tētahi tangata - somebody
Tētahi tangata! - What a dick!
Ki te kitea noatia e tētahi tangata mea...If someone just sees something...Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.A man heard what this man here said.Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Mehemea ka kite he kurī i tētahi tangata, ke auau.If a dog sees someone, it barks.If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā
Kei te kimi te whare wānanga i tētahi tangata e hāngai nei ngā tohu mātauranga hei whakaako.The university is looking for a suitably qualified person to teach.
Nō tētahi tangata nui noa atu taua hāte.That shirt belonged to a bigger man.
E kore te whare kōrero, e puta he kupu mā tētahi tangata i muri i te kupu a te tino ariki.It was not allowable according to the rules of debate for any person to say anything after the high chief had spoken.
Ko tō wahine kua hara ki tētahi tangata ko Tupeteka te ingoa.Your wife has sinned with a man called Tupetaka.
Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.Ponga was one of their chiefs.
