On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

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Ko Kahu te koroua o Terewai.
Kahu is the elder of Terewai.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko John te tungāne o Fran.
John is the brother (of a girl) of Fran.
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Ko Kayte te pōtiki o Beverley.
Kayte is the youngest child of Beverley.
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Ko Ruahine te ingoa o tērā maunga.
Ruahine is the name of that mountain.
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Ko Aidan te mātāmua o Kayte.
Aidan is the oldest child of Kayte.
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Ko te kāinga tūturu o Kauri kei Pōneke.
As for Kauri's permanent home, it's in Wellington.
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Ko ia te kaiako o Taika.
She is the teacher of Taika.
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Ko tēnei whare te whare o Hone.
This is Hone's house.
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Ko ia te rangatira o tēnei tari.
She's the boss of this department.
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Ko te pahi o te kura tēnei.
This is the school bus.
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Ko wai mā ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō matua?
What's the name of your dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō hoa?
What's the name of your friend?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō whaea?
What's the name of your mum?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te mātāmua o tō whānau?
Who is the eldest in your family?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te tuakana o Honi?
Who is the older sibling (same gender) of Honi?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai ō hoa?
Who are your friends?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō pāpā?
What is the name of your mother?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te pāpā o Tama?
Whose Tama's dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine?
What's the name of that woman?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga?
What is the name of that mountain?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei awa?
What is the name of this river?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te pōtiki o te whānau?
Who is the youngest in the family?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō whānau?
What's the name of your family?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai ō hungarei?
Who are your parents in law?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

He aha ō kākahu i paru ai?
Why are your clothes dirty?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Ko te aha te ingoa o te kamupene?
What is the name of the business?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

E tū ana ia ki mua i Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi.
He is standing in front of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E noho ana au i te rohe o Pōneke.
I am living in the Wellington region.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E tātaku ana tērā i ngā kauhau o nehe, me te kōrero i ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna i mahia i tēnei taha.
They recited the old recitations from ancient times, and talked about the deeds of the ancestors.
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E noho ana au i te rohe o Pōneke.
I am living in the Wellington area.
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E rere ake ana te manu ki te kōmata o te rākau.
The bird is flying to the top of the tree.
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I tērā tau i hūnuku tōku whānau ki ngā roto o Kai Iwi.
Last year, my family moved to the lakes of Kai Iwi.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I noho rātou ki te kāinga o Niko.
They stayed at Niko's home.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I ngā rā o mua, mā te hōiho kē te moua e tō.
In former times, a horse pulled the mower instead.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I pēnei anō te tītere o te moana inanahi nei i tēnei rā.
The sea yesterday was as rough as it is today.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te topenga o te rākau, ka riri te iwi.
When the tree was cut, the people were angry.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te inumanga o te pia, ka hauranga rātou.
On drinking the beer, they got drunk.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te whakawhitinga o te katipō i te matapihi, mea oma.
The spider ran across the window.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te mutunga o te pōwhiri, ka tū te hākari.
At the end of the welcome, a feast was held.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te kaha o te rā ki to whiti, ka pōngia iho ahau.
The sun was so bright I had to close my eyes.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka kaha te pupuhi o te hau ki Tauranga ā te pō nei.
The wind will blow in Tauranga tonight.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tipu te rito o te harakeke i tēnei marama.
The new shoots of flax will sprout this month.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka taitai rātou ō rātou niho.
They will brush their teeth.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tīmata taku tama i te kura ā te wāhanga tuarua o te tau.
My son will start school in the second part of the year.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka haere mai ia i te torongitanga o te rā.
He will come at sunset.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua eke atu ia ki ngā taumata o te waru tekau mā whitu tau.
She has reached the age of eighty seven years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua riro ia i te ringa o Aituā.
He has been taken by the hands of Misfortune.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua horoia e koe ō niho?
Have you cleaned your teeth?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua haere kē i mua tata o taku taenga atu.
He left just before I arrived.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua whakahokia ki a ia te tamaiti i mauria e ngā pirihimana i te marama o Oktopa.
The child who was taken by the police in October has been returned to her.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua piki au i te maunga o Tongariro.
I've climbed the mountain Tongariro.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me ako ngā tamariki o Aotearoa i te reo Māori ka tika, nē rā?
It's fitting that New Zealand children learn Māori, isn't it?
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me whakatika koe i ō kākahu kura.
You should fix your uniform.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tuhi koe i ō hiahia mō te keke.
You should write down what you want for the cake.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me whakaoti koe i ō mahi.
You should complete your work.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me āta tiaki ō tamariki.
Take care of your children.
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Me heru ō makawe.
You should comb your hair.
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Me paraihe ō niho.
You should brush your teeth.
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Me tango tāua i ō kākahu moe.
Let's take off your pyjamas.
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Me horoi koe i ō toroiho.
You should wash your underwear.
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Me paraihe koe i ō niho.
You should brush your teeth.
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Me ako whakataukī kia mōhio ai koe ki ngā whakaaro o ōu tīpuna.
Learn proverbs so you know the thoughts of your ancestors.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me noho koutou ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa.
You (3+ including listener) should stay at the Wānanga.
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Me mōhio koe ki te kawa o tōu marae.
You should know the protocol of your marae.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te mau hū au pērā i ō Michael Jordan.
I am wearing shoes like Michael Jordan's.
Sentences with i - i

Me kau hoki ki hea i te tawhiti ki waho o te moana nui?
Where could he swim to, from such a distance out in the ocean?
Sentences with i - i

I tākaro netipōro mātou i te ata o te Rāhoroi.
We played netball on Saturday morning.
Sentences with i - i

He makawe pākākā ō te wahine e waiata ana.
The woman singing has brown hair.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei ngā pō mārama, kei ngā pō rākaunui o te marama, e kitea atu ana a Rona.
On clear nights, on nights when the moon is full, Rona can be seen.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei raro te toa o Te Kaha e putu ana.
The Te Kaha champion is spread out on the ground.

Kia mahara ki te hē o Rona!
Let us remember the sin of Rona!
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Puritia ngā taha o te waka kei taka koe!
Hold on to the sides of the waka lest you fall!
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Āta hīkoi atu kei kuhu ō waewae ki te paru.
Walk carefully so you don't step in the mud.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Kai ai ngā manu i ngā kākano o tēnei rākau hua.
The birds usually eat the seeds of this fruit tree
Habitual action - ai

Tū ai ngā whakamātautau i te mutunga o te tau.
The exams always take place at the end of the year.
Habitual action - ai

He rite tonu ia ki te hihi o te rā.
He is just like a ray of sun.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu ō karu ki ō whaea.
Your eyes are like your mother's.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite te makawe o Ani ki ō tōna whaea.
Ani's hair is just like her mother's.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu te āhua o Amaru ki tōna pāpā.
Amaru looks just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

E tino rata ana au ki te iwi o reira.
I really like the people from there.
To like - rata

Nō te roa o te noho, ka mōhio a Kupe ko te wairua katoa o Kura e hiahia ana ki a ia.
From the length of time they stayed, Kupe knew that Kura's entire spirit desired him.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te wā o ngā tūpuna ēnei ritenga.
These customs come from the time of the ancestors.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō mua atu i tērā te hū o Tarawera - nō te tau 1886.
The Tarawera eruption happened before that - in 1886.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te tataunga o Taranga i ana tamariki, tokorima kē rātou.
When Taranga counted her children, there were five instead.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te taenga mai hoki o ngā tauhou ki konei, ka arahina rātou e mātou ki te toka nei kia kite.
And when outsiders come to our district we lead them to this rock so they can see it themselves.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te pō, i a rātou ka taurite ki te kūrae o Taumata-apanui, ka peke a Tōrere.
At night, when they were opposite Taumata-apanui, Tōrere jumped [overboard].
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa, the children were born.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.
At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō tērā tau i tū ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena.
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō tētahi rangi o Nōema, ka whakamōhiotia mai kua whakaaetia tā mātou tono.
One day in November, we were informed that our application had been successful.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō whea ō hū?
Where did you get your shoes from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te rohe o Te Arawa a Hemi.
Hemi is from the Te Arawa region.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nā wai ō kākahu i horoi i tērā wiki?
Who washed the clothes last week?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai ō kākahu i pōkai i tēnei wiki?
Who was the one who folded the clothes last week?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te kairangahau i uiui ia tamariki, o ngā whānau katoa.
The researcher interviewed each group of children from all the families.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te moko o Ponga i pai ai.
It is because of Ponga's facial tattoo that he was attractive.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā te rangatira o te iwi te hui e tīmata ki te karakia.
The chief of the tribe will begin the meeting with the prayer.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Mā tātou e horoi ō tātou kākahu.
We will be the ones to clean the room.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Tangohia ō tōkena!
Take off your socks!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tangohia ō kākahu!
Take off your clothes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Katia te kuaha o te motokā.
Close the car door.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Katia ō whatu.
Close your eyes.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kainga ō tōhi!
Eat your toast!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Waiho ō hū ki te kūaha.
Leave your shoes at the door.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tangohia ō hū!
Take off your shoes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Whakapiatia ō hū!
Polish your shoes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

E moe ō karu!
Close your eyes!
Command with e! - e!

E kaha ana tāna tohutohu i a mātou ānō nei ko ia te kuīni o te kīhini.
She was telling us all what to do like she was the queen of the kitchen.
It was as if - ānō nei

E kōrero pākiwaha mai ana ia ānō nei ko ia te toa o te kēmu.
He was boasting as if he won the game.
It was as if - ānō nei

Hoatu koe ki mua o te rārangi.
You go to the front of the queue.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe

He pēwhea te teitei o Aoraki?
How high is Aoraki?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

He pēwhea te tawhiti atu o Te Wharekauri i te tuawhenua?
How far away are the Chatham Islands from the mainland?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

Waiho ō hū ki te kūaha.
Leave your shoes by the door.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Waiho ō kamuputu paru ki waho.
Leave your dirty gumboots outside.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ō ringaringa.
Give me your hands.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kei te taha matau o te rākau te kāinga o te kurī.
The dog's home is on the right side of the tree.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei raro iho nei he tauira o te reremahi poto.
Below is an example of a short verbal sentence.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei raro ō hū i tō moenga.
Your shoes are under your bed.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

He aha kei te taha matau o te pouaka whakaata?
What's on the right-hand side of the television?
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

He kapu kei te taha matau o te pouaka whakaata.
A cup is on the right-hand side of the television.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei roto ō kī i te motukā.
Your keys are in the car.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Ka haere mātou mā runga i te motokā o tōku matua.
We (but not you) will go in my father's car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I haere mātou ko aku hoa mā runga i te waka o Betsy ki te takutai, ki Te Māhia.
Me and my friends went on Betsy's car to the beach, to Māhia.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā o Tim.
She went on Tim's car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kei te haere a Mere mā runga i te pahikara o Makere.
Mere is going on Mikaere's bike.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kaua e haere ki tērā piko o te awa.
Don't go to that bend in the river.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e pātuhi i te wā o te akoranga.
Don't text during the lesson.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e waiho ō hū ki konā.
Don't leave your shoes there.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

I whakairotia a mua o te whare.
The front of the house was carved.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E mōhiotia whānuitia ana a Te Puea Hērangi e ngā tāngata Māori o te motu.
Te Puea Hērangi is widely known by Māori people from all over the land.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I ngā rā o mua, kāore tēnei mahi e mahia ana e ngā Māori o Te Kaha.
Formerly, this activity was not performed by the Māori people of Te Kaha.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E takahia ana te whenua e ngā waewae o ngā manuhiri.
The ground is trodden on by the feet of the visitors.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka numia ki te pakitara maui o waho o te whare.
And led him past the outside of the left wall of the house.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka karapotia te pā o Mātakiora.
The pā of Mōtakiora was surrounded.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ai ki ngā kōrero, e ono kē ngā matimati i tētahi o ngā ringaringa.
According to what is said, he had six fingers on one of his hands.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei te piki haere anō te utu o ngā whare, e ai ki tā te niupepa.
House prices are on the rise again, according to the newspaper.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ai ki te hea o Te Mana Hauora hoki, he māramatanga kei roto i te reo Māori.
According to Te Mana Hauora chair, there was understanding in Māori language use.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Ko Moanakei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.
Moana is in the Year 7 class, her younger sister is in the class beneath that, and her older sister is in the class above.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Tuhia ō koutou whakaaro, ka tuku mai ai ki a au.
Write down your ideas, and then send (them) to me.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Ka tango rātou i ō rātou hū, ka tomo ai i te whare.
They took their shoes off and then went inside.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana whārangi pukumata.
The truth of what she put on her facebook page was never questioned.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Nō whea e ora ngā tāngata o te maunga i tēnā pakarutanga?
How cold the mountain dwellers possibly survive that eruption?
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

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.
Be waited for - tāria

Kāore e kore te whakaaetia o tana tono.
Her request will almost certainly be granted.
Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore

Āe, he keke pea hei whakanui i te taenga mai o Tame.
Yes, perhaps a cake to celebrate the arrival of Tame.
For the purpose of - hei

Ke kohi i te hua o te miro, hei hinu whakakakara.
They gathered miro berries to make scented oil.
For the purpose of - hei

I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā mō te māuiui o tāna tama.
He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son's illness.
For the purpose of - hei

Hei tērā Mane rātou tae mai ai, arā, hei te 2 o Pēpuere.
They arrive next Monday, that is, on the 2nd of February.
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.

Ā te whā o Ōketopa a Nikau mā haere mai ai.
Nikau and the others are coming on the 4th of October.
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.

Kāore anō au kia piki i te maunga o Tongariro.
I haven't yet climbed the mountain Tongariro.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Heoi anō, te mea pai o te koni ahi, ehara ko te mahana anake te hua ki te tangata. Ko te mea tino pai, ko te pārekareka o ngā kōrero.
Still / However, the good thing about sitting round the fire was that it didn't just keep us warm. The really good thing was the enjoyable conversation.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

He rawe te kaitono tuatahi. He pai tōna āhua. Heoi anō, he pai ake te reo Māori o te kaitono tuarua.
The first applicant was great. He had a really nice way about him. On the other hand, the second applicant had better Māori language skills.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Ka tū atu he kaikōrero i tēnei taha, ka noho, ka tū mai he kaikōrero i tērā taha, ka noho. Ka pēnei tonu te haere o ngā kōrero, heoi anō, mā te iwi kāinga e whakakapi.
A speaker stands on this side, then sits, a speaker on the other side stands, then sits. The speeches carry on in this fashion. However, the homeside closes.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Ka tau ngā karoro, ka oma atu te kurī, ka rere. Ka tau anō, ka oma anō te kurī ki te hopū, ka taki rere anō ngā manu. Pēnei tonu ā pau noa te hau o te kurī.
The seagulls would land and the dog take off after them, whereupon they'd take flight. Then they'd land again, the dog would run off again to try to catch them, and they'd all take to the air again. It carried on like this until the dog finally ran out of puff.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Ka āhei te whakatū waka ki reira i waho o ngā hāora hokohoko.
You're allowed to park there outside of shopping hours.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Ahakoa te anuanu o te āhua o tēnā kai, he reka tonu.
Although that food looks disgusting, it actually tastes nice.
Discourse markers - although - ahakoa

Kia tae atu tātou ki te Whanganui a Tara, ke hīkoi ki te taha o te moana.
When we get to Wellington, we will work on the side of the ocean.
Adjectives and a-type statives -

Kei te huarahi o Kuini.
On Queen Street.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei Pōneke te kāinga tūtru o Amaru.
Amaru's permanent home is in Wellington.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te rūma horoi kākahu ō hū.
Your shoes are in the laundry.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te aha koe ā te pō o te Mane?
What are you doing on Monday night?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

