Results for 'hoha'
hōhā - annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)
Hōhā, a. 1. Wearid with expectation, importunity, anxiety, etc. Nawai a hoha noa iho tetehi, tetehi (T. 166). Ka hoha au i tau mahi whakatoi. Hoha tahi! Hoha ki! expressions of impatience. Ka kiia atu kia korero mai, ka mea mai “Hoha tahi” (W. v, 162). ‖ tahi.
2. Wearisome. He mahi hoha tenei.
whakahoha, v.t. Cause to be weary. Naku i whakahoha he moenga mokai i tauwehea ai taua (M. 63).
Williams Dictionary
Kua hōhā katoa au ki a koe.
I'm totally annoyed with you.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua hōhā au ki tēnei tū āhuatanga.
I'm sick (bored) of this carry on.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kāore au e rata ki te tahitahi papa, he hōhā.
I don't like sweeping the floor, it's annoying.
To like - rata
Kāore i roa ka hōhā ngā tuākana ki ngā teina.
Before long the older kids were over the younger ones.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kaua e hōhā.
Don't be angry.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kua hōha noa ia ki ngā harihari kōrero me te amuamu anō a ngā kiritata.
He was annoyed at the gossip and also the complaining from his neighbours.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
Ka roa a Pōrori e tāria ana, me te hōhā haere o ngā mea e tatari ana ki a ia.
Pōrori was waited for a long time, and those waiting for him got fed up.
Be waited for - tāria
Kei te hōhā ahau i te mea he uaua tēnei mahi.
I am bored because this work is too hard.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Kāore au i hōhā i a koe.
I wasn't upset with you.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...
Ka hōhā tō tāua māmā i a rātou.
Our mum's fed up with them.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
E oma atu ā tāua tamariki hōhā.
Our exasperating children are running away.
Away - atu
Ki te tōmuri a Koa, ka hōhā au.
If Koa is late, I will be annoyed.
*If using ki - ki
Kua hōhā ahau ki ngā paruparu e puta ana ki te moana.
I hate the pollution of the sea.
He hōhā a Kauri.
Kauri can be a bit of a drag.
Ki te kore e mutu te ua ākuanei, ka hōhā ngā tamariki.
If it doesn't stop raining soon, the children will get bored.
He tino hōhā tēnei hui
This meeting is very boring
Ka hōhā te whaea i ngā tamariki
the mother was impatient with (sick of) the children
Me ihiihi te kaiako + kei hōhā ngā tamariki
The teacher must be exciting, or the children will become bored.
E oma atu ana ā tāua tamariki hōhā.
Our exasperating children are running away.
Nā te kaiako ngā tauira i hoha ai.
The teacher was the reason that the students were bored.
Nā te kaiako ngā tauira i hoha nei.
The teacher is the reason that the students are bored.
He hōhā nōku.
Because I was annoyed.
He hōhā nōu.
Because you were annoyed.
He hōhā nōnā.
Because she was annoyed.
He hōhā nō Rangi.
Because Rangi was annoyed.
Ka hōhā → ia → i a rātou.
She’s fed up with them.
He hōhā nō ngā tamariki.
Because the children were annoyed.
Mā te kaiako ngā tauira e hoha ai.
The teacher is the reason that the students will be bored.
Ka hōhā au i tēnei mahi roa.
I shall become fed up by (with) this long job.
Kei te hōhā au.
I am bored.
Kua hōhā au i a koe.
I'm fed up with you.
Hōhā au i ōku tuāhine.
I’ve had enough of my sisters. (speaker is male)
Mā te kaiako ngā tauira e hōhā ai.
The teacher is the reason the students will be bored.
Ki te rākau, he hōhā ngā manu.
To the tree, the birds were a nuisance.
Ka hōhā ia i a rātou.
She is fed up with them.
Hōhā pēwhea nei?
Boring in what way?
