On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E mārama ana au ki te kōrero.
I understand what is being said.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Commission meets for two days in each month.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I pakipaki te katoa me tō rātou kore e tino mārama ki tāua i kī ai.
Everyone applauded though they did not entirely understand what he had said.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I tapahi a Marama i a ia.
Marama cut herself, or, Marama cut him.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka tipu te rito o te harakeke i tēnei marama.
The new shoots of flax will sprout this month.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua mārama au ki tōu whakautu.
I've understood your response.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua mārama a Rangi i te kaupapa.
Rangi has understood the topic.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua whakahokia ki a ia te tamaiti i mauria e ngā pirihimana i te marama o Oktopa.
The child who was taken by the police in October has been returned to her.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kei ngā pō mārama, kei ngā pō rākaunui o te marama, e kitea atu ana a Rona.
On clear nights, on nights when the moon is full, Rona can be seen.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Nō tērā marama.
Last month.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō

Mā te kōrerorero ka mārama te take.
By discussion (you) will understand the problem.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

He marama pai a Hōngongoi kia kokotia ngā rōhi.
July is a good month to prune the roses.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kāore anō a Rangi kia mārama i te kaupapa.
Rangi has not understood the topic yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Ngā whakapāha, kāore au i te mārama ki tō kōrero.
My aplogies, I don't understand what you are saying.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāo, kāore au i te tino mārama.
No, I don't quite understand.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore au i te mārama.
I don't understand.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Ko te Kohitātea tēnei marama.
This month is January.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

I aha koe i tērā marama?
What did you do last month?
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

I tērā marama.
Last month.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ā tērā marama tātou hui ai.
We are meeting next month.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ko tēhea rā o te marama tēnei?
Which day of the month is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?

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...

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

Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā

Kei reira tō tātou hihuinga a te marama ka heke mai nei.
That's where our meeting will be next month.
*Future locatives - kei te

I pō, i pō, ā, ka mārama.
It was dark for a long time, and then at last it became light.

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.

Ka whakatūria te rama ki runga ki te tūrangā kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana.
Put up the lamp onto a stand so that the light may be seen by the people who are coming in.

Kāore mārama ahau.
I don't understand.

Tē mārama ahau.
I don't understand.

Kāore e mārama tētahi wāhanga o te iwi ki te reo o tētahi atu wāhanga, ahakoa he iwi kotahi.
One section of the people cannot understand the language of another section, although they are one people.

He kino iho tēnei marama i te marama o Hūrae.
This month is worse than the month of July.

Ko Mārama te tuahine o Tamahae.
Mārama is the sister of Tamahae.

Ko Tamahae te tungāne o Mārama.
Tamahae is the brother of Mārama.

Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Mārama’s and Tamahae’s cousin.

Ko te marama o Oketopa tēnei.
This is the month of October.

ki te ao mārama.
in the world of light and understanding.

Kei te mārama koe?
Do you understand?

Ka titiro ake a Rona ki te marama.
Rona looked up at the moon.

Ka titiro iho te marama ki a Rona.
The moon looked down at Rona.

Kia pakeke rā anō ngā tamariki, ka mārama rātou.
Only when the children are older will they understand.

Ka puta mai te Ao Mārama.
The world of light came forth.

Ko Mārama tāna tamāhine.
Mārama is her daughter.

Kua whati te tara o te marama.
The horn of the moon is broken (said of a chief’s death).

Āe, kei te mārama au.
Yes, I understand.

Kua mārama koe ki te pātai?
Have you understood the question?

A ēhea mārama koe ka haere ki Tonga?
Which months will you be in Tonga for?

Kei te mārama au.
I understand.

Ka kī atu a Rata, ‘ Āwhea ara ai te marama?
When will there be a new moon?

Kei ngā pō mārama, e kitea ana a Rona me tana taha.
On moonlight nights Rona is seen with her calabash.

Ka whakatūria te rama ki runga ki te tūranga kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana.
Put the lamp up on a stand so that its light may be seen by the people coming in.

E taea ai tēnei pātai te whakautu, me mātua mārama ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o te take.
In order to answer this question, one must first understand all aspects of the matter.

Kei te haere ahau ki te whare pukapuka kia mārama ahau ki te pono.
I am going to the library to understand the truth.

I tērā atu marama.
The month before last.

E whitu marama tōna pakeke.
Seven months is her age.

He marama tino makariri a Hūne.
June is a very cold month.

Nā te āta kōrerotanga o te take i mārama ai
It was because the matter was thoroughly discussed that it became clear

Āe, āe, kei te mārama au! Tēnā. Me haere tāua.
Yeah, yeah, I know! Right, we'd better get going.

Ko te marama o Mahuru.
The month of September.

Āe, kei te mārama ahau.
Yes, I understand.

Kia ora, kua mārama ināianei.
Thanks, I get it now.

Kia mārama ai tana kite mai i ahau e mau ai au i te koti whero.
So that she will see me easily, I am wearing a red coat.

Ā tērā marama.
Next month.

I tērā marama i waiata ia
Last month she sang

Ā tērā atu marama.
The month after next.

Kei te mārama haere te rangi.
The sky is getting lighter (becoming lighter).

Ka āwhina a Mere rānei, a Marama rānei i a Pani.
Either Mary or Marama will help Pani.

I pakipaki te katoa me tō rātou kore e tino mārama ki tāna i kī ai
Everyone applauded though they did not entirely understand what he had said

He hopunga kōrero reo Māori anō ka tāpirihia atu ki ngā mīhini hei ngā marama tata ake nei.
More audio in te reo Māori will be added to the system in the next few months.

Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaaro mārama.
Language is the key to understanding.

Hei tino tauira hei tāna, "i roto i te Kowheori i ngā marama e ono, e hia kē nei ngā kupu mō te mate Kowheori i te tīmatanga rā."
A prime example "is when Covid-19 first hit, in the first six months there were so many different Māori names used for the word Covid".

E rua marama ki muri.
Two months ago.