On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Kei te oma te tama ki konei.
The boy is running here.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

I konei rāua i nanahi.
They were here yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Me titiro mai!
You should look here!
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere mai!
You should come here!
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me noko koe ki konei.
You should sit here.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me mutu ngā mahi i konei.
We should finish our work here.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Noho ai ngā wāhine ki konei.
The always women sit here.
Habitual action - ai

Tēnā, whakarongo mai.
Listen here, please.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Nō konei au.
I am from here.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō konei au.
I am from here.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nāku anō taku haere mai.
I alone am responsible for my coming here.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāu au i kitea mai ai ki konei.
It is because of you that I am seen here.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Hoatu koutou ki mua, kei te pai au i konei.
You guys go up the front, I'm fine here.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe

Homai tēnā.
Give that (thing) here.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Haere atu i konei!
Go away from here!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Noho mai i te kūaha!
Sit down here by the door!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Me i konei ia.
If only he were here.
If... (using me) - me

Anei, kei taku taha matau.
Here it is, by my right side.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kaua e titiiro mai!
Do not look here!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

He tūranga motuhake tō te reo Māori i waenganui i ngā reo e kōrerotia ana i Aotearoa nei.
Māori has a special position amongst the languages spoken here in Aotearoa.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei konei ngā tamariki.
The children are here.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I konei ngā tamariki.
The children were here.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Ka taea e Hamiora ōna hū te here?
Can Hamiora tie his shoes?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

He aha te pukapuka pai hei pānui mā ngā tamariki hei konei hei āpōpō?
What is a good book for the children to read here tomorrow?
For the purpose of - hei

Hei aha tēnā tuaina? Hei here i aku pīni.
What's that twine for? For tying my beans up.
For the purpose of - hei

Kei konei koe hei āwhina.
You're here to help.
For the purpose of - hei

Kei konei au, engari kei te moe tonu ngā karu Nan.
I am here, but my eyes are still sleeping Nan.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Nō Kāpiti, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From Kāpiti, but my family and I are staying here.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Haere mai ki konei noho ai.
Come over here to sit down.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Nō whea hoki ia e tae mai ai?
There's no way he will get here?
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.

Horekau mātou e hiahia kia tū he whare petipeti ki konei.
We categorically don't want a casino to be built here.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

Ka tōmuri a Ria, ki tō mōhio? Tērā tonu pea. E rongonui ana tōna tōmuri.
Do you think Ria might get here late? Quite possibly. Her tardiness is well-known.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Kāore e āhei te inu pia, te kai paipa rānei, i konei.
Drinking or smoking is not allowed here.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Mehemea nō konei koe, e āhei ana koe te tono karahipi i te Poari.
If you're from here, you can or are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the Board.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Ka āhei a Hine te noho i konei.
Hine is allowed to stay here.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kei te harikoa ahau i te mea kei konei koutou.
I am happy because you are all here.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

I konei tonu.
It was right here.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Ka mutu tonu te kōrero ki konei.
The story finishes right here.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Nei rā te mihi ki a kōrua.
Here indeed is my acknowledgement to you both.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Haere mai ki tō Koro, e Koa!
Come here to your Grandad, Koa!
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kei konei koutou nō reira kei te pukuriri ahau.
You are here, therefore I am angry.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

I haere mai au ki te inu,.
I came here to drink.
Towards - mai

Tēnā koutou kua hui mai nei i tēnei rā!
Greetings to you who are gathered here on this day!
Towards - mai

Ka haere mai ia āpōpō.
She is coming here tomorrow.
Towards - mai

Haere mai ki konei!
Come here! (to this place/to where i am)
Towards - mai

Kua here iho te utu.
The price has come down.
Down - iho

Kei konei ngā wāhine.
The women are over here.
The article - te, ngā, he

Hei konei ahau ā te ata.
I will be here in the morning.
Future locative - hei

Hei konei he kāinga mo mātou.
Here will be a home for us.
Future locative - hei

Hei konei ngā ngeru.
The cats will be here.
Future locative - hei

Kaua e oma i konei.
Don't run here.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ehara au nō konei.
I am not from here.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore te toa i konei.
The shop wasn’t re
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore i konei tonu.
It wasn’t right re
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore ngā tamariki i konei.
The children were not here.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore ngā ngeru hei konei.
The cats will not be here.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

I moe ia, pēnei tonu i a Tamahae nei.
He was asleep, just like Tamae here.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Haere mai koe ki konei kia kōrero ai tāua.
Come over here so we can talk.
In order to - kia... ai

Me noho ki korā, kaua i konei.
We should go sit over there, not here.
Not with someone, not at a place - kaua i...

