Results for 'kō'
ko - is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]
kō - at a distance, yonder; shovel
Kō (i). 1. n. A wooden implement for digging or planting; sometimes used as a weapon of war. Ka werohia te ko, ka mate tera toa (T. 60).
2. v.t. Dig or plant with a ko. Katahi ka koia te mara (T. 114).
3. v.i. Put out the lips in contempt. Ko ana nga ngutu.
kōanga, n. Planting time, spring. Tākē koanga; whakapiri ngahuru (P.).
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kōkō. 1. v.t. Dig or plant with a ko. Me kōkō aku tinaku.
2. Dig up. To tane i moe, he tane koko para, he tane kari aruhe.
3. Thrust. Hei koko i te hani (S. 41). Mei matau ana te hapai meremere hei koko taiaha (S. 94).
4. Catch kehe fish, by driving them with a pole, or kōkō, along the channels in the rocks into a net held by a second person.
5. Incise, cut, in tattooing. Te tangata i te whakautu-kore kokoia kia tatahi (M. 57).
6. n. Pole for driving kehe fish as above. Kō (ii), n.
1. Girl; used only in addressing. E ko ! E ko ma !
2. Also in addressing males. E ko, tetehi wai moku (T. 168). E ko ma, whakawahawaha, tatou ka haere (T. 198).
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Kō (iii), I.n. 1. Yonder place. E haere ana ahau ki ko, i a Rewa ma. Ko mai, the near side, ko atu, the farther side, of a distant object. Ka tae a Tawhaki ki ko mai o te kainga (W. i, 91). I ko atu o Whanganui.
2. Distant point of time. A ko ake nei (hereafter).
‖ kona, konei, kora.
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Kō (iv). 1. v.i. Sing, as birds. Ka rite ki te kopara e ko nei i te ata (P.). Ka ko nga kopara o te ata (J. xx, 20).
2. Resound. Ka ko o rongo i runga Haumatao (M. 10).
3. n. Shout. Ano te ko e pa ana ki tetahi pari, na ka whakahokia mai (Pi. 133, 11).
4. Wind. Ka ao ake i te ata, he rangi ko (Tr. vii, 47).
kōkō. 1. n. Wind. ‖ kokohau, kokomatangi, kokoraro, kokotonga.
2. Prostkemadera novaeseelandiae, parson bird. = tui. He koko tataki, fig., a clever, witty speaker. Koko iti, youngest child. Kōkōuri, and kōkōtea, the male and female respectively of the bird during part of the year (‖ kopurehe, kouwha); also the names of two constellations otherwise known as Te Kokota and Te Kohi; the terms are further used for winds: he hau kokouri, a gentle breeze.
3. v.i. Chant for the purpose of keeping the guard awake in time of war. Ko Kanoa e whakaaraara ana, e kōkō ana.
kokō, v.i. Make a rumbling or gurgling noise. Koko ana toku manawa.
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Kō (v). 1. v.i. Descend. Ka whati tahi kira o Tawhaki, ka ko taua manu, ka turukitia e Whaitiri (W. i, 116). E ko ana ra hoki te taratahi a Tawhaki, ka tau ki raro.
2. v.t. Cause to descend. Me uta koe ki te waka kia koia atu e te au e heke i raro Ohau (M. 50).
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Ko (i), a particle used before proper names, pronouns, and common nouns preceded by a definitive. 1. To give emphasis, and hence frequently to denote the predicate. Ko koe tonu te wai i haere mai ai ahau (T. 169). Ko taku potiki te tangata nei (T. 17).
2. To direct attention to the subject about which something is about to be said, when the words as for may be supplied in English. Ko koe, na te huarahi o te pa; ko au, me piki au i runga i nga wawa o te pa nei. (T. 177). Ko Maketu pa, e tu kau ana (T. 81). Ko nga ringa, me te mea ka marere; ko nga koikara, piri ana i tua i te angaangamate o te kapu o te ringa (T. 145).
3. To specify particularly what has been already alluded to in a more general way. Tera ano tetahi pa nui onamata, ko Maungawhau (T. 166). Nga ingoa o nga waka nei na, ko Te Arawa … ko Tainui, ko Matatua, ko Takitimu, ko Kurahaupo, ko Tokomaru, ko Matawhaorua (T. 69). To indicate or enumerate the individuals signified by a dual or plural pronoun. Ko Raukatauri ratou ko Raukatamea, ko Itiiti, ko Rekareka (T. 36). Ka haere tonu atu maua ko taku ora (T. 184).
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Ko (ii), prep, of place used with reference to future time. 1. To. Aua atu ko tawhitt (M, 10). Whiti atu ko te motu i Mokoia (T. 96). Ko hea koe, e hika? (T. 164).
2. At. Ko reira au tu ai, kia tae ake ano koe.
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Ko ngā tohunga nāna te waka i tārai.
The experts who carved the canoe.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Eruera te tangata nā.
Eruera is that person (near you).
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Mia te mokopuna tuatahi.
Mia is the first grandchild.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko tēnei he tekau tana taraka.
This is a ten ton truck.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Amaru tērā tangata.
That man is Amaru.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ōna tuāhine ngā kaiwhakahaere.
His sisters are the organisers.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko taku pene tēnā!
That is my pen!
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Wiremu tāku tāne.
Wiremu is my husband.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Āwhina te mataamua. Ko Aroha te pōtiki.
Āwhina is the oldest. Aroha the youngest.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko te raumati te wā kauhoe.
Summer is the time for swimming.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko au te rōia mō tēnei take.
I am the Lawyer for this case.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko au te kaiako.
I am the teacher.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Kahu te koroua o Terewai.
Kahu is the elder of Terewai.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko John te tungāne o Fran.
John is the brother (of a girl) of Fran.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko te horopaki tērā ka tohu i te mahinga tika.
Context is what determines the correct usage.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Tame tāku pōtiki.
Tame is my youngest child
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Kayte te pōtiki o Beverley.
Kayte is the youngest child of Beverley.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Mere tōku māmā.
Mere is my mother.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Ruahine te ingoa o tērā maunga.
Ruahine is the name of that mountain.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Aria tōku ingoa
Aria is my name.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Aidan te mātāmua o Kayte.
Aidan is the oldest child of Kayte.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Liam te mokopuna a Beverley rāua ko Denis.
Liam is the grandchild of Beverley and Denis.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Jim rāua ko Doug aku taokete.
Jim and Doug are my brother in laws.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Wid Vella tōku tipuna.
Wid Vella is my ancestor.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ōku hoa kei waho!
It's my friends outside.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko te kāinga tūturu o Niko kei Pōneke.
As for Niko's permanent home, it's in Wellington.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko tōku kuia tērā!
That's my nanna!
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Hōhepa koe.
You are Hōhepa.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko te Wenerei.
It's Wednesday.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ngā pukapuka a Nikau ēnā.
Those are Nikau's books.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Hōhepa taku ingoa.
My name is Hōhepa.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Ngāti Hāmua tōku hapū.
Ngāti Hāmua is my sub-tribe.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Pango te kurī.
Pango is the dog.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Mia te tamāhine a Koa.
Mia is the daughter of Koa.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Taika te tāne a Moana.
Taika is the husband of Moana.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Kauri te wahine a Niko.
Kauri is the wife of Niko.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Manu mā.
Manu and the others.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko tāku irāmutu ia.
She is my niece/He is my nephew.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rēwi au.
I am Rēwi.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ia te kaiako o Hera.
She is the teacher of Hera.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Hera tōna ingoa.
Her name's Hera.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko taku hiahia he pukapuka.
A book is what I want.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Brian tōku pāpā.
Brian is my father.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ā matou kurī ngā toa ki te tiaki hipi.
Our dogs are the champion sheep-musterers.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ngā rorohiko hou ēnei.
These are the new computers.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko tēnā te whare nui.
That (near you) is the big house.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko tēnei whare te whare o Hone.
This is Hone's house.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rāhera rāua ko Tipene ōna hoa.
Her friends are Rāhera and Tīpene.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ia te rangatira o tēnei tari.
She's the boss of this department.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rangi rāua ko Rangi.
Rangi and Rangi.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko koe taku toa!
You're my star player!
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko te kūmara tāku tūmomo huawhenua pai rawa.
Kumara is my favourite type of vegetable.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Kuikui tōku whaea. Ko Tahu tōku matua.
Kuikui is my mother. Tahu is my father.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Pania tōku teina
Pania is my younger sister.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana aku mokopuna.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my grandchildren.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rongomai taku tamāhine.
Rongomai is my daughter.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Taranaki te maunga.
The moutain is Taranaki.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko rātou ngā tāmgata.
They are the people.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Taupō te moana.
Taupō is the lake.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Kāpuni te awa.
Kāpuni is the river.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko te wā kaukau.
It is bath time.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Raimona tōku tino hoa.
Raimona is my best friend.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko te pahi o te kura tēnei.
This is the school bus.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine.
Rongomai is my sister.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku hungawai.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents-in-law.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko wai kei raro i te rākau?
Who is that under the tree?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei runga i te nohoanga?
Who is that on the sofa?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei roto i te motokā?
Who is that in the car?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei waho i te whare?
Who is that outside the house?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te tangata e hīkoi mai nei?
Who is the person walking this way?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tō tāua manuhiri?
Who is our visitor?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai mā ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko ngā aha?
What are?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai a Pāora?
Who is Pāora?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tō matua?
What's the name of your dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko ngā aha ngā reta ra?
What are those letters?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te huatahi?
Who is the first born?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tō hoa?
What's the name of your friend?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tō whaea?
What's the name of your mum?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai?
Who?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tōu?
Who is yours? (eg who is your father?).
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te mātāmua o tō whānau?
Who is the eldest in your family?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te whaea?
Who is the mother?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te mātāmua?
Who is the oldest?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ngā mātua?
Who are the parents?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te tuakana o Tawa?
Who is the older sibling (same gender) of Tawa?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ō hoa?
Who are your friends?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tō tino pēne?
Who is your favourite band?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai koe?
Who are you?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kōrua?
Who are you two?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tō pāpā?
What is the name of your mother?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te pāpā o Tama?
Whose Tama's dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine?
What's the name of that woman?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga?
What is the name of that mountain?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei awa?
What is the name of this river?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tō kaiako pāngarau?
Who is your maths teacher?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tēnei?
Who is this?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tō māmā?
Who is your Mum?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tō pāpā?
Who is your Dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tō teina?
Who is your younger sibling?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i haere?
Who (all) went?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei roto i tana motukā?
Who is in her car?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te mea pai ki te kōrero Māori?
Whose good at speaking Māori?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te moe?
Who is sleeping?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai mā i te totohe?
Who were arguing?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te mea e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori?
Who is the one who knows te reo Māori?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ngā mea a ako ana i te reo Māori?
Who are the ones learning te reo Māori?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tana ingoa?
What's her name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te iwi e pai ana ki te haka?
Who is the nation who is good at doing haka?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te pāpā?
Who is the father?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te māmā?
Who is the mother?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te tamāhine?
Who is the daughter?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te koroua nui tōna aroha ki tōna whānau?
Who is the old man who has a lot of love for his whānau?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te koroua?
Who is the grandfather?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te horoi?
Who is washing?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ngā tamariki koi ngā hinengaro?
Who are the children with sharp minds?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who is washing the dishes.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te kaiwhakahaere? Ko au tonu!
Who is the orangiser? Actually, it's me!
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te haere ki te hui?
Who is going to the hui?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tōu whaea?
Who is your mother?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai rā kei te tapahi i te mīti?
Who is chopping the meat?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tōna iwi?
What is his tribe?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who did the dishes?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te horoi i te rūma?
Who is cleaning the room?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai atu ka haere?
Who else is going?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who picked up the children from school?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te tunu i te kai?
Who is cooking the food?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ka taraiwa i te pō nei?
Who will drive tonight?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tō kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te pōtiki o te whānau?
Who is the youngest in the family?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i tākaro i te papa tākaro?
Who played at the playground?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i kai i ngā āporo?
Who ate the apples?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who is helping the teacher?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai tērā ki korā?
Who is that over there?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i hopu i te ika?
Who caught the fish?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te tākaro i te kēmu?
Who is playing the game?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai te ingoa o tō whānau?
What's the name of your family?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i hoko i ngā pukapuka?
Who bought the books?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te whakahaere i te hui?
Who is running the meeting?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i kī i te kākahu?
Who packed the clothes?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te waiata i te waiata?
Who is singing the song?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei waho i te kūaha?
Who is outside the door?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai i whakaatu i te kiriata?
Who showed the movie?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ōna hoa?
Who are his/her friends.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai kei te haere mai?
Who is coming?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ka haere ki te taone ā te pō nei?
Who's going to town tonight?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko Waiokura te marae.
The marae is Waiokura.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ō hungarei?
Who are your parents in law?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko te aha te wā?
What's the time?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Ko te aha?
What?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Ko te aha tō tino kiriata?
What is your favourite movie?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Ko tēnea tangata te rōia?
Which person is the lawyer?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Ko te aha te ingoa o te kamupene?
What is the name of the business?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Ko te Rāpare tēnei rā?
Is it Thursday today?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Ehara ngā rangatira i a Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa.
Moki and Tū-te-kawa were not the chiefs.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara tērā i a Koa, ko Aroha kē.
That person is not Koa, it is Aroha.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara a Nikau rāua ko Aroha i te mātua.
Nikau and Aroha are not parents.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te haere a Taika rāua ko Honi.
Taika and Honi are going.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Are you saying that Pongo is to be your lord?
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E whakarongo ana māua ko Paora ki te tumuaki.
Paora and I are listening to the head-master.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E kihi ana a Tawa kāua ko Ataahua.
Tawa and Ataahua are kissing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kua kitea e koe? Ko te aha? Ko tāku waea pūkoro?
Have you seen it? What? My cell phone?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me aha a Liam rāua ko Kaia?
What should Liam and Kaia do?
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me haere koutou ko Ataahua ko Amaru ki te tāone.
You and Ataahua and Amaru should go to town.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me kōreroreo kōrua ko te kaiako.
You and the teacher should have a talk.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Ko mataku māua i a ia.
We were frightened by him.
Sentences with i - i
Ko Ani te kuia e karanga ana ki te manuhiri.
Ani is the old woman who calls to the visitors.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Ko Manu te mea e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori.
Manu is the one who knows te reo Māori.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Ko te hapu e noho ana i Maungawhau e mea ana nā rātou taua moana.
The sub-tribe living at Maungawhau said that that sea was theirs.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
E kō, kia āta haere me te kapu tī, kei maringi.
Be careful, go slowly with the cup of tea, lest it spill.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Mahi ai au, ia te rā, ia te rā, hāunga anō ko ngā Rātapu.
I work regularly, every day except on Sundays.
Habitual action - ai
Tēnā haria mai he āporo māku, e kō?
Can you bring me an apple please, dear?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Hei aha ērā. Whakamahia ko ēnei.
Never mind those ones over there. Use these ones.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!
Ko wai e rata ana ki te kāngarere?
Who likes cornflakes?
To like - rata
Nō te roa o te noho, ka mōhio a Kupe ko te wairua katoa o Kura e hiahia ana ki a ia.
From the length of time they stayed, Kupe knew that Kura's entire spirit desired him.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō muri noa mai ka whānau mai ngā tamariki a Hēmi rāua ko Rina.
The children of Hēmi and Rina were born much later.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa, the children were born.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.
At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō mua i te piringa ki a Rangi, ka moe a Papa rāua ko Tangaroa.
Before the union with Rangi, Papa was in a relationship with Tangaroa.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te korenga mahi i te tau 1972, ko ngā raruraru maha i puta.
The strike in 1972 causes many problems.
Belonging to the past - nō
Ko Pāora taku pāpā. Nō Ngāti Porou ia.
Pāora is my dad. He's from Ngāti Porou.
Belonging to a place - nō
Ko Mary taku whaea. Nō Ahitereiria ia.
Mary's my mum. She's from Australia.
Belonging to a place - nō
Ko tēnei he reta nō Ingarangi mai.
This is a letter from England.
Belonging to a place - nō
Ko Pani mā ngā kaiwhakahaere. Nō Te Kaha aua tāngata.
Pani and the others are the organisers. Those people are from Te Kaha.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nā wai a Papa rāua ko Rangi i whakawehe?
Who separated Papa and Rangi?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mō Tame rāua ko tana tama.
For Tame and his son.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
E kaha ana tāna tohutohu i a mātou ānō nei ko ia te kuīni o te kīhini.
She was telling us all what to do like she was the queen of the kitchen.
It was as if - ānō nei
E kōrero pākiwaha mai ana ia ānō nei ko ia te toa o te kēmu.
