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Either, Or, Neither, Nor, Whether.
| Take either this book or that. |
Mauria ko tenei pukapuka ranei, ko tera ranei. |
| Either you or your brother must go to fetch the lead. |
Me haere ko koe ranei, ko to teina ranei, ki te tiki i te taro. |
| Peter's hair is neither black nor grey. |
Ehara te makawe o Pita i te mangu, ehara ano hoki i te hina. |
| Neither John nor James can lift that log. |
E kore e taeo e Hoani te hapai i tena rakau, e kore ano hoki e taea e Hemi. |
| He asked me whether I was going to Tauranga. |
I ui mai ia ki a au, e haere ana ranei au ki Tauranga. |
| Whether you go or stay there is plenty of work for you to do. |
Ahakoa haere koe, ahakoa noho, he nui ano te mahi mau. |
Te tino take o enei kupu, either, neither, whether, ko ia tenei; either, ko tetahi ranci o nga mea e rua, ko tetahi ranei; neither, ko te korenga o tetahi o aua mea e rua, ko te korenga o tetahi; whether, he kupu rapu, ko tewhea ranei o nga mea e rua, ko tewhea ranei.
| Which [whether] did he take, the black horse or the brown one? |
Ko tewhea tana i mau ai, ko te hoiho mangu, ko te mea whero ranei? |
| He took neither. |
Kihai i mauria tetahi, kihai ano hoki tetahi. |
| Either of these two boys is able to do that. |
E taea tena te mahi e tetahi o enei tamariki, e taea ano hoki e tetahi. |
| Neither of them told me that you were come. |
Kihai tetahi o rana i korero mai ki a au, ko koe kua tae mai. |
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