I will go and fetch the milk from the fridge.
Sentences with i - i

Ki a rātou te tiki i a Hone.
They will fetch Hone.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

Nāna i tiki ngā tamariki i te kura.
It was him/her who picked up the children from school.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku i tiki te pukapuka.
It was me who fetched the book.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

te tama i tiki ngā mea tākaro.
It was the boy who fetched the toys.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku i tiki te kai.
It was me who fetched the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māu pea ngā tamariki e tiki ki te kura, māku ngā kākahu e whakariterite.
Maybe you pick the kids up, I'll get the clothes ready.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kei te tiki ia i tētahi rākau hei tokotoko māku.
He is getting me a branch as a walking stick for me.
For the purpose of - hei

Ka haere māua ko Niko ki te hokomaha tiki ai.
Niko and I are going to the supermarket to shop.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kāore anō a Mere kia tiki i te kai.
Mere has not fetched the food yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Ākuanei ka mutu te kura tēnei tau, wai ngā tamariki e tiki ki te kura?
Shortly school will be finished for the year, who will pick the kids up from school?
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

Ākuanei ka haere māua ko Pāora ki te tiki i a Aroha.
Soon Pāora and I will go to fetch Aroha.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ehara i a ia ngā tamariki i tiki i te kura.
He/She didn’t pick up the children from school.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

wai e tiki atu taku kopa moni?
Who will fetch my purse?
Who will? - mā wai?

Ko wai kāore i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who didn’t pick up the children from school?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

Kua haere a Koa ki te tiki i ōna kākahu.
Koa has gone to get her clothes.

Haere mai ki te tiki i ngā kākahu nei.
Come and get these clothes.

He hei tiki Moana.
Moana has a hei tiki necklace.

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.

Pai noa, me haere koe ki te tiki i ngā tamariki ki te kura i nāianei tonu.
All good, you should go get the kids now.

Ka tiki rāua i ngā harore.
Those two will collect mushrooms.

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