Kāore au e haere i te hekenga o te ua.
I won't go because of the falling rain.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I te taha mauī o te tēpu te ngeru.
The cat was to the left of the table.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te taha katau o te waka te kurī.
The dog was to the right of the car.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te taha o te awa aua mea.
They were beside the river.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te wā o te āraitanga e haere ana mātou ki te one.
At the time of the eclipse, we were going to the beach.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te nuinga o te wā.
Most of the time.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te ata o te Rāhoroi ka haere mātou ko taku whānau ki Taranaki ki te whakatā.
On Saturday morning my family and I went to Taranaki for a holiday.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te mutunga o te hui, ka tū he konohete.
At the end of the hui, a concert was held.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te mutunga o te wānanga ka ngana a Nikau ki te whakawehe i ōna mātua.
At the conclusion of the wānanga Nikau attempted to separate his parents.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te ata pō tonu, ka timata te oreore o te marae.
Even before dawn, the marae began to stir.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te ata o te Rātū te hui.
The meeting was on Tuesday morning.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Kāore au i maumahara ki te haora o te pahi tuatahi.
I can't remember the time of the first bus.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kua pau te kai, kei te hoki te tokorua ki ō rāua kāinga.
The food has been consumed, the pair are returning to their homes.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka mahue a Puhihuia i te taha o te tangata i a ia rā te patu pounamu.
Puhihuia was left beside the man who had the greenstone weapon.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka māharahara te rōpā rā ki te mate whakamomori o tana ariki.
That slave was anxious that his master might commit suicide.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā.
One of those women stood up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite atu ngā tāne o tēnei i ngā wāhine o tērā.
The men of this [tribe] saw the women of that [tribe].
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka pahemo te awa o Tōrere.
He passed Tōrere's stream.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kuhu mai te hoa o Mere.
Mere's friend comes in.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka puta taua tini rā ki waho o te pā.
That group went out of the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka whakatika atu ētahi ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā.
Some stood to wave outside the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mau ki te kākahu o waho.
And took hold of her outer garment.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka haere te ope o Ngāti-Kahukoka i mua o ēnei.
The Ngāti-Kahukoka group went in front of them.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite a Tū i te mamaha e puta ake ana i mua o te tereina.
Tū saw the steam rising from the front of the train.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka hoki te kōrero ki a Hotu i ruku rā i te punga o tō rāua waka.
The story returns to Hotu who had dived for the anchor of their canoe.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite o reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhihuia,.
The young chiefs from there was this girl, Puhihuia.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kitea kua puta i tētahi taha o te pā, kua haere whakatētahi taha o te pā.
They were seen emerging from one side of the pā, going towards the other side.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tae mai te taraka o Rangi me ngā tēpu, me ngā tūru.
Rangi's truck arrived with the tables and the chairs.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka pupihi te hau, ha hingahinga ngā rākau, ka rere ngā tīni o te whare.
The wind blew, the trees blew over and roofing iron blew off.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka puta katoa ki waho ngā tāngata o te pā ki te tahu kai.
All the people of the pā came outside to cook food.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tū ngā tamāhine i te mataihi katau o te marae.
The daughters stood at the front right of the marae.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He wahine tino mōhio a Rongomai ki te hoahoa i te takoto o te whenua.
Rongomai is a woman very knowledgeable in designing the layout of the land.
Categorizing sentences - he

I haere mai ia i tērā taha o Te Kao.
She came from beyond Te Kao.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Nā ō tātou manuhiri pea?
Perhaps they belong to our guests?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

I moe tā tāua pēpi i te moenga o tā rāua pēpi.
Our baby slept in their baby's bed.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Kua whati te waewae o te tūru.
The leg of the chair is broken.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kua hinga te totara o te wao nui o Tāne.
The totara of Tāne's great forest has fallen.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Mia te whaea o Rangi.
Mia is the mother of Rangi.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Ari te pāpā o Hēmi.
Ari is Hēmi's father.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Kawatiri te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Westport.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kei hea ngā uri o Te Rangihiroa? Kāore ōna uri.
Where are the descendants of Te Rangihiroa? He had none.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He aha ngā whainga o tō koutou rōpū?
What are the objectives of your organisation?
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Ingarangi pea te kīnga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihuku i tērā ray tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Hēmi rāua ko Pita ō tātou tumuaki.
Hēmi and Pita are our leaders.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He Mia ro kaiako o ā māua tamariki.
Our children's teacher is Mia.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Ataahua te tāokete o Kauri.
Ataahua is Kauri's sister-in-law.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Aroha te hoa wahine o Tawa.
Aroha is the wife of Tawa.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kua whati te waewae o tāku tamāhine.
My daughter has a broken leg.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera to ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe is Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kei hea ō koutou kamapūtu, tamariki mā?
Where are your gumboots, children?
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kei te haere tō māua hoa ki te whare o tō rāua whaea.
Our friend is going to their mother's house.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kua rere te wauria o Rua.
Rua's spirit has fled.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He hū ō ā māua tamariki.
Our children have shoes.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko te whakaititianga te tohu o te mana nui.
Humility is the sign of greatness.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ka mihi ahau ki tōku kara, arā te kara hui o te Kuini.
I greet my flag, the great flag of the Queen.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kua oma ato ō tātou hōiho.
Our horses have escaped.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Aria tōku whaea kēkē, koia te tuahine o tōku pāpā.
Aria is my aunty, she is my father's sister.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

He ātaahua te ingoa o tō whaea. E hia tana pakeke?
Your mum's name is beautiful. How old is she?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ngā mihi nui mō te Rā o te Whaea.
Happy Mother's day.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ka rawe hoki! E hia te pakeke o tō whaea?
Excellent! How old is your mum?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ko tōku whaea te tuara whānui o tō mātou whānau.
My mother is the (broad back) anchor of our family.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Whū, te kaha hoki o tō whaea!
Wow, your mother is strong!
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ko Joseph te tuakana o Isaac.
Joseph is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Isaac.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Margaret te tuakana o Fran.
Margaret is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Elizabeth te tuakana o Fran.
Elizabeth is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Aidan te tuakana o Liam.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Liam.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Aidan te tuakana o Kaia.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Kaia.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Kāore ō tuākana?
Do you not have an older sibling?
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

E hia te pakeke o tō tuakana?
How old is your older brother?
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Pāora te tuakana o Niko.
Pāora is the older brother of Niko.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko ia te tuakana o taku pāpā, arā taku matua kēkē.
He's my dad's older brother, that is my uncle.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Koa, ko Taika ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Koa and Taika.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Manu, ko Tame, ko Amaru ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Manu, Tame and Amaru.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Nikau te teina o Rangi.
Nikau is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Rangi.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Ko Kaia te teina o Aidan.
Kaia is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Aidan.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Ko Isaac te teina o Jo.
Isaac is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Jo.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Koa, ko Ari ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have younger siblings, their names are Koa and Ari.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Ataahua, ko Hera, ko Pāora ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have younger siblings, their names are Ataahua, Hera and Pāora.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Ko koe te pōtiki o te whānau?
Are you the youngest in your family?
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki

Ko Val te pōtiki o Vic.
Val is the youngest child of Vic.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki

Ko Isaac te pōtiki o Phill.
Isaac is the youngest child of Phill.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki

Ko Luna te pōtiki o Jo.
Luna is the youngest child of Jo.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki

Kāore ō mātou whare.
We don’t have a h/e.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ō māua pōtae.
We don't have any hats.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ō pātai?
Don't you have any questions?
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ō Hōne motokā.
Hōne doesn’t have any cars.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ō rātou hū.
They don’t have any sh/.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ō mātou tūru.
We don’t have any chairs.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ō rāua waka.
They don’t have any cars.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

Kāore ō tungāne?
Don't you have any brothers?
I have no... - Kāore aku...

He hū ō rātou.
They have shoes.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha ō moemoeā?
What dreams did you have?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He kākahu ō koutou.
You have clothes.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He rua ō ngā pōtiha.
The foxes have dens.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha te tikanga o te raiti whero?
What does the red light mean?
What? - He aha?

He aha te tikanga o te raiti kākāriki?
What does the green light mean?
What? - He aha?

He aha te utu o tēnei āporo?
What's the price of this apple?
What? - He aha?

He aha te rahi o tēnei pane koti?
What size is this skirt?
What? - He aha?

He aha te tae o tēnei?
What colour is this?
What? - He aha?

He aha te tae o tēnā?
What colour is that?
What? - He aha?

He aha te tae o ōna karu?
What colour are her eyes?
What? - He aha?

He aha ngā kōrero o te wā?
What is the talk of the day?
What? - He aha?

He aha te kaupapa o tēnei akoranga?
What's the subject of this lesson?
What? - He aha?

He aha te utu o tēnei kurī i roto i te matapihi o te toa?
What's the price of this dog in the shop window?
What? - He aha?

He aha mō runga i ō hēki kaurori?
What would you like on your scrambled eggs?
What? - He aha?

He aha te ingoa o tōu huarahi?
What's the name of your street?
What? - He aha?

He aha te hē o tō tama?
What's wrong with your son?
What? - He aha?

He aha te tae o tōu whare?
What is the colour of your house?
What? - He aha?

He aha te tikanga o tēnā?
What does that mean?
What? - He aha?

Te mōmona hoki o tēnā mīti!
How succulent that meat is!
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

He kikorangi te tae o tēnā.
That colour is blue.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Ko te kihi o tōna waka tēnā.
That's the key of his car.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Ko te taupoki tēnā o te umu.
That is the lid of the camp oven.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Eo! Kāore he hē o tēnā!
Ow! There's no harm in that!
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Te nui hoki o tēnā mea!
How big that thing is!
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Kāhore kau he kākā kura o tērā pōkai.
That flock didn't have any red kākā.
That (over there) - tērā

Ko Rina te kaikaranga o tērā hapū?
Is Rina the caller of that hapū?
That (over there) - tērā

Tokomaha ngā tāngata o tērā iwi.
There are a lot of people in that tribe.
That (over there) - tērā

Te paruparu o tērā tangata!
What a dirty man.
That (over there) - tērā

Te tere hoki o tērā motopaika!
How fast that motorbike is!
That (over there) - tērā

Kāore au e pai ki te tae o tērā motoka.
I don't like the colour of that car.
That (over there) - tērā

Te ātaahua hoki o tērā wahine!
How beautiful that woman is!
That (over there) - tērā

Ko tēhea kaupeka o te tau tēnei?
Which season of the year is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ko tēhea te rākau teitei rawa o Aotearoa?
Which tree is the tallest in Aotearoa?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ko tēhea rā o te marama tēnei?
Which day of the month is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ko tēhea rā o te wiki tēnei?
Which day of the week is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ko Tai rāua ko Moana ngā ingoa o ōku hoa.
The names of my friends are Tai and Moana.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko ia te mea hangareka o rāua ko Riripeti, tōna tuahine.
She is the funny one between her and Riripeti, her sister.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Ari rāua ko Ani ngā mātua o Hēmi.
Ari and Ani are the parents of Hēmi.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Tawa rāua ko Moana ngā mokopuna o Pāora rāua ko Mia.
Tawa and Moana are the grandchildren of Pāora and Mia.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Niko rāua ko Ataahua ngā hoa o Koa rāua ko Kauri.
Niko and Ataahua are the friends of Koa and Kauri.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

I muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa the children were born.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Manu rāua ko Rangi ō tāua hoa.
Manu and Rangi are our friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā

Kahore ia i whakawātea mai mua o te haka.
He didn't move away from the front of the haka.
Towards - mai

Mauria mai ngā toka ki tēnei taha o te whare.
Bring the stones to this side of the house.
Towards - mai

Te taunga rawatanga atu o Paki i te waka, ka tīmata ia ki te kaukau.
As soon as Paki jumped out of the boat, he began swimming.
Away - atu

Te rongonga atu o Taika i te kōrero a tana tuahine...
When Taika heard what his sister said...
Away - atu

Whakapangia atu ki muri rawa o te pouaka.
Stick it to the far side of the box.
Away - atu

I piki ake tō mātou ki te tihi o Taranaki maunga.
Our group climbed to the summit of Mount Taranaki.
Up - ake

I tētahi taha ake o taua pā tētahi ngāherehere.
On the far side of the fort there was a patch of bush.
Up - ake

Haere ake anō ko ngā tāngata o Ngāti-Kahukoa, me ā rātou rōpā anō.
The people of Ngāti-Kahukoka set off, with their slaves too.
Up - ake

Whātuia iho a runga o te kākahu kotahi e mau rā i a ia.
The top of the garment she wore was folded down.
Down - iho

Te rangonga o te iwi o te pā i te haruru, ka oma iho ki te mātakitaki haka.
When the people of the pā heard the noise, they ran down to hear the haka.
Down - iho

E rua ō waewae. Tahi, rua.
You've got two legs. One, two.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua paringa o te tai i te rā.
There are two tides a day.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Ko James te tamaiti tuarua o te whānau
James is the second child in the family.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Ko te rā tuatahi o te hararei āpōpō.
It's the first day of the holiday tomorrow.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

A te wiki tuatahi o Tīhema mutu ai te kura.
School will finish in the first week of December.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

He pai ake te wāhanga tuatahi o te pukapuka nei i te wāhanga tuarua.
The first chapter is better than the second chapter of this book.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

A te wiki tuatahi o Tīhema, mutu ai te kura.
School will finish in the first week of December.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Kua whakaritea, me tae rātou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka.
It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawearau mill at nine o'clock.
Telling time - kara

He kaha ngā wāhine o tō tātou iwi.
The woman of our tribe are stong.
The article - te, ngā, he

Hei te taha o te motokā te wahine.
The woman will be by the car.
Future locative - hei

Ngā kanohi o taua kōtiro rā.
The eyes of that girl there.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o taua hui?
Do you know who the organiser of the hui is?
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauraro.
The pā's water source was a spring on the north side.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kaua e waiho ō hū ki te kūaha.
Don't leave your shoes at the door.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kaua e whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Don't clean the house before the guests arrive.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ehara a Hemi nō te rohe o Te Arawa.
Hemi is not from the Te Arawa region.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore te ngeru i te taha mauī o te tēpu.
The cat wasn’t t/he left /the table.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore te kurī i te taha katau o te waka.
The dog wasn’t t/he right /the car.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore ō hū i te rūma horoi kākahu.
Your shoes are not in the laundry.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore he manu o roto.
There's no bird inside.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Ngā ika o te moana.
The fish of the ocean.
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a

Ngā maho o te marae.
The work of the marae.
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a

Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui
The head of the fish of Māui (a name for the Wellington region).
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a

E toru ngā tamariki a ō māua.
Our friends have three children.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o

Ko te taiapa e karapoti ana i te wahanga o taku whenua.
The fence is around the edge of my section.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o

Ngā rākau a ō tātou rangatira.
Our chief's weapons.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o

I te taha o taku māmā.
On my mum' s side.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o

I te taha o taku pāpā.
On my dad's side.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o

He pērā te āhua o Aria, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Aria's nature is like that, he has a kind heart.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Te ātaahua hoki o tō pēpi!
How beautiful your baby is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te pōturi hoki o tēnei pahi!
How slow this bus is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te mā hoki o ōu niho.
Gee, your teeth are white.
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te tau hoki o ngā putiputi!
How lovely the flowers are!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te ātaahua hoki o te whare nei!
How beautiful this house is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te makariri hoki o tēnei wāhi!
How cold this place is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te wera hoki o tēnei raumati!
How hot this summer is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te nuinui hoki o tēnei rākau!
How big this tree is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te ātaahua hoki o tō tātou wharenui!
Our meeting house is extremely beautiful!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te tere hoki o tēnei motokā!
How fast this car is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te pai hoki o tō hanga i ēnā kākahu.
You look pretty/handsome in those clothes.
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te roaroa hoki o ngā karaehe!
How long the grass is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te pai hoki o tēnei kai!
How good this food is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te nui hoki o tēnā ika!
How huge that fish is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te kakara hoki o tēnei inanga.
This whitebait smells delicious.
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te makariri hoki o tēnei rūma!
How cold this room is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te kakara hoki o tā tātou kai.
Our food smells great.
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te māngere hoki o āu kaimahi!
How lazy your workers are!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te reka hoki o tēnei kai!
How sweet this food is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te reka hoki o te kai!
How sweet it is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te pai hoki o tēnā whakaaro!
How great that idea is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te marino hoki o te moana!
How calm the ocean is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te reka hoki o tōna reo!
How sweet her language is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te tere hoki o tō motukā!
How fast your car is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Te makariri hoki o te wai.
How cold the water is.
*How... - Te... hoki...

Arā te whare o Tawa!
There's Tawa's house.
Over there - āra

Ko hea te wāhi pai rawa o Aotearoa ki a koe?
Where is your favourite place in Aotearoa?
I like... - He pai ki a au...

He pai ki a rāua ngā pukapuka o te whare.
They (two) like the books in the house.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

He pai te tāwara o te pata heihei ki a au.
I like the flavour of butter chicken.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Ehara i tōku hoa ō māua kākahu i horoi.
My friend didn't wash our clothes.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Kua mākona taku puku i te maha o ngā kōura.
My stomach is full from the many crayfish.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I hinga katoa i a ia ngā toa o tērā whenua.
All the champions of that country were defeated by him.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Homai koa tētahi o ngā āporo.
Please give me one of the apples.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Hoatu ētahi o ngā āporo ki a Aroha.
Give some of the apples to Aroha.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Homai koa ētaho o ngā maramara rīwai.
Please give me some of the potato chips.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Kātahi ka mahara te koroheke rā ki te nuinga o tōna pai.
Then then old man began to thing about his abundant good fortune.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kia tae mai a Kauri, ka peka atu tātau ki te kāinga o Taika.
When Kauri arrives, we will stop by Taika's house.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Nā te aha ō kākahu i paru ai?
For what reason are your clothes dirty?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Whakapāngia mai te pānui ki tēnei taha o te matapihi.
Stick the notice on this side of the window.

Whakamaua ō hū.
Put your shoes on.

