Results for 'Whakahoki'
whakahoki - to return something, to reply
whakahoki, v.t. 1. Turn back, cause to return. E Kupe e, whakahokia mai te waka ki a au (T. 109).
2. Give back, replace. Ka whakahokia te poupou, hunakia (Tr. vii, 37).
3. Answer. He aha tau i haere mai ai koe ki konei? Ko tana whakahokinga, atu. “I haere mai ki te inu” (T. 169).
hokihoki, hohoki, v.i. Return frequently. He hohoki atu, he hohoki mai (P. 101).
E hokihoki Kupe? (P. 4).
Williams Dictionary
Nā rāua i whakahoki ngā pukapuka.
It was them (two) who returned the books.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā Hōne ngā pukapuka e whakahoki.
Hōne will return the books.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā ngā hoa ngā pukapuka e whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka.
The friends will return the books to the library.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Ka taea e koe āku pukapuka te whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka?
Are you able to return my books to the library?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka taea e koe ngā pukapuka te whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka.
You are able to return the books to the library.
I am able... - Ka taea e...
He aha te whakahoki tika?
What's the correct response?
What? - He aha?
Ehara mā Hōne ngā pukapuka e whakahoki.
Hōne won’t return the books.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara mā ngā hoa ngā pukapuka e whakahoki ki te whare pukapuka.
The friends won’t return the books to the library.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara i a rāua ngā pukapuka i whakahoki.
They didn’t return the books.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Kua whakahoki ngā kaimahi i ā rātou taputapu.
The workers have returned their tools.
Ka whakahoki te tangata i ngā pukapuka.
The man will return the books.
I whakahoki mai rātou ki a ia.
They replied to him.
Mā wai ahau e whakahoki ki Rotorua?
Who will take me back to Rotorua?
Mā mātou koe e whakahoki ki Rotorua.
We will take you back to Rotorua.
Ka whakahoki a Tamahae i te hii ika a ia
Tamahae replied that he had been fishing
Nā mātou koe i whakahoki ki Rotorua
We took you back to Rotorua
Whakahoki Mahara.
Revision.
Kua whakahoki ia i te pukapuka.
He has returned the book.
I whakahoki mai rātou ki ā ia.
They replied to him.
Ki te whakahoki i ana pukapuka.
To return her books.
Ka pai tā kōrua whakahoki mai i taku tama ina mutu te whakawai?
Would you mind dropping my son off here after practice?
Ka whakahoki te whāea, ‘Kia tino ngaro atu te rā, kia tō ki tua o te moana, kia tino kore e kitea ngā hihi o te rā, koinā te wā ka hoki mai ai rātou ki te whare nei, ki te moe.
When the sun has really disappeared and set beyond the ocean, when no rays of the sun can be seen, that's the time they come back to sleep.
