On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko te kāinga tūturu o Ari kei Pōneke.
As for Ari's permanent home, it's in Wellington.
Identity sentences - ko...

He aha ngā tamariki i hoki ai ki te kāinga?
Why did the kids return home?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Kei te hoki au ki te kāinga.
I'm returning home.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te mahi a Rangi i te whare.
Rangi is working at home.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te hoki rāua ki te kāinga.
Those two are returning home.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

I taku taenga atu ki te kāinga, kua maoa kē i a ia ngā kai.
When I got home, he had already cooked dinner.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I noho rātou ki te kāinga o Tawa.
They stayed at Tawa's home.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua hoki te waka ki te kāinga.
The car has returned home.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga.
We (3+ inclusive) should return (go back) home.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me kōrero tātou i te reo Māori i te kāinga.
We (3/+inclusive) should speak the Māori language at home.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te kāinga a Manu e mahi ana.
Manu is at home working.

Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga, kei hē au.
We should return home, lest I get into trouble.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Hokihoki ai ia ki te wā kāinga.
He returned home regularly.
Habitual action - ai

Āhea koutou hoki atu ai ki tō koutou kāinga?
When are you returning to your home?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

Ka tino rata ia ki te keke ka tunua ki te kāinga.
They really like the cake that is baked at home.
To like - rata

Haere mai ki tō tipuna whare!
Welcome to your ancestral home!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kei te taha matau o te rākau te kāinga o te kurī.
The dog's home is on the right side of the tree.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Ka mihia mātou e te tangata whenua.
We were greeted by the home people.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Me kōpaki e tātou ā tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We should wrap our things up and then head home.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

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 pakeke ake au i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, engari ko Ahuriri kē tōku ake kāinga.
I grew up in Wellington but Napier is my real home.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Hoki mai ki te kāinga kirihimete ai.
Come back home for Christmas.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Engari i mua i te haere ki te mahi, i hoki au ki te kāinga tīni kākahu ai.
But before going to work, I returned home to change clothes.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kāore anō te waka kia hoki ki te kāinga.
The car has not returned home yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kia oti te mahi ka hoki tātou.
When the work is done, we will go home.
Adjectives and a-type statives -

Kei Pōneke te kāinga tūtru o Pāora.
Pāora's permanent home is in Wellington.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te kāinga te pēpi.
The baby is at home.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te kāinga tōna tuahine.
Her sister is at home.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore a Rangi i te mahi i te whare.
Rangi is not working at home.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I te kāinga ahau ināpō.
I was at home last night.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te ahiahi i hoki au ki te kāinga.
In the afternoon I returned home.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Engari i mua i te haere ki te marae, i hoki au ki te kāinga ki te kohikohi i aku taputapu.
But before going to the marae, I returned home to pack my gears.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Ko Ingarangi pea te kīnga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Hei te kāinga te tamaiti.
The child will be at home.
Future locative - hei

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

Kāore tōna tuahine i te kāinga.
Her sister is not at home.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Ki te tīmata te ua, ka noho tātou ki te kāinga.
If the rain starts, we will stay home.
*If using ki - ki

Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho tāua ki te kāinga, kei mākū.
If it rains tomorrow, we will stay home in case we get wet.
*If using ki - ki

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki mātou ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka mātou hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kite ai i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to see my family.
In order to - kia... ai

I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kore ai au e kite i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to not see my family.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Nā te aha ia i hoki ai ki te kāinga?
For what reason did he/she return home?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Nā te aha ia i kore ai e hoki ki te kāinga?
Why didn’t he/she return me
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?

Ka mutu ana te hui, ka hoki atu tāua ki te kāinga.
When the hui finishes, then we will come home. (Or when the hui finished, then we went home.)
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Kāore te tamaiti hei te kāinga.
The child will not be at home.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...

Hopu-kia te tuna, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.
Catch the eel then return home.

I hoki maatou ki te kaainga, i te mea e ua ana
We returned home because it was raining

Naa te ua maatou i hoki ai ki te kaainga home
We returned home because of the rain

E mōhio ai ngā tāngata kua haere mātou.ko taku iwi ki.te kimi kāinga hōu mō mātou, ka mahue iho ko ngā kurī ki te kāinga.
The people will [then] know that my tribe and I have gone to look for a new home when only the dogs are left in the village.

Waha ana e ia ki tō rāua whare, ka horoia ōna patunga.
She carried him to their home and bathed his wounds.

