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whakapaingia - prepared, set (pass. of whakapai)

Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Ka whakapaingia te papa e ngā tamariki.
The floor will be cleaned by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kāore te papa e whakapaingia e ngā tamariki.
The floor will not be cleaned by the children.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kaua e whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Don't clean the house before the guests arrive.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kua whakapaingia tōu ruma?
Have [you] tidied your room?

Whakapaingia ēnei kai.
Bless this food.

#119: The stink is pleasant to the flies
#32: Rangi was sick but now he is well
#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#55: The chair my father made is good
#171: Is it really, really red or is it reddish.
#6: Goodbye!
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