Results for 'āwhina'
āwhina - to help
Awhina, v.t. Assist, benefit, befriend. He awhina tangata anake te rangatiratanga o tenei mea, o te tangata (T. 12).
Williams Dictionary
Ko Āwhina te mataamua. Ko Aroha te pōtiki.
Āwhina is the oldest. Aroha the youngest.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko wai kei te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who is helping the teacher?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ehara koe i te āwhina.
You are not a helper.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te hiahia āwhina koe?
Do you need a hand?
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E āwhina ana a Ataahua i a Pita.
Ataahua is helping Pita.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E āwhina ana ahai i a ia.
I am helping him.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I āwhina mai ia. He atawhai nōna.
She helped me, She is very kind.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Ka āwhina koe i a au ā tērā wiki.
You will help me next week.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Me āwhina koe i a ia.
You should help her.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kei te āwhina rāua i a Mia.
They (2) are helping Mia.
Sentences with i - i
Ka āwhina aua manu i te tīwaiwaka.
Those birds help the fantail.
Sentences with i - i
Nā ngā tāngata i āwhina te whānau.
It was the people who helped the family.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Honi i āwhina a Hera.
It was Honi who helped Hera.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Ponga ahau i āwhina.
I was protected by Ponga.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Māku e āwhina.
I will help.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā ngā mātua ngā tamariki e āwhina.
The parents will help the children.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Māku koe e awhina.
I will help you.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā Koa a Amaru e āwhina i te rā nei.
Koa will support Amaru today.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Māu ahau e āwhina?
Can you help me?
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Māna e āwhina ahau,
She will look after me.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Ka taea e koe au te āwhina mai?
Are you able to help me?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Kei konei koe hei āwhina.
You're here to help.
For the purpose of - hei
He āwhina koe.
You are a helper.
Categorizing sentences - he
Koia kei a koe mō te āwhina i tō whaea! I aha kōrua i te māra?
You're awesome for helping your mum. What did you do in the garden?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ehara mā ngā mātua ngā tamariki e āwhina.
The parents won’t help the children.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara i ngā tāngata te whānau i āwhina.
The people didn’t help the family.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Mā wai ahau e āwhina?
Who will help me?
Who will? - mā wai?
Ma wai koe e āwhina.
Who will help you?
Who will? - mā wai?
Mā wai a Kayte e āwhina?
Who will help Kayte?
Who will? - mā wai?
I kōrero ia kia āwhina ai i te rōpū.
He spoke in order to help the group.
In order to - kia... ai
I kōrero ia kia kore ai ia e āwhina i te rōpū.
He spoke in order to not help the group.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai
Ko wai kāore i te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who isn’t helping the teacher?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Kei te āwhina ia i āna tamariki.
She is helping her children.
Mā taku pāpā koe e āwhina.
My dad will help you.
Whakarongo ki a āwhina.
Listen to āwhina.
Mā wai ngā tamariki e āwhina?
Who is to help the children?
Ma wai koe e āwhina?
Who will help you?
Haere ai au ki te marae ki te āwhina.
I regularly go to the marae to help. (New Zealand Curriculum)
I whakaae ahau kia āwhina tāua i a ia.
I agreed that we should help him.
Ka āwhina aua manu i te tīwīwaka.
They help the fantail.
Anei he pukapuka hei āwhina i a koe.
Here's a book to help you.
Hei āwhina i ngā ākonga tēnei pukapuka.
This book is to help the students.
Haere mai ki te āwhina.
Come and help.
Ka haere ahau ki te āwhina i a ia.
I shall go to help him.
Ka haere au ki te paku āwhina i a rātou
I’ll go and give them a bit of a hand
āwhina mai.
Help me please.
Mā wai koe e āwhina?
Who will help you?
Mā ngā tama koe e āwhina.
The boys will help you.
He āwhina i te tākuta tāna mahi.
Her job is helping the doctor.
Ko āna tamariki tonu ki te āwhina haere i a ia (Kāretu 1974:106)
Her own children used to help her
Kei te āwhina mai te kuia i ahau.
The grandmother is helping me.
Ka haere au ki te paku āwhina i a rātou.
I'll go and give them a bit of a hand.
Nā Hēmi i āwhina i a rātou
It is safest for learners not to follow this pattern.
Kei te āwhina ahau i a Mere.
I am helping Mere.
I āwhina te kaiako i te tauira.
The teacher helped the student.
Kei te āwhina au i a koe.
I am helping you.
Kua tukuna mai e te Manatū he moni hei āwhina i te kaupapa
The Ministry has sent some money to assist the cause
Kei te āwhina a Rangi.
Rangi is helping.
Kei te āwhina a Rangi i a Mere.
Rangi is helping Mere.
Kāore āku mahi nui, i whakatā, i whakapai whare, i āwhina i tōku whaea i tōna māra.
I didn't do much, I relaxed, cleaned the house, helped my mother in the garden.
Kei te āwhina a Manu i a Aria.
Manu is helping Aria.
Ko āna tamariki tonu kei te āwhina haere i a ia (Kāretu 1974:106)
Her own children used to help her
Tēnā koa, āwhina mai.
Excuse me, can you help.
Kei te āwhina i a ia ngā tamariki katoa o te tāone o Te Tai Tokerau.
All the children of the town of the Northland region are helping her.
Ko āna tamariki tonu ki te āwhina haere i a ia.
Her own children used to help her.
Nā wai koe i āwhina?
Who helped you?
Ka taea au e koe te āwhina?
Can you help me?
Mā Rangi a Mere e āwhina.
Who is helping whom?
E āwhina ana ahau i a Rōpata
I am helping Rōpata
E āwhina ana ahau i a ia
I am helping him
Nā Hēnare te kōtiro i āwhina.
Hēnare helped the girl.
Mā tōu whaea koe e āwhina.
Your mother will help you.
Ka āwhina a Mere rānei, a Marama rānei i a Pani.
Either Mary or Marama will help Pani.
He tika te kī a tō tātou ariki, nā te kōtiro nei i pai mai ki a Ponga, kāti me āwhina e tātou.
The words of our leader are just; because this girl loves Ponga, we should support her.
Mā Hēnare te kōtiro e āwhina.
Hēnare will help the girl.
"Katoa tō mātou kapa e tino manawanui nei i te āheinga a te hunga reo Māori ki te whakamutu i ā rātou mahi hoko kai i roto i te reo, i te āheinga hoki mā te whānui me te whāroa o ā mātou toronga, ka āwhina kia whakarauora i te reo, ā, kia whakamahia e ngā whakatipuranga kei te pihi ake."
"Our entire team is incredibly proud that not only can te reo Māori speakers now complete their shopping in their own language, but that we can use our scale and reach to help ensure te reo Māori is revitalised and used for generations to come."
Me kore ake a Hoani Waititi hei āwhina i aua tāngata (Kāretu 1974:124)
These people were fortunate to have Hoani Waititi to help them
Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.
E āwhina koe ahau i a Ari.
You are helping Ari.
Ko Rina taku taokete, he tino pai ia. Koia kei te āwhina mai i ōku mātua i ia rangi, i ia rangi.
Rina is my sister in law, she is great. She helps my parents everyday.
