Results for 'Tāmaki'
tāmaki - omen, portent
Tamaki. 1. v.i. Start involuntarily.
2. n. Convulsive twitching of the nerves,
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regarded as an omen. Ka ki atuk a Kahu, “E kore au e hoki; he tamaki hokinga tahi tenei moku kia haere au?”
3. Omen. Mehemea ka tangi toku ihu, he tamaki tena.—Mehemea ka kino te takiri, he tamaki tena.
4. a. Ominous. He tutuki tamaki tona.
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Ka rere te waka rererangi ki Tāmaki Makaurau ā te ahiahi.
The plane will fly to Auckland in the afternoon.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ehara au nō Tāmaki Makaurau.
I'm not from Auckland.
Belonging to a place - nō
Kāore te waka rererangi e rere ki Tāmaki Makaurau ā te ahiahi.
The plane will not fly to Auckland in the afternoon.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
He nui ake te utu mō ngā whare i Tāmaki i a Rotorua.
The prices of houses are more expensive in Auckland than in Rotorua.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...
He iti iho te utu mō ngā whare i Rotorua i a Tāmaki.
The prices of houses are cheaper in Rotorua than Auckland.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...
Nā reira, kei Manurewa au e noho ana, ki Tāmaki ki te Tonga, ki Tāmaki Makaurau; engari he rere ngā waka, he rere ngā tāngata.
Therefore, I live in Manurewa, in South Auckland, in Auckland; however, the vehicles are moving and the people are moving.
Kua noho mai ia ki Tāmaki Makaurau mō ngā tau e rima.
She has been living in Auckland for five years.
