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hari - to feel happy; to take or carry

Hari (i). 1. v.i. Dance.

2. Sing a song to dance to.

3. Feel or show gladness. Ka hari tona ngakau i roto i a ia (T. 130).

4. n. Dance.

5. Song (M. 67).

6. Joy.

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harihari, n. Song to make people pull together.

harihari, hahari, n. Paphirus largillierti and Dosinia subrosea, bivalve molluscs.

Williams Dictionary

Hari (ii), v.t. Carry. Ka haere atu te koroheke ra, ka hari i nga toki (T. 51). Haria he kai ma taua (T. 25).

Williams Dictionary

Kei te hari au i ngā pūhera ki te waka.
I am carrying the purchases to the car
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

I te hari katoa hāunga anō a Honi.
Everyone was happy except Honi.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka pai taku hari i aku tamariki ki te whakangahau?
Can I take my kids along to the entertainment night?
Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?

Māu te kai e hari atu ki a rātou.
You can take the food to them.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Ka taea e koe te hari i a au ki te tāone?
Are you able to take me to town?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

I te āhua whakamā au. Kāore au i hari kai atu, i te mea kāore au i tino mōhio ka roa te hui. Ka mutu, ko āku tamariki ngā mea tino kaha ki te kai.
I was a bit embarrassed. I didn't take a plate, because I didn't know it was going to be a long hui. And worse still, it was my kids who polished off most of the food.
...and also, moreover - ...ka mutu

Kei te hari katoa.
I'm happy as ever.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Me waiata pēnei koe: Hari huritau ki a koe!
You should sing like this: happy birthday to you!
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

reira, māku e kawe ai tātou nei tikanga, kia tīmata ai tātou nei kaupapa, tātou nei karaihe, i te pai, i te ora, i te hari.
Therefore, I will carry out our customs, so that our purpose, our class, may begin in goodness, in wellbeing, and in happiness.

Hāunga ia te tumuaki, ka tino hari katoa.
Except for the principal, everyone was happy.

Hari huritau ki a koe.
Happy Birthday to you.

Kua hari au i ngā pouaka.
I have carried the boxes.

#177: The really happy fish will indeed return
#161: I have been forgotten by your name
#157: When the police arrived, the thief had already run away
#28: Rangi is reading the book
#138: The mother will be the one to tidy the room
#101: We are arguing. No we're not!
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