He was boasting as if he won the game.
It was as if - ānō nei
E kaha tohutohu mai ana ia ānō nei ko au tana mōkai.
He was ordering me around as if I was his servant.
It was as if - ānō nei
Hoatu koutou. Ko au ā taihoa ake.
You three go. I'll go a bit later.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe
Kei roto a Kahurangi rāua ko Hōhepa i tō rāua whare.
Kahurangi and Hōhepa are inside their house.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
I runga a Hēmi rāoua ko Pita i te atamira.
Hēmi and Pita were on the stage.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei te kurī raro i te motokā.
The dog is under the car.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei roto a Rangi rāua ko Aria i tō rāua whare.
Rangi and Aria are inside their house.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei roto a Ari rāua ko Kauri i tō rāua whare.
Ari and Kauri are inside their (2x) house.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei te haere a Mia rāua ko Tame mā runga i te motukā.
Mia and Tame are travelling by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
I haere mātou ko aku hoa mā runga i te waka o Betsy ki te takutai, ki Te Māhia.
Me and my friends went on Betsy's car to the beach, to Māhia.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Ko wai ka haere mā runga hōiho?
Who goes by horse?
Travelling by means of - mā runga
I rukua he pāua, me te kohi anō i ētehi mā koutou ko tō whānau.
I went diving for pāua, and got some for your family too.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
Tapaia tonutia atu taua maunga nei ko Tirirau.
That mountain is still called Tihirua.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
E whakatō kūmera ana a Pou rāua ko Hema, e tākaro ana he rōpu tamariki i roto i te māra.
Pou and Hema were planting kūmera, and a group of children were playing in the garden.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Ko Miakei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.
Mia is in the Year 7 class, her younger sister is in the class beneath that, and her older sister is in the class above.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Kei runga ake i ngā pakiaka ko te kahiwi, kei runga ake i tērā ko ngā manga, ā, kei runga ake i ērā ko te kāpuhipuhi.
Up from the roots is the trunk, up from the trunk are the main branches, and above those comes the crown/fine branches and leaves.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Ko Papatūānuku te aorangi tuatoru mai i te rā. Kei waho atu i a tātou ko Matawhero, ā, kei waho atu i a ia, ko Pareārau. Ā, ko Kōpū, ko Whiro kei roto atu.
The Earth is the third planet from the sun. Farther out from us is Mars, and out from Mars is Jupiter. Further in from us our Venus and Mercury.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Kei kō te motokā.
The car is yonder.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Ko te whetū i runga ake i te whare.
The star was above the house.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.
Be waited for - tāria
Kāore e kore ko Roimata te kaikaranga.
Roimata will no doubt be the kaikaranga.
Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore
Ko te Rāhoroi te rā pai hei haerenga ki Pōneke.
Saturday is the best day for going to Wellington.
For the purpose of - hei
Ko Pōneke te taone matua, engari ko Akarana te taone nui.
Wellington is the capital city, but Auckland is the big city.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Ko Ngāmotu te taone pai, engari ko Tūranga te taone mahana.
New Plymouth is the great city, but Gisborne is the warm city.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Nō Ōtautahi, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From Christhurch, but my family and I are staying here.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I pakeke ake au i Waikanae, engari ko Poneke kē tōku ake kāinga.
I grew up in Waikanae but Wellington is my real home.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Haere atu ki kō waiata ai.
Go over there to sing.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Ka haere māua ko Aria ki te hokomaha tiki ai.
Aria and I are going to the supermarket to shop.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
I te āhua whakamā au. Kāore au i hari kai atu, i te mea kāore au i tino mōhio ka roa te hui. Ka mutu, ko āku tamariki ngā mea tino kaha ki te kai.
I was a bit embarrassed. I didn't take a plate, because I didn't know it was going to be a long hui. And worse still, it was my kids who polished off most of the food.
And also, moreover - ...ka mutu
I tēnei wā, kāore anō kia huaina tēnei wāhi ko Whangaparāoa.
At this time, this place was not yet names Whangaparāoa.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore anō kia huaina tēnei wāhi ko Waimaramara.
This place had not yet been named Waimaramara.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Heoi anō, te mea pai o te koni ahi, ehara ko te mahana anake te hua ki te tangata. Ko te mea tino pai, ko te pārekareka o ngā kōrero.
Still / However, the good thing about sitting round the fire was that it didn't just keep us warm. The really good thing was the enjoyable conversation.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
Mehemea ko au, e kore au e whakaae. Heoi anō, ko koe kē te rangatira, ehara i a au.
If it were me, I wouldn't agree to it. Still / However, you're the boss, not me.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
Kei te pēhea? Heoi anō, ko taua āhua anō.
How are you? Oh well, just the same.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
Tērā pea ko Niko kē te tuakana.
Perhaps Niko is the tuakana.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea
Ko wai ka āhei te tautoko i muri?
Who is able to lend their support out the back (in the kitchen)?
Allowed to do something - āhei
Ko wai ka āhei ki te utu i tērā moni nui mō te whare?
Who is able to afford to pay that much for a house?
Allowed to do something - āhei
I te ata o te Rāhoroi ka haere mātou ko taku whānau ki Taranaki ki te whakatā.
On Saturday morning my family and I went to Taranaki for a holiday.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Kāore he tangata i kō atu i tōku koroua ki ahau.
There's no one better than my grandad in my opinion.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...
He mātua pai a Ari rāua ko Moana.
Ari and Moana are good parents.
Categorizing sentences - he
Ko tēnei kupu, ko te "mārena" mea tango mai i te reo Pākehā.
This word, "mārena", was borrowed from English.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Nā reira taua wāhi i karangatia ai ko Puketapu.
Because of that, that place was called Puketapu.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira
Otirā ko ngā kai a te manuwhiri rā, he mea kai whakangaio.
But the visitors just pretended to eat their food.
Conjunctions - however - otirā
Ko ia te tamaiti kēkē a Amaru and Kauri,
She is the niece of Amaru and Kauri.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Ko Aotearoa to ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui's fish.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Ko Aroha te whaea o Koa.
Aroha is the mother of Koa.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Taika te pāpā o Niko.
Taika is Niko's father.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Manu tōna matuakēkē.
Manu is his uncle.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Ataahua tōna matuakēkē.
Ataahua is his aunty.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Nikau rāua ko Ani ōku hungarei.
Nikau and Ani are my inlaws.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Te Tai Hauāuru te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in the Westland region.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He kaumātua a Tawa rāua ko Hēmi no tērā marae.
Tawa and Hēmi are elders of that marae.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
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...
Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihuku i tērā ray tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Nikau rāua ko Hera ō tātou tumuaki.
Nikau and Hera are our leaders.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Rina te tāokete o Aria.
Rina is Aria's sister-in-law.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Rangi tō rāua tungāne.
Rangi is their cousin.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Mia te hoa wahine o Pāora.
Mia is the wife of Pāora.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Tame tōna hoa tane.
Tame is her husband.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera to ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe is Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko te whakaititianga te tohu o te mana nui.
Humility is the sign of greatness.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Moana tōku whaea kēkē, koia te tuahine o tōku pāpā.
Moana is my aunty, she is my father's sister.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Fran tōku whaea.
Fran is my mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Kauri te māmā.
Kauri is the mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Mereana tōku whaea.
Mereana is my mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Hēni tōku whaea.
Hēni is my mum.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko tōku whaea te tuara whānui o tō mātou whānau.
My mother is the (broad back) anchor of our family.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my brother.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Joseph te tuakana o Isaac.
Joseph is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Isaac.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Margaret te tuakana o Fran.
Margaret is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Elizabeth te tuakana o Fran.
Elizabeth is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Aidan te tuakana o Liam.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Liam.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Aidan te tuakana o Kaia.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Kaia.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Rangi te tuakana o Ari.
Rangi is the older brother of Ari.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Aroha tōku tuakana.
Aroha is my older sister. (spoken by a female)
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko ia tōku tuakana.
He is my older brother / she is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Teremoana rāua ko Tania ōku tuakana.
Teremoana and Tania are my older sisters.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko ia te tuakana o taku pāpā, arā taku matua kēkē.
He's my dad's older brother, that is my uncle.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Āe, he tuakana tōku, ko Amaru tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have an older sibling, his name is Amaru.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Koa, ko Taika ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Koa and Taika.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Niko, ko Manu, ko Nikau ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Niko, Manu and Nikau.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Tokoono mātou, ko ōku mātua, me ōku tuākana.
There are six of us, my parents and my older sisters.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Tawa te teina o Hēmi.
Tawa is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Hēmi.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Kaia te teina o Aidan.
Kaia is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Aidan.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Isaac te teina o Jo.
Isaac is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Jo.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko taku teina hei kura māhita.
My younger sibling will be a school teacher.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Rēwi tōku teina.
Rewi is my younger brother.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Rāwinia rāua ko Tia ōku tēina.
Rāwinia and Tia are my younger sisters.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Ataahua tōku teina.
Ataahua is my younger sister. (spoken by a female)
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Āe, he tēina tōku, ko Pāora tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a younger sibling, his name is Pāora.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Rangi, ko Pāora ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have younger siblings, their names are Rangi and Pāora.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Tawa, ko Koa, ko Aroha ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have younger siblings, their names are Tawa, Koa and Aroha.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine, ko Tūmanako tōku teina.
Rongomai is my sister, Tūmanako is my younger sibling.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko koe te pōtiki o te whānau?
Are you the youngest in your family?
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki
Ko Val te pōtiki o Vic.
Val is the youngest child of Vic.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki
Ko Isaac te pōtiki o Phill.
Isaac is the youngest child of Phill.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki
Ko Luna te pōtiki o Jo.
Luna is the youngest child of Jo.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki
Ko Taika te pōtiki.
Taika is the last-born child.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki
He kurī tāku. Ko Auau tōna ingoa.
I have a dog, his name is Auau.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Ko te kihi o tōna waka tēnā.
That's the key of his car.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Ko te taupoki tēnā o te umu.
That is the lid of the camp oven.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Ko tēnā tāu.
That one is yours.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Ko tāku tūru tēnā.
That (by you) is my chair.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Ko tō whaea kēkē tēnā?
Is that your aunty?
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Ko au tēnā!
That's me!
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
E tangi he pū i ngā pō katoa, ko ahau tēnā, hoe mai.
A flute sounds every night: it's me! Paddle to me!
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Ko tāna pene tēnā kei tōu taha.
That's her pen beside you.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Ko Ani te kaikaranga o tērā hapū?
Is Ani the caller of that hapū?
That (over there) - tērā
Ko Hēmi tērā.
That is Hēmi.
That (over there) - tērā
Ko tērā.
That one.
That (over there) - tērā
Ko tērā te manuhiri.
That's the guest.
That (over there) - tērā
Ko Pita tērā kei te tapahi i te mīti.
That's Pita chopping the meat.
That (over there) - tērā
Ko tā rātou kurī tērā e auau ana.
That is their dog barking.
That (over there) - tērā
Ko Hera tērā.
That's Hera.
That (over there) - tērā
Ko Hera tēra.
That's Sarah.
That (over there) - tērā
Ko te Kohitātea tēnei marama.
This month is January.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...
Te hui a te Whiringa-ā-nuku ko te mea mutunga mō tēnei tau.
The meeting in October will be the last for the year.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...
Ko tēhea kaupeka o te tau tēnei?
Which season of the year is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea?
Which?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea te rōia?
Which is the lawyer?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko ēhea ngā rōia?
Which are the lawyers?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea tangata te rōia?
Which person is the lawyer?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko ēhea tāngata ngā rōia?
Which people are the lawyers?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea kaupapa te mea pai rawa ki a koe?
Which subject do you like the most?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea a Ruataupare?
Which one was Ruataupare?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea te kapu pai ki a koe?
Which cup do you like?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko ēhea ngā pukapuka kua pānuitia e koe?
Which books have you read?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea te tāone pai ki a koe mō te hararei?
Which town do you like for a holiday?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea te tāone pai ki a koe?
Which town do you like?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea kua whakapaitia?
Which has been fixed?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea te rākau teitei rawa o Aotearoa?
Which tree is the tallest in Aotearoa?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea te mea pai ake?
Which is better?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea rā o te marama tēnei?
Which day of the month is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko tēhea rā o te wiki tēnei?
Which day of the week is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Ko Rāhera rāua ko Hone ōku tūpuna.
Rāhera and Hone are my ancestors.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Rongomai rāua ko Moana ōku mātua.
Rongomai and Moana are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te haere a Riria rāua ko Larisa ki konā
Riria and Larisa are going there (by you the listener).
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei mua a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are in front of the bus.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
E tākaro ana a Honi rāua ko Ataahua.
Honi and Ataahua are playing.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei muri a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are behind the bus.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ākuanei ka haere māua ko Amaru ki te tiki i a Manu.
Soon Amaru and I will go to fetch Manu.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Hēmi te tamaiti kei waenganui i a Pita rāua ko Ari.
Hēmi is the child between Pita and Ari.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Kauri rāua ko Mia kei te haere ki te tāone.
Kauri and Mia are going to town.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Aroha rāua ko Timi ana mātua.
Aroha and Timi are her parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Isaac te tama a Phill rāua ko Angie.
Isaac is the son of Phill and Angie.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Chris te tama a Richard rāua ko Gin.
Chris is the son of Richard and Gin.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Rina te tamāhine a Tame rāua ko Aria.
Rina is the daughter of Tame and Aria.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Val te tamāhine a Una rāua ko Vic.
Val is the daughter of Una and Vic.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Māua ko Tame.
Tame and me.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te hui a Aria rāua ko Niko ki te pātaka kōrero.
Aria and Niko are meeting in the library.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I hea a Retitia rāua ko Mihinui?
Where were Retitia and Mihinui?
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I hea a Miti rāua ko Auau?
Where were Miti and Auau?
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Tai rāua ko Moana ngā ingoa o ōku hoa.
The names of my friends are Tai and Moana.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa ngā rangatira.
Moki and Tu-te-kawa were the chiefs.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Tai, ko Moana rātou ko Rangi.
Tai, Moana and Rangi.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
He hoa piritahi rāua ko Rāwiri.
He and Rāwiri are best friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te haere atu rātou ko Hone, ko Hōhepa, ko Tai.
Hone, Hōhepa and Tai are going.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Timi rāua ko Jen aku mātua.
Timi and Jen are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Nikau te mokopuna a Rangi rāua ko Mia.
Nikau is the grandchild of Rangi and Mia.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko ia te mea hangareka o rāua ko Riripeti, tōna tuahine.
She is the funny one between her and Riripeti, her sister.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Ani rāua ko Mere.
Ani and Mere.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Pita rātou ko Paul, ko Mere.
Peter, Paul and Mere.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I hararei mātou ko aku hoa.
My friends and I had a holiday.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Mere rāua ko Lennon āku tamariki.
Mere and Lennon are my children.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Barry rāua ko Lynne ōku mātua.
Barry and Lynne are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Moana rāua ko Kauri ōku tuāhine.
Moana and Kauri are my sisters.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Ari rāua ko Aroha ngā mātua o Amaru.
Ari and Aroha are the parents of Amaru.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Koa rāua ko Ataahua ngā mokopuna o Taika rāua ko Ani.
Koa and Ataahua are the grandchildren of Taika and Ani.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Niko rāua ko Rina ngā hoa o Manu rāua ko Aria.
Niko and Rina are the friends of Manu and Aria.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I hiahia a Hera rāua ko Rangi ki te tūtaki i a rāua anō.
Hera and Rangi wanted to meet each other.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I tērā tau ka haere mātou ko aku hoa ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year me and my friends went to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Billy rāua ko Bob ā rāua māhanga.
Their twins are Billy and Bob.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Brooklyn te mokopuna a Lynne rāua ko Barry.
Brooklyn is the grandchild of Lynne and Barry.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ka kōrero ia ki a māua ko Mere.
He spoke to Mere and me.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko māua ko Mere ngā kaiāwhina.
Mere and I are the helpers.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Mātou ko Hata.
Hata and the rest of us.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
No Te Kaha mātou ko Hata mā.
Hata and I and the rest are from Te Kaha.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei Pōneke māua ko Sarah.
Sarah and I are in Wellington.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Māua ko tōku hoa.
My friend and I.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Rangi rāua ko tōna hoa.
Rangi and her friend.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Mātou ko ōku hoa.
My friends and I.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Koutou ko tōu whanau.
You and your family.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Nikau rātou ko tōna whanau.
Nikau and his family.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Sally rāua ko Tīmoti ōku mātua.
My parents are Sally and Timoti.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Jacob rāua ko Hana āku tamariki.
