Exercise Two
Using mahi to express abundance
Kua kite atu au i te mahi a te merengi e putu mai ana
Using mahi to express abundance
Anei tētahi rerekētanga i te whakamahinga o te kupu ‘mahi’, arā, i tēnei wā ka pērā tōna whakamārama ki te kupu ‘maha’. Tirohia ngā tauira e whai ake nei.
Titiro ki te mahi a te karoro!
Check out the multitudes of seagulls!
I haere mātou ki te kite i te mahi a te inanga e rere ana i ngā awaawa.
We went to watch the abundance of whitebait swimming in the streams.
He whakamārama, he tauira atu anō kei te whārangi 113 o Te Māhuri.
Tirohia ngā rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei. Tekau ngā rerenga kōrero. Ko tāu mahi he kimi i ngā rerenga kōrero e hāngai ana ki te momo rerenga kōrero kua whakamāramatia kei runga ake nei.
Kei wareware ki te whakamahi i ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā kopi me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.
Tirohia te mahi a te kera wēra, e kauhoe mai rā.
Ko te hiahia o ngā tamariki kia kite i te mahi a te kararehe i te rā nei.
Tērā tētahi tāngata e mahi ana i te pāpara kāuta.
Haria mai te mahi a te hua rākau hei kai mā te minenga nei.
Ka haere te mahi a te tūruhi ki whenua kē.
Kotahi noa iho te mahi a te kaiako, he ako tamariki.
I reira te mahi a te tangata e tākaro rīki ana.
Ko wai mā ngā tāngata e tāhae ana i te mahi a te koura mai i ngā whare.
Ko te mahi a te pirihimana he hopu nanakia.
I te mahi tōku māmā, i kai rare ahau.