On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko wai i kai i ngā āporo?
Who ate the apples?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

I kai au i taku parakuihi.
I ate breakfast.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kai au tahi me...
I ate with...
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I kai ngā tamariki i te parāoa.
The children ate the bread.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Nā mātou i kai ngā kai katoa.
It was us (excluding you) who ate all the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.
They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.
For the purpose of - hei

I te rāmere i kai ai au me Kauri.
On Friday I ate with Kauri.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Ka kai, ka tiko, kātahi ka rere.
He ate, shat and left.
And then... - kātahi ka...

He taniwha tēnei nāna i kai taku tama.
It was certainly a taniwha that ate my son.

Ka kai nei aua tupua i ngā kai i hoatu ai e mātou.
Those strangers ate the food we gave [them].

I pau katoa ngā rare i ngā tamariki te kai.
The children ate all the lollies.

I kai te wahine.
The woman ate.

I pau katoa ngā rare te kai e ngā tamariki.
The children ate all the lollies.

Ka kai te wahine.
The woman will eat, eats, or ate, according to context.

Kua kai ia i tā tāua kai.
He ate the food that belongs to you and me.

I ngā rā katoa, he pēnā tonu ngā mahi a Māia, he kai i ngā kīnaki.
Every day Māia did this, he ate the relishes.

I kai rātou.
They ate.

Noho tonu, kai tonu, moe tonu ai au i a rāua. (Pōtatau 1991:26)
I lived, ate and slept with them.

I kai au i te kai kia whakakīa ai tōku puku.
I ate the food so that my tummy will be filled.

I kai au i te kai kia kī ai tōku puku.
I ate the food so that my tummy will be full. This uses kī, to be full, which is a stative.

I kai au i te kai kia pau ai.
I ate the food so that it would be consumed. Maybe I ate the leftovers so they wouldn't get thrown out and be wasted.

I kai hapa au.
I ate dinner.

Kainga i waho.
They ate outside.

Kua pau ngaa kai i te aha?
What ate up the food?

Naa te aha i pau ai ngaa kai?
What ate up the food?

Naa te aha i whaka·pau ngaa kai?
What ate up the food?

Ka kai a Aria i te kōura.
Aria ate the crayfish.

I pau katoa ngā rare i ngā tamariki
The children ate all the lollies,

I pau katoa ngā rare i ngā tamariki te kai
The children ate all the lollies, the lollies were all used up by the children through their eating them

I pau katoa ngā rare te kai e ngā tamariki
The children ate all the lollies, the lollies were all used up through being eaten by the children

Naa ngaa kau, naa ngaa aha i kai ngaa kuumara?
the(pl) kumara The cows and what ate the kumaras?

Nō te rima karaka au i kai ai.
I ate at five o’clock.

Nā te kiore ngā kānga i kai.
(It was the rat (that) ate the corn (Rats ate the corn).

Nā Hukamā i kai te āporo.
Hukamā ate the apple.

Nā ngā tamariki te keke i kai i korā.
It was the children who ate the cake over there.

I kai a Wiremu i te hēki.
Wiremu ate the egg.

Nā Wiremu i kai te hēki.
William ate the egg.

Nā Rangi te keke rā i kai.
Rangi was the one who ate the cake.

I tunu te tane i te kai, ā, kei te kai te whānau.
The man cooked the food and the family ate.

Nā te kurī ngā mīti i kai.
The dog ate the meat.

I tākaro ngā tamariki, ā, ka haere rātou ki te whare, ā, ka kai rātou.
The children played, subsequently, they went to the house and then they ate.

I kai ia i te āporo
She ate the apple

Ka kai te wahine
The woman will eat, ate, eats (according to context)