Results for 'whakaatu'
whakaatu - to display, show, demonstrate
whakaatu, v.t. 1. Point out, show. Kua whakaaturia ia e tona hoa (T. 138).
2. Call attention to. Ka whakaaturia e ia “Ka hinga, ka hinga a Ngati Ruanuku” (J. xx, 23).
Williams Dictionary
Ko wai i whakaatu i te kiriata?
Who showed the movie?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Whakaatu mai!
Show me!
Ko wai kāore i whakaatu i te kiriata?
Who didn’t show the movie?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ki te kore koe e whakaatu mai, e kore ahau e maatau.
If you don’t explain, I won’t understand.
Ka karangahia atu e mātau te Ārapi rā, kia haere mai me kore e taea e ia te whakaatu mai (Pōtatau 1991:177)
We called out to that Arab to come over in case he could show us
Ki te kore koe e whakaatu mai, e kore ahau e mātau.
If you don’t explain, I won’t understand.
Ko te tangata kua riro ki.te whakaatu ki ōna hoa i te ātaahua o tōna wahine.
That man had gone to tell his friends about the beauty of his wife.