Nō konei rānei koe?
Are you from here or not?
Or... - ...rānei

Kāore au hei konei ā te ata.
I will not be here in the morning.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...

Kāore a Hine e āhei te noho i konei.
Hine is not allowed to stay here.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei

Kei konei tōku hoa tāu i pātai mai nā.
Here is my friend about whom you asked.

Anei ōu hū.
Here are your shoes.

Ahakoa kāore ia i konei, me tīmata te hui.
We should start the meeting even though he’s not re

I mua atu i tōku hokinga mai ki konei.
Before I returned here; before my return here.

Ki konei
towards here (by the speaker).

I muri mai i tōku hokinga mai.
After my return here; after I had returned here.

Kei runga nei.
Is up here.

Anei, anā, arā
Here is, there is (by you), there is (over there),

Titiro ki te motokā nei.
Look at the car here.

Titiro mai!
Look here!

Kei te haere ngā tamariki ki konei.
The children are coming here (by the speaker).

Anei he waka mōu.
Here is a car for you.

Haere mai ki konei
come here.

Ka whā hāora tātou ki konei, ka haere atu anō
We’ll spend/be/stay reor four hours, then go on

Nau mai!
Welcome here!

I tau mai au i te take.
I settled here for the reason.

Kei konei te kurī, i mate i taua poaka.
Here is the dog killed by that pig.

Kei konei ia tae noa ki te Mane,.
She's here till Monday.

Kua mau koe te here.
You are held fast through being bound.

Kua mau koe i a au te here.
You are held fast by me through being bound.

Kua mau koe te here e au.
You are held fast through being bound by me.

Hoatu kōrua ki mua. Kei te pai au i konei.
You two go up the front. I’m fine re

Me noho tonu mai koe kia oti rā anō te mahi.
You have to stay here right up until the job is finished.

Kāhore ia i konei.
He is not (was not) here.

Kei te tākaro rātou ki konei.
They (3+) are playing here.

Nāu mātou i haere mai ai.
You were the reason we (us, not you) came here.

Kei konei tōku hoa, tāau i pātai mai nā.
Here is my friend about whom you asked.

Kua tae mai nei rātou.
They have arrived here.

Kua tae tonu mai nei rātou.
They have just arrived here.

I kau mai te wahine nei i ngā ahiahi katoa.
This woman swam here every evening.

Kei te mahi ngā wāhine ki konei
The women are working here.

Anā, kua tae mai tāua.
We've made it. We're here.

I haehae rawa iho nei rātou.
They slashed deeply downwards here.

Kāore e taea e Rangi ōna hū te here.
Rangi can't tie his shoes.

Nāu anō i kawe mai i a koe?
Did you bring yourself here (did you come of your own accord)?

He aha koe i haere mai i te rourou iti a Haere, te noho atu ai koe, i te tokanga nui a Noho?
Why did you come here for the short supplies of the traveller, instead of remaining at home with the plentiful provisions of the stay-at-home?

Haere mai ki konei kia āwhinatia ai tēnei koroua
Come here in order that or so as this old man will be assisted (‘kia āwhinatia ai’ giving ‘be assisted tb>by

Anei...
Here is...

Nōho ai ngā wāhine ki konei
The women sit here, this is the place where the women always/habitually/usually sit

Nei rā te mihi ki a koe.
Here indeed is my acknowledgement to you.

Haere mai kia pānui ai koutou i te tohutohu.
Come here so that you can read the instructions.

Nei rā te mihi ki a koutou.
Here indeed is my acknowledgement to you people.

