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kete - basket, kit


kete - bucket

paraikete - blanket

kete - jacket

taokete - brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)

pihikete - biscuit

pāhiketepōro - basketball

tiakete - jacket

tiwhikete - certificate

wheketere - factory

Ko Jim rāua ko Doug aku taokete.
Jim and Doug are my brother in laws.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Nāku tēnei kete.
This kit is mine.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te kōtiro te kete ātaahua i raranga.
It was the girl who wove the beautiful basket.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māu te kete kākahu e wehewehe.
You will sort the clothes basket.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Tatari i te kete!
Wait at the gate!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kāhore tēnei kete i rarangatia ki te raupō.
This kit was not woven out of bulrushes.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ehara māku e taki te karakia, nā te mea he iti taku kete pāpaku taku kete karakia.
I will not be the one to recite the prayer because my kete is shallow.
Conjunctions - but - engari

I a wai mā ngā paraikete?
Who had the blankets?
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

He pākete kei roto i te horoimanga.
There's a bucket in the laundry.
Categorizing sentences - he

He poti a Pihikete.
Pihikete is a cat.
Categorizing sentences - he

Tīmata ana ki te raranga i tana kete harakeke.
She is starting to make a flax kit.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

He tāokete ia no tāku wāhine.
He is a brother-in-law of my wife.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Aria te tāokete o Aroha.
Aria is Aroha's sister-in-law.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako ōku taokete.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my twins.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

E whitu ngā parāikete?
Are there seven blankets?
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

E whitu ōu parāikete.
You have seven blankets.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Kua kī te pākete i raro i te turuturu i te tuanui.
The bucket under the hole in the roof is full.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

He mahana ake tērā paraikete i tō paraiketre.
That blanket is warmer than your blanket.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

He pihikete māu?
Do you want a biscuit?

Ahakoa he iti kete, he iti nā te aroha.
It is the thought that counts.

E hia ngā ika kei roto i tōu kete?
How many fish are in your kete?

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.

E kore e roa kua tīmata ki te raranga i tana kete.
It will not be long before she has started to make her kit.

Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket.

Inā poroa e ahau te taura, māua e hopu mai te kete.
When I cut the rope, you catch the basket.

Ko Pihikete te poti.
Pihikete is the cat.

Kāore au e pai ki tōku taokete.
I don't like my sister-in-law.

Ko Chantelle te taokete o Margaret.
Chantelle is the sister-in-law of Margaret.

Ko Paul te taokete o John.
Paul is the brother in law of John.

He nui rawa te utu o ngā hākete kura.
The school jackets are too expensive.

Ka raranga ngā kuia i ngā kete.
The old women will weave the bags.

Āku kete.
My baskets.

Ko Moana tōku taokete.
Moana is my twin.

Ko Kauri taku taokete, he tino pai ia. Koia kei te āwhina mai i ōku mātua i ia rangi, i ia rangi.
Kauri is my sister in law, she is great. She helps my parents everyday.

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