On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

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...?

Kei te ako au i te reo Māori.
I am learning the Māori language.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kāore au e ako ana i te reo Māori.
I am not learning the Māori language.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hiahia ana ahau ki te ako i te reo Māori.
I want to learn Māori.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I te ako a Pita i te reo Māori i te kura.
Pita was learning te reo Māori at school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kua kite noa atu ahau ka ngaro te reo Māori.
I saw long ago that the Māori language will disappear.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua ako koe i te reo Māori?
Have you learned te reo Māori?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me ako ngā tamariki o Aotearoa i te reo Māori ka tika, nē rā?
It's fitting that New Zealand children learn Māori, isn't it?
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me kimi kaiwhakaako mātau ki te ako, matatau ki te reo Māori.
Find an experienced teacher and knowledgeable friend in te reo.
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

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

Nō te tau 1987, ka whakaturetia te reo Māori hei reo mana.
In 1987, Māori was made an official language by statute.
Belonging to the past - nō

Arohatia te reo!
Love the language!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Pānuitia te reo Māori ki a koe anō.
Read Māori aloud.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!
Speak the Māori language!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kaua e ngāwari tō reo.
Don't speak gently.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kia kaua e ngāwari tō reo.
Don't speak gently.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

I kōrerohia te pūrākau ki te reo Māori.
They story was told in the Māori language.
Passive sentences - tikina...

He tūranga motuhake tō te reo Māori i waenganui i ngā reo e kōrerotia ana i Aotearoa nei.
Māori has a special position amongst the languages spoken here in Aotearoa.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kawea tētehi puka iti ki ngā wāhi kei reira te reo Māori e kōrerohia ana, tuhia ngā kupu me ngā kīanga ka rangona.
Bring a small book with you to the places where the Māori language is spoken, write down the words and phrases that are heard.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki te hea o Te Mana Hauora hoki, he māramatanga kei roto i te reo Māori.
According to Te Mana Hauora chair, there was understanding in Māori language use.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kōrerohia te reo Māori hei oranga mōna.
Speak te reo Māori for its wellbeing.
For the purpose of - hei

kia toi te kupu, toi te mana, toi te aroha, toi te Reo Māori,
so that our words, spiritual power, love, and language are upheld,
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

He rawe te kaitono tuatahi. He pai tōna āhua. Heoi anō, he pai ake te reo Māori o te kaitono tuarua.
The first applicant was great. He had a really nice way about him. On the other hand, the second applicant had better Māori language skills.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Kāore au e āhei te karanga, kua ngaro hoki taku reo.
I can't karanga as I've lost my voice.
Allowed to do something - āhei

He āhua matatau tonu ia ki te reo Māori, ahakoa nō tāwāhi kē a ia.
She's a pretty fluent speaker of Māori even though she's from overseas.
Discourse markers - although - ahakoa

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

I ako au i te reo Māori.
I learnt the Māori language.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

E toru ngā momo tūmahi i te reo, otirā e pā ana ki te reremahi.
There are three types of verbs in the language, related to verbal sentences.
Conjunctions - however - otirā

He aha tētehi pukapuka reo Māori kua pānui koe i tēnei wiki?
What Māori language book have you read this week?
What? - He aha?

Kāore a Pita i te ako i te reo Māori i te kura.
Pita was not learning te reo Māori at school.
Describing how an action is done - I tere tā mātou haere; He pai tana mahi

Kei te ako a Amaru rāua ko Manu i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Amaru and Manu are learning Māori 'family' words.
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

Kia kaha ake tō reo!
Speak louder!
Up - ake

Kia hoihoi ake tō reo.
Speak louder.
Up - ake

Kia ngāwari ake tō reo!
Speak quieter!
Up - ake

Ki te ngaro te reo, ka ngaro tāua pērā i te moa.
If the language is lost, we are lost like that of the large extinct moa bird.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Te reka hoki o tōna reo!
How sweet her language is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Kātahi te reo reka ki te waiata!
What an awesome singing voice!
What a... - kātahi te...

