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pānui - to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement

Pānui. 1. v.t. Read or speak aloud.

2. Publish, proclaim.

3. Advertise publicly.

4. n. Public notice.

panuitanga, n. Announcement, notice.

Note.—This is said, with some probability, to be a modern word invented by the Maoris in connection with their instruction by the early missionaries.

Williams Dictionary

Kei te pānui au i te pukapuka.
I am reading the book.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E pānui ana te tama i te pukapuka.
The boy is reading the book.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I mahi au i te māra, ā, āe, i pānui pukapuka, ā, i tunu hoki au i te kai te whānau.
I worked in the garden, yeah, I read books and I cooked for the family.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I pānui a Toa i tērā pukapuka.
Toa read that book.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te pānui au.
I was reading.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kua pānui koe i te puka wetereo?
Have you read the grammar guide?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me pānui te kaiako i te reta.
The teacher should read the letter.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te pānui te tama i te pukapuka.
The boy is reading the book.
Sentences with i - i

Pānui ai au i ia , i ia .
I always read each and every night.
Habitual action - ai

Tirotiro ai ia i ngā pānui ngā matenga i ia , i ia .
She checks out the death notices religiously every day.
Habitual action - ai

Nāku te pukapuka hītori i pānui i te Pātaka Kōrero.
I read the history book in the library.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

He pānui tēnei māu.
This notice is for you.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

rāua ngā pukapuka e pānui.
They (two) will read the books.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku e pānui tētahi kōrero ki a koe.
Shall I read you a story?
Future agent emphatic - māku

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

Kāore anō tēnei pānui kia pānuitia e au.
I have not yet read this notice.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tonoa kētia atu ngā pānui e mātou.
The notices have already been sent out by us (3/+ exclusive).
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ki te pānui, hei te nei te kōnohete.
According to the flyer, the concert's tonight.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei te pānui puka te kuia.
The old lady is reading a book.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

He aha te pukapuka pai hei pānui ngā tamariki?
What is a good book for the children to read?
For the purpose of - hei

He aha te pukapuka pai hei pānui ngā tamariki hei konei hei āpōpō?
What is a good book for the children to read here tomorrow?
For the purpose of - hei

Hei aha te rīpene whakapiri? Hei whakamau atu i ngā pānui whakaahua ki te pakitara.
What's that adhesive tape for? For attaching the posters to the wall.
For the purpose of - hei

Kāore au i te pānui i te pukapuka.
I am not reading the book.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore a Rua i te pānui i te pukapuka.
Rua isn't reading the book.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore te tama e pānui ana i te pukapuka.
The boy is not reading the book.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

He aha tētehi pukapuka reo Māori kua pānui koe i tēnei wiki?
What Māori language book have you read this week?
What? - He aha?

te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ehara rāua ngā pukapuka e pānui.
They (two) won’t read the books.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

He pai ki a koe te pānui pukapuka?
Do you like to read books?
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Homai te niupepa kia pānui ai au i ngā kōrero mōna.
Pass me the newspaper so that I can read the stories about her.
In order to - kia... ai

Whakapāngia mai te pānui ki tēnei taha o te matapihi.
Stick the notice on this side of the window.
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Kua pānui ahau i tēnei pānui.
I have read this notice.

He kaha ia ki te pānui pukapuka ?
She/he's good at reading eh?

Pānui pukapuka.
Read books.

I pānui au.
I read.

Kei hea ngā pānui tēnei ahiahi?
Where are the notices for this afternoon?

He rawa ngā tamariki ki te tuhituhi, ki te pānui hoki.
The children are good at writing and reading.

Kei hea ngā pānui tēnei ahiahi?
Where are the notices for this afternoon?

Kāore anō tēnei pānui kia pānuitia e au.
This notice has not yet been read by me.

I pānui au i tētehi pukapuka.
I read a book.

I pānui pukapuka au.
I read.

Hei āpōpō pānui au ai i ētahi pukapuka reo Māori.
Tomorrow I will read some Māori books.

Pānui me ngā rauemi.
News and resources.

Māu tēnei pānui.
This notice is for you.

He pānui tēnei mōu.
This notice is about you.

Kei te pānui a Tainui te pukapuka ki ngā kōhungahunga.
Tainui is reading the book to the young people.

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