Results for 'pērā'
pērā - like that, yonder
Pēra. 1. a. Like that, which is unconnected with either the speaker or person spoken to. Na, pera tonu te tikanga a Tutanekai raua ko Tiki i nga po katoa (T. 130). If the comparison is completed, the second element is introduced by me.
2. v.t. Treat or do in that way. Ka peratia ano nga korero me tera i patua ra i te tuatahi (T. 154).
3. v.i. Act or behave in that way. Ka pera katoa nga tangata o nga waka ra (J. xx, 17).
4. ad. In that way, so.
‖ pē (ii), penei.
Williams Dictionary
Pera, n. 1. Grease, blubber. Tirohia iho ra te pera o Tutunui (M. 134).
2. Putrefying flesh. ‖ Ta. pera, remains of a dead person. Umu pera, a large earth oven used in the ritual of the pure rite.
Williams Dictionary
I whakatō i ētehi kai māori pērā i te kūmara me te kōkihi.
We planted native food like kūmara and native spinach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kei te mau hū au pērā i ō Michael Jordan.
I am wearing shoes like Michael Jordan's.
Sentences with i - i
Kāore au i te pīrangi ki tētehi kai pērā i tēnei ata.
I do not want any food like that this morning.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kaua e pērā!
Don't do it like that! Don't be like that!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Kaua e kōrero pērā!
Don't talk like that!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Kaua e mahi pērā!
Don't work like that!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Kei te pērā tonu hoki a muri i a ia.
Those behind him were doing the same.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Kei te moe tonu pea, pērā i tō rāua pāpā.
They are probably still sleeping, just like their father.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Kei te mau hū au pērā i a ia.
I am wearing shoes like her.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Kei te mau hū au pērā i a Michael Jordan.
I am wearing shoes like Michael Jordan.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
He aha i pērā ai?
Why is it like this?
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Nā te aha i pērā ai?
For what reason is it like that?
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Nā te aha koe i titiro tītaha pērā mai ai?
What caused you to look sideways at me like that?
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Ka waiata koe pērā i a Tui Teka.
You sing like Tui Teka.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
He pērā te āhua o Hera, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Hera's nature is like that, he has a kind heart.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Me tū teitei koe pērā i te tōtara.
You should stand tall like the tātara tree.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Kei te pērā tonu au.
I'm unchanged.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Ki te ngaro te reo, ka ngaro tāua pērā i te moa.
If the language is lost, we are lost like that of the large extinct moa bird.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Kei te pērā tonu a Tawa.
He's the same old Tawa as always.
Kei te pērā tonu.
Still the same.
Kei te moe tonu rāua ko tōna pera!
He's still sleeping with his pillow.
Pērā tonu i ngā rā katoa, i ngā pō hoki e te iwi.
The tribe did that by day and at night.
Pērā tonu i ngā rā katoa, i ngā pō hoki, e te iwi.
The tribe did this every day, and at night too.
