On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

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

Ko wai te mea e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori?
Who is the one who knows te reo Māori?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai ngā mea a ako ana i te reo Māori?
Who are the ones learning te reo Māori?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ehara tērā i te mea tawhito.
That is not the old one.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara ērā i ngā mea tawhito.
Those are not the old ones.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Are you saying that Pongo is to be your lord?
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

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

Kua kite koe i taku pene? He mā whero te mea na.
Have you seen my pen? It's a pink one.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Ko Pita te mea e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori.
Pita is the one who knows te reo Māori.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Ko te hapu e noho ana i Maungawhau e mea ana nā rātou taua moana.
The sub-tribe living at Maungawhau said that that sea was theirs.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kia ahatia, ehara te toa i te mea nui.
Never mind, winning isn't everything.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

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 Ari i ngā mea katoa.
In the morning [he] told Ari everything.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nā ngā tamariki i whakangaro ngā mea tākaro.
It was the children who lost the toys.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te tama i tiki ngā mea tākaro.
It was the boy who fetched the toys.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā te mea...
Because...
Conjuctions - because - nā te mea

Nā te mea, he wera rawa!
Because it's too hot!
Conjuctions - because - nā te mea

Mā te mīhini e mahi ngā mea katoa.
The machine will do everything.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Waiho mā mātou, te hunga taiohi, ngā mea e kawe.
Leave it to us, the youth, to carry the things.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e homai te mea nā.
Don't pass me that thing.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Ka mea atu ia ki a Mea kia meatia ngā mea katoa ki mea wāhi.
She told so-and-so to put all the things in such-and-such a place.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ki te kitea noatia e tētahi tangata mea...
If someone just sees something...
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka pīrangitia e ia ngā mea katoa.
All the things are wanted by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ruku pāua ana au nā te mea e haere mai ana tōku hungarei.
I'm going pāua diving because my mother-in-law is coming.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Me kōpaki e tātou ā tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We should wrap our things up and then head home.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

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

Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.
Be waited for - tāria

Ehara māku e taki te karakia, nā te mea he iti taku kete pāpaku taku kete karakia.
I will not be the one to recite the prayer because my kete is shallow.
Conjunctions - but - engari

I te mea...
Because...
Conjunctions - but - engari

He pai ki ahau te mahita, nā te mea, he humarie ia.
I like the teacher, because he's handsome.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kāore e pai ki ahau te mahita, na te mea, he haunga ia.
I don't like the teacher because he smells.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te hōhā ahau i te mea he uaua tēnei mahi.
I am bored because this work is too hard.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te oherere ahau i te mea he māmā rawa tēnei mahi.
I am surprised because this work is too easy.
Conjunctions - but - engari

I te āhua whakamā au. Kāore au i hari kai atu, i te mea kāore au i tino mōhio ka roa te hui. Ka mutu, ko āku tamariki ngā mea tino kaha ki te kai.
I was a bit embarrassed. I didn't take a plate, because I didn't know it was going to be a long hui. And worse still, it was my kids who polished off most of the food.
And also, moreover - ...ka mutu

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

E mea ana au ki te hauhake i aku kūmara āpōpō. Heoi anō, ki te ua, ka waiho pea mō tērā wiki.
I'm intending to dig up my kūmara tomorrow. However, if it rains, I'll probably leave it ‘til next week.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Ka mura te ahi i te rarauhe, mea ake ka toro ki te ngahere.
The fire blazed up in amongst the bracken. In no time at all it had spread to the forest.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Ka utaina te whakaahua ki a Pukamata, mea ake kua kitea e te mātinitini.
The photo was posted on Facebook, and suddenly all and sundry had seen it.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

E ai ki ngā rongo kua taumaha a ia, mea ake ka hemo.
They say he's very ill, and it won't be long at all before he dies.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Kāore au i kite i te wai i te papa. Haere atu ana au, mea ake kei raro e putu ana.
I didn't see the water on the floor. I was walking along, all of a sudden I'm in a heap on the floor.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don't actively look after those children of Tāne, they'll become extinct in no time at all.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Homai ana e Mahuika he ahi, whakawetohia ana e Māui. Pēneitia tonutia ā pau noa ngā maikuku katoa, atu i tētehi mea kotahi.
Mahuika gave him fire, Māui doused it. This carried on until all of her fingernails were used up except one.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