Haere mai ki konei, noho ai
come here and sit down

kei konei pea tāua mate ai
here perhaps, we two shall die

Koi mate noa au koe i a au i konei tonu, tē riro ai nā te hoariri
(I should be careful) so you don’t get killed by me reinstead of by the enemy

Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.

He pā i konei i ngā wā o mua
There was a pā here in the olden days

Me he mea kaahore ahau e noho ana i konei, kaahore he tangata hei hoa moou.
If I were not living here (but I am) there would be no one to be your friend.

Me i konei koe kua kite koe i a ia.
If you had been here, you would have seen him.

Nā reira, me mihi koutou ki a koutou, otirā ki a koe, taku hoa, Tūhoe, taku parata. Tēnā koe e hoa, tō tāina mai hei tautoko, hei tiaki i ahau, otirā i ēnei o ngā tauira, me tā rātou nei wawata, hia hia, inā koe taku parata.
Therefore, greetings to you all, and especially to you, my friend, Tūhoe, my close companion. Greetings to you, my friend, your younger sibling here to support and care for me, and also for these students, with their many aspirations—indeed, treou are, my close companion.

Takoto tonu iho taua ika hai whenua.
That fish continues to lie here as land.

Inā tae mai koe, ka kai ai tātou.
When you get here, we’ll have a meal.

Haere mai.
Come here.

Titiro mai.
Look over here.

Hei konei he kāinga mō mātou.
Here will be a home for us.

anei!
here it is!

Haere mai, tamariki mā!
Come here, children!

Anei a Mere e haere mai nei.
Here is Mere coming now.

Āe, he waimarie i tae mai ai.
Yes, it was (because of) good fortune that we got here.

He tokomaha ngā tāngata haere mai ai ki ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua. (1985:90)
Many people often come here to the hot springs of Rotorua.

Haere mai ai ngā tāngata ki ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua.
The people often come here to the hot springs of Rotorua.

He aha koe i haere mai?
Why have you come here?

Haere mai!
Come here!

I rere mai te kaipuke.
The ship sailed here.

Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.

Ki tēnei kaupapa, āe, i tō mātou nei kokenga atu, kia tutaki tātou i a tātou, kia whai tētahi rere āhua pai ki tō tātou nei kaupapa.
To this topic, yes, in our progression onward, so that we meet with one another, so that we might pursue a certain good flowing form for our topic here.

Koirā au i huna ai i kōnei.
That’s why I hid re

Haere mai kia kite au i a koe.
Come here so I can see you.

Ka noho ia ki konei hei tiaki i ngā tamariki.
She will stay here to look after the children.

E haere mai nei tētehi o aku pēpi.
Here comes one of my babies.

Ka noho au ki konei hei whakarongo ki a koe.
I will stay here to listen to you.

Kei āpōpō te teretere nei te ū mai ai.
Tomorrow the travellers will land here.

Ki te haere rātou ki Taupō, ka noho au ki konei.
If they go to Taupō, I shall stay here.

Kei konei te hua rākau.
The fruit is here.

Anei tētahi kīwaha mōna.
Here is a kīwaha about him.

Mehemea i noho rātou ki konei ka haere au ki Taupō.
If they had stayed here I should have gone to Taupō.

Haere mai kōrua!
Come here you two!

Kei konei tō tūru.
Your chair is here.

Haere mai koutou!
Come here all of you! (three or more people)

I taua pō e moe ana a Pita i waenganui o ngā hōia tokorua, he mea here ki ngā mekameka e rua.
That night Pita was sleeping between two soldiers secured with two chains.

Kaua e titiro mai!
Don’t look re

Kaua e haere mai!
Don’t come re

Ko te aha naa Hata i here?
What did Hata tie up?

Haere mai koe ki konei kia kore ai koe e mākū.
Come over here so that you don't get wet.

He aha naa Hata i here?
What was it Hata tied up?

nei
here, by speaker

Tiaho iho mai nei.
Shining down to us here.

Nei rā te reo mihi ki te mana whenua.
Here is my greeting to the people.

Anei te kutikuti.
Here are the scissors.

Nōnahea i waea mai ai?
When did she call here?

kō ,konei, tonā, korā
Line 104: here, there by you with ko...

