whāngai - to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)
E whāngai ana a Amaru i te kurī.Amaru is feeding the dog.Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ki a Pāpā te whāngai i te ngeru.Dad will feed the cat.Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?
Taihoa koutou e kai me whāngai te manuhiri i te tuatahi.Don't eat yet, feed the visitors first.Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.For the purpose of - hei
Kāore a Pāpā e whāngai i tēnei ngeru.Dad will not feed this cat.Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Kei te whāngai a Niko i nga kurī.Niko is feeding the dogs. Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
Ehara i ahau ngā hōiho i whāngai i tēnei ata.I didn't feed the horses this morning.Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
He mea whāngai ia.He was fostered.The pseudo-passive - he mea...
I whāngai tamariki ai ia.She fosters children.
Hei whāngai i ngā kurī.For feeding the dogs.
Ka whāngai a Pāpā i tēnei ngeru aituā.Dad will feed this unlucky cat.