On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko wai te mea pai ki te kōrero Māori?
Whose good at speaking Māori?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

I kōrero a Taika ki a wai?
To whom did Taika speak?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

He aha a Rangi i kōrero pēnā ai?
Why did Rangi say it like that?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Ehara mō Māui taku kōrero.
My talk is not about Māui.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te kōrero au ki a ia.
I am speaking to her.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te kōrero mātou i te whare.
We are talking in the house/about the house.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te whakamārama ia i ngā kōrero pakitara ki ngā tamariki.
She is explaining the stories to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te kōrero ahau ki a koe.
I am talking to you.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kōrero ana ia ki ngā tamariki.
He is talking to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kōrero ana a Hemi ki te kaiako.
Hemi is talking to the teacher.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kōrero ana au ki a ia.
I am speaking to her.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E mārama ana au ki te kōrero.
I understand what is being said.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kīia ana te kōrero...
The saying goes...
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kōrero ana te wahine i te karakia.
The woman is speaking the prayer.
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.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I kōrero a Tīmoti ki te whakaminenga.
Tīmoti addressed the assembled people.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te kōrero a Niko.
Niko was talking.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te kōrero ngā wahine.
The women were talking.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te kōrero au ki a ia.
I was speaking to her.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka kōrero a Rewi ki te kaiako hei te Rātū.
Rewi will speak to the teacher on Tuesday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka kōrero au ki a ia.
I will speak to her.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka kōrero ia ki te kuramāhita.
She will speak to the headmaster.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tae mai rātou, ka noho tahi mātou ki te kōrero.
When they arrive, we will all sit and chat.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka kōrero te Pirihitini mō te ture tuawaru.
The President will talk about the eighth amendment.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka haere te iwi ki te hui kia kōrero ngā kaumātua.
The iwi will travel to the meeting so the elders can talk.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua pau i a ia te kōrero tēnei pukapuka.
He has read this book right through.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua mōhio ia ki te kōrero pukapuka.
She knows how to book read.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me tuhi kōrero koutou inaianei.
You should write a story now.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me kōrero tātou i te reo Māori i te kāinga.
We (3/+inclusive) should speak the Māori language at home.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te wharenui te iwi e kōrero ana mō te hui ā te mutunga wiki.
The people are in the wharenui talking about the meeting on the weekend.

Kia āta kōrero ki a Hēmi, kei pukuriri ia.
Talk carefully to Hēmi - he might get angry.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Ki a Māmā te kōrero whakamutunga.
Mum will have the final say.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

Tēnā koa, āta kōrero mai.
Please speak slowly.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Hei aha tāna kōrero.
Never mind what he is saying.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

Taihoa koe e kōrero, whakarongo ka tahi.
Don't speak yet, listen first.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Āhea a Pita ka kōrero?
When is Pita speaking?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

Nō te ata ka kōrero ki a Toto i ngā mea katoa.
In the morning [he] told Toto everything.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te ata, ka kōrero ki a Nikau i ngā mea katoa.
In the morning [he] told Nikau everything.
Belonging to the past - nō

Ehara mā ngā tāngata tēnei kōrero.
This speech is not for the people.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

Nāku te pukapuka hītori i pānui i te Pātaka Kōrero.
I read the history book in the library.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Hine i kī te kōrero.
It was Hine who made the statement.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku i kōrero ki a ia.
It was me who spoke to him/her.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā ngā tāngata tēnei kōrero.
This speech is for the people.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

Mā Hine te kōrero e tuku atu.
Hine will give the speech.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Māku e pānui tētahi kōrero ki a koe.
Shall I read you a story?
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

I kōrero rātou mō tērā tangata.
They spoke about that person.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Māku te kōtiro e korero.
I will speak to the girl.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Manaakitia ngā manuhiri ki te kai, ki te kōrero.
Look after the guests with food and good conversation.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

E kōrero!
Speak!
Command with e! - e!

