On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

I rongo a Manu i te kurī.
Manu heard the dog.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua rongo au kei te haere mai koe.
I heard you were coming.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua rongo koe i te waiata hou?
Have you heard the new song?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua rongo koe i te tītī?
Have you heard the muttonbird?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

I rongo au i a ia e ngongoro ana.
I heard him snoring.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Ka rongo a Kauri, ka hihiri kia hoe atu ia mā runga i te waka.
Kauri heard, and wanted to paddle there by canoe.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I tāhaetia te tūpāpaku, e ai anō ki ngā rongo.
The body was stolen, so the story goes.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kāore anō koe kia rongo i te waiata hou?
Haven't you heard the new song yet?
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore koe i rongo i te rū? Karekau!
Didn't you feel the earthquake? No, I didn't!
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

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

Ka rongo a Amaru i te whakapū ahi.
Amaru heard the fire siren.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi.
His mother listened to his question about scented oil.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kua rongo rātou i te kai.
They (3/+) have tasted/smelled the food.

I rongo koe i tana kōrero?
Have you heard what he said.

Kua rongo māua ko taringa
I have heard,

Ka rongo tonu ia i ngā turituri.
He heard a prolonged noise.

Ka kōrero a Matamata i ngā kōrero i rongo ia.
Matamata told the stories he had heard.

I rongo ahai i te kōkī a ngā manu.
I heard the dawn chorus.

Ka rongo ahau i tētahi waiata pai i tēnei rā.
I heard a nice song today.

Kua rongo koe?
Have you heard?

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!

Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.

Nō rātou ka rongo, ka werowero i roto i ō rātou ngākau (Acts 2:37)
When they heard (this), they were cut to the heart

I rongo au i tētahi manu e tangi ana.
I heard a bird singing.

Kia rongo tātou i ngā kōrero katoa
[Wait] until we hear all of the relevant information.

Kia kaha ki te kōrero, kia rongo ai mātau.
*You* should speak loudly so *we* can hear you.

Ma wai tāku karanga e rongo?
Who will hear my call?

I rongo te tangata i te pūtōrino
The man heard the flute

Ki te rongo ki tō ake, ō ake hiahia, ō ake wawata, whāinga matua pea.
To listen to your own heart, your own desires, your own aspirations — perhaps your main goal.

Āpōpō tāua te rongo ai i te kōrero.
Tomorrow we will hear the news.

I rongo kōrua?
Did you hear?

Āpōpō tāua te rongo i te kōrero.
No determiner other than te appears to be possible in this construction:

Rongo mai, rongo mai!
Listen up!

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

Kia āta kōrero tātou kei rongo mai aku hoa.
Let us talk quietly so that my companions do not hear.

Kua rongo koe i te manu e waiata ana i te ata?
Have you heard the bird that is singing in the morning?

Ke hongi te ihu ki te hauāuru; kua rongo i te haunga o tōna ariki.
He sniffed the winds of the west, and recognised the scent of his master.

Kei te haere ahau ki te mara kia rongo ahau ki ētahi putiputi.
I am going to the garden in order to smell some flowers.

Kātahi ka tae te rongo ki ngā iwi katoa.
Then the news reached all the tribes.

E mōhio ana mātou + e rongo ana te Atua i ngā īnoi.
We know + the Lord is hearing the prayers.

I rongo au i te tangi·hanga hotuhotu·tanga o ngaa taangata i te tangihanga ki a Maui Poomare Maui Pomare
I heard the people sobbing at Maui Pomare’s tangi

I rongo ia i te turituri nā.
He heard a noise.

I tāhaetia te tūpāpaku, e ai anō ki ngā rongo.
The body was stolen, so the story goes.

Ko te kōrero o tēnei tangata, o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
It was the story of this man, Whakatauihu, that we heard.

Ko tēnei te kōrero o tēnei tangata o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
This was the story of this man Whakatauihu, that we heard.

Ka rongo tētahi wahine nō runga i te rangi ki te toa o Tāwhaki.
A certain woman in the sky heard about Tāwhaki’s bravery.

Ka tae te ropa rā ki ana hoa, ka rongo rātou, heoi anō rongo kau anō, ka oho te mauri o ērā.
The slave got to his friends, and they listened, but when they listened, their fear was aroused.

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.

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 mutu te pakanga, ka mau hoki te rongo.
The war ended and peace was declared.

Taku taenga atu ki te hōhipera, ka rongo au kua hoki kē taku hoa ki te kāinga
When I got to the hospital, I heard that my friend had already gone back home

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

Ka puta a Rongo ki waho o te pā ki.te tū atu ki te hoariri ..
Rongo emerged outside the pā to stand up to the enemy ..

Ka rongo te iwi katoa.
All the tribe heard.

Koia rā e Rongo, whakairia ake ki runga.
Rongo, suspended high above.