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ora - alive, well, healthy, safe

ātaahua - beautiful, well formed

e tika! - well, well!

pūkarakara - fragrance (n), to be fragrant, well flavoured (s)

koia koia - well! you don't say! really! indeed!

Ka mutu pea! - Well done! How great!

I ora ahau.
I was well.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I pai. I au taku moe.
It was good. I slept well.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka āhua ora ahau.
I will be somewhat well.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tino ora a Mere.
Mere will be very well.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka ora koe.
You will be well.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tino ora ahau.
I will be very well.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka āhua ora a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be somewhat well.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua tino ora a roto.
The inside is very well.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Ka kite hoki i ētahi atu rerekētanga, engari, mō te reremahi, kahore.
There are other differences as well, but for verbal sentences, there aren't any.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te pēhea? Heoi anō, ko taua āhua anō.
How are you? Oh well, just the same.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Kei te āhua ora ahau.
I am somewhat well.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te ora au.
I'm well.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te āhua ora au.
I'm somewhat well.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kāore i te tino pai.
I am not very well.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kei te ora rawa atu au.
I'm extremely well.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Kua ora a Honi i tērā rongoa.
Honi has got well through that medicine.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kei te tino ora a Rangi.
Rangi is very well.

Ahakoa tae atu ia ki hea, i tino manaakitia.
Wherever he went, he was very well looked after.

Kua ora i a ia i te rongoā
She is well from (by or through) the medicine

Kei te ora koe.
You are well.

Haere pai atu!
Go well!

Haere ora ake!
Go well upwards!

Noho ora ake!
Stay well!

I āhua ora ahau.
I was somewhat well.

Kei te tino ora a Mere.
Mere is very well.

He mea anō māu?
Would you like something else as well?

I tino ora a Mere.
Mere was very well.

Kia ora koutou!
May you all be well!

Kua ora mai anō ōna mātua.
His parents have got well again.

Ka pai e aku moko, ka pai.
Well done my grandchildren, well done.

I kohia he pipi māku, me te kohi anō i ētehi mā taku matua.
I gathered some pipi for me, as well as some for my dad/uncle.

Kei te pai koe?
At the moment, are you well?

Heoi anō kāore ngā tungāne o Puhiwahine i pai ki te whaiāipotanga o te wahine nei ki tana whanaunga, nā reira ka tikina mai e rātau tō rātau tuahine, ka whakahokia ki roto o Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Well Puhiwahine’s brothers did not approve of this woman's affair with her relative, so they fetched their sister, and returned her to Ngāti Tuwharetoa.

Kei te ora ia.
At the moment, he or she is well.

Ahakoa tae atu ia ki hea, i tino manaakitia
Wherever he went (no matter where he went), he was very well looked after

Kei te tino ora a Hēmi.
Hēmi is very well.

Ā, me te kāhui a Riki, koutou e noho nā ki runga i te āhuru wā tapu ki Tūranga Waiowai, Ngāruawāhia. Ā, rire, rire hau, pai mā rātou.
And to the group of Riki, you who are staying within the shelter of this sacred time at Tūranga Waiowai, Ngāruawāhia. Alas, sighs and heavy breaths—may things be llor them.

Kua ora mai anō te tamaiti.
The child is well again.

Ka ora ahau.
I will be well.

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

Kia ora ia.
May he be well.

Kia ora ia, ka haere atu ahau.
When/once he is well, I will go.

Kei te mātou a Koro Pou ki ngā karakia.
Koro Pou is knows karakia well.

He ora ake a Mere i a Rangi.
Mere is more well than Rangi.

I ōna haerenga katoa i ngā pō ki te hi tuna, ka haere anō au hai hoa mōna (Pōtatau 1991:14)
Whenever she went at night to catch eels, I went along as well as a companion for her.

I āhua ora koe.
You were somewhat well.

Ka āhua ora koe.
You will be somewhat well.

Kei te āhua ora a Rangi.
Rangi is somewhat well.

I tino ora a Hēmi.
Hēmi was very well.

Ka tino ora a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be very well.

Me tā tātou whai i ngā tikanga a rātou mā.
as well as in our pursuit of our ancestral traditions.

I ora au i a koe.
I have been made well by you.

Ka ora, te tangata, i te rongoā
the man is made well by the medicine

Kua tino toa rātou!
They have won well!

