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parāoa - bread, flour

Parāoa. 1. n. Physeter macrocephalus, sperm whale. E tau hoki te uaua kiore hei hoariri mo te paraoa (T. 200). Homai koia te wai paraoa kia whakapakia mo runga i taku rangi (M. 368).

2. A short flat weapon made of bone of the sperm whale. He topuni te kahu, he paraoa te rakau (T. 101). This was also called patu paraoa, while a weapon made of a rib of the whale was called paraoa roa. Nga onewa, nga patu paraoa, nga paraoa roa (T. 155).

3. fig. Chief. Ka hua au me haere i muri o te tira paraoa (P.).

4. a. Well born, aristocratic. Kotahi te taha mahimahi, kotahi te taha paraoa.

Williams Dictionary

I kai ngā tamariki i te parāoa.
The children ate the bread.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Me haere māua ki te hoko parāoa.
We two had better go and buy some bread.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kua pau i a ia te paraoa te kai.
He has eaten up the bread.
Sentences with i - i

Ka tunu au i te parāoa ā tēnei pō.
I'll bake the bread tonight.
Sentences with i - i

Kia hia ngā parāoa?
How much bread do we need?
How many are needed? - Kia hia

Nā Kauri i mahi te parāoa.
Kauri made the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Pita te parāoa i mahi.
Pita made the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna te parāoa i tunu.
He baked the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai i mahi te parāoa?
Who made the bread?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai te parāoa i mahi?
Who made the bread?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku te parāoa i mahi.
I made the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māku te parāoa e mahi.
I will make the bread.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Taika e mahi te parāoa.
Taika will make the bread.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Rangi te parāoa e mahi.
Rangi will make the bread.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Hōmai he parāoa māku.
Give me some bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Pataina tr parāoa.
Butter the bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Mauria mai ētahi parāoa parai.,
bring me some fried bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Hoatu te paraoa ki a ia.
Pass the bread to her.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te parāoa.
Pass me the bread.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hoatu te parāoa.
Pass the bread (away).
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

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...

Kua kainga te parāoa e ngā rakiraki.
The bread has been eaten by the ducks.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E tunu parāoa ana a Tame.
Tame's baking bread.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kei te kāpata te paraoa.
The bread is in the cupboard.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore ngā tamariki i kai i te parāoa.
The children did not eat the bread.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Tīkina atu he miraka, he paraoa hoki.
Get some milk and some bread too.
Away - atu

Mā wai e mahi te parāoa?
Who will make the bread?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Mā wai te parāoa e mahi?
Who will make the bread?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua wareware te parāoa i a ia.
He has forgotten the bread.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pau katoa i a koe te pārāoa.
The bread is all gone because of you.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I a mātou i Rānana ka tūtaki ki a Mere mā i a rātou e hoko ana i ng`1a parāoa wīwī.
While they were in London, they met Mary and her group while they were buying French bread.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...

Pataina te parāoa ki tre naihi kaua ki te pune iti.
Butter the bread with a knife, not a teaspoon.
Not to, not with, not against - ...kaua ki...