Hoki pai atu!
Get home safely!

Hiki ana te hui, hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Hiki ana te hui, hoki hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Kua hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga.
The children have returned home.

Kimi ana, kimi ana i te huarahi ki te kāinga.
She kept searching for the path home.

Ite kāinga.
From Home.

Kei te kāinga ngā tamariki, kei waho rātou i te whare.
The children are at home, they are outside the house.

Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga moe ai
We had best go back home to sleep (thereat)

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?

Kua hoki a Hēmi ki te kāinga. Kua moe
Hēmi has gone home. (He) has gone to sleep

Kei te pīrangi au ki te noho i te kāinga o Rangi.
I want to live in Rangi's home.

Tae rawa atu te whānau ki te hōhipera, kua hoki kē te koroua ki tōna kāinga.
By the time the family arrived at the hospital, the old man had already gone home.

Kua hoki koe?
Are you going home now?

I hoki ahau ki te kāinga i tipu ake ai ahau.
I returned to the home where I grew up.

Kua tae mai tō mātou tuahine ki te kāinga.
Our sister has arrived home.

Kia oti te mahi, ka hoki au ki te kāinga.
When the work is finished, I'll go home.

He tika tāu, e Mia, hoki ora atu ki tō kāinga.
You're right, Mia, safe travels home.

Kia māuiui ia, ka noho ia ki te kāinga.
Whenever he is sick, he stays at home.

Nō hea koe?
A person’s melace or affiliation

Kia oti rā anō ngā mahi, ka hoki ngā kaimahi ki te kāinga.
The workers won't go home until the work is finished.

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

Āe, i tae pai au ki Waitetoko, ā, mai i taua wā e noho nei au i taku kāinga.
Yes, I arrived safely at Waitetoko, and since that time I have been living in my home.

Me hoki, te tamaiti rā, ki te kāinga.
That child must go home.

Kia oti te mahi, ka hoki tātou.
When the work is done, we will go home.

Ko Ingarangi pea te kāinga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.

Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho au ki te kāinga.
If it rains tomorrow, I shall stay home.

Ka rere te teina i mua ki te kāinga ki.te kōrero atu ki a Hotu-nui, tērā tana tamaiti a Maru-tūahu te haere atu rā.
The younger girl rushed off home to tell Hotu-nui that his son Maru-tūahu was coming.

I hoki au ki te kāinga.
I returned home.

Ka hoki te māia nei ki tōna kāinga, ki Waiaua, i.te.mea kua hari tōna ngākau.
This champion returned to his home at Waiaua because his heart rejoiced.

Ka mea a Tinirau ki a Ngae, ‘Ākuanei koe te tae ai ki tō kāinga.
Soon you will reach your home.

Ka haere tika mātou ki tō mātou kāinga.
We shall go straight to our home.

Nā te mate o tōna whaea i hoki ai ia ki tōna kāinga.
It was because his mother was sick that he returned home.

Karangatia ia kia hoki mai ai ia ki te kāinga.
Call him so that he will come back home.

I te kāinga mātou, inapō.
We were at home last night.

Āpōpō ka tae koe ki te kāinga.
You will reach home tomorrow.

Nei te mihi matakuikui ki te hau kāinga.
Joyful greetings to the home crowd.

I hoki mātou ki te kāinga, i te mea e ua ana.
We returned home because it was raining.

Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga moe ai.
We had better go back home to sleep there.

Nō te wehenga rua o te pō rā anō mātou tokotoru i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
In the middle of that night we three returned home.

Kei runga atu i te whare wānanga taku kāinga.
My home is above the university.

Ka oti te mahi, ka hoki mai rātou ki te kāinga.
When the job was done, they returned home.

Me kōpaki e tātou ā tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We should wrap our things up and then head home.

Nā te ua mātou i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We returned home because of the rain.

He ua te rangi, nō reira ka noho au ki te kāinga.
It’s raining, so I will stay me

Me hoki kōrua ki te kāinga.
You both must return home.

Naumai ki taku kāinga.
Welcome to my home.

B. Ko Tamahae kāore i noho ki te kāinga, i haere kē ki te whare pukapuka
Tamahae didn’t stay at meHe went to the library instead.

He aha koe tē noho ai ki te kāinga?
Why didn’t you stay at me

Nā te ua mātou i noho ai ki te kāinga
We stayed home because of the rain, It was because of the rain that we stayed home

Ka hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, moe ai.
The children went home to sleep there.

