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.
Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).
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.