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(1) Wahanga Tuarua - Homai etc - Actions
Use of Homai, Whakahokia, Tangohia, Waihotia


The following are the list of words we will be learning in this wananga:

Homai

Give (me)

Tangohia

Take

Whakahokia

Return

Waihotia

Leave



By replacing the Ko in the "Ko te / ko nga" structure with one of the words above, we can make sentences like this:

Start

te/nga object

colour

The red stick

Ko

te rakau

kura

Give (me) the red stick

Homai

te rakau

kura

Leave the red stick

Waihotia

te rakau

kura

Take the red stick

Tangohia

te rakau

kura

Return the red stick

Whakahokia

te rakau

kura

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