Harnah and Jacob are my children
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Brian rāua ko Fran ōku mātua
Brian and Fran are my parents
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa the children were born.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Pāora rāua ko Tawa ō tāua hoa.
Pāora and Tawa are our friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Hana rāua ko Jacob
Harnah and Jacob
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Tanya rāua ko Sarah
Tanya and Sarah
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Aidan rāua ko Liam
Aidan and Liam
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Aidan rātou ko Kaia, ko Liam
Aidan and Kaia and Liam
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Kayte rāua ko Denis, ko Beverley
Kayte and Denis and Beverley
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Koa rātou ko Aroha ko Taika āku tamariki.
Koa, Aroha and Taika are my children.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te tangi a Mereana rāua ko Paul.
Mereana and Paul are crying.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te oma a Mere rātou ko Hariata, ko Matiu, ko Ropata.
Mere, Hariata, Matiu and Ropata are running.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te haere a Raureka rāua ko Te Naera.
Raureka and Te Naera are going.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Rāwiri rātou ko Tūmanako, ko Rongomai, me tana tāne a Moana, aku mokopuna.
Rāwiri, Tūmanako, Rongomai, and Moana, her husband, are my grandchildren.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te katakata a Honi rāua ko Ataahua.
Honi and Ataahua are laughing.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te kanikani a Amaru rāua ko Manu.
Amaru and Manu are dancing.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako aku tama.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my sons.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te moe a Angie rāua ko Raiha.
Angie and Raiha are sleeping.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Flo rāua ko Rāwiri ōku kaumātua.
Flo and Rāwiri are my grandparents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako ōku tungāne.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my brothers.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kei te ako a Hēmi rāua ko Pita i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Hēmi and Pita are learning Māori 'family' words.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana ā māua tamariki.
Riripeti and Tīwana are our children.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Arā, ko au te tama a Hone rāua ko Rāhera.
That is, I am the child of Hone and Rāhera.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I mahi māua ko tōku māmā.
My mother and I (us two, but not you the listener) worked.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
He mātua a Pani rāua ko Hata,.
Pani and Hata are parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Tīwana rāua ko Riripeti aku irāmutu.
Tīwana and Riripeti are my nieces/nephews.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kua tūtaki au ki a Tawa rāua ko tana hoa wahine, ko Mia.
I have met Tawa and his girlfriend, Mia.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana āku irāmutu.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my nieces/nephews.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako ōku taokete.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my twins.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko te rā, ko te marama hei rama, ā, ko te ahi hei whakamahana i a mātou.
The sun and the moon were our lights, and the fire was all we had to keep us warm.
Conjunctions - and - ā
Kō ēnei waka e rua, i ū mai ki Hokianga.
These two canoes landed at Hokianga.
Towards - mai
Haere ake anō ko ngā tāngata o Ngāti-Kahukoa, me ā rātou rōpā anō.
The people of Ngāti-Kahukoka set off, with their slaves too.
Up - ake
Ko James te tamaiti tuarua o te whānau
James is the second child in the family.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Ko te rā tuatahi o te hararei āpōpō.
It's the first day of the holiday tomorrow.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Ko te tuatahi hei te Rāhoroi.
The first will be on Sunday.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Ko koe te tuatahi ki te kōrero i roto i tēnei karaihe.
You are the first to speak in this class.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Ko te whitu karaka i te ata.
7 o'clock in the morning.
Telling time - kara
Ko te rima karaka i te ahiahi.
5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Telling time - kara
Ko te tekau mā tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Ko Ngāti-Kahukoka e mea ana nā rātou taua wāhi moana.
Ngāti-Kahukoka said that part of the sea belonged to them.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o taua hui?
Do you know who the organiser of the hui is?
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauraro.
The pā's water source was a spring on the north side.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Kāore a Ari rāua ko Kauri i runga i te atamira.
Ari and Ari are not on the stage.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore te motokā i kō.
The car isn’t yonder.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Ko te taiapa e karapoti ana i te wahanga o taku whenua.
The fence is around the edge of my section.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o
Ko hea te wāhi pai rawa o Aotearoa ki a koe?
Where is your favourite place in Aotearoa?
I like... - He pai ki a au...
Ko ngā mahi pai ki a ia, ko te mahi māra, me te ruku kai moana hoki.
She likes gardening and diving.
I like... - He pai ki a au...
Kātahi te motokā ātaahua ko tēnei Ferrari!
What a beautiful car this Ferrari is!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kātahi te tāone makariri ko Timaru!
What a cold town Timaru is!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kātahi te motu wera ko Raratonga!
What a hot island Rarotonga is!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kātahi te tamaiti kōioio, ko Mia!
What a mischievous child Mia is!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kātahi te tangata mātauranga, ko Tame!
What a knowledgeable person Tame is!
What a... - kātahi te...
Ko koe te mea ka mahue i te pahi.
You're the one left behind by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
I a Spongebob rāua ko Patariki e tītoitoi ana i te Krusty Krab ka pararē a Squidward ki a rāua.
While Spongebob and Patrick were goofing off at the Krusty Krab, Squidward yelled at them.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...
Ko wai e whai nei?
Who's next?
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...
Ko to ono karaka te wā e tīmata ai te hui.
The meeting starts (specifically) at 6 o'clock.
Specifically - ai
Ko Ōhope te wāhi e kaukau ai ahau.
Ōhope is the place (specifically) where I swim.
Specifically - ai
Ko Waikaremoana te wāhi i tapahia ai taku pito.
Waikaremoana is the (specific) place where my umbilical cord was cut.
Specifically - ai
Ko Te Kūhā te marae e wānanga ai tātau.
Te Kūhā is the (specific) marae where we hold a learning session.
Specifically - ai
Ko te māhunga he mea tia ki te hou.
Their heads were adorned with feathers.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...
Rurea, taitea, kia tū ko taikaka anake.
If you strip away the exterior, reveal the treasure inside.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Ko taku hiahia kia mauria mai e koe he kūano tori.
I wish you would bring me a kitten.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Ko taku tino hiahia kia haere ki Kanata, ki Amerika, ki Mehiko hoki.
I really want to go to Canada, America and Mexico.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Ko te nuinga ia i mea kia kāua e hoea ki te taua.
The majority, however, said that they should not paddle off to a hostile expedition.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Me hoko kode i tēnei, kaua ko tērā.
You should buy this, not that.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
I moe ia i a Pare, kaua ko Kiri.
You should marry Pare, not Kiri.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
I moe ia i a Pare, kaua rawa ko Kiri.
You should marry Pare, absolutely not Kiri!
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua rawa ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, definitely not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
He pai ake pea kia haere atu ki tētahi atu kura kaua ko tēnei.
Perhaps its better if she goes to a different school, not this one.
Another, a different - tētahi atu
Ko tētahi hokorima i mā te tuauru.
100 men went via the west coast.
Via - mā
Ko tērā i mā Waipā, i haere mā roto o Waikato.
Those who went via Waipā went through the Waikato.
Via - mā
Ko wai kāore i horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who didn’t do the dishes?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i te horoi i te rūma?
Who isn’t cleaning the room?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who didn’t pick up the children from school?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i te tunu i te kai?
Who isn’t cooking the food?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i tākaro i te papa tākaro?
Who didn’t play at the playground?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i hanga i te whare?
Who didn’t build the house?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i kai i ngā āporo?
Who didn’t eat the apples?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who isn’t helping the teacher?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i hopu i te ika?
Who didn’t catch the fish?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i te tākaro i te kēmu?
Who isn’t playing the game?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i hoko i ngā pukapuka?
Who didn’t buy the books?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i te whakahaere i te hui?
Who isn’t running the meeting?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i kī i te kākahu?
Who didn’t pack the clothes?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i te waiata i te waiata?
Who isn’t singing the song?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko wai kāore i whakaatu i te kiriata?
Who didn’t show the movie?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Ko te Paraire, te tuaiwa o Aperira.
Friday, the ninth of April.
Ko au te tino hoa o Rāwiri.
I am Rāwiri's best friend.
Ko tēhea te mea pai?
Which one is the best?)
Ko te mea nui, he tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
The greatest thing, is people, people, people.
Ko Kui tōku tupuna whaea.
Kui is my ancestral mother or grandmother.
Correct: Ko tērā te mea pai.
That one is the best.
Ko wai tāu e pai ai o ngā rangatira nei?
Which one of these chiefs do you like?
Kia harapaki māua ko te riri
That wrath and I may join,
Ko te toru o ō hokinga mai i te tuarongo, kei waho ahau o te tatau, māku e whakatuwhera te kuaha ka rere tika mai koe ki waho, ka tūtaki atu ai tāua i te kuaha.
The third time you go to the back of the house, I will be at the door, I will open the door, and you will jump right outside and then we will shut it.
Kua rongo māua ko taringa
I have heard,
Ka pai. Ko au tēnā.
Cool. That's me.
Ko Ōtaki te ingoa o taku kura.
The name of my school is Ōtaki.
Māua ko te nguha.
Fierce rage and I.
Ahakoa ko wai te kaikōrero, me whakarongo.
Whoever is the speaker, you should listen.
Ko wai te iwi nōna te whenua?
What is the tribe which owns the land?
Ko te ako i te reo Māori te kaupapa hei kōrero māu.
Leaning the Māori language is the theme for you to talk about.
Ko Riripeti tōku tuahine.
Riripeti is my sister.
I muri tata mai i te rama karaka, ko te whero.
Straight after the orange light comes the red one.
Ko wai ka horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who will wash the dishes?
Ko te tangata i kite i te patupaiarehe ko Te Kanawa.
The man who saw the fairies was Te Kanawa.
Ko te Hōne e mōhio ana au nō Kirikiriroa
The Hōne I know is from Hamilton
I muri tata mai i te uira, ko te whatitiri.
Soon after the lightning comes the thunder.
Ko Rangi ka horoi i ngā rīhi.
Rangi will wash the dishes.
Ka whawhai tonu au ki a koutou ko ō hoa.
I will keep fighting against you and your mates.
I muri tata mai i te waiata tira, ko te whakaeke.
Straight after the waiata tira comes the whakaeke.
Ko Tōrere te marae i tū ai te hui.
Tōrere is the marae where the meeting took place.
Ka kōrero māua ko Mere ki a ia.
Mere and I spoke to him.
Ko Ponga te mea i mihi puku ki a ia.
Ponga admired her silently.
Ko te hiahia o Kupe, kia tae rawa atu ia ki Aotearoa.
It was Kupe’s wish to get right to New Zealand.
Ko Tōrere te marae e tū ai te hui.
Tōrere is the marae where the meeting will take place.
Ko māua ko Mere ngā kaiwhina.
Mere and I are the helpers.
Ko Hēmi te tama?
Is Hēmi the son?
Ko Tōrere te marae e tū nei te hui.
Tōrere is the marae where the meeting is taking place.
Ko Haora iā tomo ana ki ia tēnā whare ki tēnā whare.
As for Saul he entered each house. (For ‘each,’ see 19.22.)
He koretake kōrua ko Mere!
You and Mere are useless!
Ka whakatūpou ia, ko tōna upoko ki raro, ko ana waewae ki runga ki te pana i tōna pāpā i a Rangi.
He bent down and placed his head on the ground, and threw his legs up to the sky onto the body of his father, Rangi, so he could push.
Ko Hēmi te tama.
Hēmi is the son.
Ko mua i te whare te wāhi e tū ai te kaikōrero.
The place where the speaker stands is in front of the house.
Ka haere a Hōhepa ki Hiruhārama kia tuhituhia ai rāua ko tāna wahine ko Mere.
Joseph set out for Jerusalem in order that he and his wife Mere might be registered (written down).
Ko Hine rāua ko Mere ngā kaiako i haere ki te Whare Wānanga
Hine and Mere are the tutors who went to the University
I roto rāua ko Mere i te whare.
He and Mere were in the house.
Ko ana waewae ka kuhu ki waenga i ngā matata o te rangi kia tika ai te pupuru me te takoto o te tinana kia kaha ai te pana.
His fingers gripped deep into the rocks and the vines of the land, to hold his body steady for the powerful thrust to come.
Nō muri i a Tāriana Tūria rāua ko Pita Sharples, ko Te Ururoa Flavell rāua ko Mārama Fox.
After Tāriana Tūria and Pita Sharples came Te Ururoa Flavell and Mārama Fox.
Ko te toki e tuaina nei e ia te rākau he toki pounamu.
The axe with which he is cutting down the tree is a greenstone axe.
Ko tōku motokā tēnei.
This is my car.
Anana, kua rere te rangi, aua noa ake i runga, ko Papatūānuku ki raro rawa.
And there! Rangi had been ripped upwards, miles above, and Papatūānuku lay separated below.
Nō muri tata mai i te rū, ko te taiāniwhaniwha.
Shortly after the earthquake came the tsunami.
Ko Tamahae te tamaiti i mau ai te tarakihi.
Tamahae was the boy who caught the tarakihi.
Ko Aria tēnā.
That is Aria. (near the listener)
Ko tēnei te whare i hangaia e Jack.
This is the house which was built by Jack.
Ko ia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou.
He is the ancestor of Ngāti Porou.
Ko tēnei te wā tuatoru i tae atu au ki reira
this is incorect
ko, me, e, rā
Me tēnei tangata‘with this man
Ko tēnei te whare nā Jack i hanga.
This is the house that Jack built.
Ka tonoa e ia a Pita rāua ko Hoani kia mea, “Tikina te hapa mā tātou kia kai ai, kia inu ai.
He gave instructions to Pita and Hoani saying, “Fetch supper for us so that we may eat and drink.
Ko wai e haere?
Who is to go?
Ko ēnei ngā mahi o te hui.
These things are the work (the things that happen at) of hui.
Tēnā ko ngā tama a Iharaira, i haere rātou rā te wāhi maroke i waenganui o te moana (Exodus 14:29)
The children of Israel went by way of the dry area through the middle of the sea
Ko tēnei taku rūma moe.
This is my bedroom.
Ko wai i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who picked up the children from school?
Ko ngā tamariki kāhore e haere ana ki te pikitia ka noho tonu ki te kura.
The children who are not going to the film will remain at school.
Ko wai mā kei te haere?
Who are you going with?
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.
Ko au i te pupuri i te taura o tēnei rāti.
I was holding the rope attached to this spear.
Ko Rewi te tangata.
Rewi is the man.
Ko te wharekura tērā
That is the school
ko Hana tōna ingoa
her name is Hana
Ko tēwhea te kākahu, i whatua nā e koe?
Which is the cloak woven by you?
Ahakoa ko tēnei tōku kāinga tipu, ka wehe atu au.
Although this is the place where I grew up, I will leave.
Ko ngā pukapuka tika ēnā
Those are the right books
Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihiku i tērā rau tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.
Nō te tangi ka mātau ai a Rehua ko Kupe tēnei.
From the lamentation Rehua knew that this was Kupe.
Ko te kaiwhakahaere a Rōpata
Rōpata is the organiser
Ko ngā mea rā.
Those ones over there.
Ko Moana kei te tiaki i ngā tamariki.
Moana is looking after her children.
Ko ētahi o rātou, ko ngā rōpā me ngā wāhine i kata.
Some of them, the slaves and the women, laughed.
Ko ia tētahi o tō tātou rōpū.
She is one of our group.
Ko te huarahi tika tēnei
This is the right road
Ko te mea kākāriki.
The green one.
Ko Mere rāua ko Erihapeti ō tātou tumuaki.
Our leaders are Mere and Erihapeti.
Ki tā te Awara, ko Hei te pāpā o Waitaha.
According to Te Arawa, Hei was the father of Waitaha.
Ko ngā tāngata katoa i kata mne te tangatira atu.
All the people, including the chief, laughed.
Ko āku tamariki anō.
My own children.
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.
Ko te kaikōrero tērā koroheke
That older man is the orator
Ko ngā mea kākāriki.
The green ones.
Ko te Raumati taku tino wā o te tau.
Raumati is my favourite time of the year.
Ko wai te tangata, e poka nei i te poaka?
Who is the man butchering the pig?
Nā, tērā anō tētahi pā nui onamata, ko Maunga-whau.
Now, there was a certain great fortress in days of old named Maunga-whau.
I tunu keke a Hone rāua ko Mere mā rāua anō.
John and Mary baked cakes for themselves, or for each other.
Ko te hēkeretari a Mere
Mere is the secretary
Ko ia te matua o ngā tamariki e mātakitaki mai ana.
He is the father of the children who are watching.
Ko te huarahi tuatahi i whakamātau ai ia hei putanga mōna ..
The first pathway he tried as an escape for himself ..
Ko Hēnare te kaiwhakaako’ =
Hēnare is the teacher
Ko hea te ingoa o te maunga rā?
What is the name of that mountain?
Ko wai te taurekareka, nāna nei i tapahi ngā waea o te taiepa?