Kāhore i āhei te tangata kia haere i te tahatika o te one.
People were not allowed to go to the shore.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Ko tērā i mā Waipā, i haere mā roto o Waikato.
Those who went via Waipā went through the Waikato.
Via - mā

Kāore te wahine hei te taha o te motokā.
The woman will not be by the car.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...

Ehara ngā pukapuka o te whare i te pai ki a rāua.
They do not like the books in the house.
I don't like... - Ehara... i te pai...

Ko te Paraire, te tuaiwa o Aperira.
Friday, the ninth of April.

Ko au te tino hoa o Rāwiri.
I am Rāwiri's best friend.

E tohu ana ia i mua o ngaa matua raa, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngaa ringa
the taiaha at inside at the(pl) hand ‘He was gesticulating bef/ the battali/ as if the taiaha w/d break in pieces in his hands’ (TWh, 22)

I pēhea te tunu kai i ngā wā o mua atu i te hiko?
How did people cook their food before there was electricity?

Kei te wātea ahau ā te pō o te Paraire.
I'm free on Friday night.

Hei whakawhiti whakaaro te kaupapa o te hui.
Exhanging idea was the purpose of the meeting.

Kotahi rau ngā marae o tēnei rohe.
There are one hundred marae in this area.

Tangi tonu te pere o te kura, ka puta ngā tamariki ki te tākaro.
As soon as the school bell rings, the children come out to play. — 1172

Ko wai tāu e pai ai o ngā rangatira nei?
Which one of these chiefs do you like?

Tangohia ō kākahu.
Take off your clothes.

Ko te toru o ō hokinga mai i te tuarongo, kei waho ahau o te tatau, māku e whakatuwhera te kuaha ka rere tika mai koe ki waho, ka tūtaki atu ai tāua i te kuaha.
The third time you go to the back of the house, I will be at the door, I will open the door, and you will jump right outside and then we will shut it.

Ko Ōtaki te ingoa o taku kura.
The name of my school is Ōtaki.

Ka tango au i ō kākahu.
I'll take off your clothes.

Mai i te mutunga o tana mahi, tae noa mai ki tana matenga, i Pōneke ia e noho ana
He lived in Wellington from the time of his retirement until his death

Noho atu ana tētahi, noho mai ana tētahi, i tētahi taha, o tā rāua ahi.
They sat opposite one another on either side of their fire.

Katoa ngā ākonga o te whare wānanga i tae atu ki te hui
All the students of the university attended the meeting

Ka whawhai tonu au ki a koutou ko ō hoa.
I will keep fighting against you and your mates.

Kua rere te wairua o Rua.
Rua’s spirit has fled.

Kei te taha o te tangata whenua au i tēnei wā.
I'm on the side of the people of the marae this time.

Kei te hangaia e rātou he whare mō ō rātou mātua.
A house is being by them for their parents.

Kei Te Taitokerai te kāuri te tino nui o te motu.
The biggest kāuri in the land is in Northland.

Me he mea nāau te tamaiti, kua mōhio koe ki te roanga o tōona ingoa.
If the child was yours you would have known its full name.

Ko te hiahia o Kupe, kia tae rawa atu ia ki Aotearoa.
It was Kupe’s wish t/et right t/ew Zealand.

Māu e tohutohu ki te tohunga ō mate, ka ngau ai te tohunga i ō atua e ngau ana i tō kiri, te mamae i tō tinana.
You must indicate your ills to the tohunga, then the tohunga will devour your spirits that are devouring your skin, paining your body.

Ka nui te aroha o ngā tāngata ki te take nei.
The people feel very sympathetic to this cause.

Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata o Waikato ki ia iwi, ki ia iwi o tātou, o te Māori.
Then the Waikato people went to each tribe of us Māori people.

He aha ō rātou whakaaro e pā ana ki tēnā?
What do they think about that?

E hia ō rātou tau i reira e mahi ana?
How many years were they working there?

Ka horoi au i ō whatu.
I'll wash your eyes.

Kotahi te wahine pai rawa o tēnei ope.
There is one really beautiful woman in this group.

Ahakoa kei waenganui i te ngahere, kāore ngā tāngata o reira e mokemoke ana.
Although it is in the middle of the bush, the people there are not lonely.

Hei tēra Mane rāua tae mai ai, arā, hei te 2 o Pepuere
They arrive next Monday, that is, on the 2nd of February

Ka kai tātou ā te poupoutanga o te rā.
We'll eat at midday.

Te tini o te tangata i tae ake, tāne mai, wāhine māi.
A huge crowd turned up, men and women.

Ko ana waewae ka kuhu ki waenga i ngā matata o te rangi kia tika ai te pupuru me te takoto o te tinana kia kaha ai te pana.
His fingers gripped deep into the rocks and the vines of the land, to hold his body steady for the powerful thrust to come.

Hua atu me hoe rawa ki te au o te moana ka tuku ai
the anchor One would think we should paddle to the deep sea and then let go the anchor.

Ka mīharo rātou ki te ātaahua o te wahine patupaiarehe.
They were astonished at the beauty of the fairy woman.

Pēhea te roa o te Taura Whiri e kimikimi kupu hōu nei?
How long has the Māori Language Commission been making up new words?

Ka horoi au i tō upoko me ō makawe.
I'll wash your head and your hair.

Whakapai-a te marae o te tangata!
Clean up someone else’s marae!

E titiro ana ngā tauhou ki te nui o tērā rākau, o Tāne Mahuta.
The strangers gazed at the size of that tree, Tāne Mahuta.

Koia pea tērā te kaha me te tiketike o ngā rākau whakamarumaru o te ngahere i ēnei rā.
That it perhaps why the tall trees have such strength, and such height in the forests of today.

I toomuri maatou i te puni·nga ai o te huarahi i ngaa horonga
the road from the(pl) slip ‘We were late because /the bl/ing /the r/ by slips

Me kia tere te kōwhaki i te kānga i mua o te ua, ka haere au.
If it is necessary to hurry the picking of the corn before the rain I will go.

Ahakoa te kaha o ngā nehi ki te tiaki i a ia, kāore ia i ora.
Although the nurses worked hard to look after him, he didn’t live.

.. kia kawea anō e Ponga ki te tangata i tukua mai ai taua patu rā ki a ia e te matua o Puhihuia
.. so that it could be carried back by Ponga to the man who that weapon was given to by

Ko ia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou.
He is the ancestor of Ngāti Porou.

Kua whati te wae wae o te tūru.
The leg of the chair is broken.

I muri ka haere mai a Tāwhiri-mātea, te hau me te ua, ki te horoi i ngā parahanga katoa o te piri tahitanga, me kī, ngā puehu me ngā maramara kiri, kia mā te āhua o te rangi.
Afterwards Tāwhiri-mātea, the wind and the rain, stepped in to clean away all of the rubbish left in the confined space, everything created in the dark clinging together, the dust, the strips of skin, so the sky would be clean.

E toru ngā piko e toe ana, ka eke ake ai te iwi o Hauraki.
The Hauraki forces had three river bends to navigate before they would arrive.

Koia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou!
That’s the ancest//Ngāti P/b/

Kei hea te kakau o te toki?
Where’s the handle /the axe?

a, o, nā, nō, mā, mō
Mā tōku māmā‘f/my m/er

Rērere tonu ai a Tāwhiri-mātea, arā, ngā hau o te rangi, hoki atu, hoki atu, ki te tahatū o te rangi ki te tahatahi i ngā piro o te kōpū o Rangi.
...Tāwhiri-mātea still sweeps the skies, from one horizon to another, back and forth to clean away the impurities left behind from the embrace of the stomach of Rangi.

Kāore e mārama tētahi wāhanga o te iwi ki te reo o tētahi atu wāhanga, ahakoa he iwi kotahi.
One section of the people cannot understand the language of another section, although they are one people.

Ko ēnei ngā mahi o te hui.
These things are the work (the things that happen at) of hui.

Tēnā ko ngā tama a Iharaira, i haere rātou rā te wāhi maroke i waenganui o te moana (Exodus 14:29)
The children of Israel went by way of the dry area through the middle of the sea

Koia i mā ai te hau e whakahāngia nei e te tangata i ēnei rā.
Koia hoki i tika ai te noho o te mahana, o te makariri i ōna wā anō o te tau e tika ana.

Ahakoa kāore i riro mai tētahi paraihe kotahi, kore rawa tēnei hui tino nui e wareware i te tōpū o Te Kaha.
Although they didn’t win a single prize, this big gathering will never be f//en by the gr/ fr/Te Kaha.

I ngā rā o mua, he wharekura tēra whare
In days gone by that building was a school (past)

Kua hinga te tōtara o te wao nui a Tāne.
The tōtara of Tāne’s great f/st has fallen.

Ahakoa kei te mākū ō rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.

E whakapaipai ana ngā tamariki i ō rātou rūma.
The children are tidying their rooms.

He kino iho tēnei marama i te marama o Hūrae.
This month is worse than the month of July.

He Pākehā te nuinga o ngā tauira i reira.
Most of the students there are Pākehā.

Ahakoa he mākū ō rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.

Ko au i te pupuri i te taura o tēnei rāti.
I was holding the rope attached to this spear.

Ahakoa te nui o te utu o te whare, ka hokona e tōku tuahine.
Despite the great cost of the house, my sister will buy it.

I ētahi rā te nui o te wātiū, he rahi rawa mō ngā kēna e rua (Pōtatau 1991:25)
Some days, there was too much milk for the two cans

Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihiku i tērā rau tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.

Haurua kapu o te tiakareti.
Half a cup of chocolate.

Ka riro pea a Puhihuia i te tangata kē anō o rātou.
Perhaps Puhuihuia would be taken by another one of them.

Tōia te ingoa o te tangata ki te pouaka e hāngai ana ki te pātai.
Drag the name of the person to the box who fits the description.

He whero te tuanui o taua whare.
The roof of that house is red.

Ahakoa roa te huarahi, mā te kaha, mā te aroha, mā te manaaki o tēnā o tēnā ki ngā taonga o te iwi Māori, ka taea.
Although the road is long, it can be accomplished through effort, love, and each person’s care f/the treasures /the Mā/ pe/e.

Homai tētahi o āu tiakarete, e Koro!
Give me one of your chocolates, Granddad!

Kawea ana ia ki roto ki te whare o te tohunga.
He was carried into the house of the priest.

Kore rawa he rerenga, ka titiro kau iho ngā tāngata o roto i te pā ki ērā o rātou e patua ana ki te moana
No one escaped and the people of the fort looked on helplessly as their compatriots were slaughtered at sea

Ko ētahi o rātou, ko ngā rōpā me ngā wāhine i kata.
Some of them, the slaves and the women, laughed.

Ehara te tuanui o taua whare i te whero.
The roof of that house is not red.

Ko ia tētahi o tō tātou rōpū.
She is one of our group.

Nā, kawea ana e rātou a Kae, ka whakatakotoritia ki te pou tokomanawa o te whare o Tinirau.
Then they carried Kae and laid him at the main supporting post of Tinirau’s h/e.

Ko Mere rāua ko Erihapeti ō tātou tumuaki.
Our leaders are Mere and Erihapeti.

Ki tā te Awara, ko Hei te pāpā o Waitaha.
According to Te Arawa, Hei was the father of Waitaha.

Ko te āhua kau o te waha i hanga, nō reira i mate ai.
Only the appearance of a mouth was formed, and so it died.

He Hainamana te kaiako o ā māua tamariki.
Our children’s teacher is Chinese.

I te hāngaatanga o Te Karaiti ki a ia, ka titiro ake (Pōtatau 1991:164)
When Christ came up to where he (Zacchæus) was, He l<<<ed up

Ko te Raumati taku tino wā o te tau.
Raumati is my favourite time of the year.

Te tino haerenga o rātou, 'Koia anō me te huruhuru manu e rere ana i te hau'.
They all ran on "like a bird's feather flying in the wind".

Mā ō toroa ka pai ai te whiu o tō pane.
The toss of your head will look good because of your albatross feathers.

Hiki ana te hui, hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Ka haere ki te whare o te matua o Honi.
[He] went to the house of Honi's parent.

Ko ia te matua o ngā tamariki e mātakitaki mai ana.
He is the father of the children who are watching.

Hiki ana te hui, hoki hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Arā te whare o Hata!
There’s Hata’s h>

Ko hea te ingoa o te maunga rā?
What is the name of that mountain?

Kua tangi te piana. Kua kanikani ētahi o ngā tāngata.
The piano has started playing. Some of the people have started dancing.

Ka haere tahi ati anō i a rātou ētahi o te tangata whenua.
Some of the local people accompanied them.

Ko wai te taurekareka, nāna nei i tapahi ngā waea o te taiepa?
Who was the rascal who cut the fence wires?

Ko te tāne i moe ai a Tōrere o te tangata.whenua,ko Manaaki-ao te ingoa.
Manaaki-ao was the name of the local man that Tōrere married.

I te taha o te awa te ana o taua ngārara.
The cave of that monster was beside the river.

Ko Puhihuia i noho i te whakarei o te waka.
Puhihuia sat in the stern of the canoe.

Ohorere tātou i tō rātou hokinga mai i te kaha o te kōpeke.
We were surprised at their return on account of the cold.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia.
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among.

I te ata, ko ō ngā tamariki, nāna nei i tohatoha ngā hea.
In the morning the children who spread the hay got up.

Ko te tohunga o Te Arawa waka, ko Ngātoroirangi =
As for the priest of (the) Te Arawa canoe, it was Ngātoroirangi

≈ He nui ake tōku whare i te whare o Hata
My house is bigger than Hata’s

He tino rerekē ngā whakaaro o Hēmi i ō te nuinga
Hēmi’s ideas are quite different fr/the maj/ty’s

Nō tērā tau i tū ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney

Koia nei te wairua o te kōrero kia tino whakapau kaha koe i ngā wā katoa.
This is the essence of this proverb to expend all of your ability all the time.

He rite tonu ō māua nei wawata.
Our aspirations are exactly the same.

Ko te nuinga o ngā ākonga, he Māori =
As for the majority of the students, they are Māori

Mā tēnā, mā tēnā o koutou tāna ake tuhinga e tuku mai
Each of you must submit his/her own essay

Homai ētahi o ēnā keke kia whā.
Please give me four of those cakes.

Kua oma atu ō tātou hōiho.
Our horses have escaped.

Kāore ngā tāngata o reira e mokemoke ana.
The people there are not lonely.

Nō reira anō i ngaro ai tētahi wāhi o te whenua.
Therefore some part of the land disappeared.

Ka tū tētahi o ngā kaumātua rā.
One of those elders stood up.

Kua piki haere ngā utu mō ngā whakaākoranga o te whare wānanga, me te aha, kua nui haere ngā ākonga e noho nama ana ki ngā pēke
University course fees continue to rise, with the result that more and more students are owing money to the banks.

Kia ora Niko, he pēhea ō whakaaro ki te whakamātautau?
Hey Niko, what did you think of the exam?

Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauaro.
The water source for that pā was a spring on the north side.

Ngā rauawa o ngā waka.
The sides of the canoe.

I runga anō i te kaupapa o te hui.
In accordance with the theme of the meeting.

Kāhore ō rāua whare.
They have no house (houses).

Kei hea te kāinga i whakatūria ai te whare o Rua?
Where is the settlement at which/where Rua’s h/e was erected?

E hia ō tau?
How old are you?

o te wao
uncultivated and the domain of Tāne

Ko te kāinga o Uenuku i noho ai ko Hawaiki.
The place where Uenuku lived was Hawaiki.

Ko Mārama te tuahine o Tamahae.
Mārama is the sister of Tamahae.

Ki ngā marae o Ngāti Kahungunu, o Ngāti Porou ka whakaaetia te wahine, nō te mea he rite tonu te mana o te wahine ki tō te tāne (Pōtatau 1991:77)
On Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou marae, women are allowed (to stand to speak), because the mana of women is the same as that of men

Ko Tamahae te tungāne o Mārama.
Tamahae is the brother of Mārama.

Ko ētahi o ā rātou waiata nā rātou tonu i tito (Kāretu 1974:108)
Some of their songs they composed themselves

Kei te hoki ōku whakaaro ki ngā wā o mua.
My thoughts are going back to the past.

Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua o te kapa.
When Ponga appeared at the front of the ranks.

E toru ngā tamariki a ō māua hoa.
Our friends have three children.

Ka tukuna mātau kia haere ki te taone o Ākarana, ki tētahi atu wāhi rānei.
We were allowed to go to the city of Auckland, or to some other place.

I piki ake tō mātou rōpū ki te tihi o Taranaki maunga.
Our group climbed up to the summit of Mt Taranaki.

Whakamaua ō tara!
Put on your trousers!

Kua tae mai ētahi o ngā manuhiri, kāore anō ētahi.
Some of the guests have arrived, some not yet.

Heoi anō kāore ngā tungāne o Puhiwahine i pai ki te whaiāipotanga o te wahine nei ki tana whanaunga, nā reira ka tikina mai e rātau tō rātau tuahine, ka whakahokia ki roto o Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Well Puhiwahine’s br/ers did n/appr/ /this w/n's affair with her relative, s/hey fetched their sister, and returned her t/gāti Tuwharet/

Me pānui e te minita tetahi o ngā inoi.
One of the prayers must (will be) read out by the minister.

