On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Ruahine te ingoa o tērā maunga.
Ruahine is the name of that mountain.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Taranaki te maunga.
The moutain is Taranaki.
Identity sentences - ko...

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

I ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati kei ngā maunga.
In the winter they were on the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer they were in the mountains.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua uhia te maunga ki te hukarere.
The mountain is covered in snow.
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

Titiro ki te maunga!
Look at the mountain!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Tirohia te maunga!
Look at the mountain!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e titiro ki te maunga!
Don't look at the mountain!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kitea rawatia ake rāua i runga i te maunga.
They were finally seen on the mountain.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Tapaia tonutia atu taua maunga nei ko Tirirau.
That mountain is still called Tihirua.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei tawhiti ngā maunga.
The mountains are in the distance.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Kei tua te maunga i te awa.
The mountain is beyond the river.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I tawhiti ngā maunga.
The mountains were in the distance.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I tua te maunga i te awa.
The mountain was beyond the river.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

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

E hoki ki tōu maunga kia pūrea ai koe e ngā hau a Tāwhirimātea.
Return to your mountain so that you may be refreshed by the winds of Tāwhirimātea.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

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...

I runga ake i te maunga ngā manu.
The birds were above the mountain.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Ka piki ā rāua tamariki i te maunga āpōpō.
Their children will climb the mountain tomorrow.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

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

Kāore ngā manu i runga ake i te maunga.
The birds weren’t above the mountain.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore ngā maunga i tawhiti.
The mountains were not in the distance.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te maunga i tua i te awa.
The mountain was not beyond the river.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Mehemea ka heke te hukapapa, ke haere mātou ki te maunga.
If the snow falls, we will go to the mountain.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Mā katoa ngā maunga i te hukarere
The mountains are all white, or whitened by or with (the) snow.

I noho ia i runga i te maunga i te poo, naa reira i hemo ai i te makariri
He spent the night on the mountain, and so he died of cold/exposure

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

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.

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

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

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—from your mountains, your rivers, your genealogies, your pepeha.

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

Kua piki rātou i te maunga.
They have climbed the mountain.

Tū kē atu tērā maunga.
That mountain stands apart.

Ko Taranaki te maunga e tū mai rā.
The mountain standing over there is Taranaki.

Ko Tararua te maunga.
Tararua is the mountain.

Ko hea tērā maunga?
What is that mountain?

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

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

I haere ia ki runga ki te maunga.
He went up onto the mountain.

Kotahi tō tātou maunga, ko Aorangi.
We have one mountain, Aorangi.

E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.

Ko te nuinga kei runga i ngā maunga.
The majority were on the mountains.

He maunga ātaahua a Taranaki.
Taranaki is a beautiful mountain.

Ko Taranaki tōku maunga.
My mountain is Taranaki and Taranaki is my mountain.

Ko maunga tēnei
THIS is the mountain!

Ki te tihi o te maunga i piki ai ngā toa.
It was to the top of the mountain that the warriors climbed.

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.

Kei te piki ia i te maunga.
He is climbing the mountain.

Kei te piki ia ki te maunga.
He is climbing to the mountain.

Ka tū mai Aorangi, te tipuna maunga o Waitaha.
There stands Aorangi (Mt Cook), the ancestral mountain of the Waitaha people.

Ma runga o te maunga.
By way of the mountain top.

Tū kē atu tēra maunga.
That mountain stands apart.

Me haere tātou ki tua o tēnei maunga.
We’ve got to go over this mountain.

He maunga ikeike ēnei, ngaro katoa ai i te hukarere.
CLS mountain lofty these hidden all ai by the snow They are high mountains, all covered with snow.

I ōna wā he iwi manene; i ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati Kei ngā maunga.
In those days they were a nomadic tribe; in the winter, [they] were in the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer [they] were on the mountains.

E hikohiko ana te uira i runga i ngā pae maunga.
The lightning is flashing above the mountain ridges.

Ka taea e koe tērā maunga te piki?
Can you climb that mountain over there?

Āe, ka taea e au tērā maunga te piki.
Yes, I can climb that mountain.

Kei mua i te maunga te manu nui.
The big bird is in front of the mountain.

Kei muri i te maunga te tāone iti.
The small town is behind the mountain.

I mua, i haere au ki te maunga.
In the past, I went to the mountain.

Kāorɛ koe e piki i te maunga.
You will not climb the mountain.

Titiro ki te maunga e tū mai ana.
Look at the mountain standing there.

I piki ake a Hata i te maunga.
Hata climbed up the mountain.

Ko Tongariro te maunga.
Tongariro is the mountain.