| My motto is ‘Do it once! Do it right!' |
- 'Kia kotahi te mahi! Kia tika te mahi.' Koirā tāku.
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| Mind your manners. |
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| It's rude not to respond when someone greets you. |
- Me mihi e koe te tangata mihi i a koe.
- Kāore e tika te kore e aro atu ki te tangata ka mihi i a koe.
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| What a clever girl you are! |
- Tō mātau/mōhio kē hoki!
- Kore he painga i a koe!
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| Please be honest. It's not good to lie. |
- Kia tika/pono koe. Kāore e pai te kōrero teka/parau/rūkahu/...
- Me kōrero pono koe. Kei mau noa iho koe i ō rūkahu.
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| Did you figure that out all by yourself? |
- Nāu tonu i mahi?
- I mahia e koe ko tō kotahi?
- I mahia e koe ko koe anahe?
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| I know you are clever - look how tricky that was! |
- Kei te mōhio au he mātau koe -ehara hoki i te mahi māmā.
- Kei te mōhio au he kakama tō hinengaro - he mahi uaua hoki.
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| The most important thing is that you give/gave it a go. |
- Ko te mea nui kē ka/i whakamātauria e koe.
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| I'm so proud of you. |
- Kei te whakahīhī katoa au ki a koe.
- Ehara, nāku taku tamaiti!
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| I really love the way you .... |
- Pai kē ki a au te āhua o tō . . .
- Pai kē ki a au ka . . . ana koe
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| You can do anything you want to if you put your mind to it. |
- Ka taea e koe tāu i pīrangi ai ki te ū tō hinengaro.
- Ki te ū tō hinengaro, ka taea e koe te ao.
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| Your brain is the biggest and fastest computer in all the world! |
- Ko ō roro te rorohiko nui katoa, tere katoa i te ao!
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| What a great help you are. |
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| You are awesome! |
- Tau kē koe!
- Ka wani kē koe!
- Kore he painga i a koe!
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