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whaea - mother, aunt

Ehara tōku whaea i te kuia.
My mother is not an elder.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

He rite tonu ia ki tōna whaea kēkē.
She is just like her aunty.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

I taku whaea ngā tamariki.
The children were with my mother.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Ka rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi.
His mother listened to his question about scented oil.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

E aroha ana te whaea ki tāna tamaiti.
The mother loves her child.

Kei te aroha te whaea ki tāna tamaiti.
The mother loves her child.

Ko Aroha te whaea o Niko.
Aroha is the mother of Niko.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Moana tōku whaea kēkē, koia te tuahine o tōku pāpā.
Moana is my aunty, she is my father's sister.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

I pakeke whaea i hea?
Where did your mum grow up?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Kīhai i pīrangi tōna whaea ki a ia.
His mother did not want him.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ko tōku whaea te tuara whānui o mātou whānau.
My mother is the (broad back) anchor of our family.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua mea nei.
The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ko whaea kēkē tēnā?
Is that your aunty?
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Ehara tōna whaea Waikato.
His/Her mother is not from Waikato.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Ehara tōku whaea te .
The blame isn't my mothers.

Ko Rosie tōku whaea whakaangi.
Rosie is my stepmother.

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.

Anā kai e hoa, me tūtaki au ki whaea ā tōna .
That's what you get mate, I should meet your mum sometime.

He whaea ahau, he kaiwhakahaere hoki.
I am a mother and also an administrative assistant.

Te pene ā tōna whaēa .
His aunt's pen.

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