Results for 'ture'
ture - law, rule
Ture. — Te ture wheneke, te papa, te mamaru, hai (K.).
NOTE.—There is a Polynesian word which appears in the Futuna and Uvea—tule, bend, bow; but this has nothing to do with the word ture, law, which was adapted by the missionaries at Tahiti from the Hebrew torah, the vowels being altered to avoid unpleasant suggestions.
Williams Dictionary
Ka kōrero te Pirihitini mō te ture tuawaru.
The President will talk about the eighth amendment.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Nā te kaiako i kī ngā ture.
It was the teacher who stated the rules.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher will explain the rules.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
I taiāwhiotia te whare i te ture.
The house was surrounded by the police.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ehara mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher won’t explain the rules.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara i te kaiako ngā ture i kī.
The teacher didn’t state the rules.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
I ako taku tama i te ture kia mahia ai tēnei momo mahi.
My son learnt the law so that he could do this kind of work.
Taihoa ka whakamāramatia ngā ture o te kemu nei
Soon the rules of the game will be explained.
Kaua tātou e noho tonu i ngā marae o ō.tātou kāinga, inoi ai kia hōmai te ture pai.
Let us not continue to dwell on our land, praying for good laws.
Ko te amuamu te tino rongoā a te Pākehā hei patu i ngā ture e kinongia e rātou.
Grumbling is the best remedy of Europeans for putting down laws which are disliked by them.
E mau ai te whenua, me āpiti te here a te ture.
If the land is to be retained, something must supplement the protection of the law.
