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tatari - to wait

tātari - sieve; sift; analyse; review

Tātari. ‖ tari (v).

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Tatari. ‖ tari (iii).

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tatari. 1. v.i. Wait. Ka tatari te manuhiri nei ki te tangata o te ahi nei kia hoki mai (T. 186).

2. v.t. Expect. Ka tatari i to raua matenga ki reira (T. 176).

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tātari. 1. v.t. Strain, sift.

2. n. Strainer, sieve.

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E tatari ana au ki te rārangi kia hoko ai i ōku hū.
I am waiting in the queue to pay for my shoes.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka tatari au ki a koe.
I will wait for you.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me tatari rāua
The two should wait.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Tatari i te kete!
Wait at the gate!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e tatari i te kēti!
Don't wait at the gate!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua tātou e tatari kia pari haere te tai, ka haere ai. Me haere ināianei.
Let's not wait until the tide starts coming in and then go. We should go now.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Ka roa a Pōrori e tāria ana, me te hōhā haere o ngā mea e tatari ana ki a ia.
Pōrori was waited for a long time, and those waiting for him got fed up.
Be waited for - tāria

Haere ki tōku tari tatari ai.
Go to my office and wait.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

I tau mai te waka ki uta, me te karanga atu a te iwi e tatari ana.
The canoe came to shore while the people who were waiting called out.
Towards - mai

Tatari mai i konā, e te tau.
Wait there, my darling.
Towards - mai

I tatari mātou i te kēti.
We waited by the gate.

Tērā a Tūrongo kei te tatari kia hauhaketia tana kūmara, ā, kia mene mai i a ia ngā kai pērā i a Whatihua, ka karanga ai a ia kia haria mai a Rua-pū-tahanga.
Meanwhile Tūrongo was waiting for his sweet potatoes to be harvested, so that he would have food stored up like Whatihua, at which point he would send for Rua-pū-tahanga.

Me tatari koe kia tae mai tōu whaea
You had best wait until your mother arrives.

Me tatari kia rangona mai te karanga.
We should wait until a call is heard.

Ka tatari au ki a koutou ko ngā kaiako.
I will wait for you and the teachers.

Ina tahuri mai ia, kīngia atu kia tatari.
If he calls in, tell him to wait.

I tatari te toa ki te tomokanga.
The warrior waited at the gate.

Kaua e tatari!
Don’t wait!

E tatari ana ngā tamariki ki te pahi.
The children are waiting for the bus.

Ka mutu ngā tohutohu iho a Tama-te-kapua ki te teina, ko te hekenga atu ki raro, ka haere ki te roro o te whare, noho tatari mai ai ki te teina.
After Tama-te-kapua had finished his instructions to his brother, he descended and went to the porch of the house, crouching in wait for his brother.

Tāua ka noho i konei tatari ai kia tae mai.
Let's sit down here and wait until she arrives.

Kāore tā mātou ngeru i te tatari ki tāna kai.
Our cat is not waiting for his tea.

I mua a Mere mā i te whare e tatari ana.
Mere and the others were waiting in front of the house.

I tatari te ope i te teihana.
The group waited at the station.

Me tatari kia rangona mai te karanga
(We) should wait until a call is heard

E tatari ana mātou kia tae mai ō mātou hoa.
We are waiting until our friends arrive.

Kaua e tatari i te kūaha!
(Do not wait at the gate!)

Taihoa. Me tatari kia tū mārika te waka.
Hold on. You need to wait until the car has come to a complete stop.

I tau mai te waka ki uta, me te karanga atu a te iwi e tatari ana
The canoe came to shore while the people who were waiting called out

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#130: Negative active commands - Don't!
#94: Cause the book to be open!
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