Ko Peti te tāokete o Hēra.
Peti is Hēra’s sister-in-law.

I te aonga tomutanga o te rā
When day broke

Māna e whakapiko te ara o te ika ki tāna wāhi e hiahia ai.
He could make a fish go wherever he wanted.

Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Mārama’s and Tamahae’s c>.

whakamaua ō kākahu moe
put on your pyjamas

Te kuku o te manawa.
The pincers of the heart (the object of affection).

Ko te marama o Oketopa tēnei.
This is the month of October.

Ka mea ake rātou o te whare, ‘E koe e iri iho nei, kōrero iho rā!
The people in the house said, ‘Y/hanging up there, speak d/ t/s!

Heoti anō āku i kite ai o tēnei motu, ka mutu.
That was all I saw on this island.

Homai ētahi o ēnā keke kia whā
Please give me four of those cakes (literally, let it be four).

Ko Hēmi te ingoa o te tangata rā
The name of that man is Hēmi

Wē! Te tere hoki o tōna motukā.
Wou! How fast his car is!

Ki tua o te maunga.
On the other side of the mountain.

Ko te Wenerei tēnei, te rua o Hānuere.
This is Wednesday, the second of January.

Ka mea iho taua maia rā, ‘Te kino hoki o taua koutou haka e rongo iho nei au!
What a terrible haka of yours I can hear!

Mai i te tau 1985 tae noa ki te tīmatanga o tēnei tau, i Whangārei rātou e noho ana
They were living in Whangārei from 1985 until the beginning of this year

Ko Tāwhiri-Mātea.
Ko Tāwhiri-Mātea te atua o ngā hau.

Kei te pīrangi au ki te noho i te kāinga o Tame.
I want to live in Tame's home.

Tuatoru ki tētahi o tēnei kuini, o Ngā Waiwhenua, i te pō o Tātau-te-Wherowhero, te tuawaru.
Third, to one of this queen’s pe/e, /Ngā Waiwhenua, /the night /Tātau-te-Wher/er/the eighth.

Ko te ata o te Tāite tēnei, te toru o Tīhema.
This is the morning of Thursday the third of December.

He whero ngā pua o te pōhutukawa
The flowers of the pōhutukawa are red.

B. Kei runga ō i te tēpu
They are on the table

He ātaahua te rūma noho me ngā taonga o roto.
The living room and the treasures in it are beautiful.

I tīmata te kōrero i te waru o ngā rā o Pēpuere.
The story began on the eighth day of February.

Ko Pani te hoa wahine o Hata.
Pani is the wife of Hata.

Tino kaha kē te mura o te ahi, i te maroke ai hoki o aua rau rākau, otaota hoki
The fire was particularly fierce, especially because of the dryness of the leaves and grass

E rua maero te haerenga o te one.
This beach extends for two miles.

Kātahi anō ka uri ki a koutou, ki a koutou e ngā tauhira. Tēnei nā he mihi whakatau. Nau mai, piki mai, kake mai ki tō tātou kaupapa o te pōkaitahi reo.
Now I turn to you, to you the esteemed ones. This is a welcoming greeting. Welcome, come forward, step up into our shared kaupapa of unity in language.

I hē te whakahaere a Rua-tatanoa i tētahi wāhi o te karakia.
Rua-tatanoa made a mistake at one place in the incantation.

Ki tēnei taumata o te kaupapa, mauri mai i tō ake, i ō maunga, i ō awa, i ō whakapapa, pepeha.
To this level of the kaupapa, bring with you your own life force—fr/y/ m/tains, y/ rivers, y/ geneal/es, y/ pepeha.

I ēnei rā mā te mīhini e mahi te nuinga o ngā mahi.
These days, machines do most of the work.

Ko Aorangi te tino maunga o Ngāi Tahu.
Aorangi is the foremost mountain of Ngāi Tahu.

Kei hea ō kākahu?
Where are your clothes?

Ko hea te ingoa o tēnei rohe?
What is the name of this area?

Ko tēhea o ērā kōtiro te tuahine o Hēnare?
Which of those girls is Hēnare’s sister?

Ā te wiki tuatahi o Tīhema, mutu ai te kura.
School will finish in the first week of December.

Ko te whakaitiitanga te tohu o te mana nui.
Humility is the sign of greatness.

Kei hea ō hū?
Where are your shoes?

Nā reira, me mihi koutou ki tēnā, ki tēnā o koutou.
Therefore, greet one another, each and every one of you.

Rere ana te mataku i te ruu o te whenua
The earthquake must have been very frightening

Kia mahara ki te hē o Rona
Remember/Let us remember the sin of Rona

Kāhore taua wahine i kite i te hiku o te taniwha.
That woman did not see the monster’s tail.

Me tuku tēnei karere ki tēnā marae, ki tēnā marae o te motu.
This message should be sent to every marae in the country.

He rite tonu te puta ake o te ihu o te taniwha rā i te wai.
The taniwha kept on sticking its nose out of the water.

Ka mihi ahau ki tōku kara, arā te kara nui o te Kuīni.
I greet my flag, the great flag of the Queen.

Mā tēnā, mā tēnā o koutou tāna ake tuhinga e tuku mai.
Each of you must submit their own essay.

He rite tonu te toro o ngā ringa o taua iwi katoa
CLS like cont the extend of the(pl) hand of that people all Each hand was put forward in perfect time with all the rest

Kua whati te wae wae o tāku tamāhine.
My daughter has a broken leg.

Kei hea ō pene?
Where are your pens?

Kia whai i ētahi o ngā wāhanga.
To follow some of the parts / sections.

I whati tētahi o aku rākau hau pōro!
One of my golf clubs snapped!

Tukua mātou kia hoki ki ō mātou kāinga.
Permit (allow) us to return to our homes.

He pā i konei i ngā wā o mua
There was a pā here in the olden days

Ka whakamahia rātou kia tuhi i ō rātou whakaaro
They will be asked/caused/made to write their thoughts (about it)

Koirā tētahi o ōna āhuatanga pai.
That's one of his good characteristics.

He kamakama te hinengaro o Tīwana.
Tīwana has a stubborn mind.

Kia ako, kia tapurihia itahi atu o ngā pūkenga mātaurangahau i tō ake kete.
To learn, and to add other new knowledge skills to your own kete.

Kia tipu, kia puāwai, ko koe rā te mea nui, ā, mā te kaiako ngā wawata o te kaiako mō āna tauira.
Grow and flourish—y/are the m/ imp/ant thing—and thr>the teacher are the teacher’s aspiratis sty r students.

Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera te ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe was Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.

Hiki ana te hui, hoki hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga
When the meeting closes, everyone goes home' (general statement)

Ki tō whakaaro, e hia ngā tau o Nikau?
How old do you think Nikau is?

Ia rā, ka peka atu a Tony ki te kāuta o ngā kaumātua.
Every day Tony visited the kitchen of the elders.

Kei hea ō koutou kamupūtu, tamariki mā?
Where are your gumboots, children?

Ko tēnei te whare o Mere.
This is Mere’s h/e.

Ko rātou ko ō rātou hoa ngā mea ngaro.
They and their friends are the missing ones.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a koe.
Celestial blessings to you.

Nā reira, me mihi koutou ki a koutou, otirā ki a koe, taku hoa, Tūhoe, taku parata. Tēnā koe e hoa, tō tāina mai hei tautoko, hei tiaki i ahau, otirā i ēnei o ngā tauira, me tā rātou nei wawata, hia hia, inā koe taku parata.
Therefore, greetings to you all, and especially to you, my friend, Tūhoe, my close companion. Greetings to you, my friend, your younger sibling here to support and care for me, and also for these students, with their many aspirations—indeed, there y/are, my cl/ c/ani/

Kāore anō ngā tamariki tāne kia paraihe i ō rātou makawe.
The boys have not brushed their hair yet.

Nō rātou ka rongo, ka werowero i roto i ō rātou ngākau (Acts 2:37)
When they heard (this), they were cut to the heart

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a kōrua.
Celestial blessings to you both.

Ko Pani te whaea o Tamahae.
Pani is Tamahae’s m/er.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a koutou.
Celestial blessings to you three or more.

Kei whea te uru o te waka, e Kupe?
Where is the canoe headed, Kupe?

Ko Hata te pāpā o Tamahae.
Hata is his father.

Kāore he urupā o taua marae
That marae has no cemetery (attached to it)

Tangi tonu te pere o te kura, ka puta ngā tamariki ki te tākaro
As soon as the school bell rings, the children come out to play

Ko Mahuta te kingi i a Te Puea i uru kaha ai ki ngā mahi o te Kīngitanga (Kāretu 1974:97)
Mahuta was king when Te Puea devoted herself to the activities of the Kīngitanga

Kei te hiahia au kia koe i ō huawhenua!
I want you to eat your vegetables.

Kei hea te uru o te waka, e Kupe?
Where is the canoe headed, Kupe?

I mokemoke ia i te ngaro o tō māua hoa.
He's lonely as a result of the absence of our (2 inclusive) friend.

Haere mai, e ngā toa o te Tai Tokerau.
Welcome, champions of North Auckland.

Te pai o tēnā whakaaro.
The goodness of the thought.

Ka whakamahia rātou kia tuhi i ō rātou whakaaro.
They will be asked or made to write their thoughts.

Waiata ai te iwi o Waikato i ngā whiti e rua. (1991:114)
The people of Waikato usually sing both verses.

Ka haere mātau, te kura o Tīpene, ki Kuini Tiriti, ki reira hui atu ai ki te tini o te tāngata, ki te whakanui i tēnei wikitoria (Pōtatau 1991:37)
We, St Stephen’s Sch// went t/ueen Street t// up with the cr/s t/elebrate this vict/

Nā reira, kua taea i tō tātou taha o te ōkawa, ā, kua tae mai ki tō tātou mahi o te āhua nei. Nā reira, tēnā koutou e hoa mā.
Therefore, it has been accomplished by our side of the formal proceedings, and it has now arrived at our work of this nature. Therefore, greetings to you all, friends.

Haere ki te whare pukapuka o te whare wānanga, me kore e kitea te pukapuka e hiahiatia nā koe
Go to the university library to see whether you can find the book you need

Tokohia ngā tamariki a ō kaumātua?
How many children do your grandparents have?

He tino rongonui ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua.
The hot springs of Rotorua are very famous.

Ko Kuikui te kahurangi o te whānau.
Kuikui is the treasure of the family.

Ahakoa kei te mākū (Ahakoa he mākū) o rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.

Ko Matatā te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Matatā.

He nui ngā kapua o te rangi.
The sky is cloudy.

Ahakoa te nui o te utu o te whare, ka hokoia e tōku tuahine.
Despite the great cost of the house, my sister will buy it.

Ko Ākarana te taone nui-rawa-atu o Aotearoa.
Auckland is the largest city in Aotearoa.

He kuia kaha ki te kōrero i ngā mahi o tana tamarikitanga.
She is an elderly woman who is good at talking about her childhood.

Ko Ākarana te taone nui rawa atu o Aotearoa
Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand

tō tāua ā tāua ō tāua
Our — an/er pers/and me: tw/exclusive

Kotahi rau karamu o te pata.
100 grams of butter.

E raranga ana ngā katipō i ō rātou pūngāwere.
Spiders spin webs.

Ko Rāhera te reo o te whare.
Rāhera is the voice of the house.

tō māua ā māua ō māua
Your — tw/e/e addressed

Kua mate rawa ō tātou koroua katoa.
All our old men are dead.

tō kōrua ā kōrua ō kōrua
Their — tw/e/e

Nā, tērā tetahi wahine mōhio no te kāinga o Matangi.
Tera’ can als/e used t/ean ‘that pers>b sty she

He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.

He kākahu rangatira ō rātou.
They have flash clothes.

Kei te oma ō raua hōiho
Our horses are running

tō rāua ā rāua ō rāua
Our — three /m/, inclusive

Nā te kaha o āna takahi haere, ka pakaru te rangi.
So forceful was his stamping about that he broke the floor.

Ko Tamatea-pōkai-whenua tētahi o ngā tīpuna o Ngāi Tahu.
One of the ancestors of Ngāi Tahu is Tamatea-pōkai-whenua.

He uaua ki te noho ki runga i tētahi i te tuatahi nā te puku o runga i te tuarā (Pōtatau 1991:58)
It is difficult to sit on one at first because of the hump on its back

Ko Ihapera te māmā o Raiatea.
Ihapera is the mother of Raiatea.

tō tātou ā tātou ō tātou
Our — three /m/, exclusive

Nā te māuiui o taku tama, kua kore au e haere.
Because my child was sick I didn’t g/

Ko Harnah te tuahine o Jacob.
Harnah is the sister (of a boy) of Jacob.

I pakeke ō kaumātua i hea?
Where did your grandparents grow up?

Kei te riri ō rātou māmā.
And we don't want to get their mothers angry. Oh no!

Māu ngā tapa o te iāri e kukuti.
You can weed-eat the edges of the yard.

tō mātou ā mātou ō mātou
Your — three /m/ pe/e addressed

I te iwa o ngā hāora i te ata o te Rātapu, ka whakahaeretia te karakia o te Koroneihana.
At nine o’cl/ /Sunday m/ing, the C/b/ti/Church Service was held.

Ko te iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tangata whenua of Aotearoa.

Ko Aroha te tuahine o Manu.
Aroha is the sister (of a boy) of Manu.

tō koutou ā koutou ō koutou
Their — three /m/ pe/e

He tokomaha ngā tāngata haere mai ai ki ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua. (1985:90)
Many people often come here to the hot springs of Rotorua.

Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.

E rua paringa o te tai i te raa
There are two tides a day

tō rātou ā rātou ō rātou
Inclusive includes the person or people being addressed. Exclusive excludes them.

I te mataku o Rātā ka oma (ia).
Because Rātā was frightened he fled.

Ko Pere te ingoa o tā rāua ngeru.
Their cat’s name is Pere.

He aha ngā whāinga o tō koutou rōpū?
What are the objectives of your organisation?

Ko Riripeti te kuku o tōna manawa.
Riripeti is the darling of his heart.

He pai te tūru *a* tōku tūru
So the chair my father sits on is o - i could say tōna tūru, his chair, but the chair my father made is a - tāna tūru.

Ko Elizabeth te tuahine o John.
Fran is the sister (of a boy) of Elizabeth.

He pai te tūru o tōku pāpā.
The father's chair is good.

Haere mai ai ngā tāngata ki ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua.
The people often come here to the hot springs of Rotorua.

He aha ngā kai a te iwi o Inia?
What do Indian people eat?

Ko Ngāi Te Rangi tētahi o ngā tino iwi o Tauranga.
Ngāiterangi is one of the main tribes of Tauranga.

Ko John te tungāne o Elizabeth.
John is the brother (of a girl) of Elizabeth.

Kei te haere atu ahau ki te whare o tāku tama.
Now this is a bit tricksy because a house is in the o category and my son is in the a categoryso it's o tāku

He pango, he parauri rānei ngā makawe o tō tama?
Is your son’s hair black /br/?

Ka huihui ngā Parihi me ētahi o ngā karaipi.
The Pharisees assembled together with some of the scribes.

Ko Jacob te tungāne o Harnah.
Jacob is the brother (of a girl) of Harnah.

Ki runga ki tēnā, ki tēnā o tātou.
Be with each and every one of us.

Ka whakatika au i ō mahi kāinga kia pai ai.
I will correct your homework so that it is good.

Kua tae mai ō rātou hoa.
Their friends have arrived.

Nā te hau ngā peka o ngā rākau i ngāueue
The wind shook the branches of the trees

Ko Ingarangi pea te kāinga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.

Ko Andrew te tungāne o Kayte.
Andrew is the brother (of a girl) of Kayte.

E hia ngā tau o tana mokopuna?
How old is her grandchild?

Ko ngā iwi o te uru, o te raki anō hoki, ka kaha mahi i te "e... ana".
The tribes of the west, and also the north, use "e... ana".

A tōku māmā Kei te pānui au i te pukapuka a ō mātou hoa.
I am reading our friends' book.

Tino kaha kē te mura o te ahi, i te maroke ai hoki o aua rau rākau, otaota hoki.
The fire was particularly fierce, especially because of the dryness of the leaves and the grass.

Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.

Ko Brian te tungāne o Val.
Brian is the brother (of a girl) of Val.

Ko ngā iwi o te rāwhiti, o te tonga hoki, ha mahi kē i te "kei te...".
The tribes of the east and the south, on the other hand, use "kei te...".

He wahine tino mōhio ki te hoahoa i te takoto o te whenua.
She is a woman who is very knowledgeable about designing the layout of the land.

Ki te rongo ki tō ake, ō ake hiahia, ō ake wawata, whāinga matua pea.
To listen to your own heart, your own desires, your own aspirations — perhaps y/ main g/.