Āe, hara mai e Peti.
Yes, come here Peti.

Haere mai ki konei kia āwhinatia ai tēnei koroua.
Come here so that this old man can be helped.

Anei e whai ake nei ētahi atu o ngā kupu i kitea mai e te Taura Whiri.
Here follow some other words produced by the Māori Language Commission.

Kua tae mai rātou i Rotorua.
They have arrived here from Rotorua.

Kei konei katoa nei mātou.
We are all here.

Horoi-a i ngā rīhi.
So here are some instructions you find in a classroom.

Nāna i here te rā, kia āta haere ai.
He tied the sun so that it would travel slowly.

Hei konei ia āpōpō.
He will be here tomorrow.

Pēnei koe kei konei, engari i reira au.
You thought it was here, but I was there.

Ko konei ia āpōpō.
He will be here tomorrow.

Kei te haere mai rātou ki konei.
They are coming here.

Kāore he hua o te noho mai.
There is no benefit of staying here.

Kua tae mai ngā manuhiri ki konei.
The guests have arrived here.

Kei whea kē tō tunganē?
Where is your brother instead of being here?

Kei konei ia hei kaimahi mā te hapū
She is here to work for the tribe

Kei konei tētehi he nui ake i tāu, e moi.
There is one here bigger than yours, dear.

Haere mai e tama, rukuhia ngā pāua a Tangaroa nei.
Come here son, dive for the pāua belonging to Tangaroa.

He waiwaitapu ahai ki kōnei.
I am new here.

Whakarongo mai, e te tau!
Listen, here my darling!

Anei kē te mea nui.
Here actually is the important thing.

Mā hea koe haere mai ai?
How did you get here?

B. Mā runga wakarererangi (au tae mai ai)
I got here by plane

Hei konei ia āpōpō
He’ll be reomorrow

Anei te wai rēmana.
Here is the lemon juice.

Ki konei, to here.
Ki konā, to where you are

I haere mai ia i waho tonu o Taupō.
She came here from just outside Taupō.

Māku ngā pukapuka e kawe mai i konei ki korā.
It will be me who carries the books from here to over there.

Tāua ka noho i konei tatari ai kia tae mai.
Let's sit down here and wait until she arrives.

I konei rāua i nanahi
They (two) were here yesterday

Nāu te kauhoe mai i konei ki kōnā.
It was you who swam from here to over there where you are.

Ahakoa kua mahue a Rangi i te pahi i kora, ka taea e ia te hīkoi ki konei.
Although Rangi has been left behind by the bus over there, he is able to work to here.

Koinei kōnā korā
Here and there

Ko wai e haere mai ana?
Who is coming here?

Ehara ia i konei.
He is not here.

Me noho ki konei kia hoki rawa mai au.
Stay here until I get back.

Haere mai ki tō Koro, e Wi!
Come here to your Grandad, Wi!

Tēnā koutou kua hui mai nei i tēnei wā.
Greetings to you who are gathered here at this time.

Anei ētahi pukapuka hei pānui(-tanga) māu
Here are some books for you to read

I te tau i anga te tamariki nei ki konei, i haere mātou ki runga i ngā motu nā, tirotiro tuatara ai.
at the(pl) island LOC look tuatara ai The year the children headed out here, we went onto the islands looking for tuatara there.

Kei konei ētahi kupu hei whakaaroatanga mā tātau (Kāretu 1974:110)
Here are some words for us to think about

Haere mai e hoa.
Come here friend.

Tae tonu mai te ope ki konei, ka eke ki te marae.
As soon as the party got here, they went onto the marae.

Ko ēnei ngā āporo a tōku hoa.
Here are my friend’s apples.

Nōku anake rā te tupuna i kau mai, ko Hinemoa,
Mine is the ancestor who swam here, Hinemoa,

B. Engari/Ehara, kei konei ia
Yes, she is here,

Kei konei ia tae noa atu ki te Mane
She’s rentil Monday

Haere mai, tangohia ō kamupūtu, whakamaua ō tōkena.
Come here, take your gumboots off and put on your socks.

Tokorima ngā tākuta o konei.
There are five doctors from here.