I te kōrero mai ia ānō nei he tamariki mātou.
He was talking to us as if we were kids.
It was as if - ānō nei

I te kōrero mai ia ānō nei he tamaiti ahau.
He was talking to me as if I was a child.
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

I te kōrero mai a Māmā ānō nei he tamaiti au.
Mum was talking to me as if I was a kid.
It was as if - ānō nei

I te kōrero mai a Pāpā ānō nei he kūare māua.
Dad was talking to us as if we (2) are stupid.
It was as if - ānō nei

I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.
The teacher was talking to us as if we were deaf.
It was as if - ānō nei

Kōrero atu!
Speak out!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Me i tae wawe mai koutou, kua whaiwāhi mai koutou ki te kōrero.
If you had arrived in time, you could have participated in the discussion.
If... (using me) - me

Kei te noho ia, i runga i te tūru, kōrero pukapuka ai.
He's sitting in a chair reading a book.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kaua e kōrero me tōu waha e kī ana!
Don't speak with your mouth full!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e kōrero!
Don't speak!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kāti te kōrero pēnā.
Stop talking like that.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e kōrero pēnā mō Mia.
Don't talk like that about Mia.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kua hōha noa ia ki ngā harihari kōrero me te amuamu anō a ngā kiritata.
He was annoyed at the gossip and also the complaining from his neighbours.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

E kōrero ana a Māmā ki te waea me te whātuitui kākahu anō.
Māmā is talking on the phone whilst folding the clothes.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Kua whakapukapukakangia ā tātou kōrero.
Our talk has been turned into a book.
Passive sentences - tikina...

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

Tēnei nā, e kōrero pukapuka ana ia.
She must be reading a book (to just by what I hear).
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Ka tareka e au te kōrero ki a koe?
Can I speak to you?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Āe, ka taea e au te kōrero Māori.
Yes, I can speak Māori.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

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

Kāore e kore nā Hema ia i kōrero.
It was doubtless Hema who told him.
Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore

I hīkoi au ki te marae kia kōrero te iwi mō te kaupapa.
I went to the marae so the iwi can discuss the initiative.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Ka hui rātou āpōpō kōrero ai mō te wharenui.
They will meet tomorrow to discuss the wharenui.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kāore anō a Hera kia kōrero ki a au.
Hera hasn't spoken to me yet.
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

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...

Tērā pea ka puta he kōrero mō te māra.
Perhaps a discussion about the garden will emerge.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Kāore ngā tamariki e āhei ana ki te kōrero Pākehā.
The children are not allowed to speak English.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Ka āhei ahau te kōrero ki a ia.
I am allowed to talk to him/her.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Ngā whakapāha, kāore au i te mārama ki tō kōrero.
My aplogies, I don't understand what you are saying.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore au i te kōrero ki a koe.
I am not talking to you.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Ka mutu tonu te kōrero ki konei.
The story finishes right here.
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 mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore a Rewi e kōrero ki te kaiako hei te Rātū.
Rewi will not speak to the teacher on Tuesday.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

He maroke tana kōrero.
His speech was dry.
Categorizing sentences - he

He mea pai ake kia āta kōrero.
It would be better if it was spoken slowly.
Categorizing sentences - he

Kāore a Hemi e kōrero ana ki te kaiako.
Hemi is not talking to the teacher.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

He aha taku kaupapa kōrero?
What is the theme of the conversation?
What? - He aha?

He aha tā Tawa e kōrero ana?
What is Tawa talking about?
What? - He aha?

He aha ngā rongonga kōrero?
What are the things you've heard?
What? - He aha?

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

Kāore tērā kōrero i te tika.
That account is not correct.
That (over there) - tērā

He paki te rā, he pai te kai, he pai te kōrero. He rawe tērā mutunga wiki i tērā tau.
It was a sunny day, good food, good conversation. That was an excellent weekend last year.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Kāore a Hine i te kōrero.
Hine wasn't talking.
Describing how an action is done - I tere tā mātou haere; He pai tana mahi

Kei te hui a Tame rāua ko Aria ki te pātaka kōrero.
Tame and Aria are meeting in the library.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ka kōrero ia ki a māua ko Mere.
He spoke to Mere and me.
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

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

Kōrero atu ki a Ari.
Speak to Ari.
Away - atu

Kei raro nei he kōrero mō ētahi tamariki tokotoru.
The following is a simple story about three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Ko koe te tuatahi ki te kōrero i roto i tēnei karaihe.
You are the first to speak in this class.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Kōrero mai anō? Āta kōrero.
Can you repeat that please? Slowly please.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

He kōrero hōhonu kē atu.
A deeper talk.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

He kōrero hōhonu rawa atu.
An extremely deep talk.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Kōrero mai anō, a Amaru.
Tell me again, Amaru.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

