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LANGUAGE OF NEW ZEALAND. [PART II. 



Why does he not do it ? 



Do not stop there. 



It is good to suck. 



It will bite your finger. 



It is as dry as a stick. 



It smells like fish. 



It has long teeth in its mouth. 



He cries very often. 



That's wrong. 



You tell a story. 



Do not do it. 



Why don't you listen to me ? 



He said to me. 



She said to me. 



Have you eaten ? 



I doubt it. 



Is it true? 



You will be drowned in rain. 



Are you his slave ? 



Do that first, and don't be lazy. 



How many men went to that 



fight? 



You are always grumbling. 

 How many days have you been 



sick? 



Is it yours or your friend's? 

 What did you give for it? 

 When did you get it ? 

 I will get it for you. 

 Don't be suspicious. 

 Let us two keep together. 

 If I say I will do it, it is true. 

 Let us keep close together. 

 Don't run away from it. 

 It will not hurt you. 

 Is the road like this one all the 



way to your place ? 

 How do you cross the rivers ? 



Mo te aha ra te mea ai ? 



Kaua enoho kireira. 



E mea pai ki te momi. 



Ka ngaua toe ringa ringa, 



E mea maroke me te rakau. 



E mea haunga me te ngohe. 



E niho roa ki roto i tona mangai. 



E tangi tonu iaia. 



Ka hae tera. 



Ka hae koe. 



Kou waka e mea tia. 



Mo teaha koe tae hirongo ? 



Ai ki au. 



Eki ki au. 



Ko kai koe ? 



E kore i ahau wakapono. 



E pono ana ? 



Ka mate koe te ahu. 



E taureka reka koe nona ? 



Meatia tenei kia tuatai kaua 



mangeri. 

 Toko hia e haere ki tera taua 



nga tangata ? 



E amu amu tonu ana koe. 

 E hia nga ra mate ana koe ? 



Nau ra nei, na toe hoa ra nei ? 



Eaha te utu i oatu akoe ? 



No nehea e riro ma ia koe ? 



Maku e tiki mau. 



Kaua koe e tupato. 



Ki ara tahi taua. 



E pono ana tako ki. 



Ki haere tahi tatou. 



Kua ua eoma no tera mea. 



Ekore koe mate ki tera. 



E rite tenei ara ki tera haere 



noa ki toe kainga ? 

 Me pewea te wakawitinga ki te 



awa? 



