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tahitahi - to sweep

tahitahi. 1. v.t. Scrape. E tahitahi ana ia i te riwai.

2. Touch lightly, graze. Kahore i tahitahi ki taku waewae; i pahemo.

3. ad. Within a little. Tahitahi tonu taua ka riri i mua ake nei.

4. n. Glacis, slope from the outer palisade of a pa. Tu ana i nga tahitahi ki Wharemako ra (M. 115).

Williams Dictionary

Kei te tahitahi a Ari i te whare.
Ari is sweeping the house.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te tahitahi a P&amacr;ora i te papa.
Pāora is sweeping the floor.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Ki a wai te tahitahi i te mahau?
Who is going to sweep the verandah
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

Ki a koe te tahitahi i te mahau.
You sweep the verandah.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

Kāore au e rata ki te tahitahi papa, he hōhā.
I don't like sweeping the floor, it's annoying.
To like - rata

Nā wai te papa i tahitahi?
Who swept the floor?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Kauri te papa i tahitahi.
It was Kauri who swept the floor.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Pita i tahitahi te papa.
It was Pita who swept the floor.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māku te papa e tahitahi.
I will sweep the floor.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kāhore e Mā, māku te papa e tahitahi.
No worries Mum, I will clean the floor.

I tahitahi ngā tamariki i te papa.
The children swept the floor.

Kei te tākaro ki te tahitahi.
They are playing with the broom.