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whare - house, building

Ko te whare tēnei.
This is the house.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko tēnā te whare nui.
That (near you) is the big house.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko tēnei whare te whare o Hone.
This is Hone's house.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ehara i a au te whare i whakapai.
I didn't clean the house.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara i a koe te whare i whakapai.
You did not clean the house.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara i a ia te whare i whakapai.
She did not clean the house.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te whakapakari tinana rāua ki te whare hākinakina.
Those two are exercising at the gym.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

I haere a Hemi ki te whare pikitia.
Hemi went to the cinema.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I taku whare te hui.
The meeting was at my place.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere au ki te whare horoi kākahu.
I went to the laundry.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere rāua ki te whare pikitia inanahi.
Those two went to the movies yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere au ki te whare horoi kākahu.
I went to the laundry.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka haere mātou ki te whare pikitia hei te Rāmere.
We will go to the cinema on Friday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka whakatika a Hine i te whare ā te ata.
Hine will clean the house in the morning.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Me haere au ki te whare hokomaha.
I'd better go to the supermarket.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me whakareri te whare ngā manuhiri.
The house should be prepared for the guests.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me whakahokia ngā pukapuka ki te whare pukapuka.
The books should be returned to the library.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me hangaia te whare hou.
The new house should be built.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te whare hākinakina a Honi e whakapakari ana.
Honi is at the gym working out.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei mua rātou i te whare e ana.
They are standing in front of the house.
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Kei muri rātou i te whare e ana.
They are standing behind the house.
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Kei waho ia i te whare e ana.
He is standing outside the house.
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Kei mua i te whare e tipu ana.
Growing in front of the house.
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Kia hia ngā putiputi i te whare karakia?
How many flowers do you need in the church?
How many are needed? - Kia hia

wai te whare i whakapai?
Who was the one who cleaned the house?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

ngā tamariki te whare i whakapai.
The children were the ones who cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

wai te whare i whakaparuparu?
Who was the one who messed up the house?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

ngā mātou te whare i whakaparuparu.
It was the parents who messed up the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku tēnei whare i hanga.
I was the one who built this house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

wai te whare i whakatika?
Who fixed the house?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Tame tōku whare i hanga.
It was Tame who built my house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku te whare i whakapai.
I cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāu te whare i whakapai.
You cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna te whare i whakapai.
She cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Rangi tōku whare e hanga.
Rangi will build my house.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māna te whare e horoi.
She will clean the house.
Future agent emphatic - māku

ngā hoa ngā pukapuka e whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka.
The friends will return the books to the library.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māu te whare e whakamā i tēnei .
You will clean the house today.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Whakatikahia ngā mahi i te whare te hui.
Prepare the work at the house for the meeting.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Hoatu kōrua ki te whare kai, kāore au e roa.
You two go ahead to the dining room, I won't be long.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe

Hoatu koutou ki te whare kai, kāore au i te haere.
You guys go on ahead to the dining room, I'm not going.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe

Kāore i roa ka mauru tōna riri, ka hoki ia ki whare ki te whakapāha ki ōna hoa.
Before long his anger subsided and he went back inside to apologise to his mates.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Kei waenganui i te whare kori tinana me te toa kākahu.
It's between the gym and the clothing store.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei runga mātou whare i tētahi puke.
Our (3/+ exclusive) house is on a hill.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei roto ngā tamariki i te whare kura.
The children are in the school building.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kaua e whakareri te whare ngā manuhiri.
The house shouldn't be prepared for the guests.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kaua e whakahokia ngā pukapuka ki te whare pukapuka.
The books shouldn't be returned to the library.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kaua e hangaia te whare hou.
The new house shouldn't be built.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

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

Ka hangaia te whare e au.
The house is built by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka whakatikahia te whare e ngā kaimahi.
The house will be fixed by the workers.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te kimihia he whare te kura.
A house is being sought for the school.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I taiāwhiotia te whare i te ture.
The house was surrounded by the police.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I runga i te paruone ka mahia e ia he raina mai i te kēti ki te whare ki tana rākau.
He drew a line in the dirt from the gate to the house with his stick.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e ana i korā i ngā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Ki te kuia , he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei te hanga whare rātou ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

I whakapaipai whare au.
I did housework.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Ka rere ngā wakarererangi i runga ake i taku whare i ngā katoa.
Planes fly over my house every day.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Ka taea e koe āku pukapuka te whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka?
Are you able to return my books to the library?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ka taea e koe ngā pukapuka te whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka.
You are able to return the books to the library.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kua hia ngā tau e tāria ana te whare tapere.
The community hall has been waited for for many years.
Be waited for - tāria

