Results for 'Pākehā'
Pākehā - New Zealander of European descent
Pākehā. 1. n. A person of predominantly European descent.
2. a. Foreign. Kai pakeha, an imported variety of kumara.
3. n. Silver eel. = hao. (Tahu.)
4. n. A flea.
pakepakehā, pākehakeha. 1. n. Imaginary beings resembling men, with fair skins. = patupaiarehe. Kaati, ko nga ingoa turehu, he patupaiarehe, pakehakeha (Pi. 152, 3).
2. a. Awkward, outlandish. Ehara i te hanga tou pakepakehā.
3. Disordered, disarranged. Ka pakepake-hatia to rae i te puhanga o te hau. (Of hair blown about.)
Williams Dictionary
Pēnei au he Pākehā ia, engari he Māori tonu.
I thought she was a Pākehā, but it turns out she's Māori.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
Kāore ngā tamariki e āhei ana ki te kōrero Pākehā.
The children are not allowed to speak English.
Allowed to do something - āhei
Ko tēnei kupu, ko te "mārena" mea tango mai i te reo Pākehā.
This word, "mārena", was borrowed from English.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Ko Ingarangi pea te kīnga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā
Ehara na tōku hoa Pākehā ēnei tamariki.
These children do not belong to my Pākehā friend.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
He Pākehā te nuinga o ngā tauira i reira.
Most of the students there are Pākehā.
Nā te Pākehā kua noa noa iho ..
Because of the Pākehā it has become desecrated ..
Ko Ingarangi pea te kāinga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.
Mā ēnei tikanga hoki ka ngāwari ai ngā ara, ngā huarahi, mō ā.tātou tamariki e whai ana, e rapu ana rānei i te mātauranga o te Pākehā.
In this manner you will ease the way for our children as they seek the knowledge of the Pākehā.
Mā te mōhio hoki o te tangata ki.te kōrero Pākehā e whiwhi moni ai ia ..
It is also through knowing how to speak English that he gets money ..
I mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, i hanga te Māori i te whare raupō.
Before the arrival of the Pākehā, the Māori built raupō whare (houses of raupō).
Nā tōku hoa Pākehā ēnei tamariki.
These are the children of my Pākehā friend.
Ehara ēnei tamariki i tōku hoa Pākehā.
These are not the children of my Pākehā friend.
Ko te amuamu te tino rongoā a te Pākehā hei patu i ngā ture e kinongia e rātou.
Grumbling is the best remedy of Europeans for putting down laws which are disliked by them.
