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#99: Give me those!

hōmai and hōatu
Commands without e or the passive — Homai! Whakarongo!
In Māori, hōmai means “give to me” and hōatu means “give away from me to someone else.” They function like command forms and follow similar rules to passive imperatives, so i is not used before the object (e.g., Hōmai te waea ki a au). Quantities can be added using kia. These forms are commonly used for requests and instructions.

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Vocabulary

ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hōiho • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • ko wai • koe • koro • kōrua • koutou • kōwhai • kua •  • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • ō • oma • ora • pai • pango • pēhea? •  • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • taku • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tana • tātou • tāua • tere • tino •  • wāhine • waiata • whaea • whero
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