On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E whakatā ana tāua i te ngahere.
We (you and I) are resting in the forest.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I haere rātou ki te ngahere inānahi.
They went to the forest yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kei roto i te ngahere ngā manu e tangi ana.
The birds are singing in the forest.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere.
In the mornings, the workers always go to the bush.
Habitual action - ai

Kei waenganui te tāone i te ngahere.
The town is in the middle of the bush.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei pō, kia mauria ai kōrua ki te ngahere a te ata.
Go to bed early tonight, so that you can be taken to the forest in the morning.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

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

Kāore tāua e whakatā ana i te ngahere.
We are not resting in the forest.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

Ahakoa kei waenganui i te ngahere, kāore ngā tāngata o reira e mokemoke ana.
Although it is in the middle of the bush, the people there are not lonely.

Koia pea tērā te kaha me te tiketike o ngā rākau whakamarumaru o te ngahere i ēnei rā.
That it perhaps why the tall trees have such strength, and such height in the forests of today.

Kei whea te ngahere, i pūhia ai tēnei poaka?
Where is the bush in which this pig was killed?

Mātika ana a Kōuraraka, heke ana i ngā arapiki, whakatuwhera ana i te kūaha, oma noa ki te ngahere.
Goldilocks jumped up, ran down the stairs, opened the door and ran away into the forest.

kei hea te ngahere?
where is the forest?

I ngā ata, haere ai ngā kaimahi ki te ngahere.
In the mornings, the workers always go to the bush. (Māori Dictionary)

Ko rātou ngā tāngata i haere ki te ngahere.
They are the men who went to the forest.

Kei hea te ngahere?
Where is the forest?

I haereere mātou i roto i te ngahere.
We walked through the bush.

I ngā rā o mua, i noho te pāpaka me te kōura ki te ngahere.
In days of yore, the crab and the crayfish lived in the forest.

He kauri anake ngā rākau o tērā ngahere.
There are only kauri trees in that forest.

Kei kō atu te ngahere i te awa.
The bush is beyond the river.

I hāereere mātou i roto i te ngahere.
We walked through the bush.

I a ia e haere ana i te ngahere, ka taka·hia noa·tia e ia teetahi ngaarara
tread·pass. sudden·pass. by IIIsg a(sp) lizard ‘While he was walking in the bush, he suddenly stepped on a lizard

Nō te Tari o ngā Ngahere tērā taraka.
That truck belongs to the Forest Service.

E hia ngā rākau i te ngahere?
How many trees are in the forest?

He whakateke nō ētahi o āna tamariki, oma ana ki rō ngahere haere noa atu ai.
move freely away ai It was a trick some of his children played on him, running off into the forest, far away.

Me haere māua ki te ngahere, ki reira mahi ai.
We should go to the forest, and work there.

E hia ngā rākau o te ngahere nei?
How many trees are in this forest?

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.

Kei whea te ngahere i pūhia ai tēnei poaka?
Where is the bush in which this pig was killed?