Kia māori ai te reo.
Normalize the language.
In order to - kia... ai

Mai i te tau 1987, e tū ana te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori hei kōkiri i ngā take katoa e pā ana ki te reo
The Māori Language Commission has existed since 1987 to pursue all issues to do with the language

Kei te mōhio ngā tauira ki te reo Māori.
The students know the Māori language.

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

Kei te haere au ki Whitireia ki te ako i te reo Māori ai.
I am going to Whitireia to learn Māori. Again, the ai indicates the reason or the purpose.

Mō tātou katou te reo Māori.
The Māori language is for all of us.

Mō taku hë, kei te ako tonu au i te reo Māori.
I'm sorry, I'm still learning te reo Māori.

Kāore e mārama tētahi wāhanga o te iwi ki te reo o tētahi atu wāhanga, ahakoa he iwi kotahi.
One section of the people cannot understand the language of another section, although they are one people.

He tino pai rawa atu tōu reo.
Your voice is very good indeed.

= Me whakaako tātou i ngā tamariki kore mōhio ki te reo Māori.
Give those shoes to the man who has none.

Te reo Māori.
The Māori language.

Whakautua ngā pātai i roto i te reo Māori.
Answer the questions in Māori.

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

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.

Kātahi anō ka uri ki a koutou, ki a koutou e ngā tauhira. Tēnei nā he mihi whakatau. Nau mai, piki mai, kake mai ki tō tātou kaupapa o te pōkaitahi reo.
Now I turn to you, to you the esteemed ones. This is a welcoming greeting. Welcome, come forward, step up into our shared kaupapa of unity in language.

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

Āpōpō ka hui tātou ki Papaiea ki te ako i te reo Māori.
Tomorrow we will meet in Palmerston North to learn the Māori language.

He whakapiki i tō ake reo.
An uplifting / strengthening of your own voice.

Kaua e ngäwari tö reo. OR Kia kaua e ngäwari tö reo.
Don't speak gently.

Kia kaha ki te reo Māori.
Support the Māori language.

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Kei te whakaako rātou i te reo Māori ki ā rātou tamariki.
They are teaching Māori to their children.

Ko Rāhera te reo o te whare.
Rāhera is the voice of the house.

Kei te whakaako rātou i ā rātou tamariki ki te reo Māori.
They are teaching their children Māori.

Mā tōna reo whakahau ka kori te whare ki te mahi.
Through her commanding voice, the house gets to work.

He uaua te ako i te reo Hapanihi
The learning of Japanese is hard

Kei te pīrangi ahau ki te whakakaha i tōku reo Māori.
I want to strengthen my Māori language.

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

I hangaia tēnei whare e te Kaunihera mō te Kōhanga Reo
This house was built for the Kōhanga Reo by the Council

I te reo Māori, e ono ngā pū-tohu-wa matua, e whitu me ka whakaarohia te "kātahi āno... ka", engari he mono tūkē te "kātahi anō".
In the Māori language, there are six main time markers, seven if we include "kātahi anō... ka", but "kātahi anō" is considered a standalone.

Kia turituri tō reo.
Hush.

Ko te tino rerekētanga, ko te reo ā-iwi.
The main difference is the dialect.

Ka karanga atu a Hinemoa, ki taua taurekareka nei, anoo he reo tane. Moo wai
slave proxI as a voice man intgen who

Ahakoa ka noho ahau he kaiako, i ētahi wā ka noho ahau hei tauira. Nā reira, koerā te mahi o tō tātou nei reo rangatira.
Although I may be a teacher, at times I am a student. Therefore, that is the work of our chiefly language.

Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakaohorere ki te ākonga reo Māori, ko te akoranga nei, ehara noa te wātū i te "ka".
A common confusion for Māori language learners is that the verb "ka" is not only used for future tense.

Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.