He roa noa atu te kōrero a te iwi nei i taua pō.
The tribe's discussion that night lasted for a long time.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kaue e kōrero!
Don't talk!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kaue e kōrero i te hui.
Don't speak at the meeting.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kaua e kōrero pērā!
Don't talk like that!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ehara mā Hine te kōrero e tuku atu.
Hine won’t give the speech.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

E, kāti te kōrero pēnā mō taku mokopuna!
Hey, stop talking like that about my grandchild!
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Me pēnei taku kōrero...
Let me tell you like this...
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Ka kōrero a Toto, ki ana kōtiro, mehemea e pai rāua ki te moe tāne.
Toto asked his daughters if they wanted husbands.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Ka kōrero a Toto ki ana kōtiro, mehemea e pai rāua ki te moe tāne.
Toto asked his daughters if they wanted to get married.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Tuhia he kōrero mō tō whānau.
Write a story about your family.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

Kei te kōrero ia mō mātou.
He is speaking about us.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

He kōrero tēnei mō te hapū i noho i Āwhitu.
This is a story about the hapū which lived at Āwhitu.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

A kōrero ana rāua mō te rā e haere ai rāua.
And they talked about the day when they would leave.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

I kōrero rātou mō tēnei tangata.
They spoke about that person.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

Ehara i a Hine te kōrero i kī.
Hine didn’t make the statement.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i a au te kōrero i kī atu ki a koe.
I didn’t tell you.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i a au ia i kōrero.
I didn’t speak to him/her.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Kua oti i a ia te kōrero tēnei pukapuka.
He has read this book right through.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I kōrero ahau kia whakapono ai te rōpū ki ahau.
I kōrero ahau kia kore ai te rōpū e whakapono ki ahau.
In order to - kia... ai

Haere mai koe ki konei kia kōrero ai tāua.
Come over here so we can talk.
In order to - kia... ai

Homai te niupepa kia pānui ai au i ngā kōrero mōna.
Pass me the newspaper so that I can read the stories about her.
In order to - kia... ai

I kōrero ia kia āwhina ai i te rōpū.
He spoke in order to help the group.
In order to - kia... ai

I kōrero ia kia kore ai ia e āwhina i te rōpū.
He spoke in order to not help the group.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Nā te aha rātou i kōrero ai?
For what reason did they speak?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Nā te aha rātou i kore ai e kōrero?
Why didn’t they speak?
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?

Ka mahue tō kōrero mai.
You forgot to talk to me.
You forgot to... - Ka mahue tō...

Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua rawa ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, definitely not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Kei te tika, kei te hē rānei ēnei kōrero.
These statements are true or false.
Or... - ...rānei

Kāore au e āhei te kōrero ki a ia.
I am not allowed to talk to him/her.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei

Kua kōrero.
She's talking now.

Ka kōrero ā rāua mokopuna.
Their (2 people) grandchildren are talking.

Kōrero ai ia
She is always talking

I rongo koe i tana kōrero?
Have you heard what he said.

Nā wai koe i ako ki te kōrero pukapuka?
Who taught you to read? (By whom were you taught to read?)

Ko te ako i te reo Māori te kaupapa hei kōrero māu.
Leaning the Māori language is the theme for you to talk about.

Kāore au i te mōhio ki te Hōne e kōrero nā koe
I don’t know the Hōne you’re talking about

Ka kōrero māua ko Mere ki a ia.
Mere and I spoke to him.

Ka kōrero a Matamata i ngā kōrero i rongo ia.
Matamata told the stories he had heard.

Ā muri i ngā kōrero, ka [harirū] ā ka hongi ngā rōpū e rua.
After the speeches, the two groups will [shake hands] and press noses.

He aha te whaea i kōrero ai ki te kaiako i te kura?
Why did the mother talk to the teacher at the school?

Ehara te kōrero i te roa.
The speech is not long.

Ka kōrero au.
I will speak.

Kōrero ai ia.
She always talks.

I te taenga tonutanga atu, ka tīmata te kōrero.
Immediately after the arrival the talks began. — 626

He aha rātou I kōrero ai
What them past or present talking reason for?

I kōrero ai ia.
She always used to talk.

He aha rātou I kōrero ai?
That's what I said.

Ka kōrero ai ia
She will always talk.

Me kōrero atu koe.
You should speak to someone else.

