tohunga - expert, priest
Ko ngā tohunga nāna te waka i tārai.The experts who carved the canoe.Identity sentences - ko...
Ehara te teina i te tohunga whakairo.The younger one is not a master carver.Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara ngā tēina i te tohunga whakairo.The younger ones are not master carvers.Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Tokotoru ngā tohunga e hauhau ana i ngā waka nei.There were three experts hewing these canoes.Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.For the purpose of - hei
Ka haria ki tētahi tohunga te pounamu e tāhaetia i te whare nui.The greenstone which was stolen from the meeting house was taken to a tohunga.Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
He tohunga whakairo ngā tēina.The younger ones are master carvers.Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Hone te tohunga kutikuti pātītī.Hone is the expert at mowing the lawns.
Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae.The experts have built the marae.
He tohunga a Kupe.Kupe was an expert.
He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.
He tino tohunga tēnei ki te patu i te tangata mā te mākutu.He was very expert at killing people with black magic.
Ko Raka-tāura te tohunga whakahaere i te mahi.Raka-tāura was the overseer of the work.
He tohunga whakairo te teaina.The younger one is a master carver.