On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Kāpuni te awa.
Kāpuni is the river.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei awa?
What is the name of this river?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

I haere au ki te awa ki to hīkoi i te mutunga wiki.
I went to the river to go walking in the weekend.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere au ki to awa ki to hīkoi, i toro auto ki tōku hoa, ā, i kai tahi hoki me tōku whānau.
I went to the river to go walking, I visited my friend and I are together with my family.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere rāua i te tahataha awa.
They walked beside the river.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te mutunga wiki i haere au ki te awa,te kura, te toa hoki.
On the weekend I went to the river, to the school and also to the shop.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Me oma tātou ki te awa.
We (3+ including listener) should run to the river.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te awa a Liam e hī ika ana.
Liam is fishing at the river.
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Kaua e haere ki tērā piko o te awa.
Don't go to that bend in the river.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

I kōhurutia te tangata ki te awa.
The man was murdered at the river.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua kauhoetia e ia te awa.
She has swum the river.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei tua te maunga i te awa.
The mountain is beyond the river.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I tua te maunga i te awa.
The mountain was beyond the river.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Kei te hīkoi te kura ki te awa kia kaukau ngā tamariki.
The school is walking to the river so the kids can swim.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

I te taha o te awa aua mea.
They were beside the river.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I mate ia ki te awa.
He died at the river.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka pahemo te awa o Tōrere.
He passed Tōrere's stream.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore tātou e whai wā ki te haere ki te awa.
We're not going to have time to go to the river.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

I whāia ia tāna hōiho ki te awa.
He chased his horse to the river.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

He haere ki te awa, he haere rānei ki te tāone Nan.
We will go to the river or go to town, Nan.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Tīkina he wai i te awa!
Get some water from the river!
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Nō Ngāti Awa a Manu.
Manu belongs to Ngāti Awa.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

I te taha o te awa te ana o taua ngārara.
The cave of the monster was beside the river.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kei kō atu te ngahere i te awa.
The bush is beyond the river.
Away - atu

Kāore te maunga i tua i te awa.
The mountain isn’t beyond the river.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te maunga i tua i te awa.
The mountain was not beyond the river.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

I mate ia i te awa.
He died because of the river.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Mā te awa.
Via the river.
Via - mā

Ke whakatika te ope, ka haere, ka tae ki tētahi awa.
The party set off, travelled along, and came to a river.

Ki tāwāhi o te awa.
Across the river.

He awa tino pai tēnei mō te hopu tuna.
This was a very good river for catching eels.

Ki tēnei taumata o te kaupapa, mauri mai i tō ake, i ō maunga, i ō awa, i ō whakapapa, pepeha.
To this level of the kaupapa, bring with you your own life force—from your mountains, your rivers, your genealogies, your pepeha.

Ko Ōkaro te awa, ko Õtautahi te taone.
The river is Avon, the city is Christchurch.

Ko Tōmuri Te Awa tōku tipuna.
Tōmuri Te Awa is my ancestor.

He puke onepū kei te taha o te awa.
There are sand dunes beside the river.

E, pai ake te haere ki te awa.
Yes, it's better to go to the river.