E kōrero ai ia.
She is always talking.

Ka kōrero ia ki tētahi atu āpiha.
He talked to another officer.

He aha koe tē kōrero mai ai?
Why did you not speak to me?

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 anō ngā wāhine kia kōrero.
The women have not yet spoken.

He kaha a Rangi ki te kōrero mōna anō.
Rangi has a tendency to talk about himself.

kia kaha te kōrero!
speak with authority!

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.

Me kōrero koe ki tētahi kaiako.
You had better talk to a tutor.

Kāti te kōrero.
Stop talking.

Koia kei a koe mō te kōrero Māori!
You're great at speaking Māori!

Kāore a Honi e kōrero ana.
Honi is not talking.

I te kōrero mai ia ānō nei he tamariki mātou.
He was talking to us as if we were kids.

Kua oti te kōrero te tuhi.
The speech has been written.

I kōrero a Kupe i ēnei kupu mō te whenua hou.
Kupe said these words about the new land.

I kōrero au ki a ia.
I spoke to her.

Kua kōrero au ki a ia.
I have spoken to her.

Kōrero mai.
Talk to me, say it.

He poto rawa atu ngā kōrero nei.
These stories are extremely short.

Kia tika hoki te kōrero, e tama.
Let the talk be correct, son.

Inahea koe i kōrero ai ki a ia?
When did you talk to her?

Kei te ako au i te reo Māori, hei kōrero i te marae.
I am learning Māori for speaking on the marae.

Me kōrero kōrua ko te kaiako.
You and the teacher should have a talk.

Kei te ako au i te reo Māori, hei kōrero ai i te marae.
This is more grammatically formal. It links the purpose l of speaking on the marae explicitly to the learning.

Ka mea ake rātou o te whare, ‘E koe e iri iho nei, kōrero iho rā!
The people in the house said, ‘You hanging up there, speak down to us!

Ka kite au i roto i ngā nūpepa e kōrero ana mō ētahi tohorā e rua, he tāne, he uwha.
I saw in the newspaper where they were talking about two whales, a male and a female.

He poto rawa atu ēnei kōrero.
These stories are extremely short.

Āpōpō kā kōrero au ki tōku hoa.
Tomorrow, I will speak to my friend.

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

Āpōpō kā kōrero au me tōku hoa.
Tomorrow I will speak with my friend.

Kei te kōrero ia.
She is talking.

Kei te kōrero ia: "He mate kei taku waewae. Kei te toto! E mamae ana taku turi!".
He says: "My leg is sore! There's blood! My knee hurts!".

I te kōrero ia.
She was talking.

I kōrero ia.
She spoke.

Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.

Kōrero ai a Rangi.
Rangi always talks.

Mauria mai i tō ake reo hoki.
Bring with you your own voice as well.

E kōrero ana ahau ki a ia.
I am talking to him.

Āhea koe e kōrero ai ki a Hēnare?
When will you talk to Hēnare?

Kāore ngā wāhine i kōrero.
The women did not speak.

Ā te ata ahau e kōrero ai ki a ia.
I will talk to him in the morning.

Kōrero ki tērā wahine e whakamau ana i tōku pōtae.
Speak to that woman wearing my hat.

Ka kōrero koe ki a wai
Who will you talk to?

He kaha a Tī ki te kōrero mōna anō.
Tī has a tendency to talk about himself.

Ka kōrero ahau ki tōku hoa, ki a Rāpata
I will talk to my friend, Rāpata

Kei te kōrero ia mā mātou.
She is speaking for us.

Ka tū ia, ā, ka kōrero.
He stood and spoke.

Kāore ia i paku aro mai ki te kōrero a te kaiako.
She didn’t pay the slightest attention to what the teacher was saying.

He kino tāna kōrero.
What he says is bad.

Kei te kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women are talking.

I kōrero ahau ki te tangata i te kūwaha.
I talked to the man in/at the doorway.

Rite tonu tōu waha ki tōu nono ki te kōrero teka.
Your mouth is just like your backside at telling lies.

He maia ēnei mokopuna ki te kōrero.
These grandchildren are confident speakers.

Kia rongo tātou i ngā kōrero katoa
[Wait] until we hear all of the relevant information.

Rite tonu tērā tauira ki tōna kaiako ki te kōrero Māori.
That student is just like their teacher at speaking Māori.