He mea hoko kē pea te keke nei. Tērā tonu pea. Ehara ia i te tangata tunu keke, ki taku mōhio.
I think this cake might have been bought. Probably. As far as I know he's not a cake-maker.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Tērā tonu pea nā Taika te papawīra rā. I mea mai ia he papawīra hou tāna.
That skateboard might well belong to Taika. He said he had a new skateboard.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Kāore au e āhei te karanga, i te mea kei te ora tonu taku whaea.
I am not permitted to karanga, as my mother is still alive.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kei te harikoa ahau i te mea kei konei koutou.
I am happy because you are all here.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te whakahīhi ahau i te mea kua oti taku mahi.
I am proud because my work is finished.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te mokemoke ahau i te mea kei rohe kē taku whānau.
I am lonely because my family is in another region.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

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

Ka tae te ope rā ki ā rātou mea i mahia mai rā i Āwhitu.
The group took their things which had been made in Āwhitu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka pīrangi ia ki ngā mea katoa.
He wants all the things.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mea atu te rōpā rā, 'He kai.'
The slave said, 'Food!'.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mea atu a Kupe ki a Hotu,
Kupe said to Hotu, "We must return".
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mea atu a Kupe ki a Hotu...
Kupe said to Hotu...
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mea atu te kotiro rā ki tana whaea...
That girl said to her mother...
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kīa e te taitamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kīa e te tatamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

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

Ko tēnei kupu, ko te "mārena" mea tango mai i te reo Pākehā.
This word, "mārena", was borrowed from English.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Otirā ko ngā kai a te manuwhiri rā, he mea kai whakangaio.
But the visitors just pretended to eat their food.
Conjunctions - however - otirā

He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua tū mea nei.
The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

He aha te mea pai ake?
What's better?
What? - He aha?

He aha ngā mea papai ki a koe?
What do you like doing?
What? - He aha?

He aha ngā mea ngahau ki a koe?
What things do you find entertaining?
What? - He aha?

He mea nui tēnā ki ahau.
That is important to me.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

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

Te hui a te Whiringa-ā-nuku ko te mea mutunga mō tēnei tau.
The meeting in October will be the last for the year.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

Ko tēhea kaupapa te mea pai rawa ki a koe?
Which subject do you like the most?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ko tēhea te mea pai ake?
Which is better?
Which - Ko tēhea?

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 Ngāti-Kahukoka e mea ana nā rātou taua wāhi moana.
Ngāti-Kahukoka said that part of the sea belonged to them.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

He pai ki ahau te mea nei.
I like this thing.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

He aha ngā mea pai ki a koe?
What things do you like?
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Ehara i ngā tamariki ngā mea tākaro i whakangaro.
The children didn’t lose the toys.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i te tama ngā mea tākaro i tiki.
The boy didn’t fetch the toys.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ko koe te mea ka mahue i te pahi.
You're the one left behind by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

He nui ake tāu mea i tāku mea.
Your thing is bigger than my thing.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

He mea whāngai ia.
He was fostered.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

He mea hanga nā te Atua.
God created.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

He mea hanga i roto i ngā roto i te ara haere atu i Waiuku ki Te Maioro.
[Some] were built in the lakes on the path going from Waiuku to Te Maioro.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

Ko te māhunga he mea tia ki te hou.
Their heads were adorned with feathers.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

Ko te nuinga ia i mea kia kāua e hoea ki te taua.
The majority, however, said that they should not paddle off to a hostile expedition.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Ehara i te mea.
Not as if. Negates any sentence.

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 before the battalions as if the taiaha would break in pieces in his hands’ (TWh, 22)

Ko tēhea te mea pai?
Which one is the best?)

Ko te mea nui, he tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
The greatest thing, is people, people, people.

I whakawhiti atu a ia me te mea nei ki te poohi i tana reta
He crossed over as if to post a letter

Correct: Ko tērā te mea pai.
That one is the best.

He manu ērā mea mā.
Those white things are birds.

