Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 3
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

I moe ia, pēnei tonu i a Tamahae nei.
He was asleep, just like Tamae here.

Me pēnei.
(You should do it) like this.

Ki te ngaro te reo, ka ngaro tāua pērā i te moa.
If the language is lost, we are lost like that of the large extinct moa bird.

Kei te mau au pērā i a ia.
I am wearing shoes like her.

Kei te moe tonu pea, pērā i rāua pāpā.
They are probably still sleeping, just like their father.

Kei te mau au pērā i a Michael Jordan.
I am wearing shoes like Michael Jordan.

E, kāti te kōrero pēnā taku mokopuna!
Hey, stop talking like that about my grandchild!

Kei te pērā tonu au.
I'm unchanged.

Kei te pērā tonu hoki a muri i a ia.
Those behind him were doing the same.

He pēnei tonu au ki te mahi.
I am always working (lit: "I always work like this").

Kei te pōturi pēnā me te ngeru.
Slow like a cat.

I pēnā hoki.
It was the same.

Mahia kia pēnei.
Do it like this.

Me wiri ō ringa pēnei.
You should quiver your hands like this.

te aha i pēnei ai?
For what reason is it like this?

Kāua e kōrero pēnā.
Don't talk like that.

te aha i pēnā ai?
For what reason is it like this?

He aha koe i titiro tītaha pēnā mai ai?
Why do you always look sideways at me like that?

He pērā te āhua o Taika, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Taika's nature is like that, he has a kind heart.

Me waiata pēnei koe: Hari huritau ki a koe!
You should sing like this: happy birthday to you!

He pai ki a au ngā rangi pēnei, he ātaahua.
I like days like this - beautiful!

te aha i pērā ai?
For what reason is it like that?

Ka waiata koe pērā i a Tui Teka.
You sing like Tui Teka.

te aha koe i titiro tītaha pērā mai ai?
What caused you to look sideways at me like that?

Me teitei koe pērā i te tōtara.
You should stand tall like the tātara tree.

Me pēnei taku kōrero...
Let me tell you like this...

He aha i pērā ai?
Why is it like this?

Kāore au i te pīrangi ki tētehi kai pērā i tēnei ata.
I do not want any food like that this morning.

He aha i pēnei ai?
Why is it like this?

He aha i pēnā ai?
Why is it like that?