Kia kaha ki te kōrero, kia rongo ai mātau.
*You* should speak loudly so *we* can hear you.

Me kōrero koe ki a ia kia mōhio ai ia.
*You* should talk to him so that *he* knows.

Kua kōrero ahau ki tō koutou māmā
I have spoken to your mother

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.

Kōrero mai anō, a Hera.
Tell me again, Hera.

Kia nui tō kōrero.
Speak louder.

Kia poto tō kōrero.
Speak for a short time.

Taihoa e kōrero.
Don't talk yet.

I kōrero kaha ia kia rangona ai tōna reo.
He spoke loudly so that his voice could be heard.

E mōhio ana au ki te tangata e kōrero nā koe.
I know the person you are talking about.

Hoihoi, kāti te kōrero.
Too noisey, stop talking.

He kōrero hōhonu.
A deep talk.

Ko te kōrero e kī ana...
As the saying goes...

E kōrero ana te minita ki te tangata e hanga ana i te whare karakia.
The minister is talking to the man who is building the church.

I tū te kaumātua ki te kōrero hei tautoko i te whakatauaki
The kaumātua stood to speak for (in support of) the defendant

Kāore au e kōrero ana?
Am I not speaking?

I kōrero tonu au ki tōku hoa wahine kia mahue ia i te pahi.
I kept on talking to my girlfriend so that she would be left behind by the bus.

I kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women spoke.

I kōrero au ki tō kōrua kaiako.
I spoke to your teacher — the teacher of you two.

I te kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women were talking.

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

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

Kōrero atu ki a Hōhepa.
Speak to Hōhepa.

He pūrākau tā Pāora e kōrero ana.
Pāora is talking about an ancient narrative.

Ka noho te ope rā, me te ako i ngā kōrero, i te rā, i te pō.
They stayed there acquiring knowledge by day and by night.

He aha ngā pitopito kōrero?
What is news?

He kōrero tāu?
Do you have something to say?

He mea kōrero.
It was spoken.

Ka rere te teina i mua ki te kāinga ki.te kōrero atu ki a Hotu-nui, tērā tana tamaiti a Maru-tūahu te haere atu rā.
The younger girl rushed off home to tell Hotu-nui that his son Maru-tūahu was coming.

Ka kōrero te Kīngi ki ia hōia ki ia hōia.
The King talked to each soldier.

He mea kōrero ngā kupu.
The words were spoken.

He mea kōrero ngā kupu e te kaiako.
The words were spoken by the teacher.

Kōrero mai anō, e Rewi.
Tell me again, Rewi.

Kāre tētahi i te mōhio engari e ai ki ngā kōrero i horo taua wāhi i tētahi wā.
At that end of the beach on a small hill. Ngarire-o-te-moana the elder was the first to be

Āpōpō tāua te rongo ai i te kōrero.
Tomorrow we will hear the news.

Kua kōrero mōhio tērā tangata.
That man has spoken wisely.

Kaua koe e kōrero pēnā.
Don’t you talk like that.

Ko te kōrero e kīia ana...
The saying goes...

Āpōpō tāua te rongo i te kōrero.
No determiner other than te appears to be possible in this construction:

He pono hoki tāu kōrero.
What you say is really really true.

Kei te kōrero rātou mō te tāke hōu i pānuitia e te kāwanatanga
They are talking about the new tax which was announced by the government

Me mātua paku kōrero te take, kātahi ka whakatau.
We should first discuss the issue a bit, then decide.

I kōrero te koroua ki tāna tahu.
The old man spoke to his love.

Ka āta kōrero ia i te pānui.
He carefully read the notice.

Kei te whare rūnanga a Tom e kōrero ana ki te manuhiri.
(Note 'te' is quite usual, even though there is more than one guest.)

He aha rāua i kōrero ai?
Why did they talk?

Me kōrero atu koe ki tō pāpā.
You should talk to your father.

Kōrero Māori mai.
Speak Māori to me.

Kia tū koe ki te kōrero, me mihi ki te whare, ki te marae, ki te hunga mate, ki te tangata whenua
When you stand to speak, you should acknowledge the house, the marae, the deceased and the hosts

He aha rāua e kōrero ai?
Why will those two talk?

He aha rāua e kōrero nei?
Why are those two talking?

Kei te kōrero Māori koe.
You're speaking Māori.

Āta kōrero mai.
Speak slowly.

Kua kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women have spoken.

