Results for 'kura'
i - object of the sentence, from; concerning; in; in the past; on; → | Several uses; not always translatable with a specific English word.
Past tense verb particle: I haere ia ... She went
Past time marker: I tērā wiki ... Last week
Direct object marker: Ka kai ia i te āporo.
Source marker (from): Kua hoki mai au i te ra
kura - school; treasured item
wharekura - Māori-medium secondary school
kākahu kura - school uniform
kura kaupapa Māori - Māori language school
kura kōhungahunga - kindergarten
kura rata - medical school
kura tuarua - high school
kūrae - headland
kūraruraru - perplexed
mākurakura - pink
paekura - lost property
parekura - disaster; battle
rakuraku - guitar; rake
kuraina - taught (pass. of kura)
kēti kura - school gate
raukura - feather, plume
mareikura - esteemed friend, respected friend
kuratea - pink
rakuraku - to scratch (v)
I ahau i te hokomaha, ka kite ahau i ōku hoa kura. - While I was at the supermarket, I saw my school friends.
Ko te pahi o te kura tēnei.
This is the school bus.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko Waiokura te marae.
The marae is Waiokura.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Kei te hīkoi a Niko ki te kura.
Niko is walking to school.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E haere ana koe ki te kura āpōpō.
You're going to school tomorrow.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E haere ana koe ki te kura āpōpō.
You're going to school tomorrow.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I uru ia ki te kura.
She entered the school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I haere ā tāua tamariki ki tō rātou wharekura.
Our children went to their school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I haere te kura ki te tāone ki te whakataetae mō te kapa haka.
The school went to town to compete for the kapa haka.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I hīkoi ia ki te kura.
She walked to school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I te hīkoi a Mia ki te kura.
Mia was walking to school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te mutunga wiki i haere au ki te awa,te kura, te toa hoki.
On the weekend I went to the river, to the school and also to the shop.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka haere ngā tama ki te kura.
The boys will go to school.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka hīkoi a Hera ki te kura.
Hera will walk to school.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka haere au ki te kura, āpōpō.
I will go to school tomorrow.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka kōrero ia ki te kuramāhita.
She will speak to the headmaster.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka kite au i ōku hoa ki te kura.
I will see my friends at school.
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
Kua uru ia ki te kura
She entered the school.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua haere ia ki te kura.
She's gone to school.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me tino haere ngā tamariki ki te kura.
Children have to go to schol.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me whakatika koe i ō kākahu kura.
You should fix your uniform.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kei te kura ngā tamariki e ako ana.
The children are learning at the school.
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Hīkoi ai a Pāora ki te kura.
Pāora always walks to school.
Habitual action - ai
Pēnei au he wharekura tērā, engari he wharepukapuka tonu.
I thought that was a school, but it turns out it was a library.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
He aha tā koutou mahi i te kura i tēnei rā?
What did you guys get up to at school today?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Kia ahatia, ka haere tonu koe ki te kura.
No worries, you're still going to school.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@
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 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
Māu pea ngā tamariki e tiki ki te kura, māku ngā kākahu e whakariterite.
Maybe you pick the kids up, I'll get the clothes ready.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kāore e roa ka tīmata anō te kura.
It won't be long until school starts again.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kāore e roa ka tīmata anō te kura.
It won't be long until school starts again.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kei roto ngā tamariki i te whare kura.
The children are in the school building.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kaua e kai pia ngaungau ki te kura.
Don't chew gum at school.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kaua koutou e kawe moni ki te kura.
You shouldn't take money to school.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
Kei te whakatangi rakuraku ia me te waiata anō i te whare.
He is playing the guitar and singing in the house.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
Kei te kōrerotia ia e te kuramāhita.
She is being spoken to by the headmaster.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te kimihia he whare mō te kura.
A house is being sought for the school.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka taea e koe te rakuraku te whakatangi?
Can you play guitar?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka taea e Tama te rakuraku te whakatangi.
Tama can play the guitar.
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Kei te hīkoi te kura ki te awa kia kaukau ngā tamariki.
The school is walking to the river so the kids can swim.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia
Kei te haere ahau ki te kura mā runga pahi, engari kei te haere koe ki te toa mā raro.
I'm going to school by bus but you're walking to the shop.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I tērā tai i te kāinga ngā tamariki a ako ana, engari kei te kura rātou i tēnei wā.
Last year the children were learning at home, but they are at the school now.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I haere au ki te kura ako ai.
I went to the school to learn.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Ā hea te kura rere atu ai ki Āmerika?
When is the school flying to America?
Direction - ...ai
Kāore anō a Rangi kia hīkoi ki te kura.
Rangi has not yet walked to school.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore anō a Pita kia haere ki te kura.
Pita hasn't gone to school yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kei te kura.
At school.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kei te kura ngā tamariki.
The children are at school.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kāore a Aria i te hīkoi ki te kura.
Aria isn't walking to school.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
I te kura ia.
She was at school.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
Kāore a Ari i hīkoi ki te kura.
Ari didn't walk to school.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...
Ka mutu te kura.
