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kaiako - teacher (kai- + ako)

Ko ia te kaiako o Taika.
She is the teacher of Taika.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai kaiako pāngarau?
Who is your maths teacher?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ehara te kaiako i te kaikōrero.
The teacher is not a speaker.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara a Mere i te kaiako nui.
Mere is not an important teacher.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E whakamārama ana te kaiako i te mahi ki ngā tamariki.
The teacher is explaining the work to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I te hanga te kaiako i ngā mahi te akomanga.
The teacher was preparing the work for the class.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka kōrero a Rewi ki te kaiako hei te Rātū.
Rewi will speak to the teacher on Tuesday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka ako te kaiako i ngā tauira.
The teacher will teach the students.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me pānui te kaiako i te reta.
The teacher should read the letter.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ehara te kaiako tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is not for the teacher.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

Ehara ngā kaiako tēnei pouaka.
This box is not for the teachers.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

te kaiako i whakaako i ngā tauira.
It was the teacher who taught the students.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

ngā kaiako i whakaako ngā tamariki.
It was the teachers who taught the children.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

te kaiako i ngā ture.
It was the teacher who stated the rules.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

te kaiako ia i whaka-oho.
It was the teacher who woke him/her up.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

ngā kaiako tēnei pouaka.
This box is for the teachers.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

te kaiako tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is for the teacher.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

ngā kaiako e whiriwhiri te toa.
The teachers will pick the winner.
Future agent emphatic - māku

ngā kaiako te toa e whiriwhiri.
The teachers will pick the winner.
Future agent emphatic - māku

ngā kaiako ngā tauira e whakaako.
The teachers will teach the students.
Future agent emphatic - māku

te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher will explain the rules.
Future agent emphatic - māku

I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.
The teacher was talking to us as if we were deaf.
It was as if - ānō nei

Kaua te kaiako e pānuitia te reta.
The teacher shouldn't read the letter.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kua whakamāramatia te mahi e te kaiako ki ngā tamariki.
The work has been explained to the children by the teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka taea te kaiako te whakarongo ki ngā tauira.
The teacher is able to listen to the students.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ka āhei te kaiako te haere ki waho.
The teacher is allowed to go outside.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kei te aha te kaiako ki ngā tauira?
What's the teacher doing with the students?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

Kāore ngā kaiako i te riri?
Are the teachers not angry?
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore a Rewi e kōrero ki te kaiako hei te Rātū.
Rewi will not speak to the teacher on Tuesday.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

He kaiako ahau.
I am a teacher.
Categorizing sentences - he

He kaiako nui a Mere.
Mere is an important teacher.
Categorizing sentences - he

ngā kaiako ngā pukapuka.
The books belong to the teachers.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

He Nikau ro kaiako o ā māua tamariki.
Our children's teacher is Nikau.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He kaiako tērā wahine.
That woman is a teacher.
That (over there) - tērā

Kāore te kaiako i te hanga i ngā mahi te akomanga.
The teacher was not preparing the work for the class.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

He kaiako ia?
Is she a teacher?
Asking 'are you a...?' - He... ?

Hei muri te kaiako i te akomanga.
The teacher will be behind the classroom.
Future locative - hei

Ehara i ngā kaiako ngā pukapuka.
The books do not belong to the teachers.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore te kaiako hei muri i te akomanga.
The teacher will not be behind the classroom.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Ehara ngā kaiako ngā tauira e whakaako.
The teachers won’t teach the students.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Ehara te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher won’t explain the rules.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Kāore te kaiako e taea te whakarongo ki ngā tauira.
The teacher is unable to listen to the students.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Ehara i te kaiako ngā tauira i whakaako.
The teacher didn’t teach the students.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i ngā kaiako ngā tamariki i whakaako.
The teachers didn’t teach the children.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i te kaiako ngā ture i .
The teacher didn’t state the rules.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

te aha te kaiako i whakatika ai i te mahi?
For what reason did the teacher correct the work?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

te aha te kaiako i kore ai e whakatika i te mahi?
Why didn’t the teacher correct the work?
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?

Kāore te kaiako e āhei te haere ki waho.
The teacher is not allowed to go outside.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei

Kia tipu, kia puāwai, ko koe te mea nui, ā, te kaiako ngā wawata o te kaiako āna tauira.
Grow and flourish—you are the most important thing—and through the teacher are the teacher’s aspirations for their students.

Ke mea mai ia, ka pai tana kaiako ki te waiata.
He says that his teacher is good at singing.

He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.

He kaiako ia i te tērā .
She was a teacher then.

Hei kaiako ia.
She will be a teacher.

He kaiako ia.
She is a teacher.

E hia ngā kaiako o te kura nei?
How many teachers are in this school?

te kaiako tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to the teacher.

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