E kōrero ana rātou
They were speaking

I rapu ngā tohunga nui i te kōrero mo Ihu e whakamatea ai.
The chief priests sought a statement concerning Jesus (thereby/by which) to cause his being put to death.

Nā te kōrero rātou i riri ai.
They were angry because of the talking.

Kia āta kōrero tātou kei rongo mai aku hoa.
Let us talk quietly so that my companions do not hear.

I taua wā, ka tū mai ngā rangatira ki te kōrero ki a ia.
At that time the chiefs stood forth to speak to him.

Ko te Hone e kōrero nei, kāhore e roa.
The John I'm talking about isn't tall.

Me kōrero koe ki tō māmā
You should talk to your mother

He aha tā Mohi i korero ai ki a koutou?
What was that which Moses said to you?

Ka tika tāu kōrero, he tika tēnei rākau.
What you say is correct, this tree is straight.

Me kōrero tātou i reo Māori ia rā ia rā
We should speak in Māori every day

Kāore ngā wāhine i te kōrero.
The women are not talking.

Ko te kōrero a ngā mātua tïpuna.
The stories of the forebears.

He tino pai a Manu ki te kōrero, he tino mōhio ki te karakia.
Manu was good at speaking, and also knowledgeable on karakia.

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

E tika ana te kōrero i ō tātou tūpuna...
As the proverb of our ancestors says...

Kāore he wā i tēnei rā, nō reira āpōpō tātou kōrero ai.
There’s no time today, so we’ll talk tomorrow.

Me kōrero koe ki a rāua
You had better talk to them

Taihoa, kātahi anō tātou kia mahi i Mana Whenua, Mana Ao Tūroa, Mana Tangata, Mana Reo
Ehara te aromatawai i te whainga nui. Engari kē, mā te aromatawai koutou e kōrero ai. The assessment isn't the destination. The assessment is the reason to speak.

Kōrero ai tērā tāne.
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah!

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 ..

Mā te kōrero a ngā tāngata mātatau i te reo Māori, ka mau i ngā tamariki
It is through the knowledgeable people’s speaking of the Māori language, that it will be grasped by the children

Me pēhea ahau i mōhio ai he tika ēnei kōrero?
How did I know that these stories were correct?

He pai tāna kōrero.
Her talk was good.

Āe, kua kōrero ia i tēnei pukapuka.
Yes, he has read this book.

Kāti te kōrero!
Stop talking!

Me kōrero koe ki a ia
you had better talk to her

E kōrero ana au
I am talking

E tika ana te kōrero i ō tātou tūpuna
As the proverb of our ancestors says.

Titiro mai, whakarongo mai, kōrero mai!
Look, listen, and speak!

Kāore au e kōrero ana
I am not talking

Tā te rangatira kai he kōrero.
Talk is the food of chiefs.

Me kōrero mai anō koe.
You’d better speak to me again.

I te kōrero mai a Māmā ānō nei he tamaiti au.
Mum was talking to me as if /like I was a kid.

E kōrero ana a Maka ki ā wai?
To whom is Maka talking? (Who is Maka talking to?)

E kōrero ana ia ki a Eddie.
He is talking to Eddie.

Te tikanga, me kōrero kia tika.
Supposedly, one should talk correctly.

Kāore ngā wāhine e kōrero ana.
The women are not talking.

Kōrero mai ki a au.
Speak (or talk)

I reira ia e kōrero ana ki ngā tamariki.
She was there talking to the kids.

He rawe te kōrero ki a koe.
Fantastic to talk to you.

I kōrero a Tīmoti ki te whakaminenga
Tīmoti addressed the assembled people

Kei te hē rawa atu → tāna kōrero.
What he says is completely mistaken.

Kei te āwangawanga ahau ki te kōrero.
I'm worried about speaking.

Ka taea e koe te kōrero Māori?
Can you speak Māori?

I muri i te hui, i kōrero au ki a Manu.
After the meeting, I spoke with Manu.

He kōrero tāu.
You have a story.

Māku e kōrero.
I will be the one to talk.

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana CV.
The truth of what he put in his CV was never questioned.

Ka waiho te tūpāpaku ra e rātou ki reira takoto ai, ā hoki ana rātou ki te kāinga kōrero ai.
They left the body to lie there and then went home to talk.

Kei te kōrero ahau ki te wahine e tunu ana i te kai.
I am talking to the woman who is cooking the food.

