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toka - rock


motokā - car, motorcar

piki toka - rock climbing

whakataetae motokā - motor racing

whare motokā - garage

whatitoka - doorway

tokanga - large basket for food

Kia toka! - Freeze dude!

Ko wai kei roto i te motokā?
Who is that in the car?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

He aha taku motokā i pakaru ai?
Why did my car break down?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Ehara tēnei i te motokā.
This is not a car.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara i a Amaru ēnei putiputi i katokato.
Amaru didn't pick these flowers.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kia āta horoi i te motokā, kia pāita ai.
Wash the car properly so that it's shiny.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Nō te taenga mai hoki o ngā tauhou ki konei, ka arahina rātou e mātou ki te toka nei kia kite.
And when outsiders come to our district we lead them to this rock so they can see it themselves.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te whatitoka!
One night, Maui stopped up the chinks in the door.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nā wai taku motokā whakapai?
Who cleaned my car?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Nikau ēnei putiputi i katokato.
Nikau picked these flowers.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māku ōu tukemata e katokato.
I will pluck your eyebrows.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Katia te kuaha o te motokā.
Close the car door.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Haria atu te motokā ki tō Kauri whare.
Take the car to Kauri's house.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Whakahokia mai te motokā ki a au.
Return the car to me.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Whakahokia atu to motokā ki a Rangi.
Return the car to Rangi.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

He pēwhea tō motokā?
How is your car?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

Kei te kurī raro i te motokā.
The dog is under the car.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei raro i te motokā te kurī e kimihia ana e koe.
The dog which you are looking for is under the car.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei waenganui a Tawa i te rākau me te motokā.
Tawa is between the tree and the car.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Ka haere mātou mā runga i te motokā o tōku matua.
We (but not you) will go in my father's car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga motokā ahau haere ai.
I travelled by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I haere au mā runga motokā.
I traveled by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Ka haere au mā runga motokā.
I will travel by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga motokā.
By car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I haere mai au mā runga motokā.
I came by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā te wehe moata ka whai tūnga motokā.
By leaving early you'll find a car park.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

Kei te haere te motok? ki raro iho
The car is going down below, to the bottom.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Ka taea e koe te horoi i te motokā?
Are you able to wash the car?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore ia i kite i te toka.
He did not see the rock.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Kāore tōna motokā e haere.
His car doesn't go.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kāore au e pai ki te tae o tērā motoka.
I don't like the colour of that car.
That (over there) - tērā

Mauria mai ngā toka ki tēnei taha o te whare.
Bring the stones to this side of the house.
Towards - mai

Te tere hoki o tēnei motokā!
How fast this car is!
How... - Te... hoki...

Kātahi te motokā ātaahua!
What a beautiful car!
What a... - kātahi te...

Kātahi te motokā ātaahua ko tēnei Ferrari!
What a beautiful car this Ferrari is!
What a... - kātahi te...

Kua pakaru i a Pāpā te motokā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pakaru te motokā i a Pāpā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

He pōturi iho taku motokā i tōu.
My car is slower than yours.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

He tere ake taku motokā t tōu.
My car is faster than yours.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

Kei te haere te motokā ki runga.
The car is going up.

Kia toka!
Freeze, dude! Stop!

Nō wai te motokā whero rā?
Whose is the red car?

Kei te horoi ia i te motoka.
He is washing the car.

Titiro ki te motokā nei.
Look at the car here.

Ko tōku motokā tēnei.
This is my car.

Me whakanoho au i a koe ki roto i te motokā.
I'd better sit you into the car.

Kei te haere te motokā ki runga ake.
The car is going upwards to the top.

Kei mua māua i ngā motokā.
We are in front of the cars.

Ehara nā ngā tamariki i horoi te motokā.
The kids did not wash the car.

Tere tana oma ki runga i tētahi toka.
He ran quickly to the top of a rock.

He mā tana motokā.
Her car is white.

Me kukume te per`ki o te motokā.
Put on the car's brake.

Kei hea tō rātou motokā?
Where is their car?

He toka tū moana ia!
She's a rock!

Te tino omanga koa o te wahine nei, kua tata ki te taha o te toka rangitoto e tū ana i te ara.
This woman ran on happily, and reached the side of the scoria rock standing by the path.

He whero te motokā.
The car is red.

Ko te kurī raro i te motokā.
The dog is under the car.

E hia ngā motokā i te huarahi?
How many cars are on the road?

Mā waenga i ngā toka i āta haere mātou.
We picked our way through the rocks.

Kei hea te motokā?
Where is the car?

Nō tōku māmā tēnei motoka.
This car is my mums.

Kei mate koe i ngā motokā nā.
You might be killed by those cars.

E hia ngā motokā?
How many cars?

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