Results for 'pēnā'
pēnā - like that, near listener
Pēna. 1. a. Like that, which is near or has some reference to the person addressed. Ka mea atu a Hotu, “I pena ano” (W. iv, 191). If the comparison is completed, me is used. Kei tahuri ake ana whakaaro kino, e patu ana i a tatou, a pena iho me nga tama a Ranginui raua ko Papa (T. 12).
2. v.t. and v.i. Treat, do, or act in that way. A pena tonu, ia po, ia po (T. 64). Kia pena ia, taona ana ki nga kohatu o Maketu (T. 89).
3. ad. In that case, if the case were so.
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4. In that way, so. Kia mahia penatia.
‖ pē (ii), penei.
Williams Dictionary
Pena, penapena, v.t. Take care of, tend, husband, preserve knowledge (hence sometimes used for the tongue, the means of preserving knowledge).
Williams Dictionary
He aha a Ataahua i kōrero pēnā ai?
Why did Ataahua say it like that?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
He aha koe e pēnā ai?
Why are you like that?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Me pēnā.
(You should do it) like that.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me i kore koe a hāmama, kua kore mātou e mōhio i pēnā koe.
If you hadn't spoken up, we would not have known that you thought that.
If... (using me) - me
Kaua e pēnā!
Don't be like that!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kaua e tiro tītahi pēnā mai.
Don't look sideways at me like that.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kāti te kōrero pēnā.
Stop talking like that.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kaua e kōrero pēnā mō Mia.
Don't talk like that about Mia.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
E, kāti te kōrero pēnā mō taku mokopuna!
Hey, stop talking like that about my grandchild!
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Nā te aha i pēnā ai?
For what reason is it like this?
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
He aha koe i titiro tītaha pēnā mai ai?
Why do you always look sideways at me like that?
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
He aha koe e pēnā nei?
Why are you doing it like that?
Why... now? - He aha... e... nei?
He pēnā tōku pōtae.
My hat is like that.
Ei, kāti te pēnā!
Hey, stop that!
Ka pēnā tonu tāna.
He did this every time.
I ngā rā katoa, he pēnā tonu ngā mahi a Māia, he kai i ngā kīnaki.
Every day Māia did this, he ate the relishes.
He tangata tino hūmārire a Hāriata. Āe, he pēnā anō a Mere
Hāriata is a very gentle person. Yes, Mere is just like that, too.
Kaua koe e kōrero pēnā.
Don’t you talk like that.
Me i kore koe e hāmama, kua kore mātou e mōhio i pēnā koe.
If you hadn’t spoken up, we would not have known that you thought that.
He aha i pēnā ai?
Why is it like that? (near you)
Nō whea e pēnā te Māori!
A Māori would never do that!
Kāua e kōrero pēnā.
Don't talk like that.
Kei te pōturi pēnā me te ngeru.
Slow like a cat.
Kāore i mōhiotia te take i pēnā ai taua wahine.
It is not known why the woman behaved like that.
I pēnā hoki.
It was the same.
E kāti te kōrero pēnā mō taku mokopuna!
Stop talking like that about my grandchild!
He aha koe e hīkoi pēnā nei?
Why are you walking like that?
He aha koe i kōrero pēnā ai?
Why did you speak like that?
He aha koe i pēnā ai?
Why are you being like that? Why do you think that?
Koia ahau i kōrero pēnā ai.
That’s why I spoke like that.
Nā taku pukuriri i kōrero pēnā ai.
It was because of my anger that I spoke like that.
He aha ia i kōrero pēnā ai ki a tāua?
Why did he speak like that to us?
He tangata pēnā i a koe nā
Someone like you
Ka pēnā te tangata e whakapuranga ana i te taonga māna ake.
Such will be the case with a person who accumulates possessions for himself alone.