Who was the rascal who cut the fence wires?
Ko te tāne i moe ai a Tōrere o te tangata.whenua,ko Manaaki-ao te ingoa.
Manaaki-ao was the name of the local man that Tōrere married.
He mātua pai a Pani rāua ko Hata
Pani and Hata are good parents.
Ko Puhihuia i noho i te whakarei o te waka.
Puhihuia sat in the stern of the canoe.
Ko rātou i haere ki te hui
It was they who went to the hui
Ko koe te mea tika.
You are the right person.
Ko te haurua mai i te toru karaka te wā,
The time is 3.30pm
Ko Hēmi tōku matua.
Hēmi is my father.
I te ata, ko ō ngā tamariki, nāna nei i tohatoha ngā hea.
In the morning the children who spread the hay got up.
Ko Hone Heke te tangata nāna te pou haki i tua
Hone Heke was the man who felled the flagpole
Ka oti ngā waka, ka huaina ko Whiritoa, ko Taputapu-hukarere, ko wai atu
The canoes were finished and called Whiritoa, Taputapu-hukarere, etc.
Ko koe te tohunga, māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.
Ko te teina ia he wahine āhua pai, nō reira i riro ai te tāne i a ia.
The younger sister was a beautiful woman, and so she took the man as a husband.
Ko te tohunga o Te Arawa waka, ko Ngātoroirangi =
As for the priest of (the) Te Arawa canoe, it was Ngātoroirangi
Mātou ko Hata
He/she and I and Hata.
Ko wai ngā tāngata, māna e tō te waka ki te wai?
Who are the men who will drag the canoe to the water?
Ko te nuinga o ngā ākonga, he Māori =
As for the majority of the students, they are Māori
Koutou ko Hata ko Pani
You, Hata and Pani.
Tēnā koutou katoa. Ko tō tātou ??? ... ki a kiamārama??. Nāna mana ki tākia tātou i tēnei wā i tēnei hāora. Nā reira honore kurore ki tānei ki ngā tapu.
“And greetings to you all.
?? who have brought us together at this time, at this hour.
Therefore, honour and glory to this sacred moment of ours.
Ko koe anoo koa a Whakataū.
You are indeed Whakataū.
Time Ko tērā te wā i huihui ai ngā whanaunga katoa
That was the occasion on which/when all the relatives gathered
Nō Te Kaha mātou ko Hata mā.
Hata and I and the rest are from Te Kaha.
Ko wai te iwi, nōna te whenua?
What is the tribe which owns the land?
Ko te Mane te rā e hoki atu ai ōku hoa ki Manurewa
Monday is the day on which/when my friends will return to Manurewa.
Me haere koutou ko Hata ko Pani ki te tāone.
You and Hata and Pani ought to go to town.
Kei te kura rātou ko Hata ko Pani ko Mere.
They and Hata, Pani, and Mere are at the school.
Ko ngā toa ēnā.
Those ones (by you) are the champions.
Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauaro.
The water source for that pā was a spring on the north side.
Ko tēhea tāku kapu?
Which cup is mine?
Ko te Rāhoroi te rā pai hei haerenga ki Pōneke.
Saturday is the best day for going to Wellington
Nō reira i mahara nei, ko te tangata rawa anō i runga nei.
So then she realised that he really was that notorious person from the world above.
Ko tēnei tō rātou waka.
This is their car.
Ko tēhea te ara tika
Which is the right path?
Ko te kāinga o Uenuku i noho ai ko Hawaiki.
The place where Uenuku lived was Hawaiki.
Ko tēnei te marae e tū ai ngā kaumātua ki te whaikōrero
This is the marae on which/where(on) the elders will stand to orate
Ko te whakaaro na te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Ko Mārama te tuahine o Tamahae.
Mārama is the sister of Tamahae.
Ko koe te mātāmua?
Are you the eldest?
Ko te waka kākāriki ra tō mātou.
Ours is that green car.
Kāti, ko au anake e haere.
Enough! I alone will go.
Ko ēhea ngā pukapuka pai?
Which are the good books?
Ko tēhea e haere ana?
Which one is going?
Ko wai tērā?
Who is that over there?
Tō.rāua kāinga i tae mai ai ko Kaka-horoa.
The village they came from was Kaka-horoa.
Ko Tamahae te tungāne o Mārama.
Tamahae is the brother of Mārama.
Ko ētahi o ā rātou waiata nā rātou tonu i tito (Kāretu 1974:108)
Some of their songs they composed themselves
Ko te waha tawhito tēnei.
This is the old entrance.
Ko ēhea e haere ana?
Which ones are going?
Ko tēnei te whare.
This is the house.
Ko tāku take e waea atu nei ..
The reason I’m phoning is ..
Ko te rooia teenei
This is the lawyer
Ko wai māērā tāngata?
Who are those people?
Ko tēhea te kaiako?
Which one is the teacher?
Kua mate māua ko taku teina.
My younger sister and I are sick.
Ko Peti te tāokete o Hēra.
Peti is Hēra’s sister-in-law.
Ahakoa ko wai te kaikōrero me whakarongo
Whoever is the speaker (it doesn’t matter who is speaking), you should listen
Ko Hinemoa, ko ahau.
I am just like Hinemoa, I'd risk all for love.
Ko te kaimahi ia.
He or she is the worker.
Ko ēhea ngā kaiako?
Which ones are the teachers?
Me kōrero kōrua ko te kaiako.
You and the teacher should have a talk.
Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Mārama’s and Tamahae’s cousin.
Koutou ko ē atu ki te pō, haere, haere, haere atu rā.
ou who have gone on to the night, go, go, go on.
Ko te marama o Oketopa tēnei.
This is the month of October.
Ko te rangatira ia.
He or she is the chiefly person.
Ko tēhea tōu?
Which is yours?
He pai rātou ko tana hoa ki te waiata.
She and her friend are good singers.
Ko Rewi tō rāua tungāne.
Rewi is their cousin.
Ko Hēmi te ingoa o te tangata rā
The name of that man is Hēmi
Ko te Wenerei tēnei, te rua o Hānuere.
This is Wednesday, the second of January.
Ko ēhea ōu?
Which are yours
Ko tēnā whakaaro te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Ko ia tōku teina.
She is my younger sister.
Ko Tāwhiri-Mātea.
Ko Tāwhiri-Mātea te atua o ngā hau.
Ko te ata o te Tāite tēnei, te toru o Tīhema.
This is the morning of Thursday the third of December.
Ko tēhea waka tōu?
Which car is yours
Ko te ahi anake tāku e tiki atu ai.
It is only fire that I want to bring back.
Ko tēnei tōku hoa pai rawa.
This is my best friend.
I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō mātau tau tuatahi tēnei
The people were very appreciative, especially seeing as this was our first year (of our band’s existence)
Ko Koro!
It's Koro.
Ko teenei he whare pai
This is a good house
Ko ēhea waka ōu?
Which cars are yours?
Ko Pani te hoa wahine o Hata.
Pani is the wife of Hata.
Ko ia!
He is!
Ko teenei ko te rooia
This is the lawyer
Ko ēhea ngā mea pai ki a koe?
Which ones do you prefer?
Ko te mahi a tēnei tangata he tuku rangi ..
The work of this man was to let down the heavens..
Ko Hata tōna hoa tāne.
Hata is her husband.
Ā, ko ā Arama i huaina ai ki ngā mea ora katoa, hei ingoa ērā mō rātou (Genesis 2:19)
And whatever Adam called all the living things, those were their names
Huaina iho ki te taunga ko Kamokamo.
The fishing ground was called Kamokamo.
Ko teenei te rooia
This is the lawyer
Ko tēhea tīma i toa?
Which team won?
Ko tāku mahi ia rā, he haere ki te tupuna whare.
Every day I went to the ancestral house.
Ko Aorangi te tino maunga o Ngāi Tahu.
Aorangi is the foremost mountain of Ngāi Tahu.
Ka whakaaro a Tia, ākunei te tae wawe ai ko Ngātoroirangi kei reira i mua i a ia
Tia thought that presently, Ngātoroirangi would arrive there before him
Ko wai tōna ingoa?
What is her name?
Ko hea te ingoa o tēnei rohe?
What is the name of this area?
Ko Hine-tītama koe matawai ana te whatu i te tirohanga.
You are like Hine-tītama, a vision at which the eyes glisten.
Ko tēhea o ērā kōtiro te tuahine o Hēnare?
Which of those girls is Hēnare’s sister?
Ko te whakaitiitanga te tohu o te mana nui.
Humility is the sign of greatness.
Ko wai te whare e tū mai rā?
What’s the name of the house over there?
Ko tēhea te mahi kua oti?
Which is the work which has been completed
Ko rātou!
It's them!
Ko tēhea te wā kohikohi pāua?
Which is the pāua-gathering season?
ko wai?
who?
Ko Hēmi te tama a Kauri.
Hēmi is the son of Kauri.
Ko te raumati te wā kohikohi pāua
The summer is the pāua-gathering season.
Ko tētahi tuki tēnei.
This is a song.
Ko te tamaiti i hurihia hei mangō (Biggs, Hohepa, Mead 1967:11)
As for the child, he was turned into a shark
Ko rāua aku hoa.
They are my friends.
Ko tēhea te mea nui?
Which is the important thing?
Kaua ko tēnā.
Not that one.
Ko Manu Karaitiana tōku ingoa.
My name is Manu Karaitiana.
Kia tipu, kia puāwai, ko koe rā te mea nui, ā, mā te kaiako ngā wawata o te kaiako mō āna tauira.
Grow and flourish—you are the most important thing—and through the teacher are the teacher’s aspirations for their students.
Ko teeraa tangata tino nui i mua
That man was very fat
I āwhinatia rātou e mātou ko aku tēina.
They were helped by me and my younger sisters.
Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera te ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe was Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.
Ko Hōhepa au.
I am Hōhepa.
Ko tēnei te pukapuka a Mere.
This is Mere’s book.
Ka tatari au ki a koutou ko ngā kaiako.
I will wait for you and the teachers.
Ko ia taku autāne.
He is my bro in law.
Ko te tangata
The man.
Ko tēnei te whare o Mere.
This is Mere’s house.
Ko te tamaiti i hurihia hei mangō.
As for the child, he was turned into a shark.
Ko rātou ko ō rātou hoa ngā mea ngaro.
They and their friends are the missing ones.
Ko te mēra mo tō māmā,.
They're the mail for your mother.
Ko te Pirimia i te hui
The Prime Minister was at the meeting
Ko Brian tōku matua.
Brian is my father.
Ko Pani te whaea o Tamahae.
Pani is Tamahae’s mother.
Ko tēnei manu, ko te kōtuku, me uaua kē ka kitea (Kāretu 1974:51)
This bird, the white heron, is very rarely seen
Ko ā tātou reta ērā.
They're our letters.
Ko Hata te pāpā o Tamahae.
Hata is his father.
Ko Mahuta te kingi i a Te Puea i uru kaha ai ki ngā mahi o te Kīngitanga (Kāretu 1974:97)
Mahuta was king when Te Puea devoted herself to the activities of the Kīngitanga
Ko ia.
He is.
Ko ngā toa me ngā kaumātua nohopuku ai.
The warriors and the elders usually remained silent.
Ko Rangi tōna matua kēkē.
Rangi is his uncle.
Ko te rangatira a Hōne
Hōne is the chief
Ko Nick taku irāmutu.
Nick is my nephew.
Ko Hēra tōna matua kēkē.
Hēra is his aunt.
Ko Harnah tāku tamāhine.
Harnah is my daughter.
Ko te wā tina ināianei.
It's lunchtime now.
Ko tēnei.
This is.
Ko wai e rata ana ki ngā tikanga hou nei?
Who likes/ Who’s a fan of these new procedures?
Ko tērā te wheketere e mahi rā a Koro.
That is the factory where Koro is working.
Ko Hōri rāua ko Ani ōku hungarei.
Hōri and Ani are my in-laws.
Ehara ko Hōne te rangatira
It is not Hōne who is the chief (but someone else)
Ko te mea nui i nāianei, kei ora ana ngā tāngata mōhio ki ngā waiata, ko te kohikohi haere i ngā māramatanga kei a rātau
The main thing now, while the people who know the songs are still alive, is to go round collecting the explanations they have
Ko Kuikui te kahurangi o te whānau.
Kuikui is the treasure of the family.
Ko Matatā te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Matatā.
Ko Ngāti Hāmoa te iwi.
I am Samoan. (Literally, Ngāti Hāmoa is the tribe.).
Ko ngā mea ra.
Those ones over there.
Kāhore a Tamahae rātou ko Rewi i te miraka kau tonu.
Tamahae and Rewi were not still milking the cows.
Ko Aotearoa te ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui’s fish.
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu tōku iwi.
Ngāti Kahungunu is my tribe.
Ko au, ko koe, ko tāua.
You, me, us.
Ko Ākarana te taone nui-rawa-atu o Aotearoa.
Auckland is the largest city in Aotearoa.
Ko Ākarana te taone nui rawa atu o Aotearoa
Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand
mōna rā te oriori rā, ko wai ia, ko wai ōna tīpuna.
In the past, it was usually these songs which showed the child for whom the song was composed who he was and who were his ancestors.
Ko Timi kei te haere?
Timi's going?
Ko Rāhera te reo o te whare.
Rāhera is the voice of the house.
Kōrua ko tāu tāne.
You and your husband.
Ko tā rātou he whakainu i ngā pēpi ki te wai hua rākau.
It is their practice to give the babies fruit juice to drink.
Ko Timi.
Timi.
Ko Tamatea-pōkai-whenua tētahi o ngā tīpuna o Ngāi Tahu.
One of the ancestors of Ngāi Tahu is Tamatea-pōkai-whenua.
Ko Ihapera te māmā o Raiatea.
Ihapera is the mother of Raiatea.
Ko Taranaki te maunga e tū mai rā.
The mountain standing over there is Taranaki.
Ehara a Hōne i te rangatira Ko te rangatira a Hōne
Hōne is the chief
Ko Harnah te tuahine o Jacob.
Harnah is the sister (of a boy) of Jacob.
Ā, ko wai tēnei nāna hei arahi i a koutou i tēnei wāhanga mō te tau?
So, who is this who will lead you in this part of the year?
Kei te haere a Rangi rāua ko Hemi ki te papa tākaro.
Rangi and Hemi are going to the playground.
Ko te iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tangata whenua of Aotearoa.
Ko Aroha te tuahine o Pāora.
Aroha is the sister (of a boy) of Pāora.
Ka tapa au i tana ingoa ko Huia.
I name this child Huia.
Ko Hone te tohunga kutikuti pātītī.
Hone is the expert at mowing the lawns.
Ko tēnei wāhanga tuatahi. Ko Aaron Hēnare tōku ingoa.
This is the first section. My name is Erena Hēnare.
Ko Brian rāua ko Fran ōku mātua.
Brian and Fran are my parents.
Tērā tētehi kōhine, ko Ataahua tōna ingoa.
There once was a young girl, Ataahua was her name.
He uri nō Ngāti Maniapoto, Rereahu, Te Rarawa ki tōku pāpā taha; ko tōku māmā taha nō Tūhoe, nō Te Whānau-ā-Apanui hoki.
I am a descendant of Ngāti Maniapoto, Rereahu, and Te Rarawa on my father’s side; and on my mother’s side, I am from Tūhoe and also Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.
Kei te waiata a Peter, rātou ko Paul ko Mary.
Peter, Paul and Mary are singing.
Ko Pere te ingoa o tā rāua ngeru.
Their cat’s name is Pere.
Ko Ani rāua ko Rina ngā tamāhine a Aria.
Ani and Rina are daughters of Aria.
Ko te whakataukī e kī ana...
As the saying goes...
Ko Riripeti te kuku o tōna manawa.
Riripeti is the darling of his heart.
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa.
Me and my friend drove.
Ko tōku whare tēnei.
This is my house.
He kaumātua a Hōri rāua ko Ani no tērā marae.
Hōri and Ani are elders of that marae.
Ko Elizabeth te tuahine o John.
Fran is the sister (of a boy) of Elizabeth.
Ko Jim taku matua.
Jim is my dad.
Ko te kōrero e kī ana...
As the saying goes...
Mātou ko tōku whānau.
Me and my family.
Ko Ngāi Te Rangi tētahi o ngā tino iwi o Tauranga.
Ngāiterangi is one of the main tribes of Tauranga.
Ko John te tungāne o Elizabeth.
John is the brother (of a girl) of Elizabeth.
I haere mātou ko Rangi ko Hemi.
Me and Rangi and Hemi went.
Ko Jacob te tungāne o Harnah.
Jacob is the brother (of a girl) of Harnah.
Ko te tino rerekētanga, ko te reo ā-iwi.