Koinei i whero ai te māhunga o Pākura.
This is why the pakura’s head was all red.

He rongonui te kōrero mo te patunga o Kae e Tinirau.
The story of Kae’s being killed by Tinirau is fam/.

Kia maranga ake au, ka whakapuare ai au i te matapihi o tōku rūma moe.
When I get up, I always open my bedroom window.

Kātahi te pōturi o te pahi!
How slow the bus is!

Ko tēnei te kōrero o te matenga o Kae.
This is the story of the death of Kae.

Ko Fran te teina o Margaret.
Fran is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Margaret.

Ahakoa ka noho ahau he kaiako, i ētahi wā ka noho ahau hei tauira. Nā reira, koerā te mahi o tō tātou nei reo rangatira.
Although I may be a teacher, at times I am a student. Therefore, that is the work of our chiefly language.

Ko Fran te teina o Elizabeth.
Fran is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Elizabeth.

I aha koe i te ata o te Mane?
What did you do on Monday morning?

I ēnei rā, mā te mīhini e mahi te nuinga o ngā mahi.
These days, machines do most of the work.

Kei hea ō taringa?
Where are your ears?

Ko Tūmanako te toki hākinakina o tōna whānau.
Tūmanako is the sports champion of his family

I te ata o taua rā
On the morning of that day.

Kua haere ati tōku tēina ki te whare o ōku tuākana.
My younger brother has gone to the house of my older brothers.

He aha te ingoa o tērā ika
What is the name of that fish?

Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.

He kōura te rīnga o tōku māmā.
My mother's ring is gold.

No te matenga o te rangatira ka tangihia te tangi mōona
When the chief died the lament was sung for him.

Ka titiro whakawaho atu ngā pirikoti ki te hiwi matomato i kō atu o tō rātou whenua.
The billy goats looked out towards the green hill beyond their land.

He kahawai te ingoa o tērā ika
Kahawai is the name of that fish

Ko Aotea te waka o Waikato?
Is Aotea Waikato's canoe?

Ātaahua hoki te tiaho iho o ngā whetū!
How lovely the stars are shining down!

Ehara te waka o Waikato i a Aotea.
Aotea is not Waikato's canoe.

Hei oranga mō o mātou tinana.
For our physical well being.

Kua whati te tara o te marama.
The horn of the moon is broken (said of a chief’s death).

I te haerenga o Tama mā ki Moehau
When Tama and others went to Moehau.

Āe, māu tonu, kia titiro au ki te rārangi o ngā kai hei hoko.
Yes, you drive, so that I can look at the list of food to buy.

Whangaia hoki o mātou wairua.
Also feed our spirits.

E haere mai nei tētehi o aku pēpi.
Here comes one of my babies.

E hia ō matimati?
How many fingers do you have?

Ka nui o rātou reo e tono ana kia patua ia.
Their voices were great (loud) demanding that he (should) be killed.

Tekau ō matimati.
You've got ten fingers.

Tangohia ō hū.
Take off your shoes.

Ā, i tōna mōhiotanga no te rangatiratanga ia o Hērota ka tonoa ia ki a Hērota i Hiruhārama hoki ia i aua rā.
And, when he (Pilate) was informed that he (Jesus) belonged to Herod’s pr/nce he (Jesus) was sent t/er/as he (Her/ was in Jerusalem in th/ days.

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine
What is the name of that woman, literally Who is the name of that woman?

E hia ō waewae?
How many feet do you have?

Katahi ia ka haere ki te whare o tōna hoa.
Then he went to his friend’s h/e.

Ka pā ngā ngutu o ngā manu ki ngā whatu o te ngeru.
The beaks of the birds strike the cat’s eyes.

Kaingia ō hanawiti.
Eat your sandwiches.

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga tapu
What is the name of that sacred mountain?

Ko Andrew te mātāmua o Beverley.
Andrew is the oldest child of Beverley.

Kei raro te toa o Te Kaha e putu ana
The Te Kaha champion is spread out on the ground

Ko ā tātou tamariki o nāianei ko ngā rangatira o te wā kei te haere mai.
Our children today are the leaders of the future.

E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests — including y/am/ the h/s.

Kua whati te kakau o tāku kō.
The handle of my spade has snapped.

Kei konā ō kī.
Your keys are there.

Tekau mā toru tau te pakeke o Tīwana.
Tīwana is thirteen years old.

Nā.te.mea he mahi nā te Kawanatanga, i kore ai te iwi o Waikato e whakaae ..
Because it was Government work, the Tainui people did not agree ..

Ko te tokomaha o ngā tāngata me te mea e rima mano.
The number of people was about five thousand.

Ko Joseph te mātāmua o Phill.
Joseph is the oldest child of Phill.

Ko Angie te mātāmua o Richard.
Angie is the oldest child of Richard.

I tēnei tau, ko Sarah te tuatahi o tōna akomanga uku i Aotearoa katoa.
This year, Sarah was first in her ceramics class in all of new Zealand.

Tekau mā rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.
Riripeti is twelve years old.

Ā te toru o Ākuhata au hoki atu ai.
I’ll be back /the third /August.

I te matenga o Heremia, ka whakatūria he tēneti mō te tūpāpaku.
When Heremia died a tent was put up for the body.

He rite tonu te pae mai o ngā upokohue ki uta.
Pilot whales are always stranding.

Mā runga i te waka o Pani.
By Pani’s can/

I mua o tōna taenga mai, me whakapaipai tātou i te whare.
Before he or she arrives, we should tidy the house.

I taua pō e moe ana a Pita i waenganui o ngā hōia tokorua, he mea here ki ngā mekameka e rua.
That night Pita was sleeping between two soldiers secured with two chains.

I te mutunga o te ua, ka haere mātou ki Kaipara.
When the rain ended we went to Kaipara.

Nā te mate o tōna whaea i hoki ai ia ki tōna kāinga.
It was because his mother was sick that he returned home.

Mā runga o te maunga.
By way of the mountaintop.

I tō rātou tomokanga ki te pā, kāhore he tangata o roto.
When they entered the pā, there was nobody inside.

Ko wai tēnei tangata i tukua atu, he mea rīpeka nā te ringa o ngā tāngata kino?
Who was this man who was handed over, crucified by the hand(s) of evil men?

Ko taua wāhi kaukau he awa wai māori, he kaukaunga nō te tini o te tangata.
That bathing place was a freshwater stream, a bathing place for all the people.

Kāore te iwi i rata ki ētahi o ngā kupu hou a Te Taura Whiri.
People did not like some of the new words coined by the Māori Language Commission.

Ko tāna mahi he tiaki i ngā hōiho ō ngā āpiha.
His job is taking care of the officers’ h/es.

Horoia ngā kanohi o ngā tamariki nohinohi!
(Wash the little children's faces!)

I hea koe i te tangi o te pīpīwharauroa?
Where were you when the shining cuckoo sang?

Haere ki te roro o te whare.
Go to the front of the house.

Kei Te Tai Hau&amacr;uru te whakaaturanga o Amaru.
Amaru's exhibition is in the Westland region.

Kia kotahi kapu o te huka.
(Let there be) one cup of sugar..

I te ātaahua o te rangi ka āta kitea atu a Ōpōtiki.
Because it was a lovely day, Ōpōtiki could be seen clearly.

Haere ai rātou ia raumati ki te wāhi i noho ai ō.rātou tūpuna.
They went every summer to the place where their ancestors lived.

Kei te whitu (o ngā) hāora o te ata te taima.
Exercise 13b

Ka whakatika mai te manuhiri ki mua o te wharenui, ka tū, ka tangi (Kāretu 1974:10)
The visitors proceed to the front of the meeting house, stand and weep

E hia ngā tau o tō tuahine?
How old's your sister?

Mā ngā mea nunui e rahu te tapu o te pā nei.
The important ones can touch the sacred things of this pā.

Ko Pararaki te mutunga ake o te one e kīia nei he one roa.
Pararaki is the end of the beach called Long Beach.

E hia ngā tau o ō tuāhine?
How old are your sisters?

Ko te manaakitanga tētehi tikanga nui o te Māori.
Hospitality is a major tradition of Māori people.

Te rima ngā kura, rua wiki te roa o ia kura.
There are five schools - each school is two weeks long.

Kua hoki atu a Rei ki te kāinga o ana mātua
Rei has returned to his parents

He kupu kei ngā pakitara o te kīhini?
Are those words on the walls of your kitchen?

Mā reira pea te matua o to kōtiro rā ka rongo ai ki tō reo.
Perhaps as a result, the girl's mother will hear you calling.

ō Tamahae whare
Tamahae's houses

I tītiro ia ki ngā kākahu ātaahua i roto i te matapihi o te toa.
She looked at the beautiful dresses in the shop window.

I tautohe ia i hē ō mātou hoariri.
He contended that our opposition was wrong.

Ka tīmata te hoki whakamuri o te toki.
The axe began its return stroke.

Kīhai i mau i ahau tētahi hē o tēnei tangata.
I cannot seize upon any fault of this man.

Meri whaea o Hēmi
Meri (the) mother of Hēmi

Tekau mā waru te pakeke o tana tungāne.
Her brother is 18.

I te kainga o ngā pāua, ka pāterotero ia i te katoa o te pō.
On eating the pāua, he farted all night.

Kei whea kē mai te pai o te mahi nei.
What an excellent job.

Mai i te wā i a Pōtatau tae noa mai ki ēnei rā, ko te mana nui o roto i Waikato ko te Kīngitanga.
From the time of Pōtatau right up to the present, the greatest authority within Waikato has been the King Movement.

Ā te ata o te Mane a Rangi tīmata ai.
Rangi starts on Monday morning.

E tūmi mai ana ngā kaikōrero ki te whakaputa i ō rātou whakaaro.
The speakers are standing up in turn to express their views.

I a wai te kākahu o Maka
Who had Maka’s c/

Ā te ata o te Mane tīmata ai a H&emacr;mi.
Hēmi starts on Monday morning.

Nā te tangi o te pēpī ahau i haere atu ai.
It was because of the crying of the baby that I left.

Ki ō rātou whakaaro.
In their (3+) thinking / In their view.

I kati·a e koe te wini i te haere·nga mai o wai?
You closed the window when who came?

Nui atu te whakamā o te tangata rā.
That man was very ashamed.

Kia oti te tā o ēnei, kātahi te tino kōtiro nei kei muri ai
After they are done, the chiefly girl is tattooed.

Kua kākāriki → te karaehe → i te nui o te ua.
The grass is green from all the rain.

mō
for, unrealised, ō category possession, about

Kei roto i te kēkē mauī he rāwaru anake ngā ika o reira.
Within (her) left armpit only the fish called rāwaru are there.

Kei te kēkē matu he tāmure anake ngā ika o reira.
In her right armpit, snapper only are the fish of that place.

He rite tonu te mana o te wahine ki tō te tāne.
The mana of women is the same as that of men.

Kei waenganui o ngā kūhā he hāpuku anake ngā ika o reira.
Between her thighs, hāpuku alone are the fish of that place.

Ko Hēra rāua ko Ruku ō tāua hoa.
Hera and Ruku are our friends.

Me kukume te per`ki o te motokā.
Put on the car's brake.

Me ngā tauranga mangō i waho ake o Puponga.
And the shark fishing grounds off Puponga.

Kei roto ngā kōtiro i te whare o tō rātou hoa.
The girls are in their friend’s h/e.

I kōrerotia pukutia e ia ki a Pou te matenga o Tiki.
Tiki’s death was revealed secretly by him t//

Katoa ngā ākonga o te whare wānanga i tae atu ki te hui.
All the students of the university attended the meeting.

He aha te kara o teeraa whare?
What is the colour of that house?

I ngā rā o mua, i noho te pāpaka me te kōura ki te ngahere.
In days of yore, the crab and the crayfish lived in the forest.

Nā te tangi o te pēpī ahau e haere atu nei.
I am leaving because of the crying of the baby.

Kīhai a ia i hoki mai, ko ana hoa ia i hoki atu i te kupu o te tangata i karanga atu rā.
She did not return; her friends, however, returned at the word of the man who called out.

E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.

Ngā āhuatanga katoa o tēnei take.
All the aspects of this issue.

Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei tamaiti?
What is the name of this child?

Ko Tanira te ingoa o tōku kuia
Tanira is my grandmother’s name

Ko tētehi mea nui o te ao Māori, ko te whakawhanaungatanga.
One important aspect of Māoridom is relationships.

Ko Rita te ingoa o tēnā tamaiti.
Rita is the name of that child.

Kuhuna ō kākahu moe.
Let's put your pyjamas on.

Ki ngā marae o Ngāti Kahungunu, o Ngāti Porou ka whakaaetia te wahine, nō te mea he rite tonu te mana o te wahine ki tō te tāne.
On Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou marae, women are allowed to stand to speak, because the mana of women is the same as that of men.

Anei e whai ake nei ētahi atu o ngā kupu i kitea mai e te Taura Whiri.
Here follow some other words produced by the Māori Language Commission.

Tokohia ō kaimahi?
How many people do you work with?

Nō te wehenga rua o te pō rā anō mātou tokotoru i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
In the middle of that night we three returned home.

I te ata o te Rā Horoi ka moata te oho o ngā tamariki.
On Saturday morning the children woke early (the children’s waking changed t/arly).

Ko Riki te tuakana o Bruce
Riki is Bruce’s /er br/er

He nui ake tōku whare i te whare o Hata.
My house is bigger than Hata’s’ ≈ ‘My h igger than Hata’s h

Peehea te roa o too tama?
How tall is your son?

Unuhia te kiri o te ārani.
Peel the orange

He kauri anake ngā rākau o tērā ngahere.
There are only kauri trees in that forest.

I te mea ehara i te iwi hāpai rākau ki te riri, kore rawa i ara te ua i te putanga mai o Rere-ao mā.
Because they were not a people to bear weapons in battle, they did not raise their heads when Rere-ao and company appeared.

teina nō / o
A younger sibling of the same sex; younger siblings still normally take o.

Nō te hinganga o te taniwha nei, ka pakaru a Ngāti Porou ka whati.
When (because) this chief fell, Ngāti Porou broke and fled.

E hia ō tātou whare ināianei?
How many houses do we have now?

Ko Andrea te tuakana o Moana
Andrea is Moana’s /er sister

Kua ngaro taku pene, hōmai tētahi pene o ōu nā pene.
I’ve l/ my pen, give me / /y/s.

Ko te moenga o Ruataupare kei raro iho o te mataaho.
Ruataupare’s bed was immediately beneath the wind/

Ko te kīhi o tōna waka tēnā.
That’s the key /his car.

Ko Ripeka te teina o Karyn
Ripeka is Karyn’s y/ger sister

Horoia ō niho.
Clean your teeth.

He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.

Kore rawa he rerenga, ka titiro kau iho ngā tāngata o roto i te pā ki ērā o rātou e patua ana ki te moana.
No one escaped and the people of the fort looked on helplessly as their compatriots were slaughtered at sea.

Nā te waipuke o te awa mātou i kore ai e tae mai.
It was because of the flooding of the river that we did not arrive.

I noho au i raro i te marumaru o te pōhutukawa.
I sat under the shade of the pōhutukawa.

Pēhea ō whakaaro?
What do you think?

Ko ngā waka i mua rā, mate katoa ngā tāngata o runga.
As for the canoes in front there, all the people on board were killed.

Me horoi rīhi ō rātou tuākana
Your older brothers should wash the dishes

I mate ia i te iwi o Rangi-houhiri, i a rātou i whakaeke ai i Maketū.
He was killed by the people of Rangi-houhiri when they attacked Maketū.

Ko ngā kupu iti o te reo e hono hono nei i te kōrero e kīa ana he punga
The small words of the language which connect utterances are called particles

I mea atu te māhita ki ngā tamariki kia kaua e waiho ō rātou hū ki te papa tākaro
The teacher told the children not to leave their shoes on the playing field

Kāore ō māua whanaunga i konei
Our relations are not here

Akuanei ka tata ngā waka o mua ki te wāhi i noho ai te nanakia rā.
Presently the canoes in front drew near to the place where the monster lived.

E tika ana te kōrero i ō tātou tūpuna...
As the proverb of our ancestors says...

I ngā wā o mua, i kainga mataatia ngā kai
In the olden days, food was eaten raw

Ngā mihi nui mō te Rā o te Pāpā.
Happy Father's day.

Ko te kaupapa o te hui, ko te whakakotahi i te whānau.
The theme of our meeting is family unity.

Ka whakaeke ngā tāngata ki mua o Mahinārangi.
The people gathered in front of Mahinārangi.

Te mutunga kē mai o te pai.
Couldn't be better.

Kātahi ka karakia paku a Kupe kia rapa te punga o tō rāua waka ki raro kia kaua e taea.
Then Kupe silently cast a spell so that their canoe’s anch/w/d be caught underwater, s/hat it c/d n/be pulled up.

He aha te kara o ana makawe
What colour is his hair?

E moe ō whatu.
Close your eyes to sleep.

