On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko wai i hopu i te ika?
Who caught the fish?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ka hopu a Poti i te manu.
Pussy catches the bird.
Sentences with i - i

Nā te pirihimana i hopu te tāhae.
It was the policeman who caught the thief.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ka tau ngā karoro, ka oma atu te kurī, ka rere. Ka tau anō, ka oma anō te kurī ki te hopū, ka taki rere anō ngā manu. Pēnei tonu ā pau noa te hau o te kurī.
The seagulls would land and the dog take off after them, whereupon they'd take flight. Then they'd land again, the dog would run off again to try to catch them, and they'd all take to the air again. It carried on like this until the dog finally ran out of puff.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Ehara i te pirihimana te tāhae i hopu.
The policeman didn’t catch the thief.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ko wai kāore i hopu i te ika?
Who didn’t catch the fish?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

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

I hopu au i te pahi.
I caught the bus.

Inā poroa e ahau te taura, māua e hopu mai te kete.
When I cut the rope, you catch the basket.

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

Ko te timatatanga o te raumati te wā haere ki te hopu tītī.
The start of summer is the time to go mutton-birding.