Māori Grammar

Kua hia ngā tau e tāria ana te whare tapere.
The community hall has been waited for for many years.

E tāria ana tō whakautu.
Your reply is being waited for.

E tāria atu nei a tuahangata.
The man of the moment is being waited for.

Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.

Ka roa a Pōrori e tāria ana, me te hōhā haere o ngā mea e tatari ana ki a ia.
Pōrori was waited for a long time, and those waiting for him got fed up.

Kua roa te pahi nei e tāria ana. Āwhea ka tae mai?
This bus has been waited for for a long time. When will it arrive?

Ka tāria te pō pai.
A good night was waited for.

Kīhai i tāria a ngāi whiore mā.
The ones lagging behind weren't waited for.