The main difference is the dialect.
Ākuanei ka tūtaki i a ia. Heoi anō, ahau tēnā, Aaron Henare. Ko taku tētahi ingoa poto, ko Matua Azza. Mehemea e hiahia ana koe ki te tuku te ingoa poto, Matua Azza, e pai ana ki ahau.
We’ll meet him shortly. Anyway, that is me, Aaron Henare. One of my short names is Matua Azza. If you would like to use my short name, that is fine with me.
Ko wai mā ērā wāhine e ruku koura ana?
Who are those women (who are) crayfish diving (diving for crayfish)?
Ko Ingarangi pea te kāinga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.
Ko Tararua te maunga.
Tararua is the mountain.
Ko Andrew te tungāne o Kayte.
Andrew is the brother (of a girl) of Kayte.
Ko ngā iwi o te uru, o te raki anō hoki, ka kaha mahi i te "e... ana".
The tribes of the west, and also the north, use "e... ana".
Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.
Ko Ōtaki te awa
Ōtaki is the river
Ko Brian te tungāne o Val.
Brian is the brother (of a girl) of Val.
Ko ngā iwi o te rāwhiti, o te tonga hoki, ha mahi kē i te "kei te...".
The tribes of the east and the south, on the other hand, use "kei te...".
Ko Tōrere te marae i hui ai te komiti.
Tōrere was the marae where the committee met.
Ko ēhea ngā mea māku
Which are the things for me?
Ko Tamahae te tama a Pani.
Tamahae is Pani’s son.
Ko Ngāti Raukawa te iwi
Ngāti Raukawa is the tribe
Ko tāu, e kui, he okioki.
Your role, elder, is to rest.
Ko hea tēnei?
What place is this?
Ko tāku tēnei.
This is mine.
Ko rātou ngā tāngata i haere ki te ngahere.
They are the men who went to the forest.
Ko ēnei ngā mea hou māu
These are the new things for you
Ko Mārama tāna tamāhine.
Mārama is her daughter.
Ko tēnei te kōrero o te matenga o Kae.
This is the story of the death of Kae.
Ko Fran te teina o Margaret.
Fran is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Margaret.
Ko ngā patu poto a te hokowhitu nei i hunaa ki muri i ngā tuara.
The party held their short clubs concealed behind their backs.
Ko hea tērā maunga?
What is that mountain?
Ko wai te tamaiti kua hoki ki te kāinga?
Who is the child who has gone back to the village (who has gone back home)?
Ko Fran te teina o Elizabeth.
Fran is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Elizabeth.
Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakaohorere ki te ākonga reo Māori, ko te akoranga nei, ehara noa te wātū i te "ka".
A common confusion for Māori language learners is that the verb "ka" is not only used for future tense.
Ko Tūmanako te toki hākinakina o tōna whānau.
Tūmanako is the sports champion of his family
Ko wai ia e pātōtō ana i taku tatau?
Who is it knocking on my door?
Ko ēnei ngā āporo kua kainga e ngā manu.
These are the apples that have been eaten by the birds.
Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Ko tēnei te marae e tū ai ngā hui kapa haka.
This is the marae where kapa haka competitions/events are held (as a regular practice). (New Zealand Curriculum)
Koia ka puta te ingoa mō tērā taha moana ko Mangonui.
Hence the name Mangonui was given to that harbour.
Ko te whenua anake te āmaia ana E aku mahara ki ngā pūtea,
All the earth around is bringing hither To my memory thoughts of those precious heaps,
Ko te tamaiti kēkē a Rangi rāua ko Hēra.
She is the niece of Rangi and Hēra.
Ka titiro whakawaho atu ngā pirikoti ki te hiwi matomato i kō atu o tō rātou whenua.
The billy goats looked out towards the green hill beyond their land.
Ko Aotea te waka o Waikato?
Is Aotea Waikato's canoe?
Ko wai kei roto i te kaapata raa?
Who is in that cupboard?
Ko Raureka tōku ingoa.
My name is Raureka.
Ko Ranginui e tū nei, ko Papatūānuku e takoto nei.
Ranginui standing above us, and Papatūānuku lying beneath us.
Ko tāu mahi, he hono i te rerenga ki tana whakamārama tika (tuhinga reo Ingarihi).
Your task is to connect the sentence to its correct translation (English language text).
Ko eewhea kei roto i te kaapata raa
Which ones are in that cupboard?
Nā Rangi rāua ko Mere tēnei pene.
This pen belongs to Rangi and Mere.
Ko Te Naera tāku tama.
Te Naera is my son.
Ko ēnei ngā tauera mā tēnā kōtiro mā tēnā kōtiro.
These are the towels for each girl.
Ko Aotea, ko Tākitimu, ko Mataatua ōna waka.
Aotea, Tākitimu and Mataatua are his canoes.
Ko wai tērā tangata
Who is that person with the answer
Ko Tame tōku pāpā.
My father is Tame.
Ko tāku, he...
What I do is...
Ko wai i piirangi ki te kaakahu?
Who wanted the dress?
Ko Rewi kei te aawhina i a Pani
It is Rewi who is helping Pani
Kei te waiata a Rob rāua ko Lily
Rob and Lily are singing. Becomes;
Ki te kore he atua, ko taua wānanga rā te kaitohu aituā.
If there was no god, that wānanga, a sacred vessel, was the preserver against accidents.
Ko Piripi rāua ko Miriama ōku mātua.
Piripi and Miriama are my parents.
Ko Rewi tērā tangata
That person is Rewi.
Me pōhiri ngā tāngata katoa, kaua ko ngā rangatira anake
Everyone must be welcomed, not just the chiefs
Ko ia tāu irāmutu.
He is your nephew.
Pahure atu te whare pukapuka, ko te toa hua rākau.
The fruit shop is past the library.
Kāore a Rob rāua ko Lily i te waiata
Rob and Lily are not singing.
Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine
What is the name of that woman, literally Who is the name of that woman?
Ko wai kei te whaangai i ngaa kurii?
Who is feeding the dogs?
Ko tōku tūmanako tēnei, kia hoki ora koe ki tō whaea.
This is my hope, that you should return safely to your mother.
Ko Rita tōna ingoa
Rita is her name or Her name is Rita.
Ko Harnah tāku mātāmua.
Harnah is my eldest child.
Ko Manawatū tōna ingoa.
Its name is Manawatū.
Ko āu irāmutu rātou.
They are your nephews.
Ka whakaaro a Tia ākuanei te tae wawe ai ko Ngātoroirangi ki reira i mua i a ia. (Pōtatau 1991:246)
Tia soon thought that Ngātoroirangi would arrive there before him.
Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga tapu
What is the name of that sacred mountain?
Ko Andrew te mātāmua o Beverley.
Andrew is the oldest child of Beverley.
Ko te kōrero e kīia ana...
The saying goes...
Ko taku hoa tēnei.
This is my friend.
Ko ā tātou tamariki o nāianei ko ngā rangatira o te wā kei te haere mai.
Our children today are the leaders of the future.
Ko Tongariro (te ingoa)
(The name is) Tongariro
Kua whati te kakau o tāku kō.
The handle of my spade has snapped.
Ko ia taku hoa.
He's my friend.
Ko te mea tawhito tērā.
That is the old one.
Ko ia te kōtiro tuarua.
She is the second girl.
Kei kō, kei tua i te whare.
Over there, on the other side of the house.
Kei te mahi tahi a Hau rāua ko Haora.
Hau and Haora are working together.
Ko te tokomaha o ngā tāngata me te mea e rima mano.
The number of people was about five thousand.
Ko te aha tērā whare mā
What is that white building?
Ko Joseph te mātāmua o Phill.
Joseph is the oldest child of Phill.
Ko koe te tamahine a Tai, nē rā?
You're Tai's daughter, aren't you?
Ko te whare karakia tērā
That is the church
Ko Angie te mātāmua o Richard.
Angie is the oldest child of Richard.
Ko ngā mea tawhito ērā.
Those are the old ones.
Ko te reo Māori tō rātou reo tuatahi
Māori is their first language
Ko tēnei tō te māhita whare.
This is the teacher’s house.
Ko Kupe te tangata i haere tonu.
Kupe was the man who kept on going.
Ko te waka whewhero ra tō mātou.
Ours is that reddish car.
Ko ngaa manu ka whaangai·a e ia
It was the birds that were fed by her
I tēnei tau, ko Sarah te tuatahi o tōna akomanga uku i Aotearoa katoa.
This year, Sarah was first in her ceramics class in all of new Zealand.
Ko ēnei ā te māhita kī.
These are the teacher’s keys.
I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō.mātou tau tuatahi tēnei. (Pōtatau 1991:44)
first this The people were very complimentary, especially since this was our first year.
Ko Pani te wahine a Hata.
Pani is Hata’s wife.
Ko Hata tāna tāne.
Hata is her husband.
Ko te mea whewhero.
The reddish one.
Ko wai kāore i haere mai ki te tāone?
Who did not come to town?
Ko tēnei te kura he kaiako (ai) ahau i 1970.
EQ this the school CLS teacher ai. I at 1970
Ko Pita rāua ko Paul.
Pita and Paul.
Ko tēnei te waiata.
This is the song.
Ko ēnā āu.
Those ones are yours.
Ko wai tēnei tangata i tukua atu, he mea rīpeka nā te ringa o ngā tāngata kino?
Who was this man who was handed over, crucified by the hand(s) of evil men?
Ko ēnei ngā waiata.
These are the songs.
Ko taua wāhi kaukau he awa wai māori, he kaukaunga nō te tini o te tangata.
That bathing place was a freshwater stream, a bathing place for all the people.
Ko taua rite tonu rā.
Same old, same old.
Ko tāna mahi he tiaki i ngā hōiho ō ngā āpiha.
His job is taking care of the officers’ horses.
Kei te mōhio au ko tēnā tāku pene.
Exercise 12b
Māua ko taku hoa tāne
My husband and I
Ko Makareta tōku ingoa.
Makareta is my name.
Ko Mariano tōku tipuna.
Mariano is my ancestor.
Ko te pātainga iho a Tama, ‘E Tū, kei te ora tonu koe?
Tū, are you still alive?
Ko Piripi tōku pāpā.
Piripi is my dad.
Ko Pararaki te mutunga ake o te one e kīia nei he one roa.
Pararaki is the end of the beach called Long Beach.
nā Rangi rāua ko Mere
Rangi and Mere arethe reason
Ko Miriama tōku māmā.
Miriama is my mum.
Ko James Tait tōku tipuna.
James Tait is my ancestor.
Ko te manaakitanga tētehi tikanga nui o te Māori.
Hospitality is a major tradition of Māori people.
Ko tēnā whaaaro te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Kātahi nā te tamaiti mōhio, ko koe.
What a clever child you are.
Ko wai taa Hata e moohio ana hei aawhina i a taaua?
Who does Hata know will help us?
Kua haere a Te Kara rāua ko Alex ki te hahau pōro
Te Kara and Alex have gone to play golf
Ko Sue tāku kōtiro.
Sue is my daughter or girl
Ko ngā kupu a te akomanga.
The words of the class.
Ko te aha naa Hata i here?
What did Hata tie up?
kōrua ko Hēmi,
you and Hēmi
Kōrua ko tōu hoa wahine
You and your wife
Me peka mai kōrua ko Anthony ki tōku!
You and Anthony should come to my house!
Ko Mere tāku kōtiro.
Mere is my girl.
Ko rātou ngā tāngata.
They are the people.
I te aha koutou ko Mānia, ko Himiona i roto rā?
What were you and Mānia and Himiona up to in there?
Ko Rangi tāku tama.
Rangi is my boy.
Ko Hata anake kua kai.
Only Hata has eaten.
Mai i te wā i a Pōtatau tae noa mai ki ēnei rā, ko te mana nui o roto i Waikato ko te Kīngitanga.
From the time of Pōtatau right up to the present, the greatest authority within Waikato has been the King Movement.
Ā tokorua ā rātou i whakarite ai, ko Hohepa rāua ko Matiaha.
And two of them were therefore proposed (put forward for selection), Hohepa and Matiaha.
Kāore mātou ko Shane, ko Tīni i te rata!
Shane, Tīni and I do not approve!
Aroha, Ko taku hoa ako tēnei. Ko Te Manaaki.
Aroha, This is my study buddy, Te Manaaki.
Kāti, e mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Then are you saying Ponga is to be your lord?
Ko tēnei he mea nō roto i te waea.
This is something from the inside of your phone.
mā Rangi rāua ko Mere
Rangi and Mere will bethe reason
Ko Pita e haere
Pita is the one who should go (who is to go)
Ko Adrien te tangata (e / ?i) mahi ai i ngā wā katoa.
Adrien is the person who works all the time.
Ko wai e pōhiri?
Who should be invited?
Ko Pānia ināianei he kōhatu kei raro i te moana e takoto ana.
Today Pānia is a rock lying underneath the sea.
Me tuhi pikitia māua ko George!
George and I should draw a picture!
Ko Monika: E noho rā!
What it said
I tōna tikanga ko Pita tana ingoa.
It is her intention that his name will be Peter.
Ko Ponga i kōhuru i a au.
Ponga treated me maliciously.
Ko teenei teetahi whare nui
This is a big house
Ākuanei ka haere mai tētahi tangata nō Te Reinga, he wairua, ko Tū-horopunga te ingoa.
This is a story about Hine-kōrangi, a woman whose father made her a puhi and wouldn’t
Ko tēhea te ara e haere mai ai tō tātou hoa?
Which is the track will come thereby our friend?
Ko Hēra rāua ko Ruku ō tāua hoa.
Hera and Ruku are our friends.
Ko teenei te kurii a wai?
This is whose dog?
Ko teenei teetahi whare miraka
This is a milking shed
Nō te mea ko ia tōku hoa.
Because she is my friend.
Ko hea tātou hoko ai i ētehi taro?
Where shall we buy thereat some loaves?
Toe ake ko ngā kai mā Ngā-iwi.
The food apportioned to Ngā-iwi remained.
Ko Patuaka te tangata e kite ai koe.
Patuaka is the man whom you will see.
Ko te aha tēnei rā?
What is this day?
Kotahi tō tātou maunga, ko Aorangi.
We have one mountain, Aorangi.
Kīhai a ia i hoki mai, ko ana hoa ia i hoki atu i te kupu o te tangata i karanga atu rā.
She did not return; her friends, however, returned at the word of the man who called out.
Ko Patuaka te tangata e kitea ai koe.
Patuaka is the man by whom you will be seen.
Ko te Mane tēnei rā.
This day is Monday.
Ko tana tungāne.
Her brother.
Mai ā tērā tau ko Pou te heamana.
The chairman from next year onwards will be Pou.
kō ,konei, tonā, korā
Line 104: here, there by you with ko...
Ko ia te wahine i ako ai au.
She is the woman whom I taught.
Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei tamaiti?
What is the name of this child?
Ko wai ōu tuākana?
Who are your older siblings?
Ko Tanira te ingoa o tōku kuia
Tanira is my grandmother’s name
Ko tētehi mea nui o te ao Māori, ko te whakawhanaungatanga.
One important aspect of Māoridom is relationships.
Ko te Hone e kōrero nei, kāhore e roa.
The John I'm talking about isn't tall.
Ko au te mokopuna a Atareti.
I am Atareti’s grandchild.
Ko ia te wahine i akona ai au.
She is the woman by whom I was taught.
Ko Rita te ingoa o tēnā tamaiti.
Rita is the name of that child.
Kei kō paku atu
Just beyond
Ko Turama koe
You are Turama
E hoa e, ko tana kurī!
Jees mate, it's her dog!
Ko wai mā ēnā tangata?
Who are those people?
I tēnei wā, ko Tāwhaki i whaikupu ake ..
Now it was Tāwhaki who spoke ..
Ko wai ia?
Who is he?
Ko te tūmahi poro, te tūmahi whiti-kore, he tūmahi ka tū me tana kotahi.
Intransitive verbs, intransitive verbs, verbs...
Ko Kuini mā ērā kōtiro.
Those girls are Kuini and others.
Singular: Ko te aha?
What is? What was?
Ko Riki te tuakana o Bruce
Riki is Bruce’s older brother
Ko Hori ia
He is Hori
Ko Niko.
Niko is.
Ko teenei raakau ka pai moo te whakairo
This tree will be good for carving
Ko koe tērā?
Is that you?
Plural: Ko ngā aha?
What are? What were?
Ko Andrea te tuakana o Moana
Andrea is Moana’s older sister
Ko Julianne ia
She is Julianne
Ko Kararaina te mea i tū ki te karanga.
Katherine is the one who stood and called.
Ko koe anake ka haere.
Only you will go.
Ko te moenga o Ruataupare kei raro iho o te mataaho.
Ruataupare’s bed was immediately beneath the window.
