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pātītī - grass
Pātiti (i). 1. n. Microlaena stipoides, a grass. Kia awhitia koe ki te patiti, ki te taru aotea e tu ki te ngahere (Wa. 1, 51). Patiti taranui, Agropyron scabrum, tussock grass.
2. Hatchet. “I ahatia to tangata i mateai ?” “I patohia ki taku patiti.”
3. v.i. ? Warm oneself. I haere mai koutou ki te patiti ahi.
Williams Dictionary
Pātiti (ii). ‖ patī.
Williams Dictionary
E whakatipua ana te pātītī e Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
The grass is being grown by Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ka tapahi au i te pātītī.
I will cut the grass.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Taihoa e pōtarotaro pātītī kei te mākū tonu te papa.
Don't mow the lawns the grass is still wet.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Kua tapahia te pātītī e au.
The grass has been cut by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua tapahia te pātītī e au.
The grass was cut by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua tapahia te pātītī e au.
The grass has been cut by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E pōtarotaro pātītī a Rangi.
Rangi is lawn-mowing.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kāore anō te pātītī kia tapahia e au.
The grass has not been cut by me.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Kāore te pātītī i tapahia e au.
The grass was not cut by me.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Ko Hone te tohunga kutikuti pātītī.
Hone is the expert at mowing the lawns.
Āwhea koe tapahi ai i te pātītī?
When will you mow the lawn?
