On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

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

I nukuhia e au ngā ahi wera mai i ngā kōhatu ki te pouaka ki tōku hawera.
The hot ashes were moved by me from the stones to the box with my shovel.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei.
A place was left open between the stone walls.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i ngā waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei (Pōtatau 1991:15)
A place was left open between the stone walls

Heoi ākina ana e rātou a Tēpene ki te kōhatu me ia e karanga ana ki te Ariki.
However Steven was assaulted by them with stones (at the same time) as he was calling to the Lord.

He whare kōhatu, he mea hōu.
A new, stone house.

Ko Pānia ināianei he kōhatu kei raro i te moana e takoto ana.
Today Pānia is a rock lying underneath the sea.

Kei raro ngā wētā i ngā kōhatu i ngā poro rākau.
The wētā are under stones and logs.

He papa kōhatu a Pānia ināianei.
Pānia is a flat rock now.

Ko Pānia he papa kōhatu ināianei.
As for Pānia, she’s a flat rock now.

He whare kōhatu te whare nei.
This house is a stone house.

Kei raro ngā wēta i ngā kōhatu i ngā poro rākau.
The wetas are under stones and (under) logs.

Kua haria haeretia ngā kōhatu ki te moana.
The stones have been progressively carried to the sea.

Taumaha atu i te whā tōne te kōhatu i taka ki runga i te waka
The rock that fell on the car weighed more than four tonnes

I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.
The teacher was talking to us as if we (3+) were deaf.