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whakaahua - to take photos; photograph

whakaāhua. 1. v.t. Form, fashion. Ka haere a Tane, whakaahua i te oneone hei wahine mahana (Tr. vii, 34).

2. v.i. Acquire form. Kua oti ake ia te whakaahua ki te ahua o nga manu (T. 14).

Williams Dictionary

Whakaahua mai!
Take a photo of me!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e whakaahua.
Don't take a photograph.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Hei aha te rīpene whakapiri? Hei whakamau atu i ngā pānui whakaahua ki te pakitara.
What's that adhesive tape for? For attaching the posters to the wall.
For the purpose of - hei

Ka utaina te whakaahua ki a Pukamata, mea ake kua kitea e te mātinitini.
The photo was posted on Facebook, and suddenly all and sundry had seen it.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Kei te pakitara ngā whakaahua.
The photos are on the wall.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kia āta titiro ki te whakaahua, kia kite ai koe.
Look carefully at the picture so you can see.
In order to - kia... ai

Kei hea te pūrere whakaahua?
Where is the photocopier?

Ehara Nikau tēnei whakaahua.
This photograph does not belong to Nikau.

E hia ngā whakaahua i te wharetaonga?
How many pictures are in the museum?

#30: We two (not you) are going
#28: Rangi is reading the book
#27: I am reading the book to the children in the house
#128: I don't have any dogs, you don't have any dogs, they don't have any dogs
#26: The children are running in or through the house
#25: I love the woman
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