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hākinakina - sport; to play sport

Hākinakina, v.i. Sport, enjoy oneself. E Hoka, tukua iho taua nei ki raro nei hakinakina ai (W. ii, 21).

Williams Dictionary

Kei te whakapakari tinana rāua ki te whare hākinakina.
Those two are exercising at the gym.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te whare hākinakina a Hera e whakapakari ana.
Hera is at the gym working out.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

te hākinakina ka pakari te tinana.
Through exercise the body will get stronger.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

He aha ngā hākinakina pai ki a koe?
What sport do you like?
What? - He aha?

He aha te hākinakina pai ki a koe?
What sport do you like?
What? - He aha?

Kei korā te whare hākinakina.
The gym is over there.

Ko Tūmanako te toki hākinakina o tōna whānau.
Tūmanako is the sports champion of his family

He rawe te hākinakina!
It's great to exercise!

Kei te mātakitaki ngā ākonga i te whutupōro i te taiwhanga hākinakina.
The students are watching the football in the stadium.

#19: Your armpit smells delicious
#7: I'm good
#58: My wife meets my girlfriend
#141: In the time of the ancestors
#43: We are going to his house
#178: She immediately cried and is still crying.
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