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tīkina - be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)

Kua tīkina ngā kākahu horoi e ngā tamariki.
The clean clothes have been fetched by the children.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua tīkina e Mere te kai.
Mere has fetched the food.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Tēnā tīkina he tiakarete tātou.
Can you please grab us some chocolate.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Tēnā tīkina atu he kai kōrua.
Please, fetch some food for you two.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Tēnā tīkina he keke tātou.
Please fetch us some cake.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Hei aha te pata , tīkina te pata tūturu.
Never mind the margarine, get the real butter.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

Tikina pōtae.
Fetch your hat.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina pukapuka.
Fetch your book.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina he pune.
Get a spoon.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina te maripi.
Get a knife.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina kia whā ngā hēki.
Get four eggs
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina atu he huka.
Fetch some sugar.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina ōu kākahu paru!
Fetch your dirty clothes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina atu te pukapuka mai i te tēpu.
Fetch the book from the table.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina te ūkui papa.
Get the mop.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina te waka ki te marae.
Fetch the car from the marae.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina he wai!
Fetch some water!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tikina atu tāu pukapuka!
Go and get your book!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tikina atu āu pukapuka!
Go and get your books!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina he tūru anō.
Fetch another chair.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina ōu kākahu paru!
Fetch your dirty clothes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kaua e tikina ngā pukapuka.
The books shouldn't be fetched.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kaua ngā tamariki e tikina i te kura.
The children shouldn't be picked up from school.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

I tīkina te māripi e ia, kātahi ka tapahi ia i te pāua.
He fetched the knife, then he chopped the pāua.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tīkina ngā kākahu horoi e ngā tamariki.
The clean clothes have been fetched by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Tīkina he wai i te awa!
Get some water from the river!
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Kua tīkina ngā tamariki i te kura, ka rite te whānau ki te haere ki tātahi, hararei ai.
The kids have been fetched from school, the family is ready to go to the beach for a holiday.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Me waea mai mēnā e pīrangi ana koe kia tīkina atu.
Call me if you need a ride.
Conjunctions - if - mēnā

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

Kia tīkina atu he whakataukī e hāngai ana tēnei kaupapa...
Let me grab a proverb...
Away - atu

Tīkina atu pāpā!
Go and get your father!
Away - atu

Kaua e tīkina atu te pukapuka mai i te tēpu.
Don't fetch the book from the table.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kaua e tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Don't fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kaua e tīkina te waka ki te marae.
Don't fetch the car from the marae.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Tīkina atu te miraka me te paraoa hoki.
Get the milk and the bread too.

tīkina!
Fetch!

Kei te whāwhai atu rāua ki waho kia tīkina ngā kākahu horoi.
They are rushing outside to fetch the washing.

#130: Negative active commands - Don't!
#63: You should talk to your mother
#96: Rangi is reading. The book is being read.
#125: Talking about you and other poeple
#29: I love you
#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
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