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whero - red


whero - pink

whero - red-haired

Kua kite koe i taku pene? He mā whero te mea na.
Have you seen my pen? It's a pink one.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

He makawe whero te wahine e waiata ana.
The woman singing has red hair.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

He tī puihiwhero māku.
I'll have a red bush tea.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

Nō wai ēnei hū māwhero?
To whom do these pink shoes belong?
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Hōmai tēnā pene whero.
Give me that red pen (by you).
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Ko Papatūānuku te aorangi tuatoru mai i te rā. Kei waho atu i a tātou ko Matawhero, ā, kei waho atu i a ia, ko Pareārau. Ā, ko Kōpū, ko Whiro kei roto atu.
The Earth is the third planet from the sun. Farther out from us is Mars, and out from Mars is Jupiter. Further in from us our Venus and Mercury.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Na wai te waka whero?
Who does the red car belong to?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Na Manu taua waka whero.
That red car belongs to Manu.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

No tōku tuahine ngā waka whero.
The red car belongs to my older sibling.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

He whero te tarakihana a Ataahua.
Ataahua's tractor is red.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

He pene whero tāu?
Have you got a red pen?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha te tikanga o te raiti whero?
What does the red light mean?
What? - He aha?

E hia ngā rākau whero?
How many red sticks are there?
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

He whero ēnei pukapuka iti.
Those little books are red.

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

He pene whero kei runga i te tēpu.
A red pen is on the table.

Ka pīrangi au ki te hoko i tēnei pane koti whero.
I would like to buy this red skirt.

He māwhero ngā kākahu.
The clothes are pink.

He whero, he mā hoki tōna tīhate.
Her t-shirt is red and white.

He whero ōna hu.
Her shoes are red.

He whero ētahi, he pango ētahi.
Some are red, some are black.

He whero ōna hū.
Her shoes are red.

He whero te motokā.
The car is red.

Kei runga tāu pene whero i tōu tēpu tari.
Your red pen is on your desk.

Mā pango, mā whero ka oti te mahi!
Black and red will get it dome!

I muri tata i te rama karaka, ko te whero.
Straight after the orange light comes the red one.

He pukapuka kākāriki tāku. He whero āna.
Mine is a green book. His or her ones are red.

He māwhero tana hāte.
His shirt is pink.

Whero tonu te kanohi o Ātereta i te koa.
Ātereta's face was flushed from joy.

He māwhero ana tōkena.
Her socks are pink.

He whero ngā pua o te pohutukawa.
The flowers of the pohutukawa are red.

He porotaka, he whero, he piata te paoro kirikiti.
Cricket balls are round, red and shiny.

Nō wai te waka whero?
Whose is the red car?

Nō Ari te waka whero.
The red car is Ari's.

He whero ērā.
Those [things] are red.

He whero ērā manu.
Those birds are red.

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