Whakaaturia mai ki ahau taua mea e pai ai koe.
Show me that thing you will be pleased thereby

Ehara i te mea he aha, heoi anō.
It's no big deal.

He mea tino tauhou ki te kite i te tamariki kāhore he ringa paru.
It is very strange to see a child without dirty henads.

He manu, he rererangi rānei tērā mea?
Is that thing a bird or an aeroplane?

Kātahi tō rātou rangatira, a Rua, ka mea....
Then their chief, Rua, said...

He tino maha ngā mea whakamīharo i kite rātou i taua rā.
at that day The wonderful things that they saw that day were very numerous.

Ka mea atu ia ki a Mea kia meatia ngā mea katoa ki mea wāhi
She told so-and-so to put all the things in such-and-such a place

Ko Ponga te mea i mihi puku ki a ia.
Ponga admired her silently.

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.

Ka tū mai te mea āhua wahangū, a Tāne-mahuta.
Then the quieter one, Tāne-mahuta, stood up.

He aha te mea i pīrangi koe?
What was it that you wanted?

I hoki maatou ki te kaainga, i te mea e ua ana
We returned home because it was raining

I kite rātou i ngā mea whakamīharo i taua rā.
They saw the wonderful things that day.

He aha te mea rā?
What’s that?

Na rātou ēnā mea.
Those things are theirs.

E puru ana au i taku koti mahana i te mea kei te tuungaawiri au
I am putting on my warm coat because I am shivering

I toomuri maatou, i te mea i puni te huarahi i ngaa horonga
We were late because the road was blocked by slips

E pātai ana kia tohu mai tētahi tangata, tētahi mea rānei e whakaritea ana ki te tangata.
Asking a question about the identity of a person, or of something which is likened to a person.

I mahia tēnei mea e rātou kia rite ai ngā whakahau a te āpiha.
This thing was done by them so that the officer’s orders might be complied (there)with.

I kite au i a Mea inapō. Pai tōna āhua.
I saw Thingy last night. S/he was looking good.

Ka tonoa e ia a Pita rāua ko Hoani kia mea, “Tikina te hapa mā tātou kia kai ai, kia inu ai.
He gave instructions to Pita and Hoani saying, “Fetch supper for us so that we may eat and drink.

Ehara i te mea mā rātou e horoi ngā kākahu.
They will not wash the clothes.

Tē taea te haere i te mea kua pakaru te waka.
[We] couldn't go because the car was broken down.

Ka mea a Hinemoa, ‘ki te mea ka tonoa atu he karere ki a Tūtaane-kai e kore pea ia e pai mai ki ahau.
If I send a messenger to Tūtaane-kai, perhaps he will not like me.

Ka mea atu a Horowhenua ki ōona tuākana, ‘Ki te purutia atu tō tātou matua, hōhoro mai, kia tikina atu.
Horowhenua said to his older brothers, ‘If our father is detained hurry back so that he may be fetched.

= Ehara i te mea he tohunga ia ki tēnei mahi.
This idiomatic form looks the same as the previous one, but ‘mā’ or ‘ngā’ is not included.

Ko ngā mea rā.
Those ones over there.

He mea anō māu?
Would you like something else as well?

Ko te mea kākāriki.
The green one.

Ko ngā mea kākāriki.
The green ones.

E mea ana!
You bet ya!

Ko koe te mea tika.
You are the right person.

I mea rā hoki a Mohi, ‘Mā te Ariki e whakaara ake he poropiti mō koutou.
The Lord will raise up a prophet for you.

Ko te whakaaro na te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.

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

Homai te mea nä.
Pass me that thing.

Naa raatou i tahu te mea nei ki te maati, me kore e/*i toro
They put a match to the substance to see whether it would burn

Uia te tangata tautōhito, parea te mea mātau.
Ask the experienced one, not those who have learned it.

whakahanumitia ngā mea mākū
mix together or combine the wet ingredients

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!

Ko tēnā whakaaro te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.

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!

Waiho te mea nā.
Leave that thing alone.

Ka mea ake taua iwi nei, ‘He iwi pai koutou ki te haka?
Are your people good at haka?

