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whakangaro - destroy

whakangaro, v.t. 1. Put out of sight.

2. Destroy. Kia tikina mai taua iwi tutu nei kia whakangaromia (T. 118).

Williams Dictionary

ngā tamariki i whakangaro ngā mea tākaro.
It was the children who lost the toys.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ehara i ngā tamariki ngā mea tākaro i whakangaro.
The children didn’t lose the toys.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Whakangaro atu koe!
Get lost!

#19: Your armpit smells delicious
#124: Talking about more than one person
#147: The boy in the library
#135: I am able to look after your children (but I'm not going to)
#40: Rangi is sad now but is a happy person
#107: The children are eating, however their food is not healthy
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