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Showing posts with label Maori word for books pānui pukapuka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maori word for books pānui pukapuka. Show all posts

Friday, 10 June 2016

Maori word for books pānui pukapuka

Te Kupu o te Wiki for the week starting Rāhina, te 6 o Pipiri, 2016 is pānui(tia).

pānui(tia): read

He pai ki a koe te pānui pukapuka?
Do you like to read books?

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga. 
He didn’t read his homework. 

Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui. 
It was the boss who read that 

Kei hea ngā pānui mō tēnei ahiahi? 
Where are the notices for this afternoon? 

āore anō tēnei pānui kia pānuitia e au. 
I have not yet read this notice. (This notice has not yet been read by me.

Kua pānuitia taua pukapuka e au. 
I have read that (aforementioned) book. (That aforementioned book has been read by me.