Tekau tau te pakeke o taku tamaiti
My son is ten years old

Me paraihe koe i ō makawe.
You should brush your hair.

Mā ēnei tikanga hoki ka ngāwari ai ngā ara, ngā huarahi, mō ā.tātou tamariki e whai ana, e rapu ana rānei i te mātauranga o te Pākehā.
In this manner you will ease the way for our children as they seek the knowledge of the Pākehā.

I te taha o te awa.
They were beside the river.

He aha te painga o te pērā?
What’s the g///d/g that?

E noho ki ō kōrua tūru!
Sit down on your chairs!

He mōhio a Pita ki te whakapapa o te iwi.
Pita is knowledgeable of the ancestry of the people.

Me horoi ō ringaringa.
You'd better wash your hands

Raua ō taputapu ki roto i tō pēke.
Put your gear in your bag.

He tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa
I am a student at Te Wānanga /aukawa

Nā Huia te reta kē i muri o te karaka.
The letter behind the clock is Huia's.

Kāore he hua o te noho mai.
There is no benefit of staying here.

I tūtaki ahau ki tētahi hoa o rāua.
I met a friend of theirs.

Mā te kōrerotia o te reo Māori e ngā tāngata mātatau, ka mau i ngā tamariki
It is through the Māori language’s being sp/n by th/ wh/n/it, that it will be grasped by the children

Kia pai ō moemoeā.
Sweet dreams.

E taea ai tēnei pātai te whakautu, me mātua mārama ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o te take.
In order to answer this question, one must first understand all aspects of the matter.

I paruparu he kākahu hou o te māhita.
Some of the teacher’s new cl/es g/dirty.

Mā te mōhio hoki o te tangata ki.te kōrero Pākehā e whiwhi moni ai ia ..
It is also through knowing how to speak English that he gets money ..

Kei tawhiti ō rāua marae
Their marae are far away

He tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa ki Ōtaki.
I am a student at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in (or at) Ōtaki.

Kāore he hua o te ngutungutu.
There is no benefit of gossip.

Ko tēnei te tekoteko mō runga i te tuanui o te whare rūnanga.
This is the carved figure intended for the roof of the meeting house.

Ko te waha o te marae tēnei.
This is the entrance of the marae.

Ko Heni te kaikaranga o tērā hapū?
Is Heni the caller of that hapū?

Kāore he hua o te tākaro kēmu ipurangi.
There is no benefit of playing online games..

Tokohia ngā heremana o runga o tērā kaipuke?
How many sailors are aboard that sailing ship?

Ko te waha tēnei o te marae.
This is the entrance of the marae.

Kāore he hua o te moeroa.
No good comes of sleeping late.

He kai tēnei mā te whānau o Rereti
This food is for Rereti’s family

Haere ki muri o te whare rūnanga.
Go to the back of the meeting house.

Na ō tātou manuhiri pea?
(Perhaps it’s / visit/’?)

ki naa o whaka kei moo me hei noo e
However, some of these have functions other than being clearly prepositional. In

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.
The Māori language is the life force of Māori mana.

Nō mua atu i tērā te hū o Tarawera — nō te tau 1886.
The Tarawera eruption happened before that—in 1886.

Ehara ia i te tuahine o Paki.
She is not Paki’s sister.

Te tino omanga koa o te wahine nei, kua tata ki te taha o te toka rangitoto e tū ana i te ara.
This woman ran on happily, and reached the side of the scoria rock standing by the path.

I tīmata te ao i te moenga o Papa i a Tangaroa.
The world began with the union of Papa, the earth mother, with the sea, Tangaroa.

Ka mea a Tāne kia haere ki te tiro atu ki ōna tuākana e noho ana i runga o ngā rangi.
Tāne decided that he would go to see his older brothers who were living above the heavens.

Nō muri noa mai te kitenga o Kāpene Kuki i Aotearoa, tēnā i tō Kupe.
Captain Cook discovered Aotearoa a long time after Kupe did.

Whakahokia ō kākahu ki te kāpata.
Can you put your clothes away?

Ki ō rāua whakaaro.
In their (2) thinking / In their view.

ka whai i te ara o te taiapa
(then) follow the fence line

Anō te rangi o te kōauau a Tūtānekai me he rūma.
The tune of Tūtānekai’s flute was like an earthquake.

Kei waho i te kēti te ope o te Kuīni, arā o Te Atairangikaahu rātou ko ōna hoa rangatira.
The party of Queen Te Atairangikaahu and her chiefly supporters is outside the gate.

Murua ō mātou hara
Forgive us our trespasses

Ki ō mātou whakaaro.
In our (3+) thinking / In our view.

ka haere tonu ki kō atu o te hēti
(then) carry on past the shed

E tohu ana ia i mua o ngā matua rā, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngā ringa.
He was gesticulating before the battalions as if the taiaha would break in pieces in his hands.

Tangohia ō hu i roto nei.
Take your shoes off inside.

Ko Tame te pāpā o Aria.
Tame is the father of Aria.

E tika ana te kōrero i ō tātou tūpuna
As the proverb of our ancestors says.

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori
The language is the essence of what is Māori.

Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare.
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications.

Taihoa ake Nan, kei te kimi au i te paukena o ngā paukena.
Wait a moment, Nan; I am looking for the pumpkin of all pumpkins.

Koia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou.
That's the ancestor of Ngāti Porou.

Mehemea tonu ko te waha o te koroua nei.
It is just as if it is the voice of our old man.

Kia kitea, mauria mai ki te taha o te māra tū ai.
When you find it, bring it over to stand at the side of the garden.

Ko Rina te wahine tino ātaahua o te kapahaka.
Rina is the most beautiful woman in the concert party.

Ko Amaru te tungāne o Ani.
Amaru is the brother of Ani.

Kei te marae o Te Herenga Waka ia.
She is at Te Herenga Waka marae.

Ko te kahikatea te rākau teitei rawa o Aotearoa.
The kahikatea is the tallest tree in Aotearoa.

Kei whea te whare Paremata o Aotearoa?
Where is the Parliament of New Zealand?

Ka waiatatia ngā waiata e ngā kōtiro o te kura.
The songs will be sung by the girls from the school.

Heoi anō, he mōmona ake ētehi wāhi o te māra i ētehi atu.
However, some parts of the garden are more fertile than others.

Ko te tungāne o Ngaire ia.
He is Ngaire's brother.

Ke hongi te ihu ki te hauāuru; kua rongo i te haunga o tōna ariki.
He sniffed the winds of the west, and recognised the scent of his master.

Ko Mia te hoa o Koa.
Mia is the friend of Koa.

Kei Pōneke te whare Paremata o Aotearoa.
The parliament of New Zealand is in Wellington.

I tae mai ngā tamariki mā runga i ō rātou hōiho
The children arrived on their horses

Te Tīma Poitarawhiti o Aotearoa.
The New Zealand Netball team.

Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua
They are house building for their parents

Ngā mihi o te wā.
Seasons greetings.

I hīkoi a Rangi ki te whare o Mere.
Rangi walked to Mere's house.

Ā hea puta mai ai te rangatiratanga o te Atua?
When will the kingdom of the Lord appear?

Kei te hangāia e rātou he whare mō ō rātou mātua
A house is being built by them for their parents

Ko Tīpene te tungāne o Sally.
Tīpene is sally's brother.

Nō te marae o Te Herenga Waka tēnei.
This belongs to Te Herenga Waka marae.

Ko te tikanga tēnei o tana hakiraratanga i a ia.
This is the way he insulted her.

Ki te whare o Mere i hīkoi ai a Rangi.
It was to Mere's house that Rangi walked.

Ka mutu ngā tohutohu iho a Tama-te-kapua ki te teina, ko te hekenga atu ki raro, ka haere ki te roro o te whare, noho tatari mai ai ki te teina.
After Tama-te-kapua had finished his instructions to his brother, he descended and went to the porch of the house, crouching in wait for his brother.

Kei te Taitokerau te kauri te tino nui o te motu.
The biggest kauri in the land is in Northland.

Ko te whare o Mere i hīkoi ai a Rangi.
## #205: It will be to the top of the mountain that the warriors will climb.

Kia rua kapu o te huka.
Let there be two cups of sugar.

Ki tāwāhi o te awa.
To the other side of the river.

He hū ō Ari.
Ari has some shoes.

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EIGHT SINGLE CONSONANT LETTERS

Me mahara koe ki ngā tonotono a ō tūpuna.
You must remember the instructions of your ancestors.

Ko ngā paru e rere ana ki waho o te moana.
The sewage is flowing to the sea.

E pau haere ana te hau o ngā kaimahi.
The workers are starting to run out of puff.

Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro mā?
What are your names, girls?

Ko Joseph te mātāmua o āku tamariki.
Joseph is the eldest of my children.

Āta tangohia te taupoki o te kōhua kei wera tō ringa i te korohū.
Carefully take the lid off the pot just in case your hand is burnt by the steam.

Ki te tihi o te maunga i piki ai ngā toa.
It was to the top of the mountain that the warriors climbed.

Āta hoatu te maripi, kei haehaetia te ringa o tō hoa.
Carefully pass the knife or you might cut your friends hand.

Kaaore kee te pere o Mikaere e tangi
The bell of St. Michael’s is n/t//d!

Ka piki a Tāne ki te rangi o runga rawa.
Tāne climbed to the highest of the heavens.

Ka rere te manu rā ki te marae o te kāinga tū ai
That bird flew onto the village’s marae and st//there

Ko te kāinga tūturu o Hēmi, kei Pōneke.
As for Hēmi’s permanent h/, it’s in Wellingt>

I tipu te hiku o Te Whakarauaki hei mokotāpiri
Te Whakarauaki’s tail became, grew int/turned int/ lizard

Ko te nama kei te taha raro o te mīhini.
The number is on the underside of the machine.

Ka waiho ā.rāua kākahu i te taha o te wai takoto ai.
Their clothes were left beside the water.

Ko ngā kaumātua ngā tāonga o te ao Māori.
The elderly people are the treasures of the Māori world.

I haere au i te taha o tōku pāpā ki tōna wāhi mahi.
I went with my father to his work.

Ko ngā paru kei raro i ō hū kia tino rahi.
Let the bottoms of your hoses get really muddy.

Ka utaina ngā utanga o ia waka, ā, o ia waka, ā, ka ruupeke ki runga me ngā tāngata.
The cargo was loaded on each canoe and then everything was assembled on board including the people.

Ki te tihi o te maunga e piki ai ngā toa.
It will be to the top of the mountain that the warriors will climb.

Ka kite atu a Tamahae i ana paraikete i runga kee i te moenga o Rewi.
Tamahae saw his blankets on Rewi’s bed.

Taihoa ka whakamāramatia ngā ture o te kemu nei
Soon the rules of the game will be explained.

I haere mai ia i waho tonu o Taupō.
She came here from just outside Taupō.

Ko te tino tangata o taua marae, ko Hapi.
The leading person of that marae is Hapi.

Āe, koia te rangatira o te kamupene, he tokomaha ana kaimahi.
Yup, he is the boss of the company. He has a lot of workers.

Kaua tātou e noho tonu i ngā marae o ō.tātou kāinga, inoi ai kia hōmai te ture pai.
Let us not continue to dwell on our land, praying for good laws.

Kaua e unuhia ō hū!
Don’t take / y/ sh/!

He puke onepū kei te taha o te awa.
There are sand dunes beside the river.

He roa ngā haora mahi o te tūmau.
The working hours of the chef are long.

Ka tohu atu ia ki te reke o tana taiaha.
He pointed with the butt of his taiaha.

Ka oma rātou ki muri o te whare.
They ran behind the house.

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te hoa tāne o Keiko?
Do you know who Keiko’s husband is?

Nō te taenga atu o te tūpāpaku ki te marae, ka timata te tangitangi a te iwi
When the body of the deceased arrived at the marae, the people began to mourn

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai ngā ingoa o ā rāua tamahine?
Do you know what (are) the names of their daughters?

tā māua, tō māua ā māua, ō māua
(Exclusive) our

He mā ngā onnepu i te tahataha o te moana.
The sand beside the sea is white.

Heoti anō ka ea te mate o Tū-whakararo.
As a result the death of Tū-whakararo was avenged.

Nō whea e ora ngā tāngata o te takutai i tēnā taiāniwhaniwha.
How could the coastal dwellers possibly survive that tsunami? OR There was no chance of the coastal dwellers surviving that tsunami.

tā tātou, tō tātou ā tātou, ō tātou
(Inclusive) our

Kaua e kaingia ō tōhi!
Don’t eat y/ t/t!

Ko ngā tāngata o Pōneke, ka whakatūtū i ō rātou whare ki ngā tahataha o ngā puke.
in Wellington, people build houses on the sides of hills.

tā mātou, tō mātou ā mātou, ō mātou
(Exclusive) our

Kua whakarite·a me tae raatou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka
gen Kawerau at the nine clock ‘It was arranged that they sh/d arrive at the Kawerau mill at nine /l>

I mea a Hoone Heke ko teetahi hee nui o te Maaori
Hone Heke thinks that a major fault of the Maori

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana CV.
The truth of what he put in his CV was never questioned.

I hea koe i te tangihanga o te riroriro?
Where were you when all the work was being done?

Ko Hinauri te tuahine o Māui.
Hinauri was Māui’s sister.

Ko ngaa mema tonu o te Paremete te tupuna o taua mahi nei.
But the very members of Parliament are the originators of the fault.

He tino pai tērā whare ō rāua
That house of theirs is very nice

Plural: Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro mā?
What are your names, girls?

Ka haere rāua i te taha tonu o te pahi.
They walked past the bus.

Ko Tāmaiti te pāpā o Matiu.
Tāmati is the father of Matiu.

Patua te taniwha o te whakamā
Don't be shy

Ko te nama kei te taha raro o te mihini.
The number is on the underside of the machine.

Ka tū mai Aorangi, te tipuna maunga o Waitaha.
There stands Aorangi (Mt Cook), the ancestral mountain of the Waitaha people.

Kei te taha mauī o te rorohiko te pepa.
The paper is on the left-hand side of the computer.

Ko Kaitāia kei tēnei taha o Te Kao.
Kaitāia is on this side of Te Kao.

Whakapaiatia ō hū!
Polish your shoes!

Toro mai ō ringa!
Stretch out your hands!

Tērā tētahi pukepuke rarauhe, he nehenehe i tētahi pito i tua tata mai o te pā.
There was a fern hill with a patch of bush at one end on the near side of the fort.

Ma runga i te waka o Pani.
By Pani’s can/

Ko Chantelle te taokete o Margaret.
Chantelle is the sister-in-law of Margaret.

Ma runga o te maunga.
By way of the mountain top.

Me wiri ō ringa pēnei.
You should quiver your hands like this.

I taku haerenga ki Tīpene kura ai, nā Sister Edith o te Mīhana Māori Perehipitiriana i Nūhaka i kawe au i reira ..
When I went to school at Tīpene, it was Sister Edith of the Presbyterian Māori Ministry at

Ko Paul te taokete o John.
Paul is the brother in law of John.

Tēra pea tētahi e mōhio ana ki te roanga ake o te kōrero nei.
Perhaps there's someone who knows the rest of this story.

Nō te Tari o ngā Ngahere tērā taraka.
That truck belongs to the Forest Service.

Ko Nikau te hungarei o Hineawe.
Nikau is the father-in-law of Hineawe.

I haere mai maatau ma te maania o Kaingaroa, ma te ara ki Waiotapu.
We came by way of Kaingaroa Plains, by the road to Waiotapu.

Haria atu ngā parapara ka waiho ai ki te taha o te rori!
Carry out the rubbish and leave it at the side of the road!

Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata o Waikato ki ia iwi, ki ia iwi o tātau, o te Māori
Then the Waikato people went to each tribe of us Māori people

Ko Lynne te hungarei o Hineawe.
Lynne is the mother-in-law of Hineawe.

Kei runga ō mōhiti i tō māhunga.
Your glasses are on your head.

He tino nui te mahau o tōna whare.
The deck at her house is very big.

Ko te moana kei tērā taha o ngā puke onepū.
The sea is beyond the sand-dunes.

He pērā te āhua o Rangi, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Rangi's nature is like that, he has a kind heart.

Ka waiho a Ruru, māna e pīkau te hanga o te waka ki uta, ki roto ki tētahi whare mā rātou, tiaki ai.
to inside to a house for them guard ai Ruru was left to bring ashore the things on the canoe, then carry them into a building and guard them.

He nui te mana o tō rātou waka.
Their canoe has great prestige.

Me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa i mua mai i te 1 o Oketopa
The essays should be passed in by the first of October,

I tērā wā kua haere a Riu-ki-uta ki tua atu o Maunga-whau.
At that time, Riu-ki-uta had gone beyond Mount Eden.

E toru ngā tamariki a ō mātou hoa.
Our friends have three children.

Ko Mere te wahine tino ātaahua o te kapa haka
Mere is the most beautiful woman in the concert party

Tangohia ō tōkena.
Take off your socks.

