On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Me haere mai ki taku kāinga ki te kai.
(You) should come to my house to dinner.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tuhi a Rina i ana mahi kāinga.
Rina should write her homework.
Simple sentences: you should - me

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

Me mahi koe i tō mahi kāinga.
You had better do your homework.
Simple sentences: you should - me

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

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

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

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

Taihoa e hīanga kia oti te mahi kāinga.
No mischief until the homework is finished.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

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

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

Kainga ō tōhi!
Eat your toast!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kainga tāu āporo!
Eat your apple!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kainga tō parakuihi!
Eat your breakfast!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

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

I whakanohoia ahau i te kāinga.
I was grounded.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I kainga katoatia te hākari.
The feast was all eaten up.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I kainga katoatia te kai.
The food was all eaten up.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E kainga ana ngā rīwai e te pēpi.
The potatoes are being eaten by the baby.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua kainga te parāoa e ngā rakiraki.
The bread has been eaten by the ducks.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I kainga te keke e Mere.
The cake was eaten by Mere.
Passive sentences - tikina...

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

Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.
They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.
For the purpose of - hei

I tērā tai i te kāinga ngā tamariki a ako ana, engari kei te kura rātou i tēnei wā.
Last year the children were learning at home, but they are at the school now.
Conjunctions - but - engari

I pakeke ake au i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, engari ko Te Tai Rawhiti kē tōku ake kāinga.
I grew up in Wellington but the Eastland region is my real home.
Conjunctions - but - engari

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

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

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

Ka tū atu he kaikōrero i tēnei taha, ka noho, ka tū mai he kaikōrero i tērā taha, ka noho. Ka pēnei tonu te haere o ngā kōrero, heoi anō, mā te iwi kāinga e whakakapi.
A speaker stands on this side, then sits, a speaker on the other side stands, then sits. The speeches carry on in this fashion. However, the homeside closes.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Kei Matipō Tirīti tō rātou kāinga.
Their house is in Matipō Street.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

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

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

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

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

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

Kua pau te kai, kei te hoki te tokorua ki ō rāua kāinga.
The food has been consumed, the pair are returning to their homes.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

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

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

Ko Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Gisborne.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

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

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

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

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

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

Me hoki atu koe ki te kāinga, kei pukuriri tō māmā.
You had better go back now - your mum might get mad.
In case... - kei

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

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

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

Kia tae mai a Tame, ka peka atu tātau ki te kāinga o Taika.
When Tame arrives, we will stop by Taika's house.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

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

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

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

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

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

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

E hia rānei ērā kāinga tawhito?
How many of those old settlements would there be?

Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.

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

He tino nui te āporo e kainga nā e koe
Nā wai te kurī e patua rā e Hēnare’ = Whose is the dog (that is) being hit by Hēnare?

He kainga whakamutunga ka wehe ai i te ao.
A last meal before leaving the mortal world.

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.

Ka tae tētahi tauhou ki te kāinga.
A certain stranger came to the village.

He aha koe i mahi ai i te kāinga?
Why were you working at home

Ahakoa ko tēnei tōku kāinga tipu, ka wehe atu au.
Although this is the place where I grew up, I will leave.

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

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

I kainga katoatia te kai
The food was all eaten

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

Kua oti i a koe tō mahi kāinga te tuhi?
Have you finished writing your homework?

Kaua e kainga ēnā pipi.
Don’t eat those pipis.

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

Kei hea te kāinga i whakatūria ai te whare o Rua?
Where is the settlement at which/where Rua’s house was erected?

Ko te kāinga o Uenuku i noho ai ko Hawaiki.
The place where Uenuku lived was Hawaiki.

Ite kāinga.
From Home.

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

Tō.rāua kāinga i tae mai ai ko Kaka-horoa.
The village they came from was Kaka-horoa.

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

I noho rāua i te kāinga.
They lived at the place.

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

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

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

Kāore te keke i kainga e ngā tamariki.
The cake was not eaten by the children.

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

Kua haere rāua ki te kāinga.
They have gone to the village.

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

Tukua mātou kia hoki ki ō mātou kāinga.
Permit (allow) us to return to our homes.

Ina haere mai koe aapopo me heke i taku kainga.
If (or when) you come tomorrow get off at my place.

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

Ina haere mai koe āpōpō, me heke i taku kāinga.
If or when you come tomorrow, get off at my place.

Kua kainga te keke *e* ngā tamariki.
The cake was eaten by the children.

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

Kei te tunu a Mere i te keke e kainga e Rangi.
The same with statives:

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

Ko Matatā te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Matatā.

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

He tino nui te āporo e kainga nā e koe.
The apple being eaten by you is very big.

Nā, tērā tetahi wahine mōhio no te kāinga o Matangi.
Tera’ can also be used to mean ‘that person’ or ‘he/she

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

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

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

Kainga tāu parakuihi!
Eat your breakfast!

Ka whakatika au i ō mahi kāinga kia pai ai.
I will correct your homework so that it is good.

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

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 ēnei ngā āporo kua kainga e ngā manu.
These are the apples that have been eaten by the birds.

