Results for 'ei'
Ei, int. in poetry and occasionally in prose. Haere atu ra, ei (M. 251). Ei, tena te rakau ka hoa (T. 98). Ano ra ko Tama, “Eii, ka ora rapea ahau” (M. vii).
Williams Dictionary
Ei. Kaua e ngaungau.
Ouch. Don't bite.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Ei, kāti te pēnā!
Hey, stop that!
Tē 'aere mai nei 'aia i tuatua atu ei au kiāia.
I spoke to him as he was coming.
ae, ai, ao, au, ea, ei, eo, eu, ia, ie, io, iu, oa, oe, oi, ou, ua, ue, ui
Most of these vowel-pairs are spoken as two syllables, each vowel being pronounced as a single syllable, thus: i-a, i-e, u-i and so on.
ae, ai, ao, au, ei, eu, oi, ou, ue, ui
Thus, the word haere, for instance, consists of only two syllables: hae-re.