On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Taupō te moana.
Taupō is the lake.
Identity sentences - ko...

Kei te marino tonu te moana.
The sea is still calm.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E kauhoe ana te hoiho i te moana.
The yellow-eyed penguin is swimming in the sea.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

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

I te haere rātou ki te moana ki te kauhoe.
They were going to the beach to swim.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka haere rātou ki te moana ki te kaukau.
They will go to the beach to swim.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

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

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 whakapapa pounamu te moana.
May the sea be like greenstone.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

I haere ngā tamariki ki te moana kauhoe ai.
The children went to the ocean in order to swam.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

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

Ka roherohea taua moana e rātou.
That sea was divided up by them.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite mātou i te Wind Wand, ā, ka hīkoi i te ara moana.
We saw the Wind Wand, and walked on the beach walkway.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tae ki te teihana, ā, ka hīkoi mātou i te taha moana ki Te Papa.
We arrived at the station and we walked by the sea to Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka karakia ia i ngā karakia mō ngā taniwha moana.
He chanted the incantations for the taniwha of the sea.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore rātou e haere ki te moana ki te kaukau.
They will not go to the beach to swim.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Kei te whakaaro ia ki te haere ki te moana.
He is thinking of going to the sea.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kua hoki mai ia i te moana.
She has returned from the sea.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Kāore rātou i te haere ki te moana ki te kauhoe.
They were not going to the beach to swim.
Describing how an action is done - I tere tā mātou haere; He pai tana mahi

Ko Rongomai rāua ko Moana ōku mātua.
Rongomai and Moana are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

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

Ko Tai, ko Moana rātou ko Rangi.
Tai, Moana and Rangi.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Rāwiri rātou ko Tūmanako, ko Rongomai, me tana tāne a Moana, aku mokopuna.
Rāwiri, Tūmanako, Rongomai, and Moana, her husband, are my grandchildren.
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

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

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

Ko ngā mahi pai ki a ia, ko te mahi māra, me te ruku kai moana hoki.
She likes gardening and diving.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

He pai ki a ia ngā kai moana.
He likes seafood.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Kātahi ka whiua e ia tāna mōkai ki te moana.
Then she threw her baby into the sea.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Ehara ngā kai moana i te pai ki a ia.
He does not like seafood.
I don't like... - Ehara... i te pai...

Kua hōhā ahau ki ngā paruparu e puta ana ki te moana.
I hate the pollution of the sea.

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

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

Kua marino te moana.
The sea has become calm.

Nā reira i hōmai te moana, nā te hau.
And so the sea came, driven by the wind.

He tangata marae a Moana
Moana is a generous/hospitable person.

I hīkoi ngā tamariki ki te moana kauhoe ai.
The children walked to the ocean in order to swam.

He ringa rehe a Moana ki te purei rakuraku hiko.
Moana is a dab hand at playing electric guitar.

Kia mahara ki ēnei tikanga ana haere ki te moana ki te mahi kai, hī ika rānei.
Remember these customs when you go to the sea to find food, or to fish.

Ko Kauri rāua ko Aria ngā tamāhine a Moana.
Kauri and Aria are daughters of Moana.

He tino mōhio ia ki te mahi kai i te moana, arā ki te ruku mātaitai me te hī ika.
He is very knowledgeable about gathering seafood, that is diving for shellfish and fishing.

I ngā raumati, kaukau ai au i te moana.
In the summer, I regularly swim in the sea. (Māori Dictionary)

E haere ana te wahine, ki te moana.
The woman is going to the sea.

Koia ka puta te ingoa mō tērā taha moana ko Mangonui.
Hence the name Mangonui was given to that harbour.

Katahi anō au ka kite i te moana.
For the first time, I saw the ocean.

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.

Kei hea te moana?
Where is the sea?

I titiro atu rātou ki te moana.
They looked towards the sea.

