whatu - to weave, knit; eye
Pēnei au he māmā noa iho te whatu kākahu.I thought it would be easy as to knit clothes.I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
E whatu hiripa ana taku kuia.My nan is knitting slippers.Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.You have two eyes and one nose.Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Hine-tītama koe matawai ana te whatu i te tirohanga.You are like Hine-tītama, a vision at which the eyes glisten.
Ka pā ngā ngutu o ngā manu ki ngā whatu o te ngeru.The beaks of the birds strike at the cat's eyes.