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tauira - student; example

Tāuira, a. Gleaming. Ki te ata tauira mai (M. 217). ‖ uira.

Williams Dictionary

Tauira, n. 1. Teacher, skilled person. Hei whakakite mana ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata kia waiho ai ia hei tauira (T. 178).

2. Pupil, particularly one under instruction by a tohunga, such a one being called at one stage of tuition tauira horomata. Ehara te tae ki te atua, kia mauru tona ngakau i te ika a tona tauira (T. 22).

3. Pattern. Ka mahue iho te kupenga nei, ka riro mai i a Kahukura hei tauira mana (T. 179). Applied figuratively to the sun. Korikori taua, ka taka tauira (Let us be moving, the sun is sinking).

4. Copy. Ka kite a Maui-atamai i te mahi tauira a Maui-wareware i tana punga (W. 11, 113).

5. In karakia the word is used in a mystic sense in juxtaposition with such words as tohunga, atua, tama, karakia, etc. I ena karakia, i ena tauira (T. 87). No Tenei ariki, no tenei tauira (M. 296). Ena nga atua, ena nga pu, ena nga take, ena nga tauira, o karakia mana (T. 88). Ko koe te waka tauiratia ana mai e koe te kaha (Ike. 85).

Williams Dictionary

Ka ako te kaiako i ngā tauira.
The teacher will teach the students.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me pātai ngā tauira i ngā pātai.
The students should ask the questions.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Tokorima ngā tauira e katakata ana ki a ia.
There are five students laughing at him.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Ehara ngā tauira tēnei akoranga.
This lesson is not for the students.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

Ehara ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper is not for the students.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

te kaiako i whakaako i ngā tauira.
It was the teacher who taught the students.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

ngā tauira i whakarite te whakaaturanga.
It was the students who prepared the presentation.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

ngā tauira tēnei akoranga.
This lesson is for the students.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper is for the students.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

ngā kaiako ngā tauira e whakaako.
The teachers will teach the students.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kei raro iho nei he tauira o te reremahi poto.
Below is an example of a short verbal sentence.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kaua ngā tauira e pātaitia ngā pātai.
The students shouldn't ask the questions.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kua tirohia ngā tāonga e ngā tauira.
The treasures have been looked at by the students.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E waiatatia ana ngā waiata e ngā tauira.
The songs are being sung by the students.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua waiatatia te waiata e ngā tauira.
The song was sung by the students.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E waiatatia ana ngā waiata e ngā tauira.
The songs are being sung by the students.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka taea te kaiako te whakarongo ki ngā tauira.
The teacher is able to listen to the students.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ka āhei ngā tauira te whakamahi i ngā rorohiko.
The students are allowed to use the computers.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kei te whare wānanga ngā tauira.
The students are at the university.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te aha te kaiako ki ngā tauira?
What's the teacher doing with the students?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

ngā tauira ēnei pene.
These pens belong to the students.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

ngā tauira tēnei paihikara.
This bicycle belongs to the students.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper belongs to the students.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Manaakitia āu tauira!
Look after your students!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

He Pākehā te nuinga o ngā tauira i reira.
Most of the students there are Pākehā.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kāore te waiata i waiatatia e ngā tauira.
The song was not sung by the students.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore ā ngā tauira he pātai.
The students don’t have any questions.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ā ngā tauira pātai.
The students don’t have any questions.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

He pātai ā te tauira?
Does the student have a question?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He pātai ā ngā tauira.
The students have questions.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He pātai ā ngā tauira.
The students have a question.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He tauira au?
Am I a student?
Asking 'are you a...?' - He... ?

Tokoono ngā tauira.
There are six students.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Ehara i ngā tauira ēnei pene.
These pens do not belong to the students.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Ehara i ngā tauira tēnei paihikara.
This bicycle does not belong to the students.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Ehara i ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper does not belong to the students.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore ngā tauira i te whare wānanga.
The students are not at the university.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Ehara ngā kaiako ngā tauira e whakaako.
The teachers won’t teach the students.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Kāore te kaiako e taea te whakarongo ki ngā tauira.
The teacher is unable to listen to the students.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Ehara i te kaiako ngā tauira i whakaako.
The teacher didn’t teach the students.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i ngā tauira te whakaaturanga i whakarite.
The students didn’t prepare the presentation.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Kāore ā te tauira he pātai?
Does the student not have a question?
Do you not have any? - Kāore āu...

Kāore e tokoono ngā tauira.
There are not six students.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...

Kāore ngā tauira e āhei te whakamahi i ngā rorohiko.
The students are not allowed to use the computers.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei

Kei te mōhio ngā tauira ki te reo Māori.
The students know the Māori language.

Kia tipu, kia puāwai, ko koe te mea nui, ā, te kaiako ngā wawata o te kaiako āna tauira.
Grow and flourish—you are the most important thing—and through the teacher are the teacher’s aspirations for their students.

reira, me mihi koutou ki a koutou, otirā ki a koe, taku hoa, Tūhoe, taku parata. Tēnā koe e hoa, tāina mai hei tautoko, hei tiaki i ahau, otirā i ēnei o ngā tauira, me rātou nei wawata, hia hia, inā koe taku parata.
Therefore, greetings to you all, and especially to you, my friend, Tūhoe, my close companion. Greetings to you, my friend, your younger sibling here to support and care for me, and also for these students, with their many aspirations—indeed, there you are, my close companion.

Tokomaha ngā tauira kei tēnei kura!
What a lot of students at this school!

Ahakoa ka noho ahau he kaiako, i ētahi ka noho ahau hei tauira. reira, koerā te mahi o tātou nei reo rangatira.
Although I may be a teacher, at times I am a student. Therefore, that is the work of our chiefly language.

Kei te mōhio ngā tauira ki te reo Māori.
The students know the Māori language.

Ā muri i te kura ka haere ētahi tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school, some students will go to the whare wānanga (place of higher learning).

He tauira ahau.
I am a student.

He tauira ahau ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa
I am a student at Massey

He tauira ahau
I am a student

He tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa
I am a student at Te Wānanga o Raukawa

He tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa ki Ōtaki.
I am a student at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in (or at) Ōtaki.

Ā muri i te kura ka haere ngā tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school the students will go to university (the house of learning).

E hia ngā tauira o te whare wānanga nei?
How many students are in this university?

He tauira ahau ki kāinga
I am a student at home

Hei tino tauira hei tāna, "i roto i te Kowheori i ngā marama e ono, e hia nei ngā kupu te mate Kowheori i te tīmatanga ."
A prime example "is when Covid-19 first hit, in the first six months there were so many different Māori names used for the word Covid".

#128: I don't have any dogs, you don't have any dogs, they don't have any dogs
#63: You should talk to your mother
#143: You will be the one to do the dishes
#147: The boy in the library
#31: The family were playing the game
#71: I am supermarketing
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