Hei te whare noa atu au noho mai ai.
I will stay at another house far away from yours.
Direction - ...ai

Horekau mātou e hiahia kia he whare petipeti ki konei.
We categorically don't want a casino to be built here.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

Tērā pea e taea te whare te whakatū anō. Tērā pea e kore.
Maybe it'll be possible to rebuild the house. And maybe not.
Perhaps - Tērā pea

Kia pakeke au, ka hoko whare nui au, mōku.
When I grow up, I'll buy a big house for myself.
When - Kia

Kei te whare pikitia au.
I'm at the movie theatre.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te whare wānanga ngā tauira.
The students are at the university.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

I roto i te whare ngā pukapuka.
The books were inside the house.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I muri i te whare te motokā.
The car was behind the house.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te whare pikitia.
At the pictures.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I hea te whare nui me ngā māra?
Where were the meeting house and the gardens?
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te tau 1984 ka haere au ki te whare wānanga.
In 1984 I went to university.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Kāore a Hemi i haere ki te whare pikitia.
Hemi did not go to the cinema.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore te whare i oti i ngā kaimahi.
The house was not completed by the workers.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kāore te whare i oti i ngā kaimahi.
The house was not completed by the workers.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

E kore e oti i a rātou taua whare i te ahiahi nei.
They will not finish that house this afternoon.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Ka oho te tini i roto i te whare manuhiri.
The party at the visitor's house woke up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore mātou e haere ki te whare pikitia hei te Rāmere.
We will not go to the cinema on Friday.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Kāore a Hine e whakatika i te whare ā te ata.
Hine will not clean the house in the morning.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

He whare kōhatu, he mea hōu.
A new, stone house.
Categorizing sentences - he

I tāhaetia te patu pounamu i te whare taonga.
The greenstone patu was stolen from the museum.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

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

Kei te kohi au i ētehi pukapuka mai i te whare pukapuka.
I'm getting some books from the library.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

wai te whare ?
Who does that house belong to?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

te kurī te whare .
That house belongs to the dog.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

No te iwi whānui te whare nui, a Mataatua.
The meeting house Mataatua belongs to the whole tribe.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

No ngā tāngata i roto i te whare nui.
They belong to all the people in the meeting house.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Kei te haere māua hoa ki te whare o rāua whaea.
Our friend is going to their mother's house.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kāore te whare e whakatikahia e ngā kaimahi.
The house will not be fixed by the workers.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

He whare mātou.
We have a house.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He whare tōku.
I have a house.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He whare nui tērā.
That (over there) is a big house.
That (over there) - tērā

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ka mutu te hui, ka haere atu ngā manuhiri ki te whare kai.
When the meeting ended, the visitors went to the eating house.
Away - atu

Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara

Hei tua te whare i te marae.
The house will be beyond the marae.
Future locative - hei

Kaua e whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Don't clean the house before the guests arrive.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kaua e whakatikahia ngā mahi i te whare te hui.
Don't prepare the work at the house for the meeting.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ehara i a au te whare iti.
The small house is not mine.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore ngā tauira i te whare wānanga.
The students are not at the university.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore te whare i korā.
The house isn’t over there.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te whare i korā.
The house was not over there.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te whare hei tawhiti.
The house will not be in the distance.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te whare hei tua i te marae.
The house will not be beyond the marae.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Ehara māna te whare e horoi.
She won’t clean the house.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ehara ngā hoa ngā pukapuka e whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka.
The friends won’t return the books to the library.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Te ātaahua hoki o te whare nei!
How beautiful this house is!
How... - Te... hoki...

Arā te whare o Koa!
There's Koa's house.
Over there - āra

Ehara i a rātou te whare i whakapai.
They didn’t clean the house.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i a rāua te whare i hanga.
They didn’t build the house.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Kātahi te whare nunui!
What a big house!
What a... - kātahi te...

Kua oti te whare i ngā kaimahi.
The house was completed by the workers.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua oti te whare i ngā kaimahi.
The house was completed by the workers.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua paruparu te whare i ngā tamariki.
The house is dirty because of the children.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

wai te whare e whakatika?
Who will fix the house?
Who will? - mā wai?

He nui ake te utu ngā whare i Tāmaki i a Rotorua.
The prices of houses are more expensive in Auckland than in Rotorua.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

He iti iho te utu ngā whare i Rotorua i a Tāmaki.
The prices of houses are cheaper in Rotorua than Auckland.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

Kua hangaia tōku whare e te kāmura ki te rākau.
My house has been built with wood.
By means of - ki

Ehara ngā pukapuka o te whare i te pai ki a rāua.
They do not like the books in the house.
I don't like... - Ehara... i te pai...

