Results for 'whāngai'
whāngai - to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)
matua whāngai - foster-parent
tamaiti whāngai - adopted child
whāngaia - (pass) be fed; be nourished
E whāngai ana a Nikau i te kurī.
Nikau is feeding the dog.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ki a Pāpā te whāngai i te ngeru.
Dad will feed the cat.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?
Tēna whāngaia te ngeru?
Would you please feed the cat?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Taihoa koutou e kai me whāngai te manuhiri i te tuatahi.
Don't eat yet, feed the visitors first.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Māku te tamaiti e whāngai.
I will feed the child.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku te ngeru e whāngai?
Shall I feed the cat?
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā Aidan te ngeru e whāngai!
It will be Aidan who will feed the cat!
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku ngā kurī e whāngai.
I will be the one to feed the dogs.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā ā tātou tamariki ā tātou ngeru e whāngai.
Our kids will feed our cats.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku te pēpi e whāngai.
I will be the one to feed the baby.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku ngā ngeru e whāngai!
I will feed the cats!
Future agent emphatic - māku
Ka whāngaitioa ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētahi tohunga.
Ruataupere was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I whāngaihia te tamaiti e tana kuia.
The child was adopted by his grandmother.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E whāngaihia ana ngā kurī e Aria.
The dogs are being fed by Aria.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka whāngaitia ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētehai tohunga.
Ruataupare was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I whāngaihia ia e ōna kaumātua.
She was adopted her grandparents.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.
They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.
For the purpose of - hei
Ka whāngaia ngā manu e ia.
The birds were fed by her.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kāore a Pāpā e whāngai i tēnei ngeru.
Dad will not feed this cat.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Kei te whāngai a Ari i nga kurī.
Ari is feeding the dogs.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
Ehara i ahau ngā hōiho i whāngai i tēnei ata.
I didn't feed the horses this morning.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Mā wai ngā kurī e whāngai?
Will will feed the dogs?
Who will? - mā wai?
He mea whāngai ia.
He was fostered.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...
Whāngaihia ngā kararehe.
Feed the animals.
Whangaia hoki o mātou wairua.
Also feed our spirits.
I whāngai tamariki ai ia.
She fosters children.
Hei whāngai i ngā kurī.
For feeding the dogs.
Ka whāngai a Pāpā i tēnei ngeru aituā.
Dad will feed this unlucky cat.