Ngā Tohutohu
Me te mea nei, ka riro te wikitōria i a Aotearoa
Saying ‘it looks as if'
Me te mea nei is a set phrase with the English equivalents of ‘it looks as if’, ‘it looks as though’, ‘it would seem’ and ‘as if’.
Hei tauira:
Me te mea nei, ko au kē ka wikitōria!
It looks as if I will be the winner!
Me te mea nei, nō tētehi kāwai rangatira a Hone.
It would seem that John descends from a line of chiefs.
E oma, me te mea nei, kei te whāia koe e tētehi kurī!
Run as if a dog was chasing you!
For further explanations and examples see Te Pihinga p. 125.
Tirohia ngā rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei. Kōwhiria te whakamāori, te whakapākehā rānei e tika ana o ngā whakautu e toru. Pāwhiritia te pātene kia kite ai mehemea kua tika, kua hē rānei koe.
Look at the following sentences. Choose which translation is correct from the 3 options given. Click on the button to see if you were right or wrong.