He paki te rā, he pai te kai, he pai te kōrero.
It was a sunny day, good food, good conversation.

Kei te haere au ki te wahine + e kōrero ana ki tōu whaea.
I am going to the woman + talking to your mother.

E kōrero ana a Mere.
Mere is talking.

Ko wai e kōrero ana?
Who is speaking?

Whakarongo ki te kōrero.
Listen to the speech.

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.

Ehara māku e kōrero.
I will not be the one to talk.

Ko Mere e kōrero ana
Mere is the one speaking

Kāua e kōrero pēnā.
Don't talk like that.

Kāore ā Ataahua kōrero.
Ataahua doesn't have anything to say.

Kaua e kōrero me tōu waha e kī ana.
Don’t speak with your mouth full!

.. koirā i takea mai ai te kōrero nei nā, ‘te kete rukuruku a Whakaotirangi
the small food basket of Whakaotirangi

Tēnā kōrero tēnā!
Don't talk like that!

Ka kōrero a Pita ki ngā mema o te komiti.
Peter spoke to the members of the committee.

Kei te kōrero te māmā ki ngā tamariki i aroha *ai* ia.
The mother is talking to the children whom she loves.

E kōrero ana te kaumātua
The elder is/was talking (active); continuing action set in past, present or future time.

Āpōpō a Koa ke kōrero.
Koa is speaking tomorrow.

Kei te kōrero te māmā ki ngā tamariki e aroha *ana* ia.
The mother is talking to the children whom she loves.

I muri i te hui, i kōrero au ki a Kauri.
After the meeting, I spoke with Kauri.

E kāti te kōrero pēnā mō taku mokopuna!
Stop talking like that about my grandchild!

He pono tāku e kōrero nei ki a koe.
Is true my saying to you (literally).

Āhea kōrero ai a Rangi?
When will Rangi speak?

He aha ahau i kōrero pēnei ai?
Why did I speak like this?

He aha koe i kōrero pēnā ai?
Why did you speak like that?

Koia ahau i kōrero pēnā ai.
That’s why I spoke like that.

I kōrero a Hata ki a wai?
To whom did Hata speak?

Nā taku pukuriri i kōrero pēnā ai.
It was because of my anger that I spoke like that.

E kore te whare kōrero, e puta he kupu mā tētahi tangata i muri i te kupu a te tino ariki.
It was not allowable according to the rules of debate for any person to say anything after the high chief had spoken.

He aha ia i kōrero pēnā ai ki a tāua?
Why did he speak like that to us?

E kōrero ana a Pare
Pare is talking

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

Āwhea te tumuaki tū ai ki te kōrero?
When will the tumuaki stand to speak?

Kei te kōrero ahau
And if I'm sick I say

Āwhea tū ai te tumuaki ki te kōrero?
When will the tumuaki stand to speak?

E kōrero ana koe.
You are, were or will be talking

Kāore koe e kōrero ana.
You weren't, aren't or won't be talking.

Kei te hē rawa atu tāna kōrero.
What he says is completely mistaken.

Mā te kōrero i te reo e ora ai
It is through (people) speaking the language, that it will survive

E kōrero ana ngā wāhine.
The women are talking.

Kāhore ngā wāhine e kōrero ana.
The women are not talking.

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.

Kei te kōrero tāua.
You are i, the two of us, are talking.

I kōrero tāua.
The two of us talked.

I haere ahau ki te kōrero ki a ia.
I went to talk to her.

Ko te kōrero o tēnei tangata, o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
It was the story of this man, Whakatauihu, that we heard.

Ko tēnei te kōrero o tēnei tangata o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
This was the story of this man Whakatauihu, that we heard.

E āhei i a koe te kōrero pukapuka.
You are capable of reading.

E kōrero ana tō kōutou rangatira ki tāna tamaiti.
Your chief is talking to his child.

Whakarongo ki te kōrero a te koroua.
Listen to the old man's story.

Ka whai kōrero ngā koroua kēkē i runga i te tikanga Māori.
The elders made speeches in (in accord with) Māori custom.

Me kōrero koe ki a Mere
You had better talk to Mere

He pai tērā kōrero, nē rā?
That was a good talk, wasn't it?

Kei te kōrero māua
We two not you are talking

Me kōrero koe ki te (tētahi) kaiako
You had better talk to a tutor.

