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kauhoe - to swim

Kauhoe. 1. v.i. Swim. E kore ranei au e whiti ki te kauhoe ? (T. 132). ‖ kau (ii).

2. n. Crew of a canoe. Ka whawha iho nga ringa o te kauhoe, a ka karanga ake ratou, “Taumaha rukuruku ia !” (W. ii, 23). Used also of the individual paddler. Ka mate te nuinga o nga kauhoe (W. iii, 20). ‖ kau (v).

kauhoehoe, v.i. Swim. Nawai ra, a ka rewa nga waewae, kua kauhoehoe (T. 120).

Williams Dictionary

Ko te raumati te kauhoe.
Summer is the time for swimming.
Identity sentences - ko...

E kauhoe ana rātou i ngā ngaru.
They are swimming in the waves.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kauhoe ana ia ki te motu.
She is going to swim to the island.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kauhoe ana ia ki te moutere.
She is going to swim to the island.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kauhoe ana te hoiho i te moana.
The yellow-eyed penguin is swimming in the sea.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I haere au ki te kauhoe.
I went for a swim.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kauhoe atu ia ki te motu.
He swam to the island.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te haere rātou ki te moana ki te kauhoe.
They were going to the beach to swim.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka taea e koe te kauhoe?
Can you swim?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

I haere ngā tamariki ki te moana kauhoe ai.
The children went to the ocean in order to swam.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kāore au i te kauhoe.
I am not swimming.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Ka kauhoe ia i Rotorua ki Mokoia.
She swam from Rotorua to Mokia.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore rātou i te haere ki te moana ki te kauhoe.
They were not going to the beach to swim.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

Kei te kauhoe ia.
She's swimming.

E pōhēhē a Hoani ke toromi ia, engari ka kauhoe mai he kauhauora.
John mistakenly thought he was going to drown, but a lifeguard swam up.

I oma, i kauhoe, i eke paihikara hoki au i te mutunga wiki.
I ran, I swam and I biked over the weekend.

He koretake ia ki te kauhoe!
He's hopeless at swimming.

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