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whakamārama - to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify

whakamārama, v.t. 1. Make light, illuminate.

2. Explain.

Williams Dictionary

whakamarama, n. Crescent-shaped top of a ko.

Williams Dictionary

Kei te whakamārama ia i ngā kōrero pakitara ki ngā tamariki.
She is explaining the stories to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E whakamārama ana te kaiako i te mahi ki ngā tamariki.
The teacher is explaining the work to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher will explain the rules.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

E mōhio ana ahau, e taea e ia te whakamārama i te whakatauki nei.
I know that she will be able to explain this saying.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ehara mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher won’t explain the rules.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

I whakamārama te kaiako i te rapanga ki ngā tamariki.
The teacher explained the problem to the children.

Nā te whakamārama a Hōne i tana take, ka mōhio te iwi.
It was through Hōne’s explanation of his concern, that the people knew (about it).

I tuhituhi te kaiako i te pukapuka hou hei whakamārama i te reo Māori ki āna tauira.
The teacher wrote the new book in order to explain the Māori language to her students.

Ko tāu mahi, he hono i te rerenga ki tana whakamārama tika (tuhinga reo Ingarihi).
Your task is to connect the sentence to its correct translation (English language text).

E whakarongo ana rātou ki tā Rewi e whakamārama ana ki a rātou.
They are listening to that which (what) Rewi is explaining to them.

Ka taea e ngā ākonga te tūhura me te whakamārama (i) ngā āhuatanga
The students will be able to discuss and explain the particulars

Tēnā koe i tō whakamārama mai.
Thanks for your explanation.

Tērā pea tētahi e mōhio ana ki te roanga ake o te kōrero nei, e taea pea e ia te whakamārama ki te hunga e noho ware ana.
Perhaps there’s somebody who knows the rest of this story and who perhaps will be able to explain it to those of us who live in ignorance.

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