Exercise Five

Intensifying the meaning of a word

He roroa rawa ōu makawe
Intensifying the meaning of a word.

Rawa is often used to mean ‘too’, ‘very’ or ‘really’. Rawa is always placed immediately after the word it is modifying.

Hei tauira:

Iti small
Iti rawatoo/very/really small
He iti rawa ngā hū nei.These shoes are too small.
Kua hōhā rawa ahau.I’m really bored now.

Whakapākehātia, whakamāoritia rānei ngā rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei.
Translate the following sentences.

Hei tauira:

He nui rawa
Answer: It’s too big

Kei wareware i a koe ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā ira kati me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.

He hōhā rawa.

He uaua rawa tēnei mahi.

It’s too sad.

This car is too fast.

Your clothes are too dirty.

He pōturi rawa taku pāpā.

He teitei rawa.