Results for 'Tīmata'
tīmata - to begin, to start
Timata (i). 1. n. Dart, short spear for throwing.
2. v.t. Throw such a dart in sport. Ka timatamata ratou, ka timatatia e Maui te maihi o te whare o Te Raka (W. ii, 73).
timatamata, v.t., freq. of timata, 2.
Williams Dictionary
Timata (ii), v.t. Begin. Ka timataia te korero e Kawe.—Na ka ngahae te ata, ka timata a Tapo i tana mahi tutu (T. 111).
timatanga, n. Beginning. I te tau timatanga, kotahi rau (T. 185).
Williams Dictionary
Ka tīmata taku tama i te kura ā te wāhanga tuarua o te tau.
My son will start school in the second part of the year.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua tīmata ngā mihimihi.
The speeches have begun.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua tīmata te kēmu.
The game has started.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me tīmata tātau i ngā mahi ināianei.
We had better start the work now.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Ka tīmata rāua ki te horoi i te whare.
They have started to wash the house.
Sentences with i - i
Kia tere te tīmata.
Start quickly.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia
Pēnei au kua timata kē te hui.
I thought the meeting had already started.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
Taihoa e tīmata te hui.
Hold on, don't start the meeting just yet.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nōnahea te hui i tīmata ai?
When did the meeting begin?
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Finally, at nine o'clock, the card games started.
Belonging to the past - nō
Mā te rangatira o te iwi te hui e tīmata ki te karakia.
The chief of the tribe will begin the meeting with the prayer.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā Bob te waiata e tīmata.
Bob will start the song.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kāore e roa ka tīmata te kiriata 'Maramataka'.
The movie 'Maramataka' will start soon.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kāore e roa ka tīmata anō te kura.
It won't be long until school starts again.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kāore e roa ka tīmata anō te kura.
It won't be long until school starts again.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kia tae katoa mai ngā tāngata, kātahi ka tīmata ai.
When everyone arrives, then we'll begin.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Kāore anō ngā mihimihi kia tīmata.
The speeches of welcome have not begun yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore anō te kēmu kia timata.
The game hasn't started yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore anō te kēmu kia tīmata.
The game has not started yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
I te ata pō tonu, ka timata te oreore o te marae.
Even before dawn, the marae began to stir.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Kore rawa au i mōhio i tīmata mai te pepa i te rākau.
I didn't know that paper came from trees.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Tīmata ana ki te raranga i tana kete harakeke.
She is starting to make a flax kit.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
Ā tērā wiki ka tīmata ngā whakamātautau.
The exams will start next week.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Te taunga rawatanga atu o Paki i te waka, ka tīmata ia ki te kaukau.
As soon as Paki jumped out of the boat, he began swimming.
Away - atu
Ā te tekau karaka tīmata ai te karakia.
The service starts at ten o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Nōnanahi te hui i tīmaia i tīmata ai.
The meeting began yesterday.
The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...
Ki te tīmata te ua, ka noho tātou ki te kāinga.
If the rain starts, we will stay home.
If using ki - ki
Kātahi anō rātou ka tīmata ki te kai.
They have just started to eat.
Has just... - kātahi anō...
Ā hea te hui tīmata ai?
When will the meeting begin?
Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?
Āpōpō te hui tīmata ai.
The meeting will begin tomorrow.
Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?
Inahea te hui i tīmata ai?
When did the meeting begin?
Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea
Ko to ono karaka te wā e tīmata ai te hui.
The meeting starts (specifically) at 6 o'clock.
Specifically - ai
Ka mutu ana te karanga, ka tīmata ngā whaikōrero.
When the karanga has finished, the whaikōrero will start.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
Ka tīmata ngā whaikōrero, ka mutu ana te karanga.
The whaikōrero will start when the karanga has finished.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
Ka tīmata i roto, ka haere ki waho.
Start on the inside, and move out.
Nā reira, māku e kawe ai tō tātou nei tikanga, kia tīmata ai tō tātou nei kaupapa, tō tātou nei karaihe, i te pai, i te ora, i te hari.
Therefore, I will carry out our customs, so that our purpose, our class, may begin in goodness, in wellbeing, and in happiness.
Kua timata koe?
Have you started?
Kua tīmata ngā karaehe.
Classes have started.
Āwhea a Taika tīmata ai?
When does Taika start?
Ā te ata o te Mane a Rangi tīmata ai.
Rangi starts on Monday morning.
Ā te ata o te Mane tīmata ai a Tawa.
Tawa starts on Monday morning.
E kore e roa kua tīmata ki te raranga i tana kete.
It will not be long before she has started to make her kit.
Āwhea te konohete tīmata ai?
When does the concert start?
I tīmata te ao i te moenga o Papa i a Tangaroa.
The world began with the union of Papa, the earth mother, with the sea, Tangaroa.
Ā te Mane, ka tīmata te hanga o tōku whare.
On Monday, the building of my house will begin.
Whitu karaka te tāima tīmata o te purei kāri.
7pm is the time the card games will start.
Ka tīmata te kura ā te Huitanguru.
School starts in February.
Ka tīmata ngā hui ki te karakia.
Meetings begin with a prayer.
