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kaimahi - worker, employee (kai- + mahi)

I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere.
In the mornings, the workers always go to the bush.
Habitual action - ai

koutou ngā pānui e tono atu ki ngā kaimahi.
You (3/+) will send the notices out to the workers.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Ka pēwhea ngā kaimahi?
What will happen to the workers?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

Ka whakatikahia te whare e ngā kaimahi.
The house will be fixed by the workers.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E pau haere ana te hau o ngā kaimahi.
The workers are starting to run out of puff.
It is becoming... - E... haere ana

Kei te ngenge te kaimahi.
The worker is tired.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kāore te kaimahi i te ngenge.
The worker is not tired.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore te whare i oti i ngā kaimahi.
The house was not completed by the workers.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kāore te whare i oti i ngā kaimahi.
The house was not completed by the workers.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Ka pai ā mātou kaimahi katoa.
All our workers are doing well.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Kāore te whare e whakatikahia e ngā kaimahi.
The house will not be fixed by the workers.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Te māngere hoki o āu kaimahi!
How lazy your workers are!
How... - Te... hoki...

Kua oti te whare i ngā kaimahi.
The house was completed by the workers.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua oti te whare i ngā kaimahi.
The house was completed by the workers.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

He kaimahi ahau ki Te Kōhanga Reo
I am a worker at Kōhanga Reo.

He kaimahi ahau ki Countdown.
I am a worker at Countdown.

He kaimahi ahau ki ANZ
I am a worker at ANZ

He kaimahi ahau ki ANZ ki Pōneke.
I am a worker at ANZ, in (or at) Wellington.

He kaimahi ia.
He is a worker.

Āe, koia te rangatira o te kamupene, he tokomaha ana kaimahi.
Yup, he is the boss of the company. He has a lot of workers.

He kaimahi pukumahi koe.
You are a hard worker.

Tokohia ō kaimahi?
How many people do you work with?

#152: Kātahi anō au kua tae mai. I have just arrived (or I have arrived at last, or I have arrived for the first time).
#93: Tidy your room!
#98: I am being eaten by the cake.
#188: Rangi will eat that cake over there
#81: What has happened to cause you to cry now?
#105: I have not yet eaten crocodile meat
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