School has finished.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka hoki atu ngā tamariki ki te kura āpōpō.
The children are returning to school tomorrow.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Āpōpō, ka haere au ki te kura.
Tomorrow, I will go to school.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Kei te haere a Raureka ki te kura.
Raureka is going to school.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Kua tīkina ngā tamariki i te kura, ka rite te whānau ki te haere ki tātahi, hararei ai.
The kids have been fetched from school, the family is ready to go to the beach for a holiday.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Kāore a Kauri e hīkoi ana ki te kura.
Kauri isn't walking to school.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...
Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Kei te kura ā raua tamariki.
Their children are at school.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Ko taku teina hei kura māhita.
My younger sibling will be a school teacher.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Kāhore kau he kākā kura o tērā pōkai.
That flock didn't have any red kākā.
That (over there) - tērā
Ākuanei ka mutu te kura mō tēnei tau, mā wai ngā tamariki e tiki ki te kura?
Shortly school will be finished for the year, who will pick the kids up from school?
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...
Ā tērā tau piki ai taku mātāmua ki te wharekura.
My oldest moves up to wharekura next year.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Kei te kura rātou ko Hata ko Pani ko Mere.
They and Hata, Pani and Mere are at the school.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
A te wiki tuatahi o Tīhema mutu ai te kura.
School will finish in the first week of December.
Ordindinal 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.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Hei te kura ia.
She will be at school.
Future locative - hei
Kei te kura ngā tamariki āpōpō.
The children will be at school tomorrow.
Future locatives - kei te
He pai ake pea kia haere atu ki tētahi atu kura kaua ko tēnei.
Perhaps its better if she goes to a different school, not this one.
Another, a different - tētahi atu
E hī ake ana te atakura.
Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air.
Ko Ōtaki te ingoa o taku kura.
The name of my school is Ōtaki.
Kāore e taea e Tawa te rakuraku te whakatangi.
Tawa can't play the guitar.
I hīkoi a Koa ki te kura.
Koa walked to school.
Kei te kura ngā tamariki.
The children are at school.
Kua hīkoi a Taika ki te kura.
Taika has walked to school.
Ia rā, ia rā, ka haere au ki te kura.
Every day I go to school.
Mate atu he tētēkura, ara mai he tētēkura.
When one plant does, another rises up to replace it.
Kāti, tukua mai ki Hikurangi, ki te maunga e tauria i te huka.
Enough! Let him come hither to Hikurangi, to the mountain crowned with snow.
E hīkoi ana a Amaru ki te kura.
Amaru is walking to school.
Kei muri kōrua i te kura.
You are behind the school.
E kore a Tame e hīkoi ki te kura.
Tame won't walk to school.
Kua mutu te kura.
School has finished.
Whakautua ana e Kura ki tana matua.
Kura answered her father.
He ringa rehe a Moana ki te purei rakuraku hiko.
Moana is a dab hand at playing electric guitar.
Tokomaha ngā tauira kei tēnei kura!
What a lot of students at this school!
He ringa rehe a Moana ki te mahi māra, ki te purei rakuraku hiko, ka mutu, he rōreka ki te waiata.
Moana is a dab hand at gardening, playing electric guitar, and she loves to sing.
Ki ngā kura rānei tata atu ki Ākarana.
To the schools near Auckland.
Te rima ngā kura, rua wiki te roa o ia kura.
There are five schools - each school is two weeks long.
Ā muri i te kura ka haere ētahi tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school, some students will go to the whare wānanga (place of higher learning).
He pai tōku kura.
My school is good.
He pai tōku kura.
My school is good.
Ā muri i te kura ka haere ngā tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school the students will go to university (the house of learning).
Ka taeae te rakuraku te whakatangi e Tama.
Tama can play the guitar.
I haere ia ki te kura.
She went to school.
Kāhore ia i haere ki te kura.
She didn't go to school.
Kāore e taea e au te rakuraku te whakatangi, heoi, ka taea e au i te piana te whakatangi.
I can't play the guitar, however, I can play the piano.
Kei hea tō kura?
Where's your school?
Kei te kura ia.
She is at school.
He kura te tangata.
People are precious.
E hia ngā tamariki i te kura?
How many children are at the school?
Kāhore he kākā kura o ētahi pōkai.
Some flocks didn't have a red kākā.
E hia ngā wharekura o te tāone nei?
How many schools are in this town?
E hia ngā kaiako o te kura nei?
How many teachers are in this school?
Pai noa, me haere koe ki te tiki i ngā tamariki ki te kura i nāianei tonu.
All good, you should go get the kids now.
He nui rawa te utu o ngā hākete kura.
The school jackets are too expensive.
Ka tīmata te kura ā te Huitanguru.
School starts in February.
Ka kite kōrua ki te kāinga ā muri i te kura.
See you both at home after school.
Kei mua rātou i te kura.
They are in front of the school.
Kei te haere te kōtiro ki te kura.
The girl is going to school.
Kīhai ia i hīkoi ki te kura.
She didn't walk to school.
He pahi tēnei nō te kura.
This is a bus belonging to the school.
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 reo te taikura o te whakaaro mārama.
Language is the key to understanding.