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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 -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.

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