On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

I haere a Hori ki te kanikani ki te kimi hoa wahine.
Hori went to the dance to look for a girlfriend.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Māna te kanikani e haere.
It will be her that goes to the dance.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Ka taea e koe te kanikani?
Can you dance?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore i taea e au te kanikani, engari ināianei, āe, ka taea te kanikani.
I couldn't dance, but now, yeah, I can dance.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te kanikani a Nikau rāua ko Rangi.
Nikau and Rangi are dancing.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

E haere ana rātou ki te kanikani.
They are going to the dance.

E haere ana rātou ki te kanikani?
Are they going to the dance?

Kua tangi te piana. Kua kanikani ētahi o ngā tāngata.
The piano has started playing. Some of the people have started dancing.

Pau katoa ana te pō i a rāua e kanikani tahi ana.
They spent the whole night dancing together.

Āhea te kanikani?
When (is) the dance?

He aha ngā pirihimana e kanikani nei?
Why are the police officers dancing?

I waiata ahau, kātahi ka kanikani ahau.
I sang, and then I danced.

I waiata ahau, ka kanikani ai ahau.
I sang, and then, following on from that, I danced.

Kei te taraiwa ahau ki te konohete ki te kanikani.
But if i am driving my friend to the concert so that she can dance i would use kia... ai.

He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.

Rite tonu a Pāora ki a Elvis ki te kanikani.
Pāora is just like Elvis at dancing.

Ā te ahiahi ka tīmata te kanikani.
The dance will begin in the evening.

Kei te waiata ahau, ka kanikani ai a Mere.
I sang and then Mere danced.

I waiata ahau, kia kanikani ai a Mere.
I sang so that Mere would dance.

Kei te waiata ahau, kia kanikani ai a Mere.
I am singing so that Mere willdance.

Ka waiata ahau, kia kanikani ai a Mere.
I will sing so that Mere will dance.

E kanikani ana ngā tamariki
The children dancing

Rite tonu a Rangi ki a Elvis ki te kanikani.
Rangi is just like Elvis at dancing

I waiata ahau, ka kanikani ai ahau,
I sang, and then I danced.

Māu e kanikani.
You will be the one to dance.

Ehara māu e kanikani.
You will not be the one to dance.

I tērā wiki i kanikani au.
It was last week that I danced.

I kata mai a Rangi ki ahau i tērā wiki i kanikani *ai* au.
Rangi laughed at me last week when *i* danced.

He aha a Rangi e kanikani pērā ai?
Why will Rangi dance like that?

I taua pō, ka tū te kanikani.
That night, there was a dance.

E kanikani ana a Mere.
Mere is dancing.

Kāore a Mere e kanikani ana.
She isn't dancing. She wasn't dancing. Or won't be dancing. Party pooper. Or maybe her leg is in a cast. That's a bit sad.

Kāore e taea e au te kanikani.
I can't dance.

Kāore au mō te kanikani.
I don't care for dancing.

Mehemea ka harikoa ia, ka kanikani ia.
If she is happy then she will dance.

Ka kanikani ia, mehemea ka harikoa ia.
She will dance if she is happy.