Āe, ko au tēnei.
Yes, it is I (It's me).
Ko te kīhi o tōna waka tēnā.
That’s the key of his car.
Ko Ripeka te teina o Karyn
Ripeka is Karyn’s younger sister
Naa Hata raaua ko wai i horoi ngaa riihi?
Hata and who washed the dishes?
Ko teenei awa he pai moo te hii i Niu Tiireni
This river is the best for fishing in New Zealand
Ko te mēra mo tō māmā.
They’re the mail for your mother.
Ka huaina tā rāua tama ko Hēnare
Their son was called Hēnare
Ko Mike ahau, tokowhā ōku teina
I’m Mike and I have four younger brothers (Mike is male)
Ko Rangi anake i waiata i tētahi waiata.
Only Rangi sang one song. (i.e., nobody else sang)
Kāore e hoatu e ahau, tā te mea ko te paekura ki te Māhina.
I won’t give it up, because it is the treasure found by Māhina.
I tō rātou taenga ki te wāhi e kīa nei ko Korokota (Matthew 27:33)
When they arrived at the place called Golgotha
Ko Juliet rāua ko Jessica ōku teina
Juliet and Jessica are my younger sisters (speaker is female)
Ko te kōrero a ngā mātua tïpuna.
The stories of the forebears.
Ko ngā waka i mua rā, mate katoa ngā tāngata o runga.
As for the canoes in front there, all the people on board were killed.
Ko wai → kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?
Ko ngā kupu iti o te reo e hono hono nei i te kōrero e kīa ana he punga
The small words of the language which connect utterances are called particles
Engari Tania, ko koe rāku tuahine!
But Tania, you are my sister! (speaker is male)
Ko tēhea te mahi → kua oti?
Which is the work which has been completed?
Ko Rei tōku ingoa
My name is Rei
Ko te kaupapa o te hui, ko te whakakotahi i te whānau.
The theme of our meeting is family unity.
Ko Scotty tōku tungāne
Scotty is my brother (speaker is female)
Ko Pāora taku taokete
Pāora is my brother-in-law (speaker is male)
Ko ia kei te moe.
She is sleeping.
E kaha tohutohu mai ana ia ānō nei ko au tana mōkai.
He was ordering me around as if I was his servant.
Ko Ashley rāua ko Nicole aku taokete
Ashley and Nicole are my sisters-in-law (speaker is female)
Ko koe hei muri, hei whakataki i a au.
You will be behind, to safeguard me.
ko te aha?
L100: “What?
Ko wai mā
Who were arguing?
B. Ko Hōne e haere
Hōne is to go
Ko ngā rōpū e rua i te totohe.
The two groups were arguing.
Ko Ari te koroua.
Ari is the grandfather.
Ko konei ia āpōpō.
He will be here tomorrow.
Ko ngā rōpū e rua
The two groups were arguing.
Ko Mia te kuia.
Mia is the grandmother.
Ko wai kei te patu i a wai?
Who is hitting whom?
Ko Miriama, ko Rex, ko Tai ā rāua tamariki
Miriama, Rex and Tai are their children
Ko Angela taku auwahine
Angela is my sister-in-law (speaker is male)
Ko Amaru te pāpā.
Amaru is the father.
Mō muri noa nei i karamgatoa ai ko Tikirau.
Since then, [it] has been called Tikirau.
Ko wai e aha ana i a wai i whea?
Who is doing what to whom where?
Ko Joan tōku māmā.
Joan is my mother.
Ko tēnei te tekoteko mō runga i te tuanui o te whare rūnanga.
This is the carved figure intended for the roof of the meeting house.
Ko te waha o te marae tēnei.
This is the entrance of the marae.
Ka heke iho ko ngā roimata.
The tears fall down.
Na Hata rāua ko Pani.
(They’re Hata’s and Pani’s.)
Ko Heni te kaikaranga o tērā hapū?
Is Heni the caller of that hapū?
Ko Nikau te mātāmua.
Nikau is the eldest.
Ko wai taa Hata e patu naa ki te aha?
Whom is Hata hitting with what?
Ko Rangi tōku ingoa.
My name is Rangi.
Ko te waha tēnei o te marae.
This is the entrance of the marae.
Ka hiki ake ko te kohu.
The mist rises up.
Ko āna tamariki tonu ki te āwhina haere i a ia (Kāretu 1974:106)
Her own children used to help her
Ko Moana te tamāhine.
Moana is the daughter.
Ko ia te tama a Debbie.
He is Debbie's son.
B. Ko Tamahae kāore i noho ki te kāinga, i haere kē ki te whare pukapuka
Tamahae didn’t stay at home. He went to the library instead.
Ko Nīkau taku tama.
Nīkau is my boy.
Ko te nuinga kei runga i ngā maunga.
The majority were on the mountains.
Ko koe te manuhiri.
You are the visitor.
Kei te tangi ia, me te mea nei kua wehe rāua ko tana hoa tāne.
She is crying as if she has broken up with her boyfriend.
Ko ngā tuākana, kāore e mate te kai
As for his elder brothers, the food would not die (i.e., they could catch no birds)
Ko rātou, ko ngā poaka e toru.
Them (over there), the three little pigs.
ko wai te mea
.
Ko au tā rāua tamāhine.
I am their daughter.
Ehara ko Hōne te rangatira.
It is not Hōne who is the chief.
Ko tēnei te taputapu tākaro hou mā Taivare
This is the new toy for Taivare
Ko te ngaro kei runga i te matapihi.
The fly is on the window.
Ko Pihikete te poti.
Pihikete is the cat.
Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.
The Māori language is the life force of Māori mana.
Tēnā haria mai he āporo māku, e kō.
Could you please bring me an apple, dear?
Plural: Ko wai mā?
Who are? Who were?
Ko ngā iwi katoa e pai ana ki te haka.
All of the iwi are good at doing haka.
Ko te Rātū tēnei rā.
It is Tuesday today.
Ānō nei ko ia te rangatira.
As if he were the chief.
E haere atu ana au ki kō.
I am going over there.
Ko Kai Tahu te iwi.
Kai Tahu is the tribe.
Kia ora e hoa, ko wai koe?
Hi friend, who are you?
Ko Hera kāore i te haere mai.
Hera is not coming.
Ko Rangi taku hoa.
Rangi is my friend.
Kei kō paku atu.
Just beyond.
Kei te mea hoki ia ki toona kore i paatai ki ngaa tamariki raa ko teewhea a Ruataupare
He was asking himself why he had not questioned those children as to which was Ruataupare
Ko ngā manuhiri ērā tāngata.
Those people are the guests.
Kei kō atu te ngahere i te awa.
The bush is beyond the river.
Tēnā koe, ko Tāne ahau.
Hello, I am Tāne.
Ko te pō tika tony tēnei.
This is certainly the correct night.
Ko tēnei te whānau.
This is the family.
Kei waho i te kēti te ope o te Kuīni, arā o Te Atairangikaahu rātou ko ōna hoa rangatira.
The party of Queen Te Atairangikaahu and her chiefly supporters is outside the gate.
Tēnā koe Tāne, ko Aroha tōku ingoa.
Hello Tāne, my name is Aroha.
Ko teenei a runga
This is the top
Ko tērā taku tūrangawaewae.
That's my place to stand.
ka haere tonu ki kō atu o te hēti
(then) carry on past the shed
Ko ngā aha ēnā?
What are those?
Ko hea te tāone reka te kai?
Which town has delicious food?
Ko Koa te pāpā o Kauri.
Koa is the father of Kauri.
Ko te kura tēnei i ako ai tōku whaea.
This is the school where my mother studied.
Ko ēnei ngā rorohiko hou.
These are the new computers.
Ko tēhea kua whakapaipatia?
Which has been fixed?
Ko Kōuraraka tōna ingoa.
Her name is Goldilocks.
Ko Taika tōku matua.
Taika is my father.
Ko Rotorua te tāone nui te haunga.
Rotorua is the town with the bad smell.
Kei te whakamanāmana a Rewi, ānō nei ko ia te rangatira.
Rewi is getting above himself, pushing himself forward, as if he were the chief.
Ko ngā mea e tū ana.
The ones standing up.
Ko Mere kei te horoi.
Mere is washing.
Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori
The language is the essence of what is Māori.
Ko te aha kei te tukituki ki te wini?
What is banging against the window?
Ko Tai tāku tama.
Tai is my son.
Ko hea te tāone kawa rawa te kai?
Which town has the best food?
mā/mō Rangi rāua ko Mere
for Rangi and Mere
Mehemea tonu ko te waha o te koroua nei.
It is just as if it is the voice of our old man.
Ko te manga kei te tukituki ki te wini.
It’s the branch banging against the window.
Ko tēnei te kahukiwi mō Pētara
This is the kiwi-feather cloak for Pētara
Ko Indya tāku tamāhine.
Indya is my daughter.
Ko Mere kei te horoi i ngā rīhi.
Mere is washing the dishes.
Ko Aroha te wahine tino ātaahua o te kapahaka.
Aroha is the most beautiful woman in the concert party.
Ko Niko te tungāne o Ataahua.
Niko is the brother of Ataahua.
Ko Jeff tōku ingoa.
In the same way, if could say
Ko te whare tēnei.
This is the house.
Ko Tāmati Kerei
That man is Tamati Kerei.
Ko te kahikatea te rākau teitei rawa o Aotearoa.
The kahikatea is the tallest tree in Aotearoa.
Ko Taranaki tōku maunga.
My mountain is Taranaki and Taranaki is my mountain.
Ko ngā tāngataērā.
Those are the men.
Ko ōna tuāhine
His sisters are the organisers.
Ko wai hei hoa haere mōu?
Who is going with you as a mate?
Ko te tungāne o Ngaire ia.
He is Ngaire's brother.
Ko Rangi te hoa o Pāora.
Rangi is the friend of Pāora.
Ko taku hiahia he pukapuka
Thus a distinction can be made in some syntactic environments between specific and non-specific indefiniteness.
Ko wai mā ērā kōtiro?
Who are those girls?
Ko ēnei ngā ārani reka
these are the sweet oranges
Ko te waka kākāriki rā
Ours is that green car.
Ko te kura i oma ai ngā tamariki.
It was to the school that the children ran... still need ai.
Ko Brian tōku pāpā
I am saying that brian is *my* father, not just any old father.
Ko Hera mā.
Hera and some others.
Ko te Tūrei te rā i hoko ai māua i tō māua whare hōu.
Tuesday is the day on which we shall buy/bought our new house.
Ko ngā toa
Those (ones connected with you) are the champions.
Ko Margaret tōku tuahine.
Margaret is my sister. (spoken by a male)
Ko tātou pea!
Maybe us!
Kōrua ko Tawa.
You and Tawa.
Ko maunga tēnei
THIS is the mountain!
Ko Ōkaro te awa, ko Õtautahi te taone.
The river is Avon, the city is Christchurch.
Koutou ko Koa.
You (pl) and Koa.
Ko Tīpene te tungāne o Sally.
Tīpene is sally's brother.
Ko te tikanga tēnei o tana hakiraratanga i a ia.
This is the way he insulted her.
Ka mutu ngā tohutohu iho a Tama-te-kapua ki te teina, ko te hekenga atu ki raro, ka haere ki te roro o te whare, noho tatari mai ai ki te teina.
After Tama-te-kapua had finished his instructions to his brother, he descended and went to the porch of the house, crouching in wait for his brother.
Ko Ani tōku tuahine.
Ani is my younger sister. (spoken by a male)
Ko te whare o Mere i hīkoi ai a Rangi.
## #205: It will be to the top of the mountain that the warriors will climb.
Ko Jim te tama a Neha rāua ko Irene.
Jim is the son of Neha and Irene.
Ko naihi tēnei
THIS is the knife!
Ko te rangatira a Rewi.
The chief is Rewi (Rewi is the chief).
Ko Hera tō tāua hoa.
Hera is our friend.
Ko Hone te mātāmua.
Hone is the eldest sibling.
Ko ngā paru e rere ana ki waho o te moana.
The sewage is flowing to the sea.
Ko whare tērā
That is the house!
Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro mā?
What are your names, girls?
Ko te tangata mōhio a Hēmi.
The wise man is Hēmi.
Ko Joseph te mātāmua o āku tamariki.
Joseph is the eldest of my children.
Ko te ingoa nei nā Te Aotakī i tapa.
This name was given by Te Aotakī.
Kei te haere a Justin rātou ko Aaron mā ki hea?
Where are Justin, Aaron and the others going?
Ko Hēmi te tangata mōhio.
Hēmi is the wise man.
Ko ōku hoa, kei waho!
It's my friends outside!
Ko te tamaiti a Pānia i hurihia hei mangō taniwha
Pānia’s son turned into, became a shark
Ko taku māringanui/waimarie...
I am really lucky.
Ko te pukapuka tēnei
This is the book
Ko Hari mā ngā tāne nā rātou ngā toki.
Hari and the others are the men who own the axes.
Ko wai māērā kōtiro?
Who are those girls?
Ko te kāinga tūturu o Hēmi, kei Pōneke.
As for Hēmi’s permanent home, it’s in Wellington.
Ko Tōmuri Te Awa tōku tipuna.
Tōmuri Te Awa is my ancestor.
Ko tōku kaihana tēnei.
This is my cousin.
Ko tō te iwi rā i ana waka.
That tribe pulled its canoes.
Ko te nama kei te taha raro o te mīhini.
The number is on the underside of the machine.
Ko Pani mā ngā kuki.
Pani and company are the cooks.
Ko Tangiwai tōna whanaunga.
Tangiwai is his relation.
Ko tāku pukapuka tenei
I think this is Rangi's book
Ko Pānia he papa kōhatu ināianei.
As for Pānia, she’s a flat rock now.
Ko ngā kaumātua ngā tāonga o te ao Māori.
The elderly people are the treasures of the Māori world.
Ko au tāna tino mokopuna.
I'm her favourite grandchild.
I mua rā, ko tana mahi hoki he puhipuhi pūkeko.
He used to shoot pūkeko.
Ko ngā paru kei raro i ō hū kia tino rahi.
Let the bottoms of your hoses get really muddy.
No! Ko tāku pukapuka tēnei
This is MY book
Ko te tangata tika, ko koe!
The right person is you!
Kei te moe tonu rāua ko tōna pera!
He's still sleeping with his pillow.
Ko tēnei tāku pukapuka
Which one of these books is mine? Not that one! Ah, ko tēnei tāku pukapuka
Ā, tēnā moana, i mua, kia tāti te mango i te whānau ko konā ranga ai
In former times, in that river, when sharks would start to give birth they would gather there
Ko te tino tangata o taua marae, ko Hapi.
The leading person of that marae is Hapi.
I whaiwāhi atu hoki a Tamahea rāua ko Pita ki te whakataetae
Tamahea and Pita also took part in the competition
Ko te karanga te mahi a ngā kuia.
The call of welcome is the job of the elderly women.
Ko te ngaro i ngaoki haere i te taha raro i te oko.
The fly crawled along the underside of the bowl.
Ko wai tērā tāne?
Who is that man?
Ko te kurī raro i te motokā.
The dog is under the car.
Ko Elvis tōku tupuna rongonui.
Elvis is my famous ancestor.
Ko Hōne tērā tāne.
That man is Hōne.
Ko wai ngā tāngata e haere mai ana?
Who are the men who are coming towards us?
Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te hoa tāne o Keiko?
Do you know who Keiko’s husband is?
Ko Tai tōku matua whakaangi.
Tai is my stepfather.
Ko wai tō ingoa?
What is you name?
Ko ēnei ngā mea i mauria mai e tōku hoa.
These are the things that were brought by my friend.
Kei te mōhio koe ko wai ngā ingoa o ā rāua tamahine?
Do you know what (are) the names of their daughters?
Ko tōku whanaunga!
It’s my relation!
Ko Rosie tōku whaea whakaangi.
Rosie is my stepmother.
Ko Jeff tōku ingoa
My name is Jeff
Ko Koro mā!
It’s and the others!
Ko tā te wahine (mahi) he karanga ki te manuhiri
It’s the women’s role to call the visitors
Ko Kelly tōku wahine.
Kelly is my wife.
Ko te āhua nei, tērā e hokihoki anō ana ia ki Taranaki.
It appears that he used to go back to Taranaki fequently.
Ka wani kē! He mīharo! Kātahi rā te ingoa pai ko tērā.
Wicked! Amazing! That is a good name.
Ko ngā tāngata o Pōneke, ka whakatūtū i ō rātou whare ki ngā tahataha o ngā puke.
in Wellington, people build houses on the sides of hills.
Ko wai tō hoa?
Who is your friend?
Ko ōku whanaunga!
It’s my relations!
Ko Manu ia.
He is Manu.
