Results for 'ako'
ako - to learn, to teach
Ako (i), v.t. 1. Learn. E karakia ana nga tohunga ra, e akona tonutia ana e Rata i konei ka mohio atu ia (T. 56).
2. Teach, instruct, advise. Penei ka rongo mai koe ki taku ako atu ka ora koe. (T. 25) Ka ako atu a Tinirau ki nga tangata o te kainga, “E puta au i te ata, kia kaha te karanga” (T. 38). Kihai raua i whakarongo ki te ako o tana kupu (W. iii, 26).
whakaako, v.t. Teach. Na te atua ano ia i whakaako, i mohio ai (T. 8).
akonga, n. Learner, disciple.
akoranga, n. 1. Circumstance, time, place, etc., of learning.
2. Thing taught or learnt.
akoako, v.i. Consult together, give or take counsel.
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Ako (ii), akoako, v.i. Split, have a tendency to split. E kore tenei rakau e akoako. Tai akoako, a very low tide.
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Ako (iii), v.i. Move, stir. Kei ako au kei keukeu (M. 27). Ako hihiri ai e roto ki te mahi (M. 120).
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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 tētehi waiata.
I am learning a song.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te ako au i ētehi waiata.
I am learning some songs.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
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
E ako ana au ki te raranga harakeke.
I am learning to weave flax.
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
Ka ako te kaiako i ngā tauira.
The teacher will teach the students.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua ako a Mere i te waiata.
Mere has learnt the song.
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 ako tētahi wāhi ia rā, ia rā.
You should learn part each day.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me kimi hoa ako.
Find a friend to learn with.
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 ako whakataukī kia mōhio ai koe ki ngā whakaaro o ōu tīpuna.
Learn proverbs so you know the thoughts of your ancestors.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me hoki koe ki tōu ake marae ki te ako i te kawa.
You should return to your own marae to learn protocol.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kei te kura ngā tamariki e ako ana.
The children are learning at the school.
Ako ai au ia rā, ia rā.
Learn something habitually every day.
Habitual action - ai
Nā wai koe i ako ki te whakapai moenga?
Who was the one who taught you to make your bed?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kei te ako ahau, engari he pōturi.
I'm learning but I'm slow.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I tērā tai i te kāinga ngā tamariki a ako ana, engari kei te kura rātou i tēnei wā.
Last year the children were learning at home, but they are at the school now.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I haere au ki te kura ako ai.
I went to the school to learn.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
I ako au i te reo Māori.
I learnt the Māori language.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
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 Aroha rāua ko Mia i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Aroha and Mia are learning Māori 'family' words.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Nā wai koe i ako ki te kōrero pukapuka?
Who taught you to read? (By whom were you taught to read?)
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 taku hë, kei te ako tonu au i te reo Māori.
I'm sorry, I'm still learning te reo Māori.
He aha ia e ako ai?
Why will she learn?
Kia maumahara koe, kei te ako tahi tātou.
Remember, we are all learning together.
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.
I ako au.
I learnt, studied.
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.
Ka haere ia ki te kura e ako ai tana tamāhine.
She will go to the school where her daughter studies.
Kia ako, kia tapurihia itahi atu o ngā pūkenga mātaurangahau i tō ake kete.
To learn, and to add other new knowledge skills to your own kete.
I haere au ki te kura ako ai.
I went to the school to learn.
He uaua te ako i te reo Hapanihi
The learning of Japanese is hard
Ka noho te ope rā, me te ako i ngā kōrero, i te rā, i te pō.
They stayed there acquiring knowledge by day and by night.
Kei te ako rātou.
They are learning.
Kei te ako ahau.
I am learning.
Kei te ako koe.
You are learning.
Kei te ako koutou.
You (all) are learning.
Ka hoki mai ia ki te kura hei ako i ngā tauira.
She will return to the school to teach the students.
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
Kei te ako tātou i te kupu 'poaka'.
We are learning the word 'pig'.
Nā te ako i ngā ākonga i haere ai te kaiako ki te kura.
It was because of teaching the students that the teacher went to school.
E ako ana a Joshua i te reo Māori.
Joshua is learning to speak Māori.
Whū! Kei a koe mō te ako reo, e hoa.
You're awesome at learning languages mate.
Nā wai koe i ako ki te mahi whakairo?
Who taught you to carve?
I ako taku tama i te ture kia mahia ai tēnei momo mahi.
My son learnt the law so that he could do this kind of work.
Aroha, Ko taku hoa ako tēnei. Ko Te Manaaki.
Aroha, This is my study buddy, Te Manaaki.
Nāku koe e ako nei.
It is because of me that you are learning.
Āwhea a Nikau ako waiata tawhito ai?
When will Nikau learn ancient songs?
Kua tae mai te kaiako e ako ana i te reo Māori.
The teacher who teaches Māori has arrived.
Ko ia te wahine i ako ai au.
She is the woman whom I taught.
Me ako koe.
You should study.
I haere rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te ako i te reo Wiwi.
They went to the university to learn French.
Kei te aroha ahau ki te kura i ako ai ahau.
I love the school where I learned.
Kei te haere ahau ki te kura i ako ai ahau.
I am going to the school where I studied.
Ko te kura tēnei i ako ai tōku whaea.
This is the school where my mother studied.
I hea kōrua e ako ana?
Where were you studying?
Kei te ako au i ia rā, i ia rā.
I'm learning each and every day.
He ātaahua te ako tahi me koe.
Beautiful learning with you.
Whakamahia ngā kupu, kīanga, whakataukī, kīwaha i ako ai koe i tēnei akoranga.
Use words, phrases, proverbs and idiom you have learnt in this course.
I pānui a Mere i te pukapuka kia ako ai ia i te reo Māori.
Mere read the book to learn Māori.
Kua ako koe i tēnei rā?
Did you learn anything today?
Me ako kupu, kīanga anō hoki e hāngai ana.
Learn words, and also relevant phrases that are applicable.
I ako ahau, ā, kei te ako ahai.
I learnt, and i am learning.
Kei te ako tāua i te reo Māori.
We're learning Māori.
Kei te ako rāua
Those two are learning
Kei te ako au i ētehi karakia tūturu.
I am learning some traditional karakia.
I te ako rāua
Those two were learning
Ka ako rāua.
Those two will learn.
Nā tērā kōtiro, nā Hine ngā tamariki i ako.
The children were taught by that girl, Hine (That girl, Hine, taught the children).
Ka ako ia i whitirea ā tērā tau.
She will study at whitirea best year.
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.
