On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

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

I te hīkoi rātou i nanahi.
They were walking yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I nanahi a Pita i tae mai ai.
Pita arrived yesterday.
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.

Kāore rātou i te hīkoi i nanahi.
They weren't walking yesterday.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I hoki mai au i Pōneke i nanahi nei
I came back from Wellington yesterday

I nanahi.
Yesterday.

Taku kitenga i a rāua i nanahi, i te tautohetohe rāua.
When I saw them yesterday, they were quarrelling.

Taku kitenga i a rāua i nanahi, i te tautohetohe rāua
When I saw them yesterday, they were quarrelling

Ka patu a Pita i te whāriki ki te rākau i nanahi.
Pita beat the mat with a stick yesterday.

Me i kore te ua i nanahi, kua haere mātau ki te mātakitaki whutupōro
If it hadn’t rained yesterday, we’d have gone to watch football

He mahana ake tēnei rangi i te rangi i nanahi.
Today is warmer than the day yesterday.