I mea a Hoone Heke ko teetahi hee nui o te Maaori
Hone Heke thinks that a major fault of the Maori
Ko wai te rangatira?
Who is the chief?
Singular: Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What is your name?
Ko tāku wahine ātaahua tēnei.
This is my beautiful wife.
Ko Hinauri te tuahine o Māui.
Hinauri was Māui’s sister.
Ko ngaa mema tonu o te Paremete te tupuna o taua mahi nei.
But the very members of Parliament are the originators of the fault.
Ko wai tērā kōtiro?
Who is that girl?
I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō mātau tau tuatahi tēnei.
The people were very appreciative, especially seeing as this was our first year of our band’s existence.
Ko Tinirau ki runga ki te tupuna haere ai.
So Tinirau climbed onto his ancestor and set off.
Plural: Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro mā?
What are your names, girls?
Ko ā mātou kurī ngā toa ki te tiaki hipi.
Our dogs are the champion sheep-musterers.
Ko ngā Ōpango ka toa, nē rā?
The All Blacks will win, wont they?
Ko Tāmaiti te pāpā o Matiu.
Tāmati is the father of Matiu.
Ko Rɛwi te rangatira.
The chief is Rɛwi.
Ko te nama kei te taha raro o te mihini.
The number is on the underside of the machine.
Ko tēnei te whare i tunu kai ai a Mere.
This is the house where Mere cooked food.
Ko te kaupapa waka ki te moana hoe ai, ko te kāhui atua ki te rangi rere ai.
The work of the canoes is to sail the seas while that of the gods is to fly through the skies.
Ko Jeff ahau.
I am Jeff.
ki ngaa tamariki raa ko teewhea a Ruataupare
He was asking himself why he hadn’t questioned the children as to which was Ruataupare
Ko Mahuika i ngaro tonu iho.
Mahuika was immediately destroyed.
Ko wai te wahine e waiata ana?
Who is that woman singing?
Ko wai tā Hata e patu nā ki te aha?
Who is Hata hitting with what?
Ka tupu te raruraru i waenganui i ngā tohunga nei, i a Nukutawhiti rāua ko Ruanui.
Trouble arose between these two experts, Nukutawhiti and Ruanui.
Ko te mate i mate katoa ai te tangata tae noa ki ngā tamariki.
A disaster in which all are killed including children.
Ko te tere kahawai rā ki waho i te moana haere ai, ko te tangata rā ki uta oma haere atu ai, me to oma, me te karakia.
The shoal of kahawai was swimming along out at sea, and the man was running along the shore and as he ran he recited karakia.
Ko rātou ka toa.
They will win.
Ko Kaitāia kei tēnei taha o Te Kao.
Kaitāia is on this side of Te Kao.
Ko au te mokopuna a Aroha.
I am the grandchild of Aroha.
Ko ngā rākau anake i tupu tonu.
Only the trees continued to grow.
Ko Mere te wahine e waiata a a
Mere is the one who is singing
Waiho, ko māua anake ki tēnei whare, moe ai.
Leave us to sleep.
Ko tērā te wheketere + e mahi rā a Koro.
That is the factory + Koro is working.
Ko te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa te moana.
The Pacific Ocean is the ocean.
Ko koe te tamāhine a Taika.
You are the daughter of Taika.
Ko wai e haere mai ana?
Who is coming here?
Ko Chantelle te taokete o Margaret.
Chantelle is the sister-in-law of Margaret.
Ko Rina ia.
She's Rina.
Ko Paora tōku tuakana whakaangi.
Paora is my step brother.
Ko ia te wahine a Nikau?
Is she the wife of Nikau?
Mā Rangi rāua ko Mere e waiata.
Rangi and Mere will be the ones to sing.
Ko wai e kōrero ana?
Who is speaking?
Ko Paul te taokete o John.
Paul is the brother in law of John.
Ko Raima rātou ko Tanira, ko Aniwa ōku tuāhine.
Raima, Tanira and Aniwa are my sisters.
Ko Mere e kōrero ana
Mere is the one speaking
Ā, ko ētahi atu e karanga ana mai, ‘Hei korā rā he pā mō tātou
There will be a fort for us
Ko tana tamaiti, ko Orokewa, peka ana ki tahaki noho ai.
His son, Orokewa, waited a short distance away.
Ko Tawa te hungarei o Hineawe.
Tawa is the father-in-law of Hineawe.
Me te mea ko Kōpū ka rer i te pae.
[A beautful woman is] like Venus rising above the horizon.
Ko te tikanga nui ka karakia ia i mua i āna mahi i te māra.
The main one is that she does karakia before working in the garden.
Ko te tuumanako, kia tae mai koutou ki taa taatou hui
It is [our] wish that you should come to our meeting
Kātahi te tangata mātau, ko Niko!
What a knowledgeable person Niko is! (Te Aka Māori Dictionary)
Ko wai te tangata i kai i te keke?
Who was the person who are the cake?
Ko Lynne te hungarei o Hineawe.
Lynne is the mother-in-law of Hineawe.
Ko ia tōku tino hoa.
He is my best friend.
Ko te moana kei tērā taha o ngā puke onepū.
The sea is beyond the sand-dunes.
Ko Honi e haere.
Honi is the one who should go.
Ko wai tērā wahine?
Who is that woman?
Ko ngā toki i tāraia ai ēnei waka, ko Hauhau-te-Rangi, ko Tūtauru.
The adzes with which these canoes were shaped were Hauhau-te-Rangi and Tūtauru.
Ko Mere te wahine tino ātaahua o te kapa haka
Mere is the most beautiful woman in the concert party
Ko Hongi te rangatira.
Hongi is the chief.
E kaha ana tāna tohutohu i a mātou ānō nei ko ia te kuīni o te kīhini.
She was telling us all what to do like she was the queen of the kitchen.
Ko te toki e tuaina nei e ia te rākau, he toki pounamu.
The axe with which he is cutting down the tree is a greenstone axe.
Ko ia te tangata + i a ia taku pēke.
He is the man + he had my purse.
Koutou ko Ataahua ko Amaru.
All of you and Ataahua and Amaru.
Ko Rangi tērā
That person is Rangi.
Ko Te Naera te pēpi.
Te Naera is the baby.
Ko tō tāne!
It's your husband!
Ehara mā Rangi rāua ko Mere e waiata.
Rangi and Mere will not be the ones to sing.
From Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Huia te Reo 1: Ko Te Naera te pēpi.
Te Naera is the baby.
Ko ngā mōrehu kaumātua kei.te mōhio ki te āronga o tēnei tira rā.
The old men knew the purpose of his journey.
Ko Raureka te māmā.
Raureka is the mother.
Ko Hēmi te rangatira.
Hēmi is the chief.
Ko Rewi te rangatira.
Rewi is the chief.
Ko Raureka rāua ko Tūhawaiki ngā mātua.
Raureka and Tūhawaiki are the parents.
Ko te whakaaro i oti nei i a rāua me haere rāua ki te pā o Uenuku rāua ko Toi ka muru mai i ngā hua o te poroporo o Uenuku (Biggs, Hohepa, Mead 1967:41)
The plan they devised was that they should go to Uenuku and Toi’s pā and steal the fruit of Uenuku’s poroporo
Ko Tainui te waka.
Tainui is the canoe.
Ko Tainui me Te Arawa ngā waka.
Tainui and Te Arawa are the canoes.
ko wai koe?
who are you?
I muri tata i te rama karaka, ko te whero.
Straight after the orange light comes the red one.
I paanui·tia ko wai i wini
[He] announced who had won
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 home the woman went hokianga mai ki te kāinga, ka haere te wahine ki te wharekai ki te mahi.
Ko Hōhepa tōku ingoa.
My name's Joseph.
Ko wai kei roto i te uwhiuwhi i nāianei?
Who'se in the shower now?
He pai rāua ko tana hoa ki te waiata.
She and her friend are good singers.
Ko te tamāhine o te tino tangata i Maungawhau, he kōtiro pai, he wahine ātaahua.
A daughter of the high chief of Maungawhau was a good girl and a beautiful woman.
Kaaore au i te maumahara ko teehea tamaiti e pupuri ana i te paaoro
I don’t remember which child was holding the ball
Ko Rewi te hoa o Mere.
Rewi is the friend of Mary.
Ko te aha tēnei?
What is this?
Ko te kai te mea nui.
The food is the important thing (Eating is the main thing).
Ko tēnei te wāhi i patua ai te toa rongonui
this is the place at which (where) the famous warrior was killed
Ko te ūnga mai o Tainui, o te waka i ū tuatahi mai.
The landing of Tainui, the first canoe to land.
Ko Te Kooti te rangatira.
Te Kooti is the chief.
Ko te wahine rā anake i waiho, ko Hine-a-te-kawa.
Only the woman, Hine-a-te-kawa, was left.
Ko ēhea ngā āporo a tōu hoa?
Where are your friend’s apples?
Ko te Rātapu te rā e hoki ai rātou ki tō rātou kāinga
Sunday is the day on which (when) they go back to their home
Ko Bob te rangatira i te tari nei.
Bob is the boss at this department.
Ko Hine tōku ingoa.
My name is Hine.
Āe, he tuahine tōku, ko Aria tōna ingoa.
I do have a sister, her name is Aria.
Mere rāua ko tōna hoa
Mary and her friend
Tēnā pea ko ētahi atu o ngā tamaiti rā i kite i te tahaetanga.
Other boys may have seen the theft.
Ko tēnei te hōtēra e noho ai koe.
This is the hotel where you will stay.
Ko ēnei ngā āporo a tōku hoa.
Here are my friend’s apples.
Ko te pukapuka tika tēnei
This is the right book
Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Mia, ko Moana ō rāua ingoa.
Yes,I do have sisters, their names are Mia and Moana.
Ko te pukapuka tēnei.
This is the book.
Ko wai tōu hoa?
Who is your friend?
Ko tēhea ōu?
Which one is yours?
Ko wai to ingoa?
What is you name?
Ko wai kāore i te haere mai?
Who is not coming?
Nōku anake rā te tupuna i kau mai, ko Hinemoa,
Mine is the ancestor who swam here, Hinemoa,
Ko tēnei te hōtēra i noho ai koe.
This is the hotel where you stayed.
ko Fran tōku māmā
Fran is my mother
E kō, haere ki te wharepaku. Kia tere!
Girl, go to the toilet. Hurry up!
Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Kauri, ko Aroha, ko Ataahua ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have a sister, their names are Kauri, Aroha and Ataahua.
Ko te whare nui tēnei.
This is the big house.
Ko te minita a Hari
Hari is the minister
ko Jacob tāku tama.
Jacob is my son
Ko wai e horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who will wash the dishes?
Ko Una tōku kuia.
Una is my grandmother.
Ko Pāora tōna ingoa.
His name is Pāora.
Āe, he tungāne tōku, ko Tame tōna ingoa.
I do have a brother, his name is Tame.
Ko te utu mō te tamariki kotahi tāra.
The price for children is one dollar.
Ko ia tō tāua tino hoa.
He is our real friend.
Āe, he tungāne ōku, ko Rangi, ko Ari ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have brothers, their names are Rangi and Ari.
Ko koe anō koa a Whakatau.
You indeed are Whakatau.
Ko tēnei te pukapuka tika
This is the right book
Āe, he tungāne ōku, ko Amaru, ko Koa, ko Taika ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have brothers, their names are Amaru, Koa and Taika.
Ko tō rātou whare tika tonu ki tērā taha.
Their house is opposite.
Ko Hari te minita
Hari is the minister
Ko āna tamariki tonu kei te āwhina haere i a ia (Kāretu 1974:106)
Her own children used to help her
Āe, he tamāhine tāku, ko Ani tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a daughter, her name is Ani.
I paatai mai a ia ko wai e haere mai ana
He asked who would be coming
Ko hea tēnei kāinga?
What is this place?
Ko te toru tēnei o ngā hāora o te ata (o te pō).
It is three in the morning (in the afternoon).
Āe, he tamāhine āku, ko Rina, ko Aria ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I have daughters, their names are Rina and Aria.
Ko ēnei ngā putiputi.
These are the flowers.
Ko Wiremu ki tana kāinga kai ai.
Wiremu was at home eating.
I runga a Peni rāua ko Peti i te atamira
Peni and Peti were on the stage.
Ko Hana tāku kōtiro.
Harnah is my girl.
Ā, kua tutaki kōrua, ko Mere?
Now, have you and Mary met?
Āe, he tamāhine āku, ko Mia, ko Moana, ko Kauri ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have daughters, their names are Mia, Moana and Kauri.
Kei te haere a Riria rāua ko Larisa ki konā.
Riria and Larisa are going there, near you.
Ko te kaiako a Hone
Hone is the tutor
Āe, he tamatāne tāku, ko Niko tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a son, his name is Niko.
Ko wai hei tiaki i tēnei parepare mō ngā tau e toru e tū mai nei?
Who will guard this bastion for the next three years?
Ko te tino pātai (āe rānei) ka puta he hua i te kāwanatanga hōu me ana kaupapa, kāore rānei
The main question is whether any benefit will be gained from the new government and its policies (or not)
Āe, he tamatāne āku, ko Manu, ko Nikau ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I have sons, their names are Manu and Nikau.
Ko Hone tōku matua.
John (is) my father.
Ko tōku hoa tēnei.
This is my friend.
Āe, he tamatāne āku, ko Tawa, ko Hēmi, ko Pāora ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have sons, their names are Tawa, Hēmi and Pāora.
Nō te tangi ka mātau ai a Rehua ko tōna teina tēnei.
Rehua knew from the lament that this was his junior relative.
Hoatu ēnei mea ki a Rangi rāua ko Hari
Give these things to Rangi and Hari
Ko Ōamaru te tāone.
Oamaru (is) the town.
Ko te tangi tēnei.
EQ the cry this This was the cry.
Ko Rōpata te kaimahi nāna tērā whare i hanga
Rōpata is the workman who built that house
Ko te Rāhina tēnei rā.
Today is Monday.
Ā kō kō ake nei.
Soon.
Kaaore au i te moohio ko teewhea tamaiti hei whiu·nga paakaha·tanga maa·ku
punish·nom severe·nom intgen·Isg ‘I don’t know which child to punish severely
Ko te kurī te hoa o te tangata.
(The dog (is) the friend of the man.)
Ko ētehi ki.te whakangau i ngā kurī.
Some people made the dogs howl.
Ko ōku hoa tokorua ngā tangata mā rāua ahau e āwhina
My two friends are the people who will help me
Ko konei ia āpōpō
He’ll be here tomorrow
Ko te Rātū āpōpō.
It's Tuesday tomorrow.
Ko te tangata kua riro ki.te whakaatu ki ōna hoa i te ātaahua o tōna wahine.
That man had gone to tell his friends about the beauty of his wife.
Ko te Rāapa te toru o Mei.
Wednesday the 3rd of May.
Ko Manu tō tāua hoa.
Manu is our friend.
Ko ngeru tērā.
That is the cat.
Ko taku iraamutu e noho mai raa i Oohope, he kaiako
My nephew who lives in Ohope is a teacher
Ko āna tamariki tonu ki te āwhina haere i a ia.
Her own children used to help her.
Ko Hone te mataamua, ka haere mai, noho mai
John is the eldest, and [he] is coming to stay
Ko tā rāua nei mahi tākaro he whakatangitangi pūtorino.
Their hobby was flute-playing.
Ko ngaa raakau i tua·ina e maatou he ri·riki katoa
The trees, which we cut down, were all small
Ko ia te tangata tuarua i tae atu ki tērā roto.
He was the second man to reach (who reached) that lake.
Ko te kauhoe tana tākaro
Swimming is his sport
Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
TÄwhirimÄtea is the god of the wind and storms.
Ko aua raakau i tua·ina raa e maatou he ri·riki katoa
The trees we cut down were all small
Ko te amuamu te tino rongoā a te Pākehā hei patu i ngā ture e kinongia e rātou.
Grumbling is the best remedy of Europeans for putting down laws which are disliked by them.
Ka toru ai aku hāhi, ko tō tōku māmā, ko tō tōku pāpā, tō tōku whāea whāngai.
And so I have three churches—my mother’s, my father’s, and my adoptive mother’s.
Kei te whakamanaamana a Rewi, ānō nei ko ia te rangatira
Rewi is getting above himself, pushing himself forward, “mana-tripping
Ko Hēmi tōku ingoa.
My name is Hēmi.
Ko Hone kei te haere mai ki te noho, ko te mataamua
John, who is coming to stay, is the eldest
Ko te take tēnā i hanga ai te tikanga hōu.
That was the reason why the new arrangement was made.
Ko te 30 o Poutū-te-rangi taku huritau.
My birthday is the 30th of March.
E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.
Ko Aidan rāua ko Kaia
Aidan and Kaia
Rātou ko.