I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō mātau tau tuatahi tēnei
The people were very appreciative, especially seeing as this was our first year (of our band’s existence)

Ka mea iho ia, ‘Nui atu te pai!
Very good!

Ko ēhea ngā mea pai ki a koe?
Which ones do you prefer?

Ka mea a Uenuku, ‘Tukua iho!
Let him down!

Ā, ko ā Arama i huaina ai ki ngā mea ora katoa, hei ingoa ērā mō rātou (Genesis 2:19)
And whatever Adam called all the living things, those were their names

I hiahia ia ki te mea.
He wants the thing.

Me he mea kua hinga te raakau, kua kati te huarahi.
If the tree had fallen (but it hasn’t), the road would be blocked.

Ko tēhea te mea nui?
Which is the important thing?

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—you are the most important thing—and through the teacher are the teacher’s aspirations for their students.

Me he mea kaahore ahau e noho ana i konei, kaahore he tangata hei hoa moou.
If I were not living here (but I am) there would be no one to be your friend.

Utaina ngā mea katoa kia reri ai te taraka ki te haere āpōpō.
Load all the things so that (in order that) the truck will be ready to go tomorrow.

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

Ki a tāua, ki te Māori, he mea nui tēnei (Kāretu 1974:51)
To us, the Māori, it is a very important thing

Kua mate tō tātou mea kahurangi.
Our precious one has passed away.

Koia tēnei pepeha mō te mea kite, e ka kitea te taonga makere.
Hence this saying concerning something found, when something which has been cast away is discovered.

Ko te mea nui i nāianei, kei ora ana ngā tāngata mōhio ki ngā waiata, ko te kohikohi haere i ngā māramatanga kei a rātau
The main thing now, while the people who know the songs are still alive, is to go round collecting the explanations they have

Ko ngā mea ra.
Those ones over there.

He aha a mea i mahi ai?
Why did mea do the work?

He mea whakamīharo te pikinga a Tā Edmund Hillary i Everest.
Sir Edmund Hillary’s climbing of Everest was a noteworthy achievement.

Ka mea a Wairaka: Kia whakatāne ake ahau.
Wairaka said: Let me act the part of a man.

Ka mea tērā ki a rātou, ‘Ko wai koutou?
Who are you?

Ka mea atu ki a ia, ‘He aha koe e tangi nā?
Why are you weeping?

He mea nui!
It's important!

Ehara i te mea...
It's not as if...

Kia tau ngā manaakitanga a te mea ngaro
Let the strength and life force of our ancestors

(E) Patu-a ai ngā mea e taua mea.
The creatures are usually caught by that thing.

Ko ēhea ngā mea māku
Which are the things for me?

Ko ēnei ngā mea hou māu
These are the new things for you

Whakahanumitia ngā mea mākū.
Combine the wet ingredients.

Ke mea mai ia, ka pai tana kaiako ki te waiata.
He says that his teacher is good at singing.

He mea tika rānei te hōatu takohanga e mātou ki a Hiha, kāhore rānei?
Is the giving of taxes by us to Caesar a correct thing, or not (kāhore)?

Ka mea atu ia kia kai rātou.
He told them to eat

He mea kōrero.
It was spoken.

He mea waiata.
It was sung.

He mea kōrero ngā kupu.
The words were spoken.

Kei a au ngā mea e pīrangi nei a Māmā.
I have the things Mum wants.

He mea waiata te waiata hou.
The new song was sung.

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

He mea waiata te waiata hou e ngā tamariki.
The new song was sung by the children.

He mea hanga te whare e ngā tohunga.
The house was built by the experts.

Ki te mea kāhore ahau e maumahara, he maha ngā raruraru.
If I don’t remember, there’ll be real problems.

Ka mea a Tinirau ki a Ngae, ‘Ākuanei koe te tae ai ki tō kāinga.
Soon you will reach your home.

Ko te mea tawhito tērā.
That is the old one.

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

Ko ngā mea tawhito ērā.
Those are the old ones.

Tā rātou kimihanga i te mea ngaro.
Their search for that which is lost.

