Results for 'mara'
māra - garden
Māra, n. Plot of ground under cultivation, farm. Tenei pea te koroheke nei kua tae iho, kei te karakia i nga mara a ana tamariki (T. 201). Mara kumara, mara kumara a Ngatoro-i-rangi, a mackerel sky. Mara o Tane, an expression applied to the singing of birds together at dawn and dusk.
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Mara (i), n. A term of address to a man. E mara ! Friend! (Ngi.)
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Mara (ii), a. Prepared for eating by steeping in fresh water. He koura mara.—Kahore i mara ta taua koura.—He wareware tou ki te whakaeronga o to kete inanga mara (M. 402).
whakamara, v.t. Prepare food by steeping in water. Whakairihia to putiki mohimohi ka whakamara hei whaomoomo mo o tamariki (M. cxi).
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Mara (iii). ——
maramara, n. 1. Chip, splinter. Ka mate te tamaiti a Manaia ia Rata, ka tanumia ki nga maramara o Tainui (T. 69). Kaua to kiri e haea ki te kuku wai tai, haea mai ra ki te maramara pounamu (S.).
2. Piece, bit, portion. Maramara nui a Mahi, ka riro i a Noho (P. 65).
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I mahi au i te māra, ā, āe, i pānui pukapuka, ā, i tunu hoki au i te kai mā te whānau.
I worked in the garden, yeah, I read books and I cooked for the family.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Ka ātaahua te māra ā tēnei Whiringa-ā-nuku.
The garden will be beautiful in October.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka ngaki au i te māra.
I will weed the garden.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
E taupoki ana ia i te māra.
She's digging the garden.
Sentences with i - i
E kore au e ngaki i te māra.
I won't weed the garden.
Sentences with i - i
Nō te māra ēnei taewa.
These potatoes come from the garden.
Belonging to a place - nō
Mā rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They (two) will tend to the garden.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Ka keria te māra, kāore i roa ka tipu ngā otaota.
The garden was dug and it wasn't long before the weeds sprouted.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
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...
Tērā pea ka puta he kōrero mō te māra.
Perhaps a discussion about the garden will emerge.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea
Kei te māra a Māmā.
Mum's in the garden.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kei te māra tō whutupōro.
Your football's by the garden.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Koia kei a koe mō te āwhina i tō whaea! I aha kōrua i te māra?
You're awesome for helping your mum. What did you do in the garden?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ehara mā rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They won’t tend to the garden.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
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...
Ehara nāku i whakapai te māra.
I did not fix the garden.
Hoko ai hoki rātau i ngā maniūa mō te māra i Ōpotiki.
They usually buy the manure for the garden at Ōpotiki.
E toro mai ana ngā tūī ki te māra.
The tūī are visiting the garden.
He ringa rehe a Moana ki te mahi māra, ki te purei rakuraku hiko, ka mutu, he rōreka ki te waiata.
Moana is a dab hand at gardening, playing electric guitar, and she loves to sing.
Āwhea a Hēmi ngaki māra ai?
When will Hēmi dig the garden?
I mahi māra au.
I did gardening.
I hea te whare nui me ngā māra?
Where were the meeting house and the gardens?
Kia kitea, mauria mai ki te taha o te māra tū ai.
When you find it, bring it over to stand at the side of the garden.
Heoi anō, he mōmona ake ētehi wāhi o te māra i ētehi atu.
However, some parts of the garden are more fertile than others.
Kei te haere ahau ki te mara kia rongo ahau ki ētahi putiputi.
I am going to the garden in order to smell some flowers.
Kāore āku mahi nui, i whakatā, i whakapai whare, i āwhina i tōku whaea i tōna māra.
I didn't do much, I relaxed, cleaned the house, helped my mother in the garden.
E ono tekau tau tōna pakeke, ka ū ia ki ngā tikanga Māori i a ia i te māra.
She is 60 years old. She is resolute in Māori customs in the garden.
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.
E hia ngā rīwai i te māra?
How many potatoes are in the garden?
Makā ana ia ki waho o te māra waina, whakamatea iho.
He was thrown out of the vineyard, (and was) just killed.
He tino mōhio ia ki te mahi māra.
She is very knowledgeable about gardening.
Ka mahi rātou i ngā māra taea noatia te Rā Tapu.
They worked in the gardens right up to Sunday.
māra kai
food garden
When will [Manu] dig the garden?
Āwhea a [Manu]ngaki māra ai?