E kaha ana tāna tohutohu i a mātou ānō nei ko ia te kuīni o te kīhini.
She was telling us all what to do like she was the queen of the kitchen.

Nā, ka pō, ka haere ia ki te punake o te ihu takoto ai.
So, when it was night, he went to the canoe's bow and lay down there.

Kōwatawata ana ngā uru māwhatu i te hana o te ahi.
Her curly hair was gleaming in the firelight.

Ka kōrero a Pita ki ngā mema o te komiti.
Peter spoke to the members of the committee.

Puritia i te taha māui o Te Mangō-roa, haere ai.
Hold to the left of the Milky Way, and travel on.

He aha te kara o ōna tōkena?
What is the colour of his socks?

Me haere tātou ki tua o tēnei maunga.
We’ve g/t//b/r this m/tain.

He aha ō wawata?
What are your aspirations?

Kāhore he kākā kura o ētahi pōkai.
Some flocks didn't have a red kākā.

Koia nā te mate o te kuware, kāore e mōhio he aha te aha.
That’s the tr/le with being ign/nt; y/d/t kn>at is what.

From Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Huia te Reo 1: Ko Te Naera te pēpi.
Te Naera is the baby.

Ko ngā mōrehu kaumātua kei.te mōhio ki te āronga o tēnei tira rā.
The old men knew the purpose of his journey.

He whakateke nō ētahi o āna tamariki, oma ana ki rō ngahere haere noa atu ai.
move freely away ai It was a trick some of his children played on him, running off into the forest, far away.

He kōwhai te kara o ōna tōkena.
The colour of his socks is yellow.

I oma rātou nā tua o ngā rākau.
They ran past beyond the trees.

Tapahia ngā peka me ngā rau o te rākau.
Chop off the branches and the foliage of the tree.

Kei waenga ō tātou manuhiri i a tātou.
Our visitors are among us.

He tawhiti rawa ngā marae o te wā kāinga nei hei hokinga mai mō rātau (Kāretu 1974:153)
The marae of the home area are too far away to be a place they can return to

Ko te whakaaro i oti nei i a rāua me haere rāua ki te pā o Uenuku rāua ko Toi ka muru mai i ngā hua o te poroporo o Uenuku (Biggs, Hohepa, Mead 1967:41)
The plan they devised was that they should go to Uenuku and Toi’s pā and steal the fruit /Uenuku’s p>s>s>s>

Kei te huarahi o Linton
On Linton Street

Kia kaua koe e whakahoahoa ki a Kūkara hei whakamāori i ō rerenga.
Do not use Google Translate.

Nā te pakarutanga o te pahi i tūreiti ai au.
I am late because of the breakdown of the bus.

E noho koutou ki mua i te ahi whakamahana ai i ō.koutou pona!
You can stay by the fire and warm your knees!

Tae rawa atu rātou ki te kāinga, kua tae kē ō rātou hoa
When they eventually reached home their friends had already arrived

I ahu te ara ki te rerenga mai o te rā.
The path pointed towards the rising sun.

E hia ngā wharekura o te tāone nei?
How many schools are in this town?

Homai ō koti.
Give me your coats

From Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Huia te Reo 2: He pēpi ia.
He is a baby.

E hia ngā tau o Ataahua?
How old is Ataahua?

Ka rūpeke noa rātou ki waenga o te marae e nohoia rā e te manuhiri.
They all gathered together in the middle of the marae where the visitors were sitting.

E hia ngā whare o te kāinga nei?
How many houses are in this village?

I te mutunga o te akoranga, ka tū te arotakenga.
At the end of the lesson an evaluation was done.

Tēnā, tirohia te āhua o tēnei whare!
Now then, look at the appearance of this house!

Mā te pakarutanga o te pahi e tūreiti ai au.
I will be late because of the breakdown of the bus.

Me pānui ō rātou ingoa
Their names had better be read out (passive); a strong suggestion, or mild order.

E hia ngā tamariki o te whānau nei?
How many children are in this family?

I tae mai te pahi o Rotorua me tō Waitomo i te wā kotahi
The bus from Rotorua and the one from Waitomo arrived at the same time

Ko te tamāhine o te tino tangata i Maungawhau, he kōtiro pai, he wahine ātaahua.
A daughter of the high chief of Maungawhau was a good girl and a beautiful woman.

E hia ngā pukapuka o te wharepukapuka nei?
How many books are in this library?

Kei te haere ngā tama ki te toa kākahu i te tāone matua o Kirikiriroa.
The sons are going to the clothing shop in the important town of Hamilton

Ko Rewi te hoa o Mere.
Rewi is the friend of Mary.

E hia ngā rākau o te ngahere nei?
How many trees are in this forest?

Ko te ūnga mai o Tainui, o te waka i ū tuatahi mai.
The landing of Tainui, the first canoe to land.

murua ō mātou hara!
forgive us our sins!

He aha te utu o tōu motukā hōu?
What was the cost (price) of your new car?

Whakamaua ō tarau.
Put on your pants.

Apōpō, ka haere tātou ki te kāinga o Hera.
Tomorrow we are going to Hera's home.

E hia ngā kaiako o te kura nei?
How many teachers are in this school?

Āta tapahia ō mīti, kei purere ngā kai ki te papa.
Cut your meat carefully, or the food might all fly off onto the floor.

Tēnā pea ko ētahi atu o ngā tamaiti rā i kite i te tahaetanga.
Other boys may have seen the theft.

Tangohia ō kākahu, whakamaua ō kākahu moe.
Take off your clothes, put on your pyjamas.

Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Moana, ko Mia ō rāua ingoa.
Yes,I do have sisters, their names are Moana and Mia.

I te whakatakariri o Rangi, ka tangi ia.
Because Rangi was so angry, he cried.

E hia ngā tauira o te whare wānanga nei?
How many students are in this university?

Kei runga te manu i te tuanui o te whare.
The bird is on the roof of the house.

Nā, ka oti te rangi me te whenua me ō reira mano katoa (Genesis 2:1)
Thus heaven and earth were completed with all their array

Haere mai, tangohia ō kamupūtu, whakamaua ō tōkena.
Come here, take your gumboots off and put on your socks.

Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Ataahua, ko Kauri, ko Aroha ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have a sister, their names are Ataahua, Kauri and Aroha.

Ā te Mane, ka tīmata te hanga o tōku whare.
On Monday, the building of my house will begin.

He whare mātoro i tētahi pito, ki te pito ki te marangai o taua marae.
There was an entertainment house in one corner, the corner to the east of that marae.

I runga te manu i te tuanui o te whare.
The bird was on the roof of the house.

Tokorima ngā tākuta o konei.
There are five doctors from here.

He aha te kara o ana makawe?
What is the colour of his hair?

Kāore te manu i runga i te tuanui o te whare.
The bird is not, or was not, on the roof of the house.

He aha te utu o (mō) tōu motukā hōu?
What was the cost (price) of (for) your new car?

Kei runga te manu i te tuanui o te whare
...to this (you are swapping te manu and kei runga)

Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te matapihi, i te whatitoka o tō rātou whare.
One night Māui stuffed up the window and the door of their house.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among

Kāore te manu i runga i te tuanui o te whare
The bird was/is not on the roof of the house

E rere, wairua, e rere
Fly, o free spirit, fly

Āe, he tungāne ōku, ko Ari, ko H&emacr;mi ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have brothers, their names are Ari and Hēmi.

He rawe ō hū!
Your shoes are so cool!

Ki ngā ao o te rangi
To the clouds in the heavens

Āe, he tungāne ōku, ko Tawa, ko P&amacr;ora, ko Niko ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have brothers, their names are Tawa, Pāora and Niko.

Nō te horonga o Mokoia ka riro ngā wheua o Tūhourangi i a Ngāpuhi.
The bones of Tūhourangi were taken away by Ngāpuhi at the time when Mokoia was captured.

Mā te kōrerotia o te reo, ka ora
It is through the language’s being sp/n that it will survive

Nō te taenga ki te raumati, ka mahana te kiri o te tangata.
When summer arrived people began to feel warm.

Ko te toru tēnei o ngā hāora o te ata (o te pō).
It is three in the morning (in the afternoon).

Āe, he tamāhine āku, ko Aria, ko Rina ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I have daughters, their names are Aria and Rina.

I opaina mai te pōro e ia anganui tonu ki tētahi taha o te whīra tākaro.
He threw the ball to the opposite end of the playing field.

Nō te matenga o Hawe-pōotiki, ka pokai a Turi te manawa.
When Hawe-pōotiki was dead Turi cut out his heart.

= Nā te roa o te haerenga rātou i ngenge ai.
Why did you wake up? (What caused you to wake?)

He haunga hoki ō tōkena.
Your sock's are smelly too.

Āe, he tamāhine āku, ko Ani, ko Moana, ko Mia ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have daughters, their names are Ani, Moana and Mia.

Nō te haerenga ka paakia te ringaringa o Hākawau ki te paepae o te whare.
When he left Hākawau slapped his hand against the threshold of the house.

Nā te haerenga mai o Paki, i oti ai te mahi
It was because Paki came that the job was completed

Ka whakatika tētahi anō o ngā uri ariki, ka tū hei kaituki mō te waka rā.
Another young chief arose and stood as chanter for that canoe.

Ki te kai koe, me horoi ō rīhi.
If you eat, you should wash your dishes.

Nō te mutunga o te tangihanga, ka kīia atu e Rehua, ‘Tahuna he ahi.
When the greeting was done, Rehua said, ‘Light a fire.

Ī Ō Ū
And this changes how a word is pronounced.

I makere noa iho te hua o te rākau.
The fruit just fell down from the tree.

Āe, he tamatāne āku, ko Koa, ko Taika ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I have sons, their names are Koa and Taika.

Kātahi aua tini tamariki rā, te tāne, te wahine, ka kohi i te hua o te miro, hei hinu whakakakara.
Then those many young people, men and women, would gather miro berries for scented oil.

Hiki ana te hui, hokihoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

I rongo au i te tangi·hanga hotuhotu·tanga o ngaa taangata i te tangihanga ki a Maui Poomare Maui Pomare
I heard the people sobbing at Maui Pomare’s tangi

E rima ngā waka o Hēmi.
Hēmi has five cars.

Āe, he tamatāne āku, ko Manu, ko Tame, ko Amaru ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have sons, their names are Manu, Tame and Amaru.

E whakahee ana au ki te mate·kai·tanga rawa·tanga o ngaa iwi i teenei
extreme·n<< gen the(pl) tribe cause this

Kotahi te waka o Hēmi.
Hēmi has one car.

I mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, i hanga te Māori i te whare raupō.
Before the arrival of the Pākehā, the Māori built raupō whare (houses of raupō).

Kāore i tino pai te haere o te take
The matter did not go very well, The “g/g

ō te tāne waka
the man's cars

Kei hea ō kōrua whare?
Where are your houses?

Te whare o te tangata.
The man's house.

Kī tonu te atamira o te hōro i ngā koha.
The hall stage is very full of gifts.

Ā te ata o te Mane.
On Monday morning.

I muri i te wehenga o tāna whaiāipo ka noho mokemoke ia.
After her sweetheart departed she lived alone (lonely).

Kia nui mai te utu o tērā poraka!
How expensive that dress is!

He mā ō niho.
Your teeth are white.

Ngā kakahu o te wahine.
The woman's clothes.

Whitu karaka te tāima tīmata o te purei kāri.
7pm is the time the card games will start.

Ko te kurī te hoa o te tangata.
(The dog (is) the friend of the man.)

Ā te ata o te Mane a Rereata tīmata ai.
Rereata starts on Monday morning.

E tatari ana mātou kia tae mai ō mātou hoa.
We are waiting until our friends arrive.

I tino kitea te ngaro haere o te reo
It was clearly seen that the language was getting lost, The “getting l/ /the language

Kei te whanawhana ō waewae.
Your legs are kicking.

Kei te āwhina i a ia ngā tamariki katoa o te tāone o Ahuriri.
All the children of the town of Napier are helping her.

Ā te ata o te Mane tīmata ai a Rereata.
Rereata starts on Monday morning.

Ko te tangata kua riro ki.te whakaatu ki ōna hoa i te ātaahua o tōna wahine.
That man had gone to tell his friends about the beauty of his wife.

Nā te matenga o tō rātou rangatira, ka noho pani te iwi
The tribe was bereaved (left “/haned

Ko te Rāapa te toru o Mei.
Wednesday the 3rd of May.

Kei te oma ahau i te taha o te whare.
I am running by the side of the house.

Well, mātua horoia o ringaringa.
First of all you should wash your hands.

Mā ngā tūī ngā pūawai o te kōwhai e kite
The tūī will find the kōwhai blossom

Kua tuhi koutou i ō koutou ingoa ki runga i te pepa?
Have you written your names on the paper?

te whare o te māhita.
The master's house.

Tuatahi, me horoia o ringaringa.
First. Wash your hands.

E ki ana rāpea au nei anō au, inā hoki i whānau anō au i te taha o te ākau
So I say I am your child, seeing as I was born at the side of the sea

Ngā kākahu ō ngā tamariki.
The children's clothes.

Whero tonu te kanohi o Ātereta i te koa.
Ātereta's face was flushed from joy.

Hoki mai koutou ngā kaihoe o mua, eke mai koutou ngā kaihoe hou!
Come back you past paddlers, welcome aboard you new paddlers!

Kei hea ngā mātua o ēnei tamariki?
Where are the parents of these children?

Ka karanga a Kupe, ‘Makaia ngā tahaa nā ki te upoko o te wheke!
Throw these calabashes onto the head of the octopus!

Ka ngaro e rua ngā tāea o tētahi o ō mātau taraka.
Two tyres from one of our trucks went missing.

Kāore he hua o te noho noa iho!
There is nothing to be gained from simply sitting around!

Kia tekau mā rima mita te roa o te taura.
Let the length of the rope be 15 metres.

ō rāua whare
their (2) houses

Tēnei taha o te whare.
This side of the house.

He nui rawa te utu o ngā hākete kura.
The school jackets are too expensive.

Tangohia ō kākahu moe.
Take off you pyjamas.

Ka hoki te koorero ki a Hotu i ruku raa i te punga o too raaua waka
The story returns to Hotu, who had dived for the anchor of their canoe

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.

He aha mō runga i ō panakeke e tama?
What would you like on your pancakes, son?

Me pēhea tā tātou whakatika i te whakahuatanga o ngā kupu Māori?
How are we to correct the pronunciation of Māori words?

Nā te āta kōrerotanga o te take i mārama ai
It was because the matter was thoroughly discussed that it became clear

Ngā mihi o te ata; kei te pēhea koutou?
Morning greetings, how are you (three +)?

Erā peka o te rākau.
Those branches of the tree.,.

I ngā wā e huihui ana ngā hapū o Rotorua ki Mokoia ka kitea a Hinemoa i waenganui o tōna iwi.
While the tribes of Rotorua were assembling at Mokoia, Hinemoa was seen in the midst of her people.

Kei te tino mōhiotia te reo o Kiri Te Kanawa, puta noa i te ao.
Kiri Te Kanawa’s v/e is kn/ thr/h/ the w/d.

Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
Tāwhirimātea is the g> s>e wind and st>

Ngā mihi o te ahiahi; kei te pēhea tātou?
Afternoon greetings, how are we?

Te aroha o Puhihuia.
Puhihuia's love.

Taumaha ana te rōnihi i te nui o te tītī.
The launch was heavy because of the mutton-bird.

Āe rā! Me i kore ēnei karu, kua ngaro rawa tō kopa moni, ngā kī, ō mōwhiti!
I sure am! If it weren't for these eyes, you'd have lost your wallet, the keys, your glasses!

E ai ki ngā kōrero, e ono kē ngā matimati i tētahi o ngā ringaringa.
According to what is said, he had six fingers on one of his hands.

Kia pēhea te hōhonu o te rua nei?
How deep should this hole be?

Ka haere māua ki waho o tēnei whare.
We are going outside (to the outside of) this house.

Ngā mihi o te pō; kei te pēhea koutou katoa?
Evening greetings, how are you all?

Ō ringaringa ki runga.
Arms up.

Tū ana ngā tāngata tokorua i ō rātou taha, uira tonu ngā kākahu.
The two men stood at their side,

Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, (so that it looks) as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications

Ngā mihi o te wā; kei te pēhea koutou?
Season greetings, how are you (three +)?

Ko te 30 o Poutū-te-rangi taku huritau.
My birthday is the 30th of March.

E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.

E kauhoe ana tērā kōtiro ki tāwāhi o te roto.
That girl is swimming to (the) other side of the lake.

Makā ana ia ki waho o te māra waina, whakamatea iho.
He was thrown out of the vineyard, (and was) just killed.

Ko te marama o Mahuru.
The month of September.

I te ahiahi ka tīmata te hokihoki o ngā tāngata ki ō rātou whare.
In the evening, the people began to return to their houses.

Kei te piki haere anō te utu o ngā whare, e ai ki tā te niupepa.
House prices are on the rise again, according to the newspaper.

