Results for 'hanga'
hanga - to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)
hangā - (pass) be built, be made
hanga - construction, practice, thing
Hānga. ‖ hā, 6.
Williams Dictionary
Hanga. 1. v.t. Make, build. Heoi ano nga tohunga nana i hanga nga waka (T. 69). Kei te hanga i te taiepa oneone (T. 19).
2. Fashion. Na toku tupuna au, na Rongotakawiu i hanga ka whakatupu tangata au (T. 57).
3. n. Work, fabric.
4. Business. He maha nga karakia mo te tarukenga, mo tenei hanga mo te kanga (T. 89).
5. Practice, habit. Ko tana hanga he korero tonu.
6. Thing, property. Tena ko te hanga i wehingia nei ko nga tuatara (T. 159).
Ehara i te hanga, it is no ordinary thing. (An expression of admiration, etc.) Ehara i te hanga! Harawiniwini ana te kiri i te mataotao. So, also, Kihai i hanga ake tana wahine, he rangatira nui no tenei whenua (T. 196).
Williams Dictionary
Ko wai i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
I te hanga te kaiako i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was preparing the work for the class.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te hanga rātou i te whare.
They were building the house.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka hanga a Pāora i tōku whare.
Pāora will build my house.
Sentences with i - i
Nāku tēnei whare i hanga.
I was the one who built this house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā rāua i hanga te whare.
It was them (two) who built the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Hōne i hanga te pouaka.
It was Hōne who built the box.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Aroha tōku whare i hanga.
It was Aroha who built my house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā Aria tōku whare e hanga.
Aria will build my house.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kei te hanga taiapa rāua.
They're building a fence.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Hei aha ngā taonga hangarua rā? Hei hanga taonga toi.
What are those recycled goods for? For making artworks.
For the purpose of - hei
Kei te hanga a Hera i te whare.
Hera is building the house.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te
Nāku ngā koha i hanga i tēnei Kirihimete.
I made the presents for Christmas this year.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...
Kāore te kaiako i te hanga i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was not preparing the work for the class.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...
Kaua e tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Don't fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Te pai hoki o tō hanga i ēnā kākahu.
You look pretty/handsome in those clothes.
How... - Te... hoki...
Ehara i a rāua te whare i hanga.
They didn’t build the house.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ehara i a Hōne te pouaka i hanga.
Hōne didn’t build the box.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
He mea hanga nā te Atua.
God created.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...
He mea hanga i roto i ngā roto i te ara haere atu i Waiuku ki Te Maioro.
[Some] were built in the lakes on the path going from Waiuku to Te Maioro.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...
Ko wai kāore i hanga i te whare?
Who didn’t build the house?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ka hanga au i te whare.
I build the house.
Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae.
The experts have built the marae.
Ehara nā rātou te whare i hanga.
They didn't build the house.
Ā te Mane, ka tīmata te hanga o tōku whare.
On Monday, the building of my house will begin.
Kei te hanga a Haki i tētehi whare.
Jack is building a house.
Kei te hanga te pūngāwerewere i tana māwhaiwhai ki te hopu i ngā ngaro.
The spider is building its web to catch flies.
Kua hangā he whare.
A house has been built.
I hanga a Kauri i tōku whare.
Kauri built my house.
