Results for 'ōna'
ōna - his, her, plural, ō category possession
Ko ōna tuāhine ngā kaiwhakahaere.
His sisters are the organisers.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rāhera rāua ko Tipene ōna hoa.
Her friends are Rāhera and Tīpene.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko wai ōna hoa?
Who are his/her friends.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ehara ōna waka i a Aotea, i a Tākitimu, i a Mataaua.
Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataaua are not his canoes.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te tango a Makere i ōna hū.
Maggie is removing her shoes.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E whakakākahuana ia i a ia anō ki ōna kākahu tino pai.
He's getting himself dressed in his best clothes.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kua whakatika ia i ōna makawe.
He's straightened his hair.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua ora mai anō ōna mātua.
His parents have got well again.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua rima ōna tau.
She has reached five years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me taitai te tama i ōna niho.
The boy should brush his teeth
Simple sentences: you should - me
Nō Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.
Belonging to a place - nō
Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te kuhu i ōna kākahu!
Help your sister put her clothes on!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kāore i roa ka mauru tōna riri, ka hoki ia ki rō whare ki te whakapāha ki ōna hoa.
Before long his anger subsided and he went back inside to apologise to his mates.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Homai ōna kākahu.
Give me his clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Kei waenganui te kōtiro i ōna mātua.
The girl is between her parents.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei te tangohia ōna hū e Makere.
Her shoes are being removed by Makere.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I whāngaihia ia e ōna kaumātua.
She was adopted her grandparents.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka taea e Hamiora ōna hū te here?
Can Hamiora tie his shoes?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
He mate kino i pā ohorere ki ōna roro, nō hea e taea te whakaora.
A serious condition struck her brain without warning, and there was no hope of saving her.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea
Korekau ōna painga.
It has got no redeeming features whatsoever.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...
I te mutunga o te wānanga ka ngana a Tame ki te whakawehe i ōna mātua.
At the conclusion of the wānanga Tame attempted to separate his parents.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Ka mutu ōna tohu, ka noho ki raro.
When his instructions were ended, he sat down.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He kahurangi ōna karu.
Her eyes are blue.
Categorizing sentences - he
He nui ōna ringaringa.
He has big hands.
Categorizing sentences - he
He poto ōna makawe.
His hair is short.
Categorizing sentences - he
He kārikihāura ōna karu.
Her eyes are hazel.
Categorizing sentences - he
He kōura ōna karu.
Her eyes are gold.
Categorizing sentences - he
Kei hea ngā uri o Te Rangihiroa? Kāore ōna uri.
Where are the descendants of Te Rangihiroa? He had none.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāore ia i te kimihia e ōna hoa.
His friends aren't looking for him.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Kāore ōna tuākana.
She doesn't have any older siblings.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
He aha te tae o ōna karu?
What colour are her eyes?
What? - He aha?
Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Me Ponga i hoki mai anō mā te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.
And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Kua haere a Rangi ki te tiki i ōna kākahu.
Rangi has gone to get her clothes.
Kāore ōna hoa.
He has no friends.
Kāore e taea e Amaru ōna hū te here.
Amaru can't tie his shoes.
He roa ōna makawe.
Her hair is long.
E 86 ōna tau.
He is 86 years.
He parāone ōna karu.
Her eyes are brown.
Kāore ōna waka.
She doesn't have a car.
Koirā tētahi o ōna āhuatanga pai.
That's one of his good characteristics.
He kiwikiwi ōna karu.
Her eyes are grey.
He rawe ki a au ōna tukemata.
I really like her eyebrows.
E toru tekau mā tahi ōna tau.
She is thirty-one years old.
Ko Aotea, ko Tākitimu, ko Mataatua ōna waka.
Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataatua are his canoes.
He pango, he kikorangi hoki ōna tōkena.
Her socks are black and blue.
He whero ōna hu.
Her shoes are red.
He roa, he koromikomiko hoki ōna makawe.
Her hair is long and curly.
Kua ngaro ōna hū.
His shoes have disappeared.
He mingimingi ōna makawe.
Her hair is curly.
He māwhai ōna makawe.
His hair is wavy.
Kei te horoi a Mere i ōna ringaringa.
Mere is washing her hands.
He tokokaka ōna makawe.
Her hair is straight.
He taratara ōna makawe.
His hair is spiky.
He kōrinorino ōna makawe.
She has dreadlocks.
He hewa ōna makawe.
He is bald.
He kākāriki ōna karu.
His eyes are green.
Kei waho i te kūaha ōna hū.
His shoes are outside the door.
He whero ōna hū.
Her shoes are red.
He urukehu ōna makawe.
Her hair is blonde.
He kōura ōna makawe.
Her hair is gold.
Kia ora, kia ora! He kamupene hāpai i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
Thank you, thank you! It is a company that elevates the language and its customs.
I ōna wā he iwi manene; i ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati Kei ngā maunga.
In those days they were a nomadic tribe; in the winter, [they] were in the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer [they] were on the mountains.
whakamaua ōna tarau
put on his pants
Kei hea ōna tōkena?
Where are his socks?