Kua tae mai ō taokete ki.te tiki mai i a tāua kia haere atu.
Sir, your brothers-in-law have arrived to fetch us so that we will go.

Me pai ō kōrua kākahu. Kia kamakama!
Your clothes need to look tidy. Quick!

I tae tuarua mai te ope o Tūhoe.
The Tūhoe group arrived second.

Ka karakiatia e ia kia kore a Tainui e uru mai ki roto i te moana o Whaingaroa.
at the sea of Whaingaroa He prayed so that Tainui might not enter the Raglan Harbour Heads.

Ki tāwāhi o te awa
Across the river, To the other side of the river

Ko te kōrero o tēnei tangata, o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
It was the story of this man, Whakatauihu, that we heard.

Ō mātou kākahu.
Our clothes (not yours).

Tēnā tō patu, hei koha māu ki ō tātou ariki i Āwhitu.
Here is young weapon, for you [to give] as a gift for our leaders in Āwhitu.

Ko tēnei te tuatoru o aku taenga atu ki reira.
This was the third time I had been there.

I āwhinatia e Hone ngā ākonga o te kārete
The students of (from, at) the college were helped by Hone

(I heke mai ētahi o ngā waka i taua moutere
Some of the canoes came from that island

He pēwhea te teitei o Aoraki
How high is Aoraki?

Ka hīkoi koe rānei ki te marae i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei?
Will you (or someone else) walk to the marae with Rangi on Tuesday?

He whero ngā pua o te pohutukawa.
The flowers of the pohutukawa are red.

He pēwhea te tawhiti atu o Te Wharekauri i te tuawhenua?
How far away are the Chatham Islands from the mainland?

Ka hīkoi rānei koe ki te marae i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei?
Will you walk (or get there some other way) to the marae with Rangi on Tuesday?

Ko tēnei te kōrero o tēnei tangata o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
This was the story of this man Whakatauihu, that we heard.

Ko te rua o Hakihea.
The second of December.

Ka hīkoi koe ki te marae rānei i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei?
Will you walk to the marae (or somewhere else) with Rangi on Tuesday?

Hai te rua o te ahiahi, kua haere kia kite i te whare karakia Mōmona. Ka mutu, kua hoki mai ki te kite i te whare karakia o Te Hīnota Māori Perehipitīriana (Pōtatau 1991:80)
At two o’cl/, we’ll g> s> the M> s>urch. After that, we’ll return tshe church Māisbyterian Syn

Ke tohu atu ia ki te reke o tana taiaha.
He pointed with the butt of his taiaha.

Ko te 31 o Hōngongoi te rā kati ai ngā tono mai.
The 31st of July is the deadline for requests.

E waru ngā rūma o te whare nei.
This house has eight rooms.

Ka hīkoi koe ki te marae i te taha o Rangi rānei ā te Tūrei?
Will you walk to the marae with Rangi (or someone else) on Tuesday?

Ka hīkoi koe ki te marae i te taha o Rangi ā te Tūrei rānei?
Will you walk to the marae with Rangi on Tuesday (or some other day)?

Kātahi ka haere a Tū rātou ko āna tama ki te tatau o te whare.
Then Tū and his sons went to the door of the house.

Ko te tuahine o Richard tērā
That's Richard's sister

Keo tōu kāinga pea te ngahau nā te tini o te uri ariki.
Perhaps at your home the young chiefs dance.

Ko tēnei te tuarua o ā mātou pānui ki a koutou.
This is the second of our newsletters to you.

Ko ngā mahi kāinga me hōmai ki a au, me waiho rānei ki te tari o te hekeretari.
Homework should be given directly to me or left in the secretary’s /ice.

Ngā ringaringa ō āku tamariki.
My children's hands.

E toru miriona tāra te hui o te pūtea.
3 million dollars is the size of the fund.

Ka rongo tētahi wahine nō runga i te rangi ki te toa o Tāwhaki.
A certain woman in the sky heard about Tāwhaki’s bravery.

Ka mutu tērā, ka kī anō te waha o te tuatoru.
When that was finished, the voice of the third also spoke.

Kei hea te Whare Wānanga o Waikato?
Where is the University of Waikato?

Te whare ō tōu hoa.
Your friend's house.

Nā te kore take o Tamahae i riri ai a Hata.
Because of Tamahae's laziness, Hata was angry.

Nā, i ētahi rā ka tupu te whawhai a taua pā ki ngā tāngata o Awhitu.
Now, at a certain time, warfare broke out between that fortress and the people of Awhitu.

Ko Ākarana te tāone nui rawa atu o Aotearoa.
Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand.

Ka pirau noa iho tētahi taha o te wahine rā, ka tupu rīrī e te tio tio.
One side of the woman became rotten and overgrown with barnacles.

Ko te whare o Tamahae tēnei.
This is Tamahae’s h/e.

Kia pai tonu, kia mā, kia koa ai ngā ngākau o ngā kaituku.
He should be careful and clean so as to gladden the hearts of the owners.

(Ko Rangi te ingoa o te tangata
The name of the man was Rangi

Mai i te wā i a Pōtatau tae noa mai ki ēnei rā, ko te mana nui o roto i Waikato ko te Kīngitanga
From the time of Pōtatau right up to the present, the greatest authority within the Waikato has been the King Movement.

Te whare o ō mātou mātua.
Our parents' house.

He aha te ingoa o te waahi e waru maero te tawhiti atu i Te Araroa?
mile the distance away from Te Araroa ‘What is the name /the place wh/ distance fr/Te Arar/is eight miles?

He aha tō mahi i Te Wānanga o Raukawa?
What are you going to do at Te Wānanga o Raukawa?

(I mahia ngā mahi o neherā i taua wāhi
The activities of olden times were carried out in that place

Ngā hū o ā tamāhine.
Our daughters' shoes.

Kei te piki ngā tamariki i te hiwi ki te kehokeho o te hiwi.
The children are climbing the ridge to the summit of the ridge.

Kei kō atu o Whanganui a Whangaehu.
Whangaehu is beyond Whanganui.

Kei te pēhea te āhua o te rangi?
What is the weather like today?

Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.
Ponga was one of their chiefs.

Ko ngā poupou o te whare he kōhurihuri kahikatea.
The side posts supporting the rafters were composed of the solid trunks of white pine.

He mea tino rahi te whakatūtūranga a te Rā o Waitangi.
The demonstration on Waitangi Day will be a big one.

Tēnei whare o tātou.
This house is ours.

Ka tae te ropa rā ki ana hoa, ka rongo rātou, heoi anō rongo kau anō, ka oho te mauri o ērā.
The slave got to his friends, and they listened, but when they listened, their fear was aroused.

Ka haereere ia ki ngā whare katoa o te kāinga.
He strolled about to all the houses of the settlement.

Ko Terry te ingoa o te pokokōhua nā
Terry is the name of that egghead over there

He pai te kounga o tēnei panekoti.
The quality of this skirt is good.

Heoti anō ka whakatika te kōtiro rā, ka haere, ka noho rawa atu i te taha o Ponga i te waka rā.
To end the matter, the girl got up, and went and sat firmly next to Ponga in the canoe.

Mehemea i whakarongo rātou ki te reo o Māui, e kore e kino te whenua.
the land If they had heeded Māui’s v/e the land w/d n/have been bad.

Ko wai te ingoa o te koroua rā?
What's the name of that elderly gentleman over there?

I waiatatia kētia ngā waiata o ngā rā o mua.
The songs of days gone by were sung differently.

Haere ake anō ko ngā tāngata o Ngāti-Kahukoka, me ā rātou rōpā anō.
The people of Ngāti-Kahukoka set off, with their slaves too.

E akona ana ngā tamariki kia kaua e kau rawa atu ki te wāhi tapu, kia kaua rānei e inu i ngā pua o ngā hutukawa e tū ana i te runga i te rua o ngā taniwha, kei horomia, kei rumakina rānei ki te wai.
The children were taught not to swim in the sacred place, nor to drink (the nectar) of the flowers of the pōhutukawa trees standing above the monster’s pit, lest they be swall/d up, /dr/ed in the water.

Heoi anā tana he kohikohi i ngā whakaaro o ētahi.
All he does is assemble other people’s ideas.

Tokohia ō rātou kaikōrero i tēnei rā?
How many speakers have they got today?

Ko te timatatanga o te raumati te wā haere ki te hopu tītī.
The start of summer is the time to go mutton-birding.

Mā ngā iwi katoa e kai, kia mate ai ngā iwi katoa, kei ngā iwi o Tuere te mana, te atua.
at the(pl) bones of Tuere the power the supernatural They would all eat the fish, and all of them would die, slain by the supernatural power of the bones of Tuere.

E toru tau te pakeke o Hūhana.
Hūhana is three.

Ko te pai o ngā hui raumati, he moata te tākiritanga mai o te ata.
The good thing about summer meetings is that the mornings start early.

Mōhio tonu a Pōtatau ki te take o Wiremu Tamihana i kōrero ai i tana kōrero
Pōtatau knew the reason why Wiremu Tamihana said what he said

I te Hōngongoi rā ka haere te whānau o ngā Jones.
The Jones family left in July.

(I kōpikipiko au i roto o Waikato i aua marama
I wandered around Waikato during those months

Kei hea ō kamupūtu?
Where are your gumboots?

He tuatahi i te ao tēnei āheinga a te kiritaki o Countdown ki te tīpako i te reo Māori i ngā paeutu kaihoko, he mihi, he poroāki hoki ka rangona.
It's a world-first for Countdown customers to be able to have te reo Māori as a language option at self-service checkouts, with an audio greeting and farewell already established.

Kua kākāriki te karaehe i te nui o te ua.
The grass has become green from all the rain.

Whakapūpū-tia mai ō mānuka kia kore ai e whati.
Cluster the branches of the mānuka so that they will not break.

Mai i te wā o ngā tīpuna.
From the time of the ancestors.

Anō te rangi o te kōauau a Tūtānekai me he rūma (Biggs, Hohepa, Mead 1967:65)
The tune of Tūtānekai’s flute was like an earthquake

He whare ō rātou.
They have houses.

"Katoa tō mātou kapa e tino manawanui nei i te āheinga a te hunga reo Māori ki te whakamutu i ā rātou mahi hoko kai i roto i te reo, i te āheinga hoki mā te whānui me te whāroa o ā mātou toronga, ka āwhina kia whakarauora i te reo, ā, kia whakamahia e ngā whakatipuranga kei te pihi ake."
"Our entire team is incredibly proud that not only can te reo Māori speakers now complete their shopping in their own language, but that we can use our scale and reach to help ensure te reo Māori is revitalised and used for generations to come."

He aha / Ko te aha tēnei wā o te tau
What is this season of the year?

I tēnei wā, kua tino kaha te pupuhi o te hau.
By this time, the wind had become very strong.

I a au e kaukau ana, ka tangi mai te pere o te tatau
While I was having a bath, the doorbell rang

Me tiki e koe i ngā rau o ngā rākau katoa, i ngā kiri, kia mōhio ai koe ki te āhua o te tōtara.
Fetch leaves from all the trees, and bark, so that you will know what the totara looks like.

Kaatahi tonu taku ringa ka mau ki te waea, ka tangi hoki te pere o te tatau
As I picked up the phone, the doorbell rang

I rongo anō pea te kōtiro rā i te reo o tana matua.
Perhaps the girl really heard the voice of her father.

Tīkina atu kia rua ngā kapu o te parāoa puehu.
Get two cups of flour.

Ka tae ki te wāhi i tupu ai te poroporo o Uenuku.
They reached the place where Uenuku's breadfruit grew.

Nā te ua ō tātou kākahu i whakamākū.
It was the rain that wet our clothes.

Ka mea atu ia ki taku whāea, he aha i kore ai au e haere ki te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou mō te toru tau, ka puta rā, ka haere ki te Wānanga-ā-Rangi, Nōki Kāreti mō ngā tau e toru (Pōtatau 1991:47)
She asked my mother why I didn’t g//he University //g//three years, and when I finished there, g//he The/b/cal Faculty, Kn/C/ege, f/three years

He whakaako tana mahi i ngā tamariki o te kura o Te Kaha ki te tao kai.
Her job was to teach cooking to the children of the Te Kaha school.

Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.

Nui atu te hiahia o Takarangi ki a Raumahora i te hiahia ki te riri.
Takarangi’s l/ f/Raumah/ is greater than his l/ /war.

Kia rua ngā kapu o te huka.
Let there be two cups of sugar.

Ka haere te kōtiro ki rō o te whare noho ai.
The girl went inside the house and sat down there.

Ākuanei kite ai te tika o tāku kōrero.
Presently will be seen (thereat) the correctness of my talk.

He pai te āhua o tēnei pikitia.
This movie looks good.

E tino rata ana au ki te iwi o reira. – Tō rātou āhua, ā rātou tikanga – ngā mea katoa.
I really like the people from there – h/they act, their cust/ – everything ab>hem.

I te mutunga o te hui, ka tū he arotakenga.
At the end of the hui, an evaluation was done.

Kia kotahi kapu o te miraka.
Let there be one cup of milk.

Haere e whai i te waewae o Uenuku, kia ora ai te tangata.
Go search for the footprints of Uenuku so that humankind may be nurtured.

E hia ngā marae o te rohe nei?
How many marae are there in this region?

Mau-ria au, kia mate atu i te kāinga, kia whakarongo ai au ki te haruru o ngā tai o Tapuarata.
of the(pl) sea of Tapuarata Take me so that I may die at home while listening to the surf at Tapuarata.

Unuhia ō hū!
Take off your shoes!

Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaaro mārama.
Language is the key to understanding.

Engari hei tāna, "i roto i ngā tau ka huri ake ki muri, kaare anō kia āta whakaritea mai tētahi rautaki e ngātahi atu ai te pounga waihoe o te reo Māori ki roto i te ao hauora".
But he said over the past few years, there has been a lack of preparation and plan for te reo Maōri use in the health sector.

E kōrero pākiwaha mai ana ia ānō nei ko ia te toa o te kēmu.
He was boasting as if he won the game.

Kia maranga ake au, ka whakapuare ai au i te matapihi o tooku ruuma moe
When I get up, I always open my bedroom window

o tā rātou taurekareka
of their slave

He kino te āhua o tēnei tarau.
These pants look bad.

Kei te haere ahau mā runga i te waka o Rangi
I am traveling in Rangi's car.

Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.

Mahi-a ai tēnei mahi i ngā rā o mua.
This work was done in the past.

Ka puta a Rongo ki waho o te pā ki.te tū atu ki te hoariri ..
Rongo emerged outside the pā to stand up to the enemy ..

i te whā o ngā hāora
at four o’cl/.

Kaingia ō tōhi!
Eat your toast!

E tūmanako ana a Brosnan, ka mātāmua ake te reo i ngā whakatakotoranga mahere anamata o ngā rāngai maha, mai i te ao pāpāho ki te hauora.
Brosnan hoped the language could take precedence in future planning within different sectors from broadcasting to health.

Tērā pea tētahi e mōhio ana ki te roanga ake o te kōrero nei, e taea pea e ia te whakamārama ki te hunga e noho ware ana.
Perhaps there’s s/b/ wh/n/ the rest /this st/ and wh/erhaps will be able t/xplain it t/h/ /us wh/ive in ign/nce.

I haere rātou ki te hui mā runga i ō rātou hōiho
They travelled to the gathering on their horses

Ko ētahi o ā rātou waiata nā rātou tonu i tito.
Some of their songs they composed themselves. — 934

Ko wai te taurekareka nāna nei i tapahi ngā waea o te taiepa?
Who was the rascal who cut the fence wires?

Ka tipu haere te pēpi nei ā, ka hikitia e ōna mātua, ka waiatatia, ka mirimiria, ka romiromia, ka poipoia, ka whāngaia ki te waiū o ngā atua kia tipu ai hei tangata.
This baby grew and grew and his parents cuddled him, sang to him, stroked him, massaged him and cradled him to and fro. He was fed the milk of the gods so that he would grow up to be a fine man.

Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā mea pai rawa.
This is one of the best ones.

Kātahi ia ka piko iho wete ai i te here o ōna hū.
Then he stooped down and untied the laces of his shoes.

He pai ētahi o āna waiata.
Some of his songs are good.

Puritia i te taha maui o Te Mangō-roa, haere ai.
Hold to the left of the Milky Way, and travel on.

Ka whakahoki te whāea, ‘Kia tino ngaro atu te rā, kia tō ki tua o te moana, kia tino kore e kitea ngā hihi o te rā, koinā te wā ka hoki mai ai rātou ki te whare nei, ki te moe.
When the sun has really disappeared and set beyond the ocean, when no rays of the sun can be seen, that's the time they come back to sleep.

Ka hiki au i ō waewae.
I'll lift up your legs.

Ka haere raatou ki waho o te whare herehere me te mea nei, e haere ana ki te karakia
They left the prison as if they were going to church

Mātua whakapai i tōu marae, ka whakapai ai te marae o te tangata.
Clean up your own marae before trying to do the same for someone else.