Tāwhaki Nui a Hema 126 33 0.57 8.31 Te Whānau Moana 73 32 0.54 9.22 Te Whenua Kauruki 65 68 0.26 3.18
The Tribes of Muriwhenua 40 76 0.21 3.58

Kei te taha moana ngā kōtiro.
The girls are at the seaside.

Hai te ata, ka haere ai tātau ki te moana.
We’ll go out to sea in the morning.

Hei te ata pō, ka hoki a Pānia, ki te moana.
At dawn Pānia will return to the sea.

Kua tae mai a Moana te moeroa.
Moana the dreamer has arrived.

Ko Pānia ināianei he kōhatu kei raro i te moana e takoto ana.
Today Pānia is a rock lying underneath the sea.

Kua awhiawhi atu a Moana.
Moana has given him a cuddle.

Moana, i pēhea tō moe?
Moana, how was your sleep?

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

He toka tū moana ia!
She's a rock!

Ki a au, he reka atu te kai moana i te kai mīti.
I reckon, seafood is better than meat.

Ia rā, ia rā, ka hīkoi ia ki te moana.
Everyday she walks to the sea.

Kātahi ka kauhoe ia i te moana!
And then she swims in the sea

Kauhoe ai ia i te moana.
She habitually or regularly swims in the sea, or

Nā, ka tere haere nei a Hinauri i te moana.
And Hinauri floated along on the sea.

Ko ngā paru e rere ana ki waho o te moana.
The sewage is flowing to the sea.

Kei.te tito a Moana i te waiata.
Moana is writing the song.

Ā, tēnā moana, i mua, kia tāti te mango i te whānau ko konā ranga ai
In former times, in that river, when sharks would start to give birth they would gather there

He mā ngā onnepu i te tahataha o te moana.
The sand beside the sea is white.

Kei.te tito waiata a Moana.
Moana is song writing.

Ā, ka hīkoi mātou i te taha moana ki Te Papa.
And we walked by the sea to Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum.

Ko te kaupapa waka ki te moana hoe ai, ko te kāhui atua ki te rangi rere ai.
The work of the canoes is to sail the seas while that of the gods is to fly through the skies.

Ko te tere kahawai rā ki waho i te moana haere ai, ko te tangata rā ki uta oma haere atu ai, me to oma, me te karakia.
The shoal of kahawai was swimming along out at sea, and the man was running along the shore and as he ran he recited karakia.

Ko te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa te moana.
The Pacific Ocean is the ocean.

Ko te moana kei tērā taha o ngā puke onepū.
The sea is beyond the sand-dunes.

E hia ngā ika i te moana?
How many fish are in the sea?

He tangata marae a Moana.
Moana is a generous, hospitable person.

Ka karakiatia e ia kia kore a Tainui e uru mai ki roto i te moana o Whaingaroa.
at the sea of Whaingaroa He prayed so that Tainui might not enter the Raglan Harbour Heads.

Ko Moana taku hunaonga.
Moana is my niece.

He tino mōhio ia ki te mahi kai i te moana.
He is very knowledgeable about gathering food from the sea.

Kei te haere ia ki te moana.
He is going to the sea.

Ko Moana tōku hoa tāne.
Moana is my husband.

Kei te haere te kurī ki te moana.
The dog is going to the sea.

Kua haria haeretia ngā kōhatu ki te moana.
The stones have been progressively carried to the sea.

Ka ora ra pea ahau e ka tuaina ki te moana.
I will escape if I am chopped down in the sea (said by Tama-te-kapua when he was running on stilts).

Ko Moana tōku taokete.
Moana is my twin.

He tino makariri te moana.
The sea is very cold.

Ka whakahoki te whāea, ‘Kia tino ngaro atu te rā, kia tō ki tua o te moana, kia tino kore e kitea ngā hihi o te rā, koinā te wā ka hoki mai ai rātou ki te whare nei, ki te moe.
When the sun has really disappeared and set beyond the ocean, when no rays of the sun can be seen, that's the time they come back to sleep.