Hence, while Tena koe is a welcome, Tera koe would be an insult.
Tena koe, a Maori salutation used in North Island of New Zealand.
When summertime come, I went wid him to Bath, wheh he had a house onTena Hill.
In his great croaking voice he cried: "E koro ma, e kui ma, tena ra koutou!
E ngari tena i runga ake, that which is above (it) is better.
Noku tena paraikete, that blanket is mine; ko taku paraikete tena, that is my blanket.
Tena koa etahi hate, etahi tarau hoki, kei nga mea pai: Shew some shirts and some trousers; let them be good ones: i.
E kite koe i a Hone tena te tahi paraikete, if you see John, give me a blanket, i.
Ho mai tena mea, give me that thing, is the same as ho mai te mea na.
Though these forms are apparently indicative, yet they are frequently used in the imperative sense; Kei a koe te whakaaro mo tena the consideration for that is with you, i.
Ko wai tena whetu i runga i a Tawera, what star is that above Tawera?
I mean) the catching that pig; or, e kore e taea tena poaka e au, te hopu.
Kei te takoto a Hone, John is lying down; i te mate ahau, I was poorly; No te tarai ahau i tena wahi, I have been hoeing that place.
Ko tena kua hohoro te horoi, let that be first washed; kua tahu te kai o te kainga nei, the food of the settlement has been kindled, i.
I stepped into the circle formed by my new friends, and had just commenced a tena koutou, when a breeze of wind came sighing along the hill-top.
Tena was shocked and disgusted at the idea of the Lord being a "black man.
The house where Tena lives is the second in a row of Negro houses.
My chile say, 'While myTena live I wouldn't want nobody else.
The construction of 5 is this: Dakshina Bhuyasirdadat: tena hetuna Janaughena akaranta.
Tena koutou; or Tenara ko koutou--The Maori form of salutation, equivalent to our "How do you do?
I stepped into the circle formed by my new friends, and had just commenced a tena koutou, when a breeze of wind came sighing along the hill-top; my friend nodded again, and his cloak blew to one side.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tena" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
