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pepa - paper; pepper

Pepa = pape, v.i. 1. Make an error or slip in reciting a karakia, thus causing an aitua.

2. Hold the breath. Ka kite i te kawau e ruku ana, ka ki atu a Kahungunu, “E pepa koutou ki te kawau ra ?” A, ka pepa te iwi ra. Kaore rawa i taea (W. iii, 59).

= pepe.

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pepa.

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Ehara ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper is not for the students.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper is for the students.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

Homai te tote me te pepa.
Pass the salt and pepper.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kei te tāia te pepa e te kaituhi.
The paper is being printed by the author.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kore rawa au i mōhio i tīmata mai te pepa i te rākau.
I didn't know that paper came from trees.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper belongs to the students.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Kāore te pepa i te tāia e te kaituhi.
The paper is not being printed by the author.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Ehara i ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper does not belong to the students.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Anei he rau pepa māu.
Here's a piece of paper for you.

Kua tākaia te koha ki te pepa ātaahua nei.
The present has been wrapped in this beautiful paper.

Kua tuhi koutou i ō koutou ingoa ki runga i te pepa?
Have you written youir names on the paper?

Kei te taha mauī o te rorohiko te pepa.
The paper is on the left-hand side of the computer.

#69: Who is the woman singing?
#145: Belonging to a reason
#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).
#8: I'm tired
#60: My mother is cake baking
#157: When the police arrived, the thief had already run away
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