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whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

Kua whakapai ngā rīhi.
The dishes have been cleaned.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me whakapai koe i te kai.
You had better bless the food.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Nā rātou i whakapai te whare.
It was them who cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai koe i ako ki te whakapai moenga?
Who was the one who taught you to make your bed?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā Rangi e whakapai te kai.
Rangi will bless the food.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā ngā tamariki e whakapai ngā moenga.
The children will make the beds.
Future agent emphatic - māku

E tunu keke ana a Māmā me te whakapai whare anō.
Mum cooked a cake whilst cleaning the house.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Ehara nāku i whakapai te māra.
I did not fix the garden.

Kua whakapai au i te hīrere.
I've repaired the shower.

Kāore āku mahi nui, i whakatā, i whakapai whare, i āwhina i tōku whaea i tōna māra.
I didn't do much, I relaxed, cleaned the house, helped my mother in the garden.

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