Pēnei e kore au e whakamā te mea atu ai au ki ērā, ‘E kore au e tae atu.
If it had been like this, then I would not have hesitated in saying to them, ‘I will not go with you

I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō.mātou tau tuatahi tēnei. (Pōtatau 1991:44)
first this The people were very complimentary, especially since this was our first year.

he tangata pai, he mea tika
(a good and upright man).

Ko te mea whewhero.
The reddish one.

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.

Kāore i whai raihana te motokā, nā te mea, kāore ōna wira!
The car didn’t get a warrant because it has no wheels!

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?

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

Ko tēnā whaaaro te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.

Ka mea a Wairaka, ‘Kia whakatāne ake ahau.
Let me act the part of a man.

He mea kohete a Hine e te māhita.
Hine was scolded by the teacher.

He hōiho pai, he mea tere.
A fine, swift horse.

He putiputi ātaahua, he mea iti.
A beautiful little flower.

He tangata pai, he mea tika.
A good and upright man.

Kāti, e mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Then are you saying Ponga is to be your lord?

Ko tēnei he mea nō roto i te waea.
This is something from the inside of your phone.

Nā te mea ka haere tōna whaiāipo ki tawhiti ka tangi a Tina.
Because her sweetheart went far away Tina lamented.

Kua hoki mai au nā te mea ka pau katoa āku moni.
I have come back because my money is all spent.

He whare kōhatu, he mea hōu.
A new, stone house.

Me pātai atu ki a Hēmi nā te mea kei a ia te mana.
You should ask Hēmi, because it’s his say-so.

He kōwhatu nui, he mea taimaha.
A big, heavy stone.

Nōna te waka. He koretake taua mea.
The car is his. It's a useless one.

Nā te mea he nui rawa ā mātou mahi.
Because we’ve got too much to do.

Ka kitea he kōwhatu nui, he mea taimaha.
A big, heavy stone was found.

Nō te mea ko ia tōku hoa.
Because she is my friend.

Kāore i whai raihana te motokā, nā te mea kāore ōna wira!
The car didn’t get a warrant because it has no wheels!

Me haere koe ki te tākuta, nā te mea he wera rawa koe!
You should go to the doctor because you are really hot!

Me mahi tonu tātau kia rite ai ēnei mea katoa.
We had better keep working so that all these things will be ready.

He aha te mea nui i kite naa koe?
What is the big thing that you saw?

Kāore anō kia kitea te rā me te awatea, nā te mea e piri tahi ana ngā mātua, kei te kōpū kē ngā tamariki nei e noho pipiri ana, ānō nei he kāpō rātou.
The sun and daylight had not yet been seen because the parents were pressed together; the children were huddled inside the womb, as though they were blind.

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

Nō te mea kua manako noa kē te Atua ki āu mahi.
Since God has already approved your actions.

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.

I hoki mātou ki te kāinga, i te mea e ua ana.
We returned home because it was raining.

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.

Ko Kararaina te mea i tū ki te karanga.
Katherine is the one who stood and called.

I pōuri mātou i te mea kāore i mau i a mātou tētahi ika.
We were disappointed because we didn’t catch any fish.

I mahue ai ahau nō te mea nāu i mau te mapi.
I got lost because you took the map.

Kāore e hoatu e ahau, tā te mea ko te paekura ki te Māhina.
I won’t give it up, because it is the treasure found by Māhina.

Kei te harikoa ahau nā te mea kua oti taku mahi.
I am happy because my work is finished.

Me kōpaki e tātou ā tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We should wrap our things up and then head home.

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

Nā te mea kua whara tana waewae.
Because his leg is injured.

E hiahia ana ahau ki te mea tino nui rawa
I want the very biggest piece

Nā wai ngā mea i roto i tēnei pouaka?
Whose are the things in this box?

Homai ki ahau te mea nui ake naa
Give me the bigger piece

Nā te mea i kaha ake rātau i a tātau.
Because they were stronger than us.

ērā mea pai
those good things

I mea atu rā hoki ahau ki a koe kua whakapuaretia e ia te kēti ki a tātou.
I told you he would open the gate for us.

Utaina ēnei mea ki runga i te taraka.
Load these things onto the truck.

Kei kaha te pupuri i ngā mea nā!
Don’t hold those things too tight!