I tuhituhi te kaiako i te pukapuka hou hei whakamārama i te reo Māori ki āna tauira.
The teacher wrote the new book in order to explain the Māori language to her students.

Tēnā anō koutou e whai kaha nei i te reo rangatira!
Greetings again to you all striving in the Māori language!

Ko tāu mahi, he hono i te rerenga ki tana whakamārama tika (tuhinga reo Ingarihi).
Your task is to connect the sentence to its correct translation (English language text).

Ka nui o rātou reo e tono ana kia patua ia.
Their voices were great (loud) demanding that he (should) be killed.

Ki a Hōri, me ako katoa ngā tamariki kura i te reo Hapanihi
According to Hōri (in Hōri’s opinion), all school children should learn Japanese

He whakahīhī ia ki tōna mōhio ki te reo Māori
She is proud of her knowledge of Māori

Ko te reo Māori tō rātou reo tuatahi
Māori is their first language

Whakakīa te puka ki te reo Māori
Fill the form in Māori

Kia ngāwari tō reo.
Speak softly.

E ako ana a Joshua i te reo Māori.
Joshua is learning to speak Māori.

Mā reira pea te matua o to kōtiro rā ka rongo ai ki tō reo.
Perhaps as a result, the girl's mother will hear you calling.

I rongo au ki tōna reo kua tino pāpōuri ia i te take rā
I heard in his voice that he was very much saddened by the matter

Whū! Kei a koe mō te ako reo, e hoa.
You're awesome at learning languages mate.

Nei rā te reo mihi ki te mana whenua.
Here is my greeting to the people.

He kawe reo tāu, e hoa?
Do you have a cellphone, my friend?

Kua tae mai te kaiako e ako ana i te reo Māori.
The teacher who teaches Māori has arrived.

Kei reira tōna ake reo, ana ake tikanga.
That part has its own language and its own customs.

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

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

Kua haere mai rātou kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori.
They have come in order to be taught Māori.

He kaimahi ahau ki Te Kōhanga Reo
I am a worker at Kōhanga Reo.

Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori.
They have gone to the university to be taught Māori.

I haere rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te ako i te reo Wiwi.
They went to the university to learn French.

I haere rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Wiwi.
They went to the university to be taught French.

Huia te Reo 2.
Hera is not a teacher.

Mā te kōrerotia o te reo Māori e ngā tāngata mātatau, ka mau i ngā tamariki
It is through the Māori language’s being spoken by those who know it, that it will be grasped by the children

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

Huia te Reo 1.
I will never agree.

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.
The Māori language is the life force of Māori mana.

Anō he reo tāne, te karanga mai a Hinemoa.
Hinemoa’s call seemed like a man’s voice.

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori
The language is the essence of what is Māori.

Kia ora, kia ora! He kamupene hāpai i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
Thank you, thank you! It is a company that elevates the language and its customs.

B. He whakahaere i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (tana mahi)
(His job is) running the Māori Language Commission

Tō reo patipati hoki!
Get you and your sweet-talking words!

Whakakīa te puka ki te reo Māori.
Fill in the form in Māori.

Me whakautu ēnei pātai ki te reo Māori.
These questions are to be answered in Māori.

I pēwhea te kura reo?
How was the kura reo?

I pānui a Mere i te pukapuka kia ako ai ia i te reo Māori.
Mere read the book to learn Māori.

From Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Huia te Reo 1: Ko Te Naera te pēpi.
Te Naera is the baby.

From Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Huia te Reo 2: He pēpi ia.
He is a baby.

Tōku reo, tāku kai.
My language, my food.

Mā te kōrerotia o te reo, ka ora
It is through the language’s being spoken that it will survive

Mā tātou te reo e ako
We will learn the language

Kia kaha ki te mātakitaki whakaaturanga reo Māori, whakarongo anō hoki ki te reo irirangi.
Watch programmes in te reo on television and listen to te reo on the radio.

