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whakaahua - to take photos; photograph

whakaāhua. 1. v.t. Form, fashion. Ka haere a Tane, whakaahua i te oneone hei wahine mahana (Tr. vii, 34).

2. v.i. Acquire form. Kua oti ake ia te whakaahua ki te ahua o nga manu (T. 14).

Williams Dictionary

Whakaahua mai!
Take a photo of me!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e whakaahua.
Don't take a photograph.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Hei aha te rīpene whakapiri? Hei whakamau atu i ngā pānui whakaahua ki te pakitara.
What's that adhesive tape for? For attaching the posters to the wall.
For the purpose of - hei

Ka utaina te whakaahua ki a Pukamata, mea ake kua kitea e te mātinitini.
The photo was posted on Facebook, and suddenly all and sundry had seen it.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Kei te pakitara ngā whakaahua.
The photos are on the wall.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kia āta titiro ki te whakaahua, kia kite ai koe.
Look carefully at the picture so you can see.
In order to - kia... ai

I mātakitaki ngā tāngata i ngā whakaahua.
The people gazed at the pictures.

He iti noa ake te whakaahua i taaku i whakaaro ai
The portrait was smaller than I had imagined

Titiro mai ki tēnei whakaahua.
Look at this photograph.

Kei hea te pūrere whakaahua?
Where is the photocopier?

Ehara nā Rangi tēnei whakaahua.
This photograph does not belong to Rangi.

Kaua e tirohia ēnei whakaahua!
Don’t look at these photos!

E hia ngā whakaahua i te wharetaonga?
How many pictures are in the museum?

Ka utaina te whakaahua ki a Pukamata, mea ake kua kitea e te mātinitini.
The photo was posted on Facebook, and suddenly all and sundry had seen it.

Tirohia ēnei whakaahua!
Look at these photos!

#130: Negative active commands - Don't!
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#211: The mother is talking to the children who are loved by her
#155: We are changing our state to being not here
#22: The bird is flying to the tree
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