Them (three or more).
Ko te tangata teenaa naa·ku i waiho te panana ki raro i a ia
That’s the man I put the banana under
Ko wai tēnā e mātakitaki mai ana ki a mātou?
Who is that looking at us?
I toru ngā iwi i uru mai ki roto ki a mātau, ko Tūhourangi, ko Ngāti Rarua, ko Ngāti Awa.
Three other tribes helped us: Tūhourangi, Ngāti Rarua and Ngāti Awa.
Ko te marama o Mahuru.
The month of September.
Ko teenei te tangata naaku i hoatu ki a ia te pukapuka
This is the man to whom I gave the book
Nā, i reira tētahi tangata, ko Haimona tōna ingoa.
Well, a certain man was there, named Haimona.
Ko Tanya rātou ko Sarah, ko Hugh
Tanya and Sarah and Hugh
Ko Joseph taku tamaiti.
Joseph is my child
Ko Kuikui ahau.
I am Kuikiui.
Ko Tamahae te tamaiti i mau nei i a ia te tarakihi
Tamahae is the child by whom the tarakihi was caught
ko koe anō,
you, yourself
Ko Bob tōku ingoa.
My name's Bob.
Ko Tahu tōku hoa tāne.
Tahu is my husband.
Ko koe anō koa a Whakataū.
You are indeed Whakataū.
Ko te kurī i whai i te waka.
The dog chased the car or It was the dog that chased the car.
Kei te waiata kōrua ko Pita.
You and Pita are singing.
Ko Mokoia te moutere i kau atu ai a Hinemoa i Rotorua
Mokoia is the island to which Hinemoa swam from Rotorua
Ko te kōrero o tēnei tangata, o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
It was the story of this man, Whakatauihu, that we heard.
Ko ēnei ngā putiputi mō runga mō te atāmira.
These are the flowers for on the stage.
He mātua a Pani rāua ko Hata.
Pani and Hata are parents.
Ko Rāhera, ko Ihumoana aku tamāhine.
Rāhera and Ihumoana are my daughters.
Ko tēnei te tuatoru o aku taenga atu ki reira.
This was the third time I had been there.
Ko te whare i haere ai a Ihenga rāua.ko Rongomai, me tō.rāua hokowhitu.
It was the house that Ihenga and Rongomai went to, together with their followers.
Ehara a Pani rāua ko Hata i te mātua.
Pani and Hata are not parents.
Ko Kāpiti te motu te rū nei taku ngākau.
Kāpiti is the island that speaks to my heart.
Ko Hone, ko Toti aku hunaonga.
Hone and Toti are my nephews.
Kei te mōhio koe ko wai tērā kōtiro?
Do you know who that girl is?
Ko te whare tēnei i haere ai a Ihenga rāua.ko Rongomai, me tō.rāua hokowhitu
and their army This was the house that Ihenga and Rongomai went to, together with their followers.
Ko tēnei te kōrero o tēnei tangata o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
This was the story of this man Whakatauihu, that we heard.
Ko au te tangata tuawhitu i te whakataetae.
I came seventh in the competition. (I was the seventh person in the competition.)
Ko te rua o Hakihea.
The second of December.
Ko tō wahine kua hara ki tētahi tangata ko Tupeteka te ingoa.
Your wife has sinned with a man called Tupetaka.
Ko Tīwana, ko Amiria, ko Riripeti, ko Tiakina, ko Maia aku mokopuna tuarua.
Tīwana, Amiria, Riripeti, Tiakina, and Maia are my great-grandchildren.
Ko Ponga koā rāua ko Puhihuia i noho kau noa iho, hore he kupu, hore he aha.
Ponga and Puhihuia, however, just sat, without a word, without anything.
Ko taua waka nā Ngāti Pāoa i tārai i 1769.
That canoe was built by Ngāti Pāoa in 1769.
Ko te 31 o Hōngongoi te rā kati ai ngā tono mai.
The 31st of July is the deadline for requests.
Ko Rāhera tōku ingoa.
My name is Rāhera.
Ko te pō te wā e tangi ana te ruru.
Night is the time when the owl cries.
Ko taku hiahia kia mauria mai e koe he kūao tori.
I wish you would bring me a kitten.
Engari ko te painga, he mōhio ia ki te tiaki i te pakeke, i tōna kuia.
But on the good side, he's very good at looking after his elders.
Ko te parehe, ko te parāoa anō hoki aku tino kai.
Pizza and bread are my favourite foods.
Kātahi ka haere a Tū rātou ko āna tama ki te tatau o te whare.
Then Tū and his sons went to the door of the house.
Ko Esther tērā kōtiro
That girl is Esther
Ko te tuahine o Richard tērā
That's Richard's sister
E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whawhe ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.
Ko Hone tōku hoa tāne.
Hone is my husband.
Nā, tēra anō tētahi pā nui onamata, ko Maunga-whau.
Now, there was a certain great fortress in days of old named Maunga-whau.
Ko tēnei te tuarua o ā mātou pānui ki a koutou.
This is the second of our newsletters to you.
Ko ngā mahi kāinga me hōmai ki a au, me waiho rānei ki te tari o te hekeretari.
Homework should be given directly to me or left in the secretary’s office.
Ko Helen tēnei kōtiro
This young girl is Helen
Ko te heihei te tūmomo mīti e kainga ana e ratou.
The type of meat that is being eaten by them is chicken
Ko Helen te kōtiro nei
This young girl is Helen
Ko Ākarana te tāone nui rawa atu o Aotearoa.
Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand.
Ko ngā pukapuka hou kei runga i te tēpu.
(It is) the new books (that) are on the table.
Ko te tama a Karl tēnā?
Is that Karl's son (by you)?
Ko Moana taku hunaonga.
Moana is my niece.
Ko te whare o Tamahae tēnei.
This is Tamahae’s house.
Kīhai a Tūpai i mate, engari ko tōna hoa, ko Ruawhārō, i mate.
Tūpai didn’t suffer, but his companion Ruawhārō was afflicted.
Nō tōna kitenga i a Peta rāua ko Hoani meake tomo ki te temepara, ka tono ia i tētahi mea māna.
When he saw Peta and Hoani soon to enter the temple, he requested something for himself.
Mai i te wā i a Pōtatau tae noa mai ki ēnei rā, ko te mana nui o roto i Waikato ko te Kīngitanga
From the time of Pōtatau right up to the present, the greatest authority within the Waikato has been the King Movement.
Āe, ko te tama a Karl tēnei
Yes, this is Karl's son (by me)
Ko wai mā ēnā?
Who are those people over there?
Ko tāku wahine tēnei
This is my wife
Kei te kōrero kōrua ko Tuhawaiki.
You and Tuhawaiki are talking.
Ko tēnei te hui tuaiwa ki konei.
This is the ninth meeting here.
Ko tana huritau a te Kirihimete.
Her birthday is at Christmas.
Ko Hone tōku ingoa.
My name is Hone.
Kei kō atu o Whanganui a Whangaehu.
Whangaehu is beyond Whanganui.
Ko Hurihi tōku hoa rangatira.
Hurihi (is)
Ko te tino pātai āe rānei ka puta he hua i te kāwanatanga hōu me ana kaupapa, kāore rānei.
The main question is whether any benefit will be gained from the new government and its policies or not.
Ko te raumati te wā e haere ai te whānau ki tātahi’ =
Summer is the season — will go thereat — the whānau — to the seaside
Ko tōu waka hou tērā?
Is that (over there) your new car?
Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.
Ponga was one of their chiefs.
Ko ngā poupou o te whare he kōhurihuri kahikatea.
The side posts supporting the rafters were composed of the solid trunks of white pine.
Ko Rāhera tōku hoa wahine.
Rāhera is my wife.
Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What is
Ko Terry te ingoa o te pokokōhua nā
Terry is the name of that egghead over there
Ko Te Arawa te iwi.
The Tribe is Te Arawa.
Ko Raka-tāura te tohunga whakahaere i te mahi.
Raka-tāura was the overseer of the work.
Ko teehea te hira i pooheehee a Hata ka wini i Te Kaha?
Which shield did Hata mistakenly think would be won by Te Kaha?
Nuku mai nei nā, kia whāwhā ahau ki a koe, e taku tama, ko taku tama tonu rānei koe, ko Ehau, kāhore rānei.
Come closer, son, so that I can feel you and be sure whether you are really my son Esau or not.
Ko tā te tāne mahi he haere ki te pakanga kia ora ai tōna iwi.
The man’s job was to go to war so that his people would be safe.
Ko wai te ingoa o te koroua rā?
What's the name of that elderly gentleman over there?
Ko Ngāti Whakaue te hapū.
The subtribe is Ngāti Whakaue.
E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whakahāwea ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.
Ko Mere rāua ko Monica ngā wāhine i haere ki Te Awamutu
Mere and Monica are the women who went to Te Awamutu
Haere ake anō ko ngā tāngata o Ngāti-Kahukoka, me ā rātou rōpā anō.
The people of Ngāti-Kahukoka set off, with their slaves too.
Ko Kuikui tōku hungawai.
Kuikui is my mother-in-law.
Ko te tangata horoi i te motokaa taku matua
The car-cleaner is my father
Ko tana patunga pukutanga i a au
his secretly striking me
Ko Paki te tamaiti e kai ana i te aihikirimi
Paki is the child eating the ice cream.
Ko Tania te kaitiaki matua i tēnei rā.
Tania is the main caregiver today.
Ko te timatatanga o te raumati te wā haere ki te hopu tītī.
The start of summer is the time to go mutton-birding.
Ko te tangata horoi motokaa taku matua
The car cleaner is my father
Ko te ara tērā i whiti mai ai a Rongo-i-amo.
That was the path by which Rongo-i-amo crossed over here.
Ko te pai o ngā hui raumati, he moata te tākiritanga mai o te ata.
The good thing about summer meetings is that the mornings start early.
Ko Kuikui tōku kuia.
Kuikui is my grandmother.
Ko Hata Hata te rangatira.
It’s Hata who is the chief.
Ko tēnei taku pukapuka
This is my book
Ko Pānia he papa kōhati ināianei.
As for Pānia, she's a flat rock now.
Ko tō.rāua kāinga i noho ai, ko Hawaiki.
The place where they lived was Hawaiki.
Ko taku pukapuka tēnei
This is my book
Ko wai te haere mai nei?
Who is (it that is) coming?
Ko Apirana Ngata te tangata.
Apirana Ngata is the person.
Ko Mike ahau, tokowhā ōku teina.
I’m Mike and I have four younger brothers.
Ko te whare tēnei i noho ai ngā rangatira.
This is the house did stay therein the chiefs.
Ko tēnā tōku kākahu
This is my coat
Ko Paraukau te whare tūpuna.
Paraukau is the ancesteral house.
Ko te tihewa ahau!
I've got to sneeze!
Ko Moana tōku hoa tāne.
Moana is my husband.
Ko Hone kāore i kite i te tāhae, (i moe tonu kē).
John didn’t see the thief, (he was still asleep).
Ko Koutu te pā i manākitia ai ngā toa rongonui.
Koutu was the pā whereat the famous warriors were entertained.
Ko ia te kaiako
He/she was the tutor
Ko tēnei taku pepeha.
This is my pepeha.
Ehara ko Hone i kite i te tāhae, (ko Kiri kē).
It wasn’t John who saw the thief, (it was Kiri instead).
Ko Aotea te waka.
The canoe is Aotea.
Ko Kui tōku tupuna kuia, arā, ko au te mokopuna a Kui.
Kui is my grandmother, that is, I am Kui's grandchild.
Ko ahau te kōtiro tuarua.
I am the second girl.
I tanumia oratia a Te Heuheu rātou ko tōna iwi.
Te Heuheu was buried alive, together with his people.
He aha / Ko te aha tēnei wā o te tau
What is this season of the year?
Ko Manaia te kāinga.
Manaia is the home.
Ko Hone tōku pāpā, ko Rāhera tōku māmā.
Hone is my father, Rāhera is my mother.
Ko wai rā hoki tētahi?
Who else is there?
Ko James te mokopuna tuatahi.
James is the first grandchild.
Ko koe anō!
You, yourself!
Ko te ngahuru tēnei wā
This season is autumn
Ko te kōha tēnei a Wairangi ki tana wahine.
This was Wairangi's gift to his wife.
Ko tā Hannifin anō, he tuku whakamoemiti ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i tā rātou tautoko kia whai oranga ai tēnei kaupapa
Hannifin says Countdown is grateful to Te Taura Whiri for their tautoko in bringing the project to life.
Ko koe anō hoki tētahi i reira.
You also were one of those present.
Ko tēnei te wā pūhipuhi kererū
This is the pigeon shooting season
Ko te tohu tērā i tika atu ai ia ki Waikimihia.
This was the sign that led her straight to Waikimihia.
Ko koe anō.
You yourself.
Ko Riki kāore i te haere mai.
Riki is not coming.
I moe a Aroha i a Tame ka puta ko Rangi.
Aroha married Tame and gave birth to Rangi.
Ko te reo Māori he ara ki te hauora me te oranga
Making te reo Māori a means of health and wellbeing
Ko tōna kāinga i haere mai ai kei Te Ākau.
The village where he left from was Te Ākau.
Ko ēhea kāore i te haere mai?
Which ones are not coming?
Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.
Ko Tongariro te maunga.
Tongariro is the mountain.
Ko ngā mea nei.
These ones.
Kei te haere a Raureka rāua ko Te Naera ki te papa tākaro.
Raureka and Te Naera are going to the playground.
Ko au te mōkai a Kui. Ko Tahu tōku koroua. Kua mate ia.
I am Kui's pet. Tahu is my grandfather. He has passed away.
Ko ia te tangata nāna te poaka i pupuhi.
He is the man who shot the pig (by whom the pig was shot).
Kāore a Peni rāua ko Peti i runga i te atamira.
Peni and Peti are not on the stage.
Ko tēwhea te kākahu i whatua nā e koe?
Which is the cloak woven by you?
Ko ia te tangata māna te poaka e pupuhi.
He is the man who will shoot the pig.
Ā, ko koe te mātāmua?
Ah, you're the oldest?
Ko te hui a te rua haora.
The meeting is in two hours.
I muri tata mai i te uira ko te whaititiri.
Straight/soon after the lightning comes the thunder.
Ko rātou ngā kaimahi nāna tōku whare i hanga.
They are the workmen who built my house.
Nuku mai nei nā, kia whāwhā ahau ki a koe, e taku tama, ko taku tama tonu rānei koe, ko Ehau, kāhore rānei (Genesis 27:21)
Come closer, son, so that I can feel you and be sure whether you are really my son Esau or not.
Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaaro mārama.
Language is the key to understanding.
Āe, ko au te mātāmua.
Yeah, I'm the oldest.
Ko tō tāua tūtakitanga a te rua haora ka tautohetohe.
Our meeting in two hours will be quarrelsome.
E kōrero pākiwaha mai ana ia ānō nei ko ia te toa o te kēmu.
He was boasting as if he won the game.
Ko Hera te wahine māna te tēpu e whakatika.
Hera is the woman who will set the table.
Ko te reo Māori, he waka eke noa.
Māori language is an accessible vessel for everyone.
Ko Moana tōku taokete.
Moana is my twin.
Ko ngā tamariki waiata ai i ngā kōnohete.
It is the children who usually sing at the concerts.
Ko te reo te waka kawe i te whakaaro Māori.
The Māori language is the vessel that carries a Māori worldview.
ko Hata mā
Hata and the others with him
Ko koe tonu!
You, yourself! — 138
Ko wai te tangata e poka nei i te poaka?
Who is the man butchering the pig?
Ko Ataahua taku taokete, he tino pai ia. Koia kei te āwhina mai i ōku mātua i ia rangi, i ia rangi.
Ataahua is my sister in law, she is great. She helps my parents everyday.
Ko ētahi o ā rātou waiata nā rātou tonu i tito.
Some of their songs they composed themselves. — 934
Ko wai te taurekareka nāna nei i tapahi ngā waea o te taiepa?
Who was the rascal who cut the fence wires?
Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā mea pai rawa.
This is one of the best ones.
Ko Rongomai tōku hoa wahine.
Rongomai is my wife.
Ko wai mā ēnei?
Who are these (people)?
Ko Mere te wahine nāna tēnei pukapuka.
Mere is the woman to whom this book belongs.
Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Māori.
Let the language be correct, let it flow, let it be inherently Māori.
Kotahi taku tama, ko Pita tōna ingoa.
I have one son. His name is Pita.
Ko koe te tohunga māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.
Ko Mere te wahine nāna tēnei pukapuka i tuhituhia.
Mere is the woman who wrote this book (by whom this book was written).
Ko wai ngā tāngata māna e tō te waka ki te wai?
Who are the men who will drag the canoe to the water?
