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whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

whakapai, v.t. 1. Make good, set in order. Ka tahia te kainga o Rehua e Rupe ka oti, whakapaia rawatia, a ka pai (T. 35). Kia noho tonu ai te kakara i roto i te whare hei whakapai i te whare mo te manuhiri (T. 192).

2. Pronounce good, approve, praise.

3. In the expression whakapai ruaki, feet nausea. Also paipai-ruaki. But these should probably be regarded as separate words. ‖ pairua.

Williams Dictionary

Ehara i a au te whare i whakapai.
I didn't clean the house.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara i a koe te whare i whakapai.
You did not clean the house.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara i a ia te whare i whakapai.
She did not clean the house.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kua whakapai ngā rīhi.
The dishes have been cleaned.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me whakapai koe i te kai.
You had better bless the food.
Simple sentences: you should - me

wai te whare i whakapai?
Who was the one who cleaned the house?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

ngā tamariki te whare i whakapai.
The children were the ones who cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

rātou i whakapai te whare.
It was them who cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

wai koe i ako ki te whakapai moenga?
Who was the one who taught you to make your bed?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

wai taku motokā whakapai?
Who cleaned my car?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku te whare i whakapai.
I cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāu te whare i whakapai.
You cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna te whare i whakapai.
She cleaned the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Aroha e whakapai te kai.
Aroha will bless the food.
Future agent emphatic - māku

ngā tamariki e whakapai ngā moenga.
The children will make the beds.
Future agent emphatic - māku

ngā tamariki te tēpu e whakapai.
The children will set the table.
Future agent emphatic - māku

kōrua te wharepaku e whakapai.
You (2) will clean the toilet.
Future agent emphatic - māku

tērā tane tōu waka e whakapai.
That man will fix your car.
Future agent emphatic - māku

E tunu keke ana a Māmā me te whakapai whare anō.
Mum cooked a cake whilst cleaning the house.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Kāore anō ngā rīhi kia whakapai.
The dishes have not been cleaned yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Whakapai tōu moenga, E Ari!
Make your bed, Ari!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ehara ngā tamariki te tēpu e whakapai.
The children won’t set the table.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ehara i a rātou te whare i whakapai.
They didn’t clean the house.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara nāku i whakapai te māra.
I did not fix the garden.

Kua whakapai au i te hīrere.
I've repaired the shower.

Kāore āku mahi nui, i whakatā, i whakapai whare, i āwhina i tōku whaea i tōna māra.
I didn't do much, I relaxed, cleaned the house, helped my mother in the garden.

tātou te tēpu e whakapai.
We will set the table.

tātou te tēpu + hei whakapai.
We will set the table.

tātou te tēpu i whakapai.
We set the table.

#179: All the children only the lollies
#26: The children are running in or through the house
#155: We are changing our state to being not here
#60: My mother is cake baking
#136: The children are allowed to watch TV
#127: There are no people at your party
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