He mea kohikohi ngā mōteatea tawhito e Tā Apirana Ngata
The ancient songs were collected by Sir Apirana Ngata

He mea whakatūpato au e aku kaumātua
I was cautioned by my elders

Kei te tangi ia, me te mea nei kua wehe rāua ko tana hoa tāne.
She is crying as if she has broken up with her boyfriend.

Kei te whakapau moni ia, me te mea nei kua toa ia i te Lotto.
He is spending money as if he has won Lotto.

Me te mea nei kei te moe kē rātou.
It looks as if they are already asleep.

Ehara i te mea mō Haora tēnei pōtae.
This hat is not for Haora.

Kei te mea hoki ia ki toona kore i paatai ki ngaa tamariki raa ko teewhea a Ruataupare
He was asking himself why he had not questioned those children as to which was Ruataupare

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.

Ka mea atu a Te Houtaewa, ‘Ko taku hiahia kia tutaki tinana ahau ki a Te Whakahauriri.
It is my wish that I meet face to face with Te Whakahauriri.

Ehara i te mea he tohunga ia ki tēnei mahi.
It is not as if he were an expert at this work.

Ehara i te mea me haere a Hōne.
Hōne does not have to go.

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.

I whakawhiti atu a ia me te mea nei ki te pōhi i tana reta.
He crossed over as if to post a letter.

Ehara i te mea mōu ēnā hū.
These shoes are not for you.

He manu ē rā mea mā.
Those white things are birds.

He mea puhupihi a runga ki te pūihi kererū.
The top was adorned with pigeon feathers.

Ko ngā mea e tū ana.
The ones standing up.

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.

nā te mea, nō te mea, i te mea
Introduce reasons or explanations in their respective constructions.

Anei kē te mea nui.
Here actually is the important thing.

He ahaērā mea?
What are those things?

A. Nā te mea he nui rawa ā mātou mahi
Because we’ve got too much to do

He mea pai tonu.
It's still okay.

Me aha tēnei mea?
What should be done to this thing?

Me horoi tēnā mea.
That thing should (had best be) washed.

Ā, i muri iho i taua tautohenga ka mea mai a Taranga.
And, soon after that argument Taranga said.

Tangohia mai te mea nā i raro i te oko.
Peel off the thing from under the bowl.

Ko ēnei ngā mea i mauria mai e tōku hoa.
These are the things that were brought by my friend.

Ehara i te mea he mōrerarea.
It's not as if it is dangerous.

I mea a Hoone Heke ko teetahi hee nui o te Maaori
Hone Heke thinks that a major fault of the Maori

I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō mātau tau tuatahi tēnei.
The people were very appreciative, especially seeing as this was our first year of our band’s existence.

Ka mea mai a Māui, ‘ Āe, me haere kē atu au
Māui relied, ‘Yes, I had better go away.

Ka mea atu ia kia raatou kaua e hoki ki te kaainga
He told them that they should not return home

Me te mea ko Kōpū ka rer i te pae.
[A beautful woman is] like Venus rising above the horizon.

Ka mea a Hata: Kāhore e kore ka wini i a tātou te hīra mō ngā whakataetae mahi Māori.
Hata said: There is no doubt that we will win the shield for the Māori Cultural Competition.

Na wai te mea nei?
Who owns this thing?

He aha tēnei mea?
What is this thing?

Tana mea pai he kōura.
She likes crayfish.

kimihia te mea ngaro!
seek that which is lost!

Ko te kai te mea nui.
The food is the important thing (Eating is the main thing).

I noho au ki te kāinga nā te mea he ua.
I stayed home because of the rain.

I mea atu ahau ki a mea.
I spoke to so-and-so.

Ka mea ētahi, ‘Ko wai hoki koa ka tohu?
Whoever would have thought it?

Hoatu ēnei mea ki a Rangi rāua ko Hari
Give these things to Rangi and Hari

I mea atu te rangatira kia hurahia te umu
The chief said that the oven should be opened

Hei aha ēnei mea?
What are these things used for?

Ka hoki a Kupe ki te iwi, ka mea atu, ‘Mahia taku waka kia pai!
Kupe returned to the tribe and said, ‘Prepare my canoe!

