Results for 'Whakapaipai'
whakapaipai - to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify
whakapaipai. 1. v.t. Adorn.
2. a. Ornamental.
Williams Dictionary
Kei te marae a Ripeka e whakapaipai ana.
Ripeka is at the marae cleaning.
I whakapaipai whare au.
I did housework.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Me whakapaipai te kāuta, kātahi ka wehe ai tāua.
We better clean up the kitchen, then we will go.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
E whakapaipai ana ngā tamariki i ō rātou rūma.
The children are tidying their rooms.
Whakapaipai i a koe!
Make yourself look pretty!
Kia mutu rawa te mahi whakapaipai whare, ka wātea kōrua ki te haere.
Once the house decorating work is completely finished, you both will be free to go.
I mua o tōna taenga mai, me whakapaipai tātou i te whare.
Before he or she arrives, we should tidy the house.
He rawe tō whakapaipai whare!
Your house cleaning is excellent!
Nāna ērā tukutuku i mahi i whakapaipai.
It was she who has made and decorated those tukutuku.
