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whare wānanga - traditional school of higher learning; university

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kei te whare wānanga ngā tauira.
The students are at the university.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

I te tau 1984 ka haere au ki te whare wānanga.
In 1984 I went to university.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara

Kāore ngā tauira i te whare wānanga.
The students are not at the university.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Katoa ngā ākonga o te whare wānanga i tae atu ki te hui
All the students of the university attended the meeting

Kei te kimi te whare wānanga i tētahi tangata e hāngai nei ngā tohu mātauranga hei whakaako.
The university is looking for a suitably qualified person to teach.

Kua piki haere ngā utu mō ngā whakaākoranga o te whare wānanga, me te aha, kua nui haere ngā ākonga e noho nama ana ki ngā pēke
University course fees continue to rise, with the result that more and more students are owing money to the banks.

E whakawhiwhi ana te Whare Wānanga i ngā ākonga ki ā rātou tohu.
The university is awarding the students their degrees.

Haere ki te whare pukapuka o te whare wānanga, me kore e kitea te pukapuka e hiahiatia nā koe
Go to the university library to see whether you can find the book you need

Ā hea a Pita mutu ai i te whare wānanga?
When will Pita finish at the university?

Katoa ngā ākonga o te whare wānanga i tae atu ki te hui.
All the students of the university attended the meeting.

Ā muri i te kura ka haere ētahi tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school, some students will go to the whare wānanga (place of higher learning).

Kei runga atu i te whare wānanga taku kāinga.
My home is above the university.

He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.

Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te purei tēnehi.
They have gone to the university to play tennis.

Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori.
They have gone to the university to be taught Māori.

I haere rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te ako i te reo Wiwi.
They went to the university to learn French.

I haere rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Wiwi.
They went to the university to be taught French.

Ā muri i te kura ka haere ngā tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school the students will go to university (the house of learning).

Ki te whare wānanga me te kuratini
To the university and (to) the polytech

E hia ngā tauira o te whare wānanga nei?
How many students are in this university?

Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te purei tēnehi
They have gone to the university in order/so as to play tennis

Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori
They have gone to the university in order/so as to be taught Māori

Kei hea te Whare Wānanga o Waikato?
Where is the University of Waikato?

E oti ai tō tohu, me mātua haere ki te whare wānanga mō te toru tau, neke atu rānei.
To finish your degree, you will have to go to the university for three years or more.

Ka mea atu ia ki taku whāea, he aha i kore ai au e haere ki te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou mō te toru tau, ka puta rā, ka haere ki te Wānanga-ā-Rangi, Nōki Kāreti mō ngā tau e toru (Pōtatau 1991:47)
She asked my mother why I didn’t go to the University of Otago for three years, and when I finished there, go to the Theological Faculty, Knox College, for three years

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