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ao - world, dawn, cloud

Ao (i). 1. n. Daytime, as opposed to night. Ka wehea te po, ka wehea te ao (T. 93).

2. World. Tena koe, e te wahine rangatira e iri iho nei, tutuki ana tou mana ki nga pito o te ao.

3. Cloud. E rere, e te ao, ko koe hei karere (M. 384). Āo rewa, scud.

4. Bud. I hea koe i te ao o te kowhai? (P.). ‖ Tah. ao.

5. v.i. Dawn. Ao kau ano te ata (T. 66). I te aonga ake, or simply ao ake, on the following day. Moe rawa atu i Te Kaharoa-a-Tauhu, ao ake kei Maketu (T. 100).

6. a. Bright. He whetu ao tenei ka tata mai (M. 283).

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Ao (ii), v.t. 1. Scoop up with both hands. Aohia nga paru ki te kete.

2. Take in quantities. Me te kai aowhia te roimata i a au (M. 352). Ao taro, collect and carry gravel fortarocultivation. Kei te ao taro a Hori ma.

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Ao (iii), v.i. Be right, be fitting. E ao kao hoki ianei te mea i rite ki te ika, ta te mea no te wai ano tenei (T. 155). Tona rakau toa, he kurutai, me ao atu tera ki te reinga.

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Ao (iv). 1. n. Bark of a dog.

2. v.i. Bark. No te moimoitanga ka ao mai a Irawaru (W. ii, 79).

whakaao, v.i. Bark, as a dog. Katahi ka whakaao mai, ao, ao, ao, a-aoo (T. 27).

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E mōhio ana ia he porotaka te ao.
He knows that the earth is round.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Horoi ai au i aku niho i te ao, i te .
I habitually brush my teeth day and night.
Habitual action - ai

tērā tau i ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena.
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney.
Belonging to the past - nō

te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō

Pāpā tātou e taraiwa atu ki Te Ao Hou.
Pāpā will drive us to New World.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kaua e mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata i te ao, i te !
Don't watch television day and night!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

E ao haere ana te .
The night is becoming day.
It is becoming... - E... haere ana

Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei .
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ka puta mai te Ao Mārama.
The world of light came forth.
Towards - mai

Whiti ora ki te whai ao
Cross over to life in the changing world

ki te ao mārama.
in the world of light and understanding.

Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.

He pukumahi au i te ao, i te !
I'm busy night and day!

Ko tētehi mea nui o te ao Māori, ko te whakawhanaungatanga.
One important aspect of Māoridom is relationships.

I tīmata te ao i te moenga o Papa i a Tangaroa.
The world began with the union of Papa, the earth mother, with the sea, Tangaroa.

Ko ngā kaumātua ngā tāonga o te ao Māori.
The elderly people are the treasures of the Māori world.

Ki ngā ao o te rangi
To the clouds in the heavens

He tuatahi i te ao tēnei āheinga a te kiritaki o Countdown ki te tīpako i te reo Māori i ngā paeutu kaihoko, he mihi, he poroāki hoki ka rangona.
It's a world-first for Countdown customers to be able to have te reo Māori as a language option at self-service checkouts, with an audio greeting and farewell already established.

Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.

Engari hei tāna, "i roto i ngā tau ka huri ake ki muri, kaare anō kia āta whakaritea mai tētahi rautaki e ngātahi atu ai te pounga waihoe o te reo Māori ki roto i te ao hauora".
But he said over the past few years, there has been a lack of preparation and plan for te reo Mri use in the health sector.

E tūmanako ana a Brosnan, ka mātāmua ake te reo i ngā whakatakotoranga mahere anamata o ngā rāngai maha, mai i te ao pāpāho ki te hauora.
Brosnan hoped the language could take precedence in future planning within different sectors from broadcasting to health.

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