Kei te hangaia e rātou he whare ō rātou mātua.
A house is being by them for their parents.

Kei te kimi te whare wānanga i tētahi tangata e hāngai nei ngā tohu mātauranga hei whakaako.
The university is looking for a suitably qualified person to teach.

te whare hou ngā moenga nei.
These beds are for the new house.

Kei korā te whare hākinakina.
The gym is over there.

He nui ake tōku whare i Hoani.
My house is bigger than Hoani's.

Titiro ki te whare ātaahua .
Look at that beautiful house.

Ka haere ki te whare o te matua o Aroha.
[He] went to the house of Aroha's parent.

Ki a ia, kāore e tika kia whakatūria he whare moni ki Whakatipua.
In his opinion, a casino should not be established in Queenstown.

Kei Pōneke te Whare Pāremata.
Parliament is situated in Wellington.

He whare nui tōna.
She has a big house.

I roto i ngā tau, i taku whare ki kora.
In years gone past, my house stood there.

tōna reo whakahau ka kori te whare ki te mahi.
Through her commanding voice, the house gets to work.

Pahure atu te whare pukapuka, ko te toa hua rākau.
The fruit shop is past the library.

Kei korā te whare paku.
The toilet is over there.

Ahakoa ka mutu te hui, ka noho ngā manuhiri i roto i te whare nui.
Although the meeting ended, the visitors remained in the meeting house.

Kei waho ngā manuhiri i te whare kai.
The visitors are outside the meeting house.

Kei te kimi whare ia mōna.
He is looking for a house for himself.

He pūngāwerewere kei roto i tōku whare horoi kākahu.
There are spiders in my laundry.

Katoa ngā ākonga o te whare wānanga i tae atu ki te hui.
All the students of the university attended the meeting.

Ā muri i te kura ka haere ētahi tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school, some students will go to the whare wānanga (place of higher learning).

He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.

Ehara rātou te whare i hanga.
They didn't build the house.

Ā muri i te kura ka haere ngā tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school the students will go to university (the house of learning).

He nui te whare nei.
This house is big.

Kei whea te whare Paremata o Aotearoa?
Where is the Parliament of New Zealand?

Kei Pōneke te whare Paremata o Aotearoa.
The parliament of New Zealand is in Wellington.

He whare pai te whare nei.
This house is a good house.

He whare kōhatu te whare nei.
This house is a good house.

He nui te Whare Taonga.
The museum is big.

Ko ngā tāngata o Pōneke, ka whakatūtū i ō rātou whare ki ngā tahataha o ngā puke.
in Wellington, people build houses on the sides of hills.

E hia ngā whare i te tāone?
How many houses are in the town?

He whare nui tēnei.
This is a big house.

He whare nui tēnā.
That (by you) is a big house.

tonu te whare karakia.
The church was full.

Nōna te whare nei?
Is this his/her house?

E hia ngā whare o te kāinga nei?
How many houses are in this village?

E hia ngā tauira o te whare wānanga nei?
How many students are in this university?

He whare mātoro i tētahi pito, ki te pito ki te marangai o taua marae.
There was an entertainment house in one corner, the corner to the east of that marae.

Ko te whare nui tēnei.
This is the big house.

E kore te whare kōrero, e puta he kupu tētahi tangata i muri i te kupu a te tino ariki.
It was not allowable according to the rules of debate for any person to say anything after the high chief had spoken.

Ko rātou whare tika tonu ki tērā taha.
Their house is opposite.

He kokonga whare ka kitea, he kokonga ngākau e kore e kitea.
You can see the corners of a house, but you cannot see into the recesses of the heart.

Te whare o te tangata.
The man's house.

te whare o te māhita.
The master's house.

rātou te whare .
That is their house/That house belongs to them.

Te whare ō tōu hoa.
Your friend's house.

Te whare o ō mātou mātua.
Our parents' house.

Ko ngā poupou o te whare he kōhurihuri kahikatea.
The side posts supporting the rafters were composed of the solid trunks of white pine.

Tēnei whare o tātou.
This house is ours.

Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.
There are six people living at my house.

Mōna te whare .
That house by you is for her.

Ko Paraukau te whare tūpuna.
Paraukau is the ancesteral house.

He whare ō rātou.
They have houses.

He nui ake tōna whare i tōku.
Her house is bigger than mine.

He iti ake tōku whare i tōna.
My house is smaller than hers.

He whare tēnei.
This is a house.

He pūngāwerewere kei roto i tōku whare horoi kākahu.
There are spiders in my laundry.

Ki te whare karakia
To church.

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