On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko wai i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

I te hanga te kaiako i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was preparing the work for the class.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te hanga rātou i te whare.
They were building the house.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka hanga a Tame i tōku whare.
Tame will build my house.
Sentences with i - i

Nā rāua i hanga te whare.
It was them (two) who built the house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Hōne i hanga te pouaka.
It was Hōne who built the box.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Mia tōku whare i hanga.
It was Mia who built my house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā Manu tōku whare e hanga.
Manu will build my house.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kei te hanga taiapa rāua.
They're building a fence.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Hei aha ngā taonga hangarua rā? Hei hanga taonga toi.
What are those recycled goods for? For making artworks.
For the purpose of - hei

Kei te hanga a Niko i te whare.
Niko is building the house.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Nāku ngā koha i hanga i tēnei Kirihimete.
I made the presents for Christmas this year.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

Kāore te kaiako i te hanga i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was not preparing the work for the class.
Describing how an action is done - I tere tā mātou haere; He pai tana mahi

Kaua e tīkina ngā taputapu i te rūma ki te hanga i te whare.
Don't fetch the tools from the room to build the house.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Te pai hoki o tō hanga i ēnā kākahu.
You look pretty/handsome in those clothes.
*How... - Te... hoki...

Ehara i a rāua te whare i hanga.
They didn’t build the house.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i a Hōne te pouaka i hanga.
Hōne didn’t build the box.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

He mea hanga nā te Atua.
God created.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

He mea hanga i roto i ngā roto i te ara haere atu i Waiuku ki Te Maioro.
[Some] were built in the lakes on the path going from Waiuku to Te Maioro.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

Ko wai kāore i hanga i te whare?
Who didn’t build the house?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

Ka hanga au i te whare.
I build the house.

Ko tēnei te whare nā Jack i hanga.
This is the house that Jack built.

Ko te āhua kau o te waha i hanga, nō reira i mate ai.
Only the appearance of a mouth was formed, and so it died.

Maa·ku e hanga he tuuru kia pee·raa i taa Himi i hanga ai moo tana tamaahine
I’ll make a chair just like Jim made his daughter

Ko koe te tohunga, māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.

Kāore he tangata i hanga i te whare.
No-one built the house.

Nāku tēnei whare i hanga.
I built this house.

E kōrero ana te minita ki te tangata e hanga ana i te whare karakia.
The minister is talking to the man who is building the church.

Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae.
The experts have built the marae.

He mea hanga te whare e ngā tohunga.
The house was built by the experts.

Kei te hanga rātou i tētahi whare.
They are building a house.

Kei te hanga whare rātou.
They are house building

I te tau ra, i hanga te poutāpeta.
In that year the Post Office was built.

Ehara nā rātou te whare i hanga.
They didn't build the house.

Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua
They are house building for their parents

Ka waiho a Ruru, māna e pīkau te hanga o te waka ki uta, ki roto ki tētahi whare mā rātou, tiaki ai.
to inside to a house for them guard ai Ruru was left to bring ashore the things on the canoe, then carry them into a building and guard them.

Nā, ka hanga e Whakaue he pourewa mōna.
Now, Whakaue built himself a stage.

Ā te Mane, ka tīmata te hanga o tōku whare.
On Monday, the building of my house will begin.

I mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, i hanga te Māori i te whare raupō.
Before the arrival of the Pākehā, the Māori built raupō whare (houses of raupō).

Kei te hanga a Haki i tētehi whare.
Jack is building a house.

Ko te take tēnā i hanga ai te tikanga hōu.
That was the reason why the new arrangement was made.

Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).

Kei te hanga te pūngāwerewere i tana māwhaiwhai ki te hopu i ngā ngaro.
The spider is building its web to catch flies.

(E hanga ana koe i te whare
You are building the house

I hanga a Jack i te whare
Jack built the house

He tohunga mātou ki te hanga waka
We are expert canoe builders

Kua hangā he whare.
A house has been built.

I hanga a Kauri i tōku whare.
Kauri built my house.

Ka whanau ahau i te wā i hanga ai tēnei piriti.
I was born at the time (at which) this bridge was built.

Ko rātou ngā kaimahi nāna tōku whare i hanga.
They are the workmen who built my house.

Ko koe te tohunga māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.