Ka haere mai tēnei ki a Ihu i te pō, ka mea ki a ia, E Rapi, e mātau ana mātou i haere koe i te Atua hei kaiwhakaako, nā hoki e kore e taea e tētahi tangata ēnei mea e mea e whakarite, ki te kore koe i te Atua i a ia (John 3:2)
This man came to Jesus by night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him

Whakahanumitia ngā mea mākū ki roto i te oko nui.
Mix the wet ingredients together in the large bowl.

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

Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).

Nō te mea kua manako noa kē te Atua ki āu mahi (Ecclesiastes 9:7)
Since God has already approved your actions

E toru ngā mea.
There are three things.

He mea e hiahia ana koe i te tāone?
Do you want something from the town?

Mea whakakore taku whakaritenga i te Rāpare rā.
My appointment on Thursday was cancelled.

Kotahi te mea whero.
There is one red one.

Nā wai ngā mea i roto i tēnei pouaka
Whose are the things (that are) in this box?

Utaina ēnei mea ki runga i te taraka
Load these things on to the truck

E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whawhe ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.

Tame: He mea anō māu?
Would you like something else as well?

Ki tōku nei whakaaro, koinei te mea pai rawa.
In my opinion, this is the best one.

He rahi rawa tēnei wiri, hōmai he mea iti iho.
This drill is too big; pass me a smaller one.

Ka mea a Īhu ki te wairua poke, ‘Puta mai i roto i a ia.
Jesus said to the evil spirit, ‘Come out from inside him.

Nō tōna kitenga i a Peta rāua ko Hoani meake tomo ki te temepara, ka tono ia i tētahi mea māna.
When he saw Peta and Hoani soon to enter the temple, he requested something for himself.

Me waiho i konei te mea nā.
Leave that thing here.

Kei te mātakitaki ngā tamariki i ngā mea katoa.
The children are gazing around at everything.

He mea tino rahi te whakatūtūranga a te Rā o Waitangi.
The demonstration on Waitangi Day will be a big one.

Mea mahi ngā poi ki te kōrari.
Poi are made of flax.

E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whakahāwea ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.

He mea karakia haere a Tara-whata i a ia kia kaha ai a ia te kau.
Tara-whata chanted a karakia as he went, to give him power to swim.

(I whakatakoto a Hōne i taua (whakaaro, mea, tikanga)
Hōne proposed that (idea, thought, plan, thing)

Ka mea ake te wahine rā.
The woman called up.

a mea atu a Hotu-rapa, “Hōmai hoki ki a au!
Give (it) to me!

Kāore a Hēmi e taraiwa nā te mea he pō inaianei.
Hēmi will not drive because it is night.

Ka mura te ahi i te rarauhe, mea ake ka toro ki te ngahere.
The fire blazed up in amongst the bracken. In no time at all it had spread to the forest.

Ka utaina te whakaahua ki a Pukamata, mea ake kua kitea e te mātinitini.
The photo was posted on Facebook, and suddenly all and sundry had seen it.

E ai ki ngā rongo kua taumaha a ia, mea ake ka hemo.
They say he’s very ill, and it won’t be long at all before he dies.

Ka whakautu ahau nā te mea kua pātāi koe.
I will answer because you have asked.

Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don’t actively look after those children of Tāne, they’ll become extinct in no time at all/ in the blink of an eye

Nā te mea e ua ana, ka noho mātou ki roto.
Because it is raining, we are staying inside.

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

He kai anake pea te mea e pahure i tērā.
Perhaps the only thing he is accomplished at is eating.

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 go to the University of Otago for three years, and when I finished there, go to the Theological Faculty, Knox College, for three years

Ko ngā mea nei.
These ones.

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 – how they act, their customs – everything about them.

Koia tenei pepeha mo te mea kite, e ka kitea te taonga makere.
Hence this saying about things which are found, when something which has been cast away is discovered.

He mea pai tēnei, he mea kino rānei?
Is this a good thing, or a bad thing?

Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā mea pai rawa.
This is one of the best ones.

Ehara i te mea mōna tērā tūru.
That chair is not for him.

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

He rahi rawa tēnei wiri, hōmai he mea iti iho
This drill’s too big, pass me a smaller one