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Te Kākano

Te Wāhanga Tekau Mā Whā

Te Wāhanga Tekau Mā Whā
1. Fill the gaps
2. Saying someone owns something
3. Answering negative questions
4. Questions using anō
5. Making commands using ka
6. Hang on!
7. Making requests more polite using koa
8. Using whaka -
9. Tribes of the South Island
10. Vocabulary learning 1
11. Vocabulary learning 2
12. Play A Character
13. Reading exercise
14. Song

Te Wāhanga Tekau Mā Whā
1. Fill the gaps
2. Saying someone owns something
3. Answering negative questions
4. Questions using anō
5. Making commands using ka
6. Hang on!
7. Making requests more polite using koa
8. Using whaka -
9. Tribes of the South Island
10. Vocabulary learning 1
11. Vocabulary learning 2
12. Play A Character
13. Reading exercise
14. Song

E hoki ki te wāhanga o mua E koke ki te wāhanga e whai ake nei

Exercise Five

Making commands using ka

Ka can be used with tāua and tātou when suggesting something had better be done. Tātou and tāua may start the sentence or be in the usual position following the verb.

If tāua or tātou starts the sentence, then ka must follow directly after. Look at the following examples to gain a better understanding of this structure.

Ka moe tātou.	Let's all sleep.
Tāua ka moe.	Let's (you and I) sleep.
Ka haere tātou ki tātahi.	Let's all go to the beach.
Tātou ka oma ki te motokā.	Let's all run to the car.
E Mere, tāua ka haere ki te whare pikitia.	Mary, let's go to the picture theatre.

For further explanations and examples see Te Kākano p.111.

Moea te rerenga Māori ki te rerenga Pākehā kia ōrite ai ngā tikanga.

Kei wareware ki te whakamahi i ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā kopi me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.

Tātou ka haere.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Tāua ka haere.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Ka noho tāua mō te hui.

Let’s stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Ka haere tātou ki te whare kararehe.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Tātou ka haere ki te hī ika.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Tāua ka haere ki te whare taonga.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Tātou ka haere ki te awa.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Ka haere tātou ki te tāone.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Tāua ka haere ki te pāmu.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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Ka haere tātou ki te hokomaha.

Let’s all stay for the meeting.

Let’s (you and I) go to the farm.

Let’s (you and I) go to the museum.

Let’s all go to the supermarket.

Let’s (you and I) go.

Let’s go to the river.

Let’s all go.

Let’s all go to the zoo.

Let’s all go fishing.

Let’s all go to town.

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