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tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)

pahi - bus

pāhi - purse, to pass

pahī - adventure


tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

tapahi - to cut up, chop

tūnga pahi - bus stop

kaitaraiwa pahi - bus driver

pahi iti - minibus

pāhihi - passenger

pāhiketepōro - basketball

tapahinga makawe - haircut

tapatapahi - cut in pieces

tī pepahīoi - peppermint tea

pahikara - bicycle

rima meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - five minutes past one

tekau meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - ten minutes past one

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - twenty minutes past one

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - twenty-five minutes past one

rima meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - five minutes past two

tekau meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - ten minutes past two

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - twenty minutes past two

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - twenty-five minutes past two

rima meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - five minutes past three

tekau meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - ten minutes past three

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - twenty minutes past three

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - twenty-five minutes past three

rima meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - five minutes past four

tekau meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - ten minutes past four

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - twenty minutes past four

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - twenty-five minutes past four

rima meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - five minutes past five

tekau meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - ten minutes past five

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - twenty minutes past five

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - twenty-five minutes past five

rima meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - five minutes past six

tekau meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - ten minutes past six

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - twenty minutes past six

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - twenty-five minutes past six

rima meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - five minutes past seven

tekau meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - ten minutes past seven

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - twenty minutes past seven

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - twenty-five minutes past seven

rima meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - five minutes past eight

tekau meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - ten minutes past eight

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - twenty minutes past eight

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - twenty-five minutes past eight

rima meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - five minutes past nine

tekau meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - ten minutes past nine

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - twenty minutes past nine

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - twenty-five minutes past nine

rima meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - five minutes past ten

tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - ten minutes past ten

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - twenty minutes past ten

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - twenty-five minutes past ten

rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - five minutes past eleven

tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - ten minutes past eleven

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty minutes past eleven

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty-five minutes past eleven

rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - five minutes past twelve

tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - ten minutes past twelve

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - twenty minutes past twelve

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - twenty-five minutes past twelve

pāhiri - parsley

Ko te pahi o te kura tēnei.
This is the school bus.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai rā kei te tapahi i te mīti?
Who is chopping the meat?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ehara a Pita i te kaitaraiwa pahi.
Pita is not a bus driver.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E hīkoi ana rātou ki te tūnga pahi.
They're walking to the bus stop.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E tapahi ana ia ki te kani.
He was cutting with the saw.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I tapahi a Marama i a ia.
Marama cut herself, or, Marama cut him.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka tapahi au i te pātītī.
I will cut the grass.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me tapahi e Honi te wahia.
Honi had better cut the firewood.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ki te tiki i tō tungane i te pahi.
To pick up your brother from the bus.
Sentences with i - i

Kia tere, kei mahue koe i te pahi.
Be quick, or you will miss the bus.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Tae mai ai te pahi, i ia hāora, i ia hāora.
The bus regularly arrives every hour.
Habitual action - ai

Haere ai ia mā runga pahikara ki te mahi ia ata ia ata.
He always goes to work by bike every morning.
Habitual action - ai

Tēnā tapahia he wahie?
Could you please chop some wood?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Tapahia kia ono ngā topenga.
Cut it up into six slices.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tapahia kia ono ngā topenga.
Cut it up into six slices.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kāore e roa ka tae mai te pahi.
It won't be long before the bus arrives.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Kei roto tāku kāri nama i tāku pāhi.
My credit card is in my wallet.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei te hoki rātou mā runga i te pahi.
They are returning by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga pahi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga pahikara ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bike.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Ka haere māua mā runga pahi.
We (he/she and I) will travel by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I haere rāua mā runga pahi.
Those who travelled by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kei te tae mai ia mā runga i te pahi.
She is arriving by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kei te haere a Mere mā runga i te pahikara o Makere.
Mere is going on Mikaere's bike.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kaua e tapahia te parāoa.
Don't slice the bread.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua te parāoa e tapahia.
You shouldn't slice the bread.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

E tapatapahia ana ngā aniana e ia.
The onions are being diced by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tapahia te pātītī e au.
The grass has been cut by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E tapatapahia ana ngā aniana e ia.
The onions are being diced by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I tīkina te māripi e ia, kātahi ka tapahi ia i te pāua.
He fetched the knife, then he chopped the pāua.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E eke pahikara ana a Pāora.
Pāora is bike-riding.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kua roa te pahi nei e tāria ana. Āwhea ka tae mai?
This bus has been waited for for a long time. When will it arrive?
Be waited for - tāria

Kei te haere ahau ki te kura mā runga pahi, engari kei te haere koe ki te toa mā raro.
I'm going to school by bus but you're walking to the shop.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kāore au i maumahara ki te haora o te pahi tuatahi.
I can't remember the time of the first bus.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kua hoki mai ia i te pahi.
She has come back from the bus.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Ko Pita tērā kei te tapahi i te mīti.
That's Pita chopping the meat.
That (over there) - tērā

Kei mua a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are in front of the bus.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kei muri a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are behind the bus.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.
Telling time - kara

Te pōturi hoki o tēnei pahi!
How slow this bus is!
How... - Te... hoki...

Kāore rātou i mahue i te pahi.
They were not left by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua mahue ia i te pahi.
He has been left behind by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua mahue au i te pahi.
I have been left behind by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I mahue ia i te pahi.
He was left behind by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kei mahue koe i te pahi.
You might miss the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Ko koe te mea ka mahue i te pahi.
You're the one left behind by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kaitoa ia kia mahue i te pahi!
Serves him right for missing the bus!
Serves you right! - kaitoa

Ko Waikaremoana te wāhi i tapahia ai taku pito.
Waikaremoana is the (specific) place where my umbilical cord was cut.
Specifically - ai

I tūtuki tō mātou pahi.
Our bus crashed.

Kua mahi he tamaiti i te pahi.
A child was left behind by the bus.

Aroha mai e hoa. I tōmuri te pahi.
Sorry mate, the bus was late.

I hopu au i te pahi.
I caught the bus.

Kua tūreiti au i te pahi.
I have been made late by the bus.

Āwhea koe tapahi ai i te pātītī?
When will you mow the lawn?

Āwhea a Mia hoko ai i tana pahikara hou?
When is Mia buying his new bike?

I tapahi a Aria ia a ia.
Aria cut herself (or Aria cut him/her).

Āwhea hoko ai a Rangi i tana pahikara hou?
When is Rangi buying his new bike?

Arā tō tātou pahi.
There is our bus.

Ka haere rāua i te taha tonu o te pahi.
They walked past the bus.

Kua horoi ia i te pahi.
She has cleaned the bus.

He pahi tēnei nō te kura.
This is a bus belonging to the school.

He tino kino tēnei pahi!
This bus is really terrible.

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