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ākonga - student

akonga, n. Learner, disciple.

Williams Dictionary

Ehara te ākonga i te māngai.
The student is not a representative.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara rāua i te ākonga.
They aren't students.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara au i te ākonga.
I am not a student.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?
Belonging to a place - nō

He māngai te ākonga.
The student is a representative.
Categorizing sentences - he

He ākonga ahau.
I am a student.
Categorizing sentences - he

Tokohia ā koutou ākonga?
How many students do you have?
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Tokohia pea ā mātou ākonga.
We have about nine students.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

E ākonga .
Stand please students.

He ākonga au Manu.
I am one of Manu's students.

He ākonga ahau.
I'm a student.

Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakaohorere ki te ākonga reo Māori, ko te akoranga nei, ehara noa te wātū i te "ka".
A common confusion for Māori language learners is that the verb "ka" is not only used for future tense.

He ākonga hou ia.
She/he is a new strudent.

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

Kua haere ngā ākonga.
The students have gone.

He ākonga a Pita.
Pita is a student.

He ākonga pai ahau.
I am a good student.

Kei te mātakitaki ngā ākonga i te whutupōro i te taiwhanga hākinakina.
The students are watching the football in the stadium.

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