tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)
Tukua ki te nūpepa!Send it to the newspaper!Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Ka tukua te kurī e au.The dog was released by me.Passive sentences - tikina...
I a au e taiohi ana, i tukua aku makawe kia tupu. I āhua roa tonu.When I was a teenager, I let my hair grow. It got quite long.When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
Kāore tēnei e tukua kia haere e ia.She won't let this one go.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...
Tukua te wairua kia rere ki ngā taumata.Allow one's spirit to exercise its potential.Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Kāti, tukua mai ki Hikurangi, ki te maunga e tauria i te huka.Enough! Let him come hither to Hikurangi, to the mountain crowned with snow.
