Results for 'ētahi'
ētahi - some, a few (plural of tētahi)
I tērā pō, ka tae mai ētahi manuhiri.
Last night, some visitors arrived.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I pou māua i ētahi rākau māori: he tōtara, he tarata, he kōwhai hoki.
We planted some native trees: tōtara, tarata and kōwhai.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Ka pai tēnā, māku hoki ētahi kai e hoko mō te haerenga?
That's good, will I buy some food for the trip?
Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?
Kāore te iwi i rata ki ētahi o ngā kupu hou a Te Taura Whiri.
People didn't like some of the new words Te Taura Whiri coined.
To like - rata
Nāku kē ētahi kai i hoko, nō reira kua pai tātou.
I already bought some food, so we are alright.
Conjuctions - because - nā te mea
Mauria mai ētahi parāoa parai.,
bring me some fried bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kua kohia e ia ētahi waiata tawhito.
Some ancient songs have been collected by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka kite hoki i ētahi atu rerekētanga, engari, mō te reremahi, kahore.
There are other differences as well, but for verbal sentences, there aren't any.
Conjunctions - but - engari
E whakaae ana ētahi, engari kāore anō ētahi atu kia whakaae.
Some agree, but others have not yet agreed.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I a au e hapū ana, i manako au ki ētahi kai tino rerekē nei.
When I was pregnant, I had some weird cravings.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
He tangata pai tonu ia ki a au, ahakoa āna mahi hē i ētahi wā.
I think he's an okay guy, in spite of the fact that he stuffs up sometimes.
Conjunctions - although - ahakoa
Ka whakatika atu ētahi ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā.
Some stood to wave outside the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā
Kei raro nei he kōrero mō ētahi tamariki tokotoru.
The following is a simple story about three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Engari kei te marae ētahi e rua.
But there are two already at the marae.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Hoatu ētahi o ngā āporo ki a Koa.
Give some of the apples to Koa.
Some - tētahi, ētahi
I te kurī e whakahiato ana i ngā hipi ā te kaipāmu ka whakakao ētahi kurī i ngā kau.
While the dog was herding the farmer's sheep, some dogs were herding the cows.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...
Kuhuna ētahi atu kākahu.
Put some other clothes on.
Another, a different - tētahi atu
Ko ētahi o rātou, ko ngā rōpā me ngā wāhine i kata.
Some of them, the slaves and the women, laughed.
Kua tangi te piana. Kua kanikani ētahi o ngā tāngata.
The piano has started playing. Some of the people have started dancing.
Ka haere tahi ati anō i a rātou ētahi o te tangata whenua.
Some of the local people accompanied them.
Ke hoki ia ki Hawaiki, ka mauria e ia ētahi pounamu.
When he returned to Hawaiki, he took some pieces of greenstone with him.
Kei te mau ia i tētahi pōtae kākāriki, i tētahi poraka kōwhai, i tētahi tarau poto me ētahi hū kikorangi hoki.
She is wearing a green hat, yellow jersey, red shorts and blue shoes.
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).
Kāhore he kākā kura o ētahi pōkai.
Some flocks didn't have a red kākā.
Hei āpōpō pānui au ai i ētahi pukapuka reo Māori.
Tomorrow I will read some Māori books.
I a mātou e hoki mai ana i Pōneke, ka toro atu mātou ki ētahi hoa.
As we were coming back from Wellington, we called in on some friends.
E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whawhe ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.
He pai ētahi o āna waiata.
Some of his songs are good.