Ka hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, ka moe.
The children went home, and slept.

Ka hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga ki.te moe.
The children went home to sleep.

A tērā wiki, kei te haere mai tētahi rangatira ki tō mātou kāinga.
Next week, a chief is coming to our home.

Kia hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, ka moe ai.
When the children go home then they will sleep.

Kātahi ia ka hoki atu ki te kāinga.
Then he returned home.

Hoki ana ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, moe ana.
The children returned home and slept.

Ko te kāinga tūturu o Hēmi, kei Pōneke.
As for Hēmi’s permanent meit’s in Wellington.

Ka waiho te tūpāpaku ra e rātou ki reira takoto ai, ā hoki ana rātou ki te kāinga kōrero ai.
They left the body to lie there and then went home to talk.

Kei whea tōu kāinga?
Where is your home?

Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!
Don’t bring that pig me

Nā te ngenge ahau i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
I went home because I was tired.

He tawhiti rawa ngā marae o te wā kāinga nei hei hokinga mai mō rātau (Kāretu 1974:153)
The marae of the home area are too far away to be a place they can return to

Tae rawa atu rātou ki te kāinga, kua tae kē ō rātou hoa
When they eventually reached home their friends had already arrived

Ko te tāne a te wahine nei i haere ki te mahi i tētahi whenua tawhiti.
The woman’s husband had gone to a distant place to work. When he returned mehe woman went hokianga mai ki te kāinga, ka haere te wahine ki te wharekai ki te mahi.

Mā te ngenge ahau e hoki ai ki te kāinga.
I will go home because I will be tired.

Nō mātou tēnei kāinga
this home is our own

I te kāinga e moe ana
At home sleeping

Nō mātou te kāinga nei
this home is (one of ) our own

Nō mātou nei te kāinga
this home is ours (and not theirs)

Āhea koutou hoki atu ai ki tō koutou kāinga?
When are you returning to your home?

Apōpō, ka haere tātou ki te kāinga o Honi.
Tomorrow we are going to Honi's home.

I noho au ki te kāinga nā te mea he ua.
I stayed home because of the rain.

Nā te ua i noho *ai* au ki te kāinga.
It was because of the rain that I stayed home.

He aha koutou i noho ai ki te kāinga?
Why did you stay home?

Nā te aha koutou i noho ai ki te kāinga?
Why did you stay home?

Ko Wiremu ki tana kāinga kai ai.
Wiremu was at home eating.

Ki te māuiui koe āpōpō, me noho koe ki te kāinga.
If you are sick tomorrow, you should stay home.

Nā te ua mātou i noho ai ki te kāinga.
It was because of the rain that we stayed home.

Hiki ana te hui, hokihoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Kei tōku kāinga te pereti rā.
That plate is at my home.

He makariri rawa nō waho mātou i noho ai ki te kāinga.
We stayed at home because it was too cold outside.

Ka kite kōrua ki te kāinga ā muri i te kura.
See you both at home after school.

Nō te hokinga rā anō mai ki te kāinga (Kāretu 1974:89)
On my return home, it wasn’t until I came back methat ...

E tūmanako ana au kia hoki mai taku tau ākuanei.
I am hoping my darling will return home soon.

Keo tōu kāinga pea te ngahau nā te tini o te uri ariki.
Perhaps at your home the young chiefs dance.

Ka hoki tūreiti mai ia ki te kāinga, ā, ka whakaoho i ahau mai taku moemoeā.
from my dream She came home late and woke me from my dream.

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

Kā tāria nei a Rona e āna tamariki kia hoki mai ki te kāinga.
Rona’s children waited for her to come back me

Kei te kāinga ōku kamupūtu.
My gumboots are at home.

Hoki atu ki tōu kāinga!
Go away home!

Ko Manaia te kāinga.
Manaia is the home.

Haere ki te kāinga ki te tiki atu i te toki.
Go home and fetch the axe.

Engari i mua i te haere ki tāwāhi, i hoki au ki taku ūkaipō ki te kite i te whānau.
But before going overseas, I returned home to see my whānau.

Mau-ria au, kia mate atu i te kāinga, kia whakarongo ai au ki te haruru o ngā tai o Tapuarata.
of the(pl) sea of Tapuarata Take me so that I may die at home while listening to the surf at Tapuarata.

Ā muri ka hoki atu au ki te kāinga.
Afterwards I am going home.

I noho noa iho au ki te kāinga.
I just stayed home.