I hoatu te tākuta i ētahi rongoā ki te kōtiro māuiui kia ora ai ia.
The doctor gave the sick girl medicine so that she will be well. This is is intended outcome marked by kia ai with a stative: ora.

Whakaorangia koe, māua hoki.
Save yourself, (and) us as well.

kei te ora!
I am well!

Kei te āhua ora a Mere.
Mere is somewhat well.

Ka pai ā mātou kaimahi katoa.
All our workers are doing well.

Hei oranga mō o mātou tinana.
For our physical well being.

I ora koe.
You were well.

E mahi pai ana ngā ākonga.
The students are working well.

I āhua ora ia.
He or she was somewhat well.

I mahi pai ia.
He worked well.

Ka āhua ora ia.
He or she will be somewhat well.

He pai tana mahi.
He works well.

Kei te āhua ora a Hēmi.
Hēmi is somewhat well.

Kāti, kia puta ake nei au ki waho ki te tiki rau rākau.
Well, let me just pop out to get some tree leaves.

Kia pai te tunu i ngā kai!
Prepare the food well!

He pai tana mahi
He works well, His working is good

Ka pai te waiata a aua kōtiro.
Those girls sang well.

Kua ora → a Hēmi → i tēnā rongoā.
Hēmi has got well through that medicine.

Noho ora mai.
Stay/keep well.

Mōrena. Pai tō moe?
Morning. Did you sleep well?

Ka nui taku ora.
I'm really well.

I āhua ora a Rangi.
Rangi was somewhat well.

Ka āhua ora a Rangi.
Rangi will be somewhat well.

I ora ia.
He or she was well.

Ka ora ia.
He or she will be well.

He paraumu hoki
dark, rich soil as well.

Nā, ki hea koutou e noho ai?
Well, where do you usually live?

Ākuanei a Ngāpuhi te whai ringaringa ai.
Ngapuhi are well armed nowadays.

I tino ora ahau.
I was very well.

Kei te āhua ora koe.
You are somewhat well.

I waiatatia paiia ngā karakia.
The prayers were sung well.

I āhua ora a Mere.
Mere was somewhat well.

Ka āhua ora a Mere.
Mere will be somewhat well.

Ka pai → te waiata a aua kōtiro.
Those girls sang well.

Ka pai → te mahi, tamariki mā!
Well done, children!

Kia ora tātou.
Let us be well (Hi to us).

Kia ora e koe!
May you be well!

Kia tika a muri, kia tika a mua.
If things out the back are going well, things out the front will go well.

Kei te āhua ora ia.
He or she is somewhat well.

Tōna ora nei.
Sort of well.

Ka mōhio rātou i te ora tō rātou pāpā.
They knew that their father was well.

Nāwai rā i pai te tiki, kua kino.
For some time, all went well with the fetching, then it got bad.

I tino ora koe.
You were very well.

Ka tino ora koe.
You will be very well.

Kei te tino ora ahau.
I am very well.

Kāore i tino pai te haere o te take
The matter did not go very well, The “going

I āhua ora a Hēmi.
Hēmi was somewhat well.

Well, mātua horoia o ringaringa.
First of all you should wash your hands.

Ka pai te mahi, tamariki mā!
Well done children!

Nā, karanga tonu atu ia i a rāua.
Well then, he called them right away

Nā, i reira tētahi tangata, ko Haimona tōna ingoa.
Well, a certain man was there, named Haimona.

I māuiui ahau, engari, kei te ora ahau.
I was sick, but now I'm well.

Kei te tino ora koe.
You are very well.

Kei te ora ahau, engari, kei te māuiui koe.
I am well, but you are sick.

Tame: He mea anō māu?
Would you like something else as well?

Ka nui te ora au.
I'm really well.

I tino ora ia.
He or she was very well.

Ka tino ora ia.
He or she will be very well.

Kei te tino ora ia.
He or she is very well.

Kei te māuiui a Honi, engari, ka pai ia.
Honi is sick but he will be well.

I te rā i kite ai mātou i tō mātou matua ka ora ia.
On the day (on which) we saw our father he became well.

Kei te ora ahau.
I am well.

I tino ora a Rangi.
Rangi was very well.

Ka tino ora a Rangi.
Rangi will be very well.

Kia tae mai koe, ka kai (ai) taatou
When you get here, well have a meal

Kei te tino ora au.
I'm very well.

Kei te pai ahai.
I am well.

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

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