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nā wai hoki [tāua] i a [koe]

1. what did you do that for! now look what you've done! what a bummer! - an idiom used to complain about someone's action done in error.

Kua pakaru tētahi pereti i a au. Ai, nā wai hoki tātou i a koe. / I've broken a plate. Oh dear, what a bummer.

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