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māra - garden

I mahi au i te māra, ā, āe, i pānui pukapuka, ā, i tunu hoki au i te kai te whānau.
I worked in the garden, yeah, I read books and I cooked for the family.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka ātaahua te māra ā tēnei Whiringa-ā-nuku.
The garden will be beautiful in October.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka ngaki au i te māra.
I will weed the garden.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

E taupoki ana ia i te māra.
She's digging the garden.
Sentences with i - i

E kore au e ngaki i te māra.
I won't weed the garden.
Sentences with i - i

te māra ēnei taewa.
These potatoes come from the garden.
Belonging to a place - nō

te paruauru te oneone i taupoki.
It was the gardener who dug the garden.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They (two) will tend to the garden.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Ka keria te māra, kāore i roa ka tipu ngā otaota.
The garden was dug and it wasn't long before the weeds sprouted.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

E whakatō kūmera ana a Pou rāua ko Hema, e tākaro ana he rōpu tamariki i roto i te māra.
Pou and Hema were planting kūmera, and a group of children were playing in the garden.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Tērā pea ka puta he kōrero te māra.
Perhaps a discussion about the garden will emerge.
Perhaps - Tērā pea

Kei te māra a Māmā.
Mum's in the garden.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te māra whutupōro.
Your football's by the garden.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Koia kei a koe te āwhina i whaea! I aha kōrua i te māra?
You're awesome for helping your mum. What did you do in the garden?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ehara rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They won’t tend to the rden
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

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

E toro mai ana ngā tūī ki te māra.
The tūī are visiting the garden.

Āwhea a Tawa ngaki māra ai?
When will Tawa dig the garden?

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.

E ono tekau tau tōna pakeke, ka ū ia ki ngā tikanga Māori i a ia i te māra.
She is 60 years old. She is resolute in Māori customs in the garden.

Ko te tikanga nui ka karakia ia i mua i āna mahi i te māra.
The main one is that she does karakia before working in the garden.

E hia ngā rīwai i te māra?
How many potatoes are in the garden?

When will [Niko] dig the garden?
Āwhea a [Niko]ngaki māra ai?

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