Results for 'kaumātua'
kaumātua - elder; elderly
Kaumātua. 1. n. Adult.
2. Old man or woman. “He tira kaumatua, tena te haere na” e ki ana ko Pararaki. (A proverb for anything slow and sure.)
3. v.i. Grow up, become adult. A ka tupu, ka kaumatua, ka noho i a Tane hei wahine mahana (Tr. vii, 34).
Williams Dictionary
Ka haere te iwi ki te hui kia kōrero ngā kaumātua.
The iwi will travel to the meeting so the elders can talk.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ehara mō ngā kaumātua tēnei tūru.
This chair is not for the elders.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Mō ngā kaumātua tēnei tūru.
This chair is for the elders.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
I whāngaihia ia e ōna kaumātua.
She was adopted her grandparents.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He kaumātua a Amaru rāua ko Tame no tērā marae.
Amaru and Tame are elders of that marae.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Flo rāua ko Rāwiri ōku kaumātua.
Flo and Rāwiri are my grandparents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Mihi atu ki ōu kaumātua.
Greet your elders.
Away - atu
Mihi atu ki ōu kaumātua.
Greet your elders.
Away - atu
Tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are three elders.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Kāore e tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are not three elders.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...
Ehara māu te kai nei, mā ngā kaumātua kē.
This food is not for you, it is for the elders.
Mā wai ēnei kapu tī? Mā ngā tamariki? Ehara, mā ngā kaumātua kē.
Who are these cups of tea for? The children? No, they are for the elders.
Ka tū tētahi o ngā kaumātua rā.
One of those elders stood up.
Tokohia ngā tamariki a ō kaumātua?
How many children do your grandparents have?
I pakeke ō kaumātua i hea?
Where did your grandparents grow up?
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.
He kaumātua ia.
He is an elder.
Ko ngā kaumātua ngā tāonga o te ao Māori.
The elderly people are the treasures of the Māori world.
I tuketuke haere atu ia i waenganui i ngā kaumātua e rua.
He elbowed his way between the two elders.