Kei te kōrero kōrua ko Tuhawaiki.
You and Tuhawaiki are talking.

I te kōrero māua
The two of us not you were talking

(I kōrero a Wiremu Tamihana i tana kōrero i taua take
Wiremu said what he said for that reason

I kōrero māua
The two of us not you spoke

E kōrero ana ahau ki a Rōpata
I am talking to Rōpata

E kōrero ana a Rōpata ki ahau
Rōpata is talking to me

He pukapuka ā.mātou hei tuhi i ngā kōrero, kia kore ai ia e mau i a mātou.
We had books to write the stories in so that they would not be forgotten.

I te taenga tonutanga atu ka tīmata te kōrero.
Immediately after the arrival, the talks began.

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 kōrero ngā hoa mō te haerenga ki Taupō.
The friends talked about the trip to Taupō.

Tokoiwa rātou i tū ki te kōrero.
Nine of them stood to talk.

He hopunga kōrero reo Māori anō ka tāpirihia atu ki ngā mīhini hei ngā marama tata ake nei.
More audio in te reo Māori will be added to the system in the next few months.

Nā wai tērā kōrero?
Who said that? (Literally: That speech belongs to whom?)

E tika ana te kōrero.
The statement is correct.

I kōrero rātou mōku.
They talked about me.

Kāhore te kōrero e tika ana.
The statement is not correct.

Ka kōrero ahau ki tōku māmā ā tērā wiki.
I will visit my mother next week.

Kia kaha te kōrero!
Speak with authority!

Hei aha tāna kōrero.
Never mind what he is saying.

Kōrero mai anō.
Say that again.

Hei tēra wiki, ka kōrero ai ahau ki tōku māmā.
This contains two ideas..firstly, next week something is going to happen.

I tākaro ngā tamariki, ā, ka moe rātou, ā, ka waiata rātou, ā ka pānui rātou, ā, ka kōrero rātou
I am saying that children played and slept and sang and read and spoke

I mea mai ia kia haere mātou ki mea wāhi, ki te kōrero ki mea tangata
He told us to go to such-and-such a place and talk to such-and-such a person

Mehemea ka tae mai ia, *ka* kōrero māua.
If he arrives, then we will talk.

Ā hea koe (e) kōrero ai ki a Hēnare
When will you talk to Hēnare?

Kei te tika tēnei kōrero?
Is this correct?

Ākuanei kite ai te tika o tāku kōrero.
Presently will be seen (thereat) the correctness of my talk.

E kī ana te kōrero...
As the saying goes...

Ka kōrero tā rāua mokopuna.
Their (2 people) grandchild is talking.

E āhei ana te kaitono ki te whai mai i te pepa kōrero noa iho, i ngā pepa tuhituhi noa iho rānei.
The candidate is able to attempt either just the spoken paper or just the written papers.

Whakarāpopotongia tēnei kōrero ki au ake nā kupu
Summarise this text in your own words

I te kōrero mai ia ānō nei he tamaiti ahau.
He was talking to me as if I was a child.

Tēnā pea, e kōrero pukapuka ana ia.
She might be reading a book; I’m guessing.

E kōrero pukapuka pea ana ia.
Perhaps she’s reading a book; I’m guessing.

I kōrero au i a ia. I kōrero au ki a ia.
I spoke with her. I spoke to her.

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

E kōrero pukapuka ana ia.
She’s reading a book; I know because I just peeped in and saw her.

I tūtū mai ngā koroua ki te kōrero.
The elders stood up individually, one at a time, to speak.

I te kōrero mai a Māmā ānō nei he tamaiti au.
Mum was talking to me as if /like I was a kid.

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 somebody who knows the rest of this story and who perhaps will be able to explain it to those of us who live in ignorance.

I te kōrero mai a Pāpā ānō nei he kūare māua.
Dad was talking to us as if /like we (2) are stupid.

Ka tū ake au ki te kōrero atu ki a koutou.
I stand up to speak to you.

I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.
The teacher was talking to us as if we (3+) were deaf.

Iti te kupu nui te kōrero.
Short but laden with meaning.

e kōrero atu nei
is speaking away here

Mā te kōrero e ora ai te reo.
By speaking it the language will be alive and well.

Ka kōrero ana ākona mō ngā merekara katoa i kite ai rātou.
His disciples talked about all the miracles that they had seen.