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reta - letter

Ko ngā aha ngā reta ra?
What are those letters?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Kei te tuhituhi ia i te reta.
He is writing the letter.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te tuhituhi ia i te reta.
She is writing the letter.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E huna ana te pūngāwerewere i roto i te pouaka rēta.
The spider is hiding in the letterbox.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka tuhituhi a Pita i te reta mō tōna hoa.
Pita will write the letter for his friend.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka tuhituhi reta ia.
He will be letter-writing.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

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

Tuhituhi reta ai ia.
He regularly writes letters.
Habitual action - ai

Ko tēnei he reta nō Ingarangi mai.
This is a letter from England.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nāku i tuhituhi te reta.
It was me who wrote the letter.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā Rewi e tuhituhi he reta ki te Pirimia.
It will be Rewi who will write a letter to the Prime Minister.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Kaua e tuhia he reta roa.
You shouldn't write a long letter.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kaua te kaiako e pānuitia te reta.
The teacher shouldn't read the letter.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

I tuhia tētahi reta e ia ki tōna hoa.
The letter was written by her to her sweetheart.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tuhia te reta e Hine.
The letter has been written by Hine.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E tuhituhi reta kā ana ahau.
I'm writing a letter.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Whētuia te reta, ka kuhu ai ki te kōpaki.
Fold the letter, and then put it in the envelope.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Ka taea ahau te tuhituhi i tēnei reta.
I am able to write this letter.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore ia i te tuhituhi i te reta.
He is not writing the letter.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore ia i te tuhituhi i te reta.
She is not writing the letter.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore a Pita e tuhituhi i te reta mō tōna hoa.
Pita will not write the letter for his friend.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Kāore anō te reta kia tuhia e Hine.
The letter has not been written by Hine.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kaua tō reta e tukua ki te nūpepra!
Don't send your letter to the newspaper!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kāore au e taea te tuhituhi i tēnei reta.
I am unable to write this letter.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Ehara i a au te reta i tuhituhi.
I didn’t write the letter.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

I tuhi au i tētahi reta kia uru ai au ki roto i te raruraru.
I wrote a letter in order to get into trouble.
In order to - kia... ai

I tuhi au i tētahi reta kia kore ai au e uru ki roto i te raruraru.
I wrote a letter in order to not get into trouble.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Kei te tuhi au i taku reta kia a ia.
I am writing my letter to him.

E tuhituhi reta ana ia.
She is letter-writing.

I tuhi ia i te reta, hei whakamōhio ai i a mātou.
He wrote the letter to inform us.

Kua tuhituhi a Honi i tētahi reta ki Te Kaunihera.
Honi has written a letter to the Council.

Ko ā tātou reta ērā.
They're our letters.

Kua kite mātou i āu kupu i roto i tēnei reta āu.
We have seen your words in this letter of yours.

He reta ērā.
They're letters.

I tuhi ia i tētahi reta ki tōna hoa.
She wrote a letter to her sweetheart.

E tuhi reta ana a Mere.
Mere is letter writing.

Nāku tēnei reta i tuhi
I wrote this letter

E tuhituhi reta ana ia
She is writing letters/a letter

Ki a Taika kē te reta nei.
This letter is to Taika.

Hei tuhi i tētahi reta te pene.
The pen is for writing a letter.

Kaaore i maka·ia atu e koe te reta, nee?
You didn’t throw away the letter, did you?

Nā Manu tēnei reta.
This letter is from Manu.

Tino roa te reta a Kauri.
Kauri's letter was very long.

Anei he reta māu
Here’s a letter for you

Nā Huia te reta kē i muri o te karaka.
The letter behind the clock is Huia's.

Ehara nā Hōri te reta nei i tuku mai.
George didn't send this letter.

Kei te tuhituhi reta kē ahau.
I'm writing a letter.

I whakawhiti atu a ia me te mea nei ki te pōhi i tana reta.
He crossed over as if to post a letter.

Ka huna te wahine i ngā reta kia kore ai ngā tamariki e mōhio ki te pono.
The woman hid the letters so that the children would not know the truth. — Foster.

E tuhituhi ana ia i ngā reta.
She is writing the letters.

Ka tuhi ahau i ngā reta ki tēnei pene.
I will write the letters with this pen.

I tuhituhia (tuhia) ngā reta.
The letters were written.

Kei te tuhi au i taku reta ki a ia
I am writing my letter to him

Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i te reta ki te pene.
Rangi is writing a letter with a pen.

Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i te reta ki te pene i hoko ai ia.
Mere is baking the cake.

Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi reta ki te pene.
Rangi is writing a letter with the pen.

Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi reta ki te pene i hoko ai ia.
Rangi is writing a letter with the pen which he bought.

I kitea e au te pene i tuhi ai ia i te reta.
I found the pen with which she wrote the letter.

I whakautua tāku reta.
My letter was answered.

Kīhai tāku reta i whakautua.
My letter was not answered.

Nāku ngā reta i tiki.
I fetched the mail.

Kaua tō reta | e tukuna | ki te nūpepa!
Don't send your letter to the newspaper!

Anei he pene hei tuhituhi i te reta.
Here is a pen for the purpose of writing the letter.

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