Results for 'whakaata'
whakaata - mirror
whakaata. 1. v.i. Look at one's reflected image, in water or in a mirror.
2. v.t. Reflect, as water. Te wai hei whakaata ake i ona moko.
3. Simulate by gesture, pretend. Ka kainga e Ruawharo te manawa o Hahateururoa, ka whakaata mai nga ringaringa o nga tangata katoa o te waka, me te mea e kai ana hoki ratou.
4. Look or peer into. He kotuku kai whakaata (P.).
5. n. Reflection. Wai whakaata, pool used as a mirror. Ko te wai whakaata tenei na; e kore e mate ki te wai whakaata (T. 51). E, kei tawhiti ra hei wai whakaatanga, kia ata tirohia te rihinga i te tinana (M. 178).
Williams Dictionary
E mātakitaki pouaka whakaata ana a Ari.
Ari is television watching.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E māngere ana ngā tamariki i te pouaka whakaata.
The television is making the children lazy.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Mātakitaki pouaka whakaata ai au, ia pō.
I always watch television every night.
Habitual action - ai
Taihoa e mātakitaki pouaka whakaata kia mutu te horoi rīhi.
Hold off watching television until the dishes are done.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
E rata ana a Pāpā ki te mātakitaki pouaka whakaata.
Pāpā likes to watch television.
To like - rata
Ehara mā te kaiako tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is not for the teacher.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Mā te kaiako tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is for the teacher.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
Māku te pouaka whakaata e whakakā.
I will turn on the television.
Future agent emphatic - māku
He aha kei te taha matau o te pouaka whakaata?
What's on the right-hand side of the television?
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
He kapu kei te taha matau o te pouaka whakaata.
A cup is on the right-hand side of the television.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kaua e mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata i te ao, i te pō!
Don't watch television day and night!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
Ka āhei koe te mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata.
You are allowed to watch TV.
Allowed to do something - āhei
Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
E whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are four televisions.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Ehara i a au tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is not mine.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
I whakaweto au i te pouaka whakaata kia moe ai au.
I turned off the TV in order to sleep.
In order to - kia... ai
I whakakā au i te pouaka whakaata kia kore ai au e moe.
I turned on the TV in order to not sleep.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai
Kāore e whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are not four televisions.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Kāore koe e āhei te mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata.
You are not allowed to watch TV.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei
E noho koe ki te mātakitaki pouaka whakaata.
You sit to watch television.
I mātakitaki pouaka whakaata au.
I watched TV.
Titiro ki te pouaka whakaata.
Look at the T.V.
I mātakitaki au i te pouaka whakaata.
I watched TV.
