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whakamātautau - examination, test

whakamātautau, v.t. Try on, as clothes, etc. Kei te tunu kai mana, me te titiro ki nga taonga o te ana kowhatu o te wahine ra, ki te maipi ki te kakahu kurawhero, puahi, kaitaka, me te whakamatautau (T. 95).

Williams Dictionary

ai ngā whakamātautau i te mutunga o te tau.
The exams always take place at the end of the year.
Habitual action - ai

Pēnei au ka māmā te whakamātautau - tēnā pōhēhē tēnā.
I thought the exam would be a piece of cake - I was wrong.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Āhea te whakamātautau kupu?
When is the word test?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

Ā tērā wiki ka tīmata ngā whakamātautau.
The exams will start next week.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Kia ora Koa, he pēhea ō whakaaro ki te whakamātautau?
Hey Koa, what did you think of the exam?

Ā, he uaua te whakamātautau.
Um, the exam was hard.

Kei te mānukanuka ahau i te whakamātautau.
I'm worried about the exam.

He ngāwari tēnei whakamātautau.
This assessment is easy.

Kotahi rau tāra te utu ngā whakamātautau.
The price for the tests is one hundred dollars.

Kātahi anō au ka whakaoti i taku whakamātautau.
I have just finished my assignment.

#138: The mother will be the one to tidy the room
#125: Talking about you and other poeple
#120: Negations of identity sentences
#47: The woman is sleeping at the man's house
#143: You will be the one to do the dishes
#149: I listened to the woman who sang
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