keti - gate
Kaua e tatari i te kēti!Don't wait at the gate!Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
I runga i te paruone ka mahia e ia he raina mai i te kēti ki te whare ki tana rākau.He drew a line in the dirt from the gate to the house with his stick.Passive sentences - tikina...
I tatari mātou i te kēti.We waited by the gate.
Kua kati te kēti i a au.I've closed the gate.
Ka kati au i te kēti.I will close the gate.
I mea atu rā hoki ahau ki a koe kua whakapuaretia e ia te kēti ki a tātou.I told you he would open the gate for us.
Kei waho i te kēti te ope o te Kuīni, arā o Te Atairangikaahu rātou ko ōna hoa rangatira.The party of Queen Te Atairangikaahu and her chiefly supporters is outside the gate.
Taihoa e kati i te keti.Don’t shut the gate yet.
Ka pai anō tō kati i te keti i muri i a koe?Could you possibly shut the gate behind you?
