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tūru - chair, seat, stool

Whakarerea ngā tūru ki roto i te rūma hui.
Leave the chairs in the meeting room.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina he tūru anō.
Fetch another chair.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kei waenganui āu i te tūru me te waea pūkoro.
Your keys are between the chair and the cell phone.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei waenganui āu i te tūru me te waea pūkoro.
Your keys are between the chair and the cell phone.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei waenganui ngā tūru i ngā tēpu.
The chairs are in between the tables.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kaua e whakahokia ngā tūru kākāriki.
You shouldn't return the green chairs.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

E noho ki runga i tōu tūru ka kai ai.
Sit on your chair in order to eat.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

I runga i te tūru te pukapuka.
The book was on the chair.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

He pai ki a koe tōku tūru hou?
Do you like my new chair?
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He tūru mātou.
We (excluding you) have a chair.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Ko tāku tūru tēnā.
That (by you) is my chair.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

E tama, mauria atu he tūru māna.
Hey boy, take a chair for her.
Away - atu

Kaua e whakarerea ngā tūru ki roto i te rūma hui.
Don't leave the chairs in the meeting room.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kāore ngā tūru hei korā.
The chairs will not be over there.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

E hia ngā tūru i te akomanga?
How many chairs are there in the classroom?

E hia ngā tūru kei te tēpu?
How many chairs are at the table?

He tēpu, he tūru hoki.
A table and a chair too.

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