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

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

I hoki au ki te kāinga.
I returned home.

Ka haere mai rātou ki te kāinga hei kai i te hākari.
They will come to the house to eat at the feast.

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

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

I kainga ngā āporo e te hōiho.
The apples were eaten by the horse.

Kāore ngā āporo i kainga e te hōiho.
The apples were not eaten by the horse.

Kainga i waho.
They ate outside.

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

Past: I kainga ngā kina katoa.
All the kina were eaten.

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

Kāore he mahi kāinga i tēnei rā.
There's no homework today.

Hokona he kai kia kainga ai e rātou katoa.
Buy some food so that it will be eaten by them all.

Naumai ki taku kāinga, Te Manaaki.
Welcome to my house, Te Manaaki.

Kua hoki atu a Rei ki te kāinga o ana mātua
Rei has returned to his parents

Nāu te keke i kainga ai.
You were the reason the cake was eaten.

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

I te kainga o ngā pāua, ka pāterotero ia i te katoa o te pō.
On eating the pāua, he farted all night.

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

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

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

I hea te kāinga i noho ai ōu mātua?
Where is the village at which your parents lived?

I kainga ngā kina katoa e rātou.
All the kina were eaten by them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I ngā wā o mua, i kainga mataatia ngā kai
In the olden days, food was eaten raw

Naumai ki taku kāinga.
Welcome to my home.

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

E kore koe e pai kia haere au ki tōu kāinga?
Wouldn’t you like me to come to your place?

I kainga te keke.
The cake was eaten.

I kainga te keke e au.
The cake was eaten by me.

I kainga ngā kina katoa.
All the kina were eaten.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka rere te manu rā ki te marae o te kāinga tū ai
That bird flew onto the village’s marae and stood there

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

Kaua tātou e noho tonu i ngā marae o ō.tātou kāinga, inoi ai kia hōmai te ture pai.
Let us not continue to dwell on our land, praying for good laws.

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

He makariri tōna kāinga.
Her place is cold.

Kei whea tōu kāinga?
Where is your home?

Ka kainga ngā miti.
The meat will be eaten.

Kei te kainga i te keke e au.
So passives are a little but tricky.

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

Kei te kainga ahau i te keke
And number 4 if also wrong because it uses i for the cake

Kei te kainga ahau e te keke.
If we miss off the agent for a second we can see who or what is being eaten.

Kei konā, kei tōu kāinga.
There (by you) at your place.

Kei te kainga to keke
The cake is being eaten

Kei te kainga ahau
I am being eaten.

Kei roto taua kāinga i a Ngāti Porou.
That settlement is in Ngāti Porou territory.

Kei te kainga te keke e au.
The cake is being eaten by me.

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

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

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

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

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

I te kāinga e moe ana
At home sleeping

E hia ngā whare o te kāinga nei?
How many houses are in this village?

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

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

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

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

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

Tukua atu te Kawana kia hoki ki tōna kāinga!
Let the Governor go back to his own place!

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

Ko hea tēnei kāinga?
What is this place?

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

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

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

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

Kei roto taua kāinga i a Ngāti Porou
That place is in Ngāti Porou [territory].

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

He kāinga iti noa iho a Ōtautahi.
Christchurch is just a little village.

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

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

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

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

Kua kainga ngā keke e ngā tamariki
The cakes have been eaten by the children

He kāinga iti noa iho a Ōtautahi!
Christchurch is just a little village!

He kāinga tino pai a Maketū.
Maketū is a very nice settlement.

He kāinga ātaahua a Kāwhia.
Kāwhia is a beautiful settlement.

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

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 te heihei te tūmomo mīti e kainga ana e ratou.
The type of meat that is being eaten by them is chicken

Kāore tōku kāinga e tawhitei i te pāka.
My house is not far from the park.

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

Ki tonu ā rātou kete ka hoki rātou ki te kāinga.
When their kits were quite full they returned to the village.

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

Tena koa, kainga e koe tēnei wāhi?
Why don't you try this piece?

Ka haereere ia ki ngā whare katoa o te kāinga.
He strolled about to all the houses of the settlement.

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

Kei Matipō Tītīri tō rātou kāinga.
Their house is in Matipo Street.

Ko tō.rāua kāinga i noho ai, ko Hawaiki.
The place where they lived was Hawaiki.

Kainga ēnei rare
Eat these sweets

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

I kainga otatia ngā kūmara.
The kūmara were eaten raw.

Kaua e kainga ēnei rare
Do not eat these sweets

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

Hoki atu ki tōu kāinga!
Go away home!

Ko Manaia te kāinga.
Manaia is the home.

Kua kainga katoatia ngā mīti e ngā ngeru.
The meat has all been eaten by the cats.

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

Ko tōna kāinga i haere mai ai kei Te Ākau.
The village where he left from was Te Ākau.

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

Tekau mā rima ngā whare i tōku kāinga.
There are fifteen houses in my village.

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

I haere mai ia i te kāinga kei Te Ākau.
He left from the village at Te Ākau.

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