Kaua e haere atu i konei!
(Do not leave here!)

Mā hea te ope haere mai ai?
How did the group get here?

Kei te haere mai ngā tamariki ki konei.
The children are coming here.

Ko konei ia āpōpō
He’ll be reomorrow

Kei konei! Ka rawe koe hei karu mōku.
Here it is! You're an excellent set of eyes for me.

Mauria mai ērā pukapuka ki konei.
Bring those books here. (For ‘mauria

I mua atu i tōku hokinga mai ki konei
Before I returned here, Before my return here

I muri mai i tōku hokinga mai
After my return here, After I had returned here

Tēnā tō patu, hei koha māu ki ō tātou ariki i Āwhitu.
Here is young weapon, for you [to give] as a gift for our leaders in Āwhitu.

Horekau mātou e hiahia kia tū he whare petipeti ki konei.
We categorically don’t want a casino/gambling outfit to be built re

E mau ai te whenua, me āpiti te here a te ture.
If the land is to be retained, something must supplement the protection of the law.

Tokowhā ngā tāne kaha kei kōnei.
There are four strong men here.

Ka here te ua.
The rain will fall.

Anei. E kai.
Here you are. Eat up.

Ā muri, ka haere au ki te tāone.
In the future, I will go to the town. (And we use ā here for the future)

Ka hoki atu mātou ki te kāinga, ka noho mai i konei rānei?
Are we returning home or staying here?

Auē, e Mā, kua wera a roto nei.
Gosh, Mā, it's got hot in here.

Me waiho i konei te mea nā.
Leave that thing here.

Ko tēnei te hui tuaiwa ki konei.
This is the ninth meeting here.

Kei te kai rātou ki konei.
They (3+) are eating here.

Kia ora koutou i runga i ngā āhuatanga i hui mai ai tātou ki konei i tēnei rā.
Good wishes to you all concerning the matters for which we are assembled here today.

Ā, Kāti kōrua! Me mutu te amuamu.
Look here, you two! You should stop complaining.

Me tuhi mai, waea mai rānei ki konei.
You should write to me or phone me here.

I Kirikiriroa nei.
Here in Hamilton.

Tēnā ngā kanohi kua tikona e Matariki.
Here are the eyes affected by the Pleiades.

Me haere atu rānei ia ki tōu kāinga, me haere mai rānei koe ki konei.
He could come to your house or you could come here.

Ko te ara tērā i whiti mai ai a Rongo-i-amo.
That was the path by which Rongo-i-amo crossed over here.

Me i konei ia e mahi ana, kua kore e panaia
If he were/had been working here, he would not have been fired

Kua haere mai a Mere mā runga motokā
Mere has come here by car

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

Haere mai ki konei noho ai!
come here and sit down!

Anei he pene hei tuhituhi i te reta.
Here is a pen for the purpose of writing the letter.

Kua noho tonu tōna whaiāipo ki konei.
Her sweetheart has stayed on here. — 1405

Inaa tae mai koe, ka kai ai taatou
When you get here we’ll have a meal

Hei toou tae·nga mai, ka kai ai taatou
When you get here, we’ll have a meal

Āe, i haramai ki konei ki.te kai i ā.tātau tamariki.
Yes, it must have come here to eat our children.

Kei konei te kurī i mate i taua poaka.
Here is the dog killed by that pig.

E rua haora noa-atu-rā, i konei ahau.
I was here two hours ago.

Āwhea te hoe mai ai?
When will he paddle here?

Anei te parāoa.
Here is the bread.

Ka pai tā kōrua whakahoki mai i taku tama ina mutu te whakawai?
Would you mind dropping my son off here after practice?

Anei te tote.
Here is the salt.

Hei aha tēnei hui?
What is the purpose of this meeting? (Like, why on earth are we here?)

Kātahi ia ka piko iho wete ai i te here o ōna hū.
Then he stooped down and untied the laces of his shoes.

Anei anō.
Here again (here's some more)

Kei konei au.
I'm here.

Haere mai ki konei.
Come here.

I konei tonu.
Right here. — 1594

anake anō hoki kau kē koa noa pea rawa tonu
The ten particles here may be briefly glossed as follows.