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

Hei āpōpō pānui au ai i ētahi pukapuka reo Māori.
Tomorrow I will read some Māori books.

Kei te tino mōhiotia te reo o Kiri Te Kanawa, puta noa i te ao.
Kiri Te Kanawa’s voice is known throughout the world.

Mā te kōrerotia i ngā wā katoa e ora ai te reo.
It is because the language is spoken all the time that it will survive.

Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori
They have gone to the university in order/so as to be taught Māori

Kei te ako tāua i te reo Māori.
We're learning Māori.

Mehemea i whakarongo rātou ki te reo o Māui, e kore e kino te whenua.
the land If they had heeded Māui’s voice the land would not have been bad.

He mahinga ngātahi ki waenga i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me Countown e āhei ai te kaihoko ki te rongo i te reo Māori i ngā paeutu kaihoko.
A collaboration between Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) and Countdown sees customers able to use self-checkouts in te reo Māori.

He tuatahi i te ao tēnei āheinga a te kiritaki o Countdown ki te tīpako i te reo Māori i ngā paeutu kaihoko, he mihi, he poroāki hoki ka rangona.
It's a world-first for Countdown customers to be able to have te reo Māori as a language option at self-service checkouts, with an audio greeting and farewell already established.

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.

"Katoa tō mātou kapa e tino manawanui nei i te āheinga a te hunga reo Māori ki te whakamutu i ā rātou mahi hoko kai i roto i te reo, i te āheinga hoki mā te whānui me te whāroa o ā mātou toronga, ka āwhina kia whakarauora i te reo, ā, kia whakamahia e ngā whakatipuranga kei te pihi ake."
"Our entire team is incredibly proud that not only can te reo Māori speakers now complete their shopping in their own language, but that we can use our scale and reach to help ensure te reo Māori is revitalised and used for generations to come."

Tame: I pēwhea te kura reo?
How was the kura reo?

Ko tā Hannifin anō, he tuku whakamoemiti ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i tā rātou tautoko kia whai oranga ai tēnei kaupapa
Hannifin says Countdown is grateful to Te Taura Whiri for their tautoko in bringing the project to life.

I rongo anō pea te kōtiro rā i te reo o tana matua.
Perhaps the girl really heard the voice of her father.

Ko te reo Māori he ara ki te hauora me te oranga
Making te reo Māori a means of health and wellbeing

Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.

He whakahaere wānanga te mahi a te ratonga hauora Māori tūmatanui, a Hāpai Te Hauora ki Rotorua i tēnei rā ki te kōkiri i te kaupapa me te whakaaro, mā te reo hoki e ora ake ai ngā hapori.
Today Māori public health provider Hāpai Te Hauora hosted a symposium in Rotorua to advance the idea and says this could also be a factor in creating healthier communities.

He taonga te reo.
Language is a treasure.

Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaaro mārama.
Language is the key to understanding.

Engari hei tāna, "i roto i ngā tau ka huri ake ki muri, kaare anō kia āta whakaritea mai tētahi rautaki e ngātahi atu ai te pounga waihoe o te reo Māori ki roto i te ao hauora".
But he said over the past few years, there has been a lack of preparation and plan for te reo Maōri use in the health sector.

Ko te reo Māori, he waka eke noa.
Māori language is an accessible vessel for everyone.

Ko te reo te waka kawe i te whakaaro Māori.
The Māori language is the vessel that carries a Māori worldview.

E kore a Repo e rere ki Manawatū ki te ako i te reo Māori.
Repo won't fly to Manawatū to learn the Māori language.

Kia nui ake tō reo.
Speak louder.

E tūmanako ana a Brosnan, ka mātāmua ake te reo i ngā whakatakotoranga mahere anamata o ngā rāngai maha, mai i te ao pāpāho ki te hauora.
Brosnan hoped the language could take precedence in future planning within different sectors from broadcasting to health.

Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Māori.
Let the language be correct, let it flow, let it be inherently Māori.

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