On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E tū ana ia ki mua i Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi.
He is standing in front of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I ngā rā o mua, mā te hōiho kē te moua e tō.
In former times, a horse pulled the mower instead.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua haere kē i mua tata o taku taenga atu.
He left just before I arrived.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me haere ngā wāhine ki mua.
The women should go to the front.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei mua te kuia e karanga ana.
The kuia is calling in front.

Kei mua i te whare e tipu ana.
Growing in front of the house.

Tēnā tahia te mahau mua me te mahau muri?
Could you please sweep the front and back porch.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Nō mua atu i tērā te hū o Tarawera - nō te tau 1886.
The Tarawera eruption happened before that - in 1886.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō mua noa atu te walkman i te ipod.
The Walkman came long before the ipod.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō mua tata atu.
Shortly before.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō mua i te piringa ki a Rangi, ka moe a Papa rāua ko Tangaroa.
Before the union with Rangi, Papa was in a relationship with Tangaroa.
Belonging to the past - nō

Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Hoatu koutou ki mua, kei te pai au i konei.
You guys go up the front, I'm fine here.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe

Hoatu koe ki mua o te rārangi.
You go to the front of the queue.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe

I whakairotia a mua o te whare.
The front of the house was carved.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I ngā rā o mua, kāore tēnei mahi e mahia ana e ngā Māori o Te Kaha.
Formerly, this activity was not performed by the Māori people of Te Kaha.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ai ki tā Pita, i nui te inanga i ēnei kōawa i mua.
According to Pita, there used to be heaps of whitebait in these streams.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei mua te kuri i te waka.
The dog is in front of the car.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I mua te kuri i te waka.
The dog was in front of the car.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

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.

I mua i te kuaha ngā tamariki.
The children were in front of the door.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Ka whakatika te kōtiro rā, ka mua ki te kīaka.
The girl got up and took a calabash.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka haere te ope o Ngāti-Kahukoka i mua o ēnei.
The Ngāti-Kahukoka group went in front of them.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite a Tū i te mamaha e puta ake ana i mua o te tereina.
Tū saw the steam rising from the front of the train.
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

Kei mua a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are in front of the bus.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kahore ia i whakawātea mai mua o te haka.
He didn't move away from the front of the haka.
Towards - mai

Hei mua te kurī i te kuaha.
The dog will be in front of the door.
Future locative - hei

Hei mua te waka i te whare.
The car will be in front of the house.
Future locative - hei

Kaua e whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Don't clean the house before the guests arrive.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kāore ngā tamariki i mua i te kuaha.
The children weren’t in front of the door.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore te kuri i mua i te waka.
The dog was not in front of the car.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te waka hei mua i te whare.
The car will not be in front of the house.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te kurī hei mua i te kuaha.
The dog will not be in front of the door.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...

E tohu ana ia i mua o ngaa matua raa, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngaa ringa
the taiaha at inside at the(pl) hand ‘He was gesticulating before the battalions as if the taiaha would break in pieces in his hands’ (TWh, 22)

I pēhea te tunu kai i ngā wā o mua atu i te hiko?
How did people cook their food before there was electricity?

nō mua tata atu
Shortly before

I mua atu i tōku hokinga mai ki konei.
Before I returned here; before my return here.

Ko mua i te whare te wāhi e tū ai te kaikōrero.
The place where the speaker stands is in front of the house.

Me kia tere te kōwhaki i te kānga i mua o te ua, ka haere au.
If it is necessary to hurry the picking of the corn before the rain I will go.

Nō mua tata atu i tōna matenga, ka puta tana ōhākī ki tana whānau.
Shortly before his passing, he made his dying speech to his family.

I ngā rā o mua, he wharekura tēra whare
In days gone by that building was a school (past)

I roto i ngā rua haora ki mua tana taenga mai.
He will arrive within the next two hours.

Nō mua rā
Some time ago, some time before

Hoatu kōrua ki mua. Kei te pai au i konei.
You two go up the front. I’m fine here.

Kei mua te kotiro i ana mātua.
The girl is in front of her parents.

Kei mua māua i ngā motokā.
We are in front of the cars.

Kei mua au i aku hoa.
I am in front of my friends.

Kei te hoki ōku whakaaro ki ngā wā o mua.
My thoughts are going back to the past.

Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua o te kapa.
When Ponga appeared at the front of the ranks.

I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru i mua i te wharenui e tū ana.
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house.

He mōmona ia i mua.
She was fat previously.

Ka whakaaro a Tia, ākunei te tae wawe ai ko Ngātoroirangi kei reira i mua i a ia
Tia thought that presently, Ngātoroirangi would arrive there before him

Kia tere te kārohirohi i mua i tō huarahi.
May the shimmer of light guide you on your way.

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.

Kei mua i/o te whare
Is in front of the house

Ka whakaaro a Tia ākuanei te tae wawe ai ko Ngātoroirangi ki reira i mua i a ia. (Pōtatau 1991:246)
Tia soon thought that Ngātoroirangi would arrive there before him.

He aha koe te haere ai ki mua ki.te ārahi?
Why did you go in front to lead?

I mua o tōna taenga mai, me whakapaipai tātou i te whare.
Before he or she arrives, we should tidy the house.

Ka whakatika mai te manuhiri ki mua o te wharenui, ka tū, ka tangi (Kāretu 1974:10)
The visitors proceed to the front of the meeting house, stand and weep

i mua tata tonu ake
only just before

Kia ea rā te mate ngarengare, ka puta ai ki mua whakapī ai.
When defeat of the troublesome one is avenged, then one can dance in jubilation.

i mua i
before (in front of)

E hoa e, titiro! Kei mua i a koe!
Jees mate, look! It's right in front of you!

I ngā rā o mua, i noho te pāpaka me te kōura ki te ngahere.
In days of yore, the crab and the crayfish lived in the forest.

Tēnā pea te aituā nō mua atu i te toru karaka.
The accident must have happened before three o’clock.

I taea e rātou ā rātou tuhinga te whakaoti i mua i te rā i whakaritea hei tāpaetanga atu
They were able to finish their essays before the due date

Kei mua a Tu-whakairi-ora i ngā mātua rā.
Tu-whakairi-ora is at the front of those battalions.

Ko ngā waka i mua rā, mate katoa ngā tāngata o runga.
As for the canoes in front there, all the people on board were killed.

Akuanei ka tata ngā waka o mua ki te wāhi i noho ai te nanakia rā.
Presently the canoes in front drew near to the place where the monster lived.

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

Ka whakaeke ngā tāngata ki mua o Mahinārangi.
The people gathered in front of Mahinārangi.

i mua noa atu
long ago

Me tuku mai ngā tono i mua mai i te 1 Ākuhata
Applications must be sent in before the first of August

Nō mua atu i tērā te hū o Tarawera — nō te tau 1886.
The Tarawera eruption happened before that—in 1886.

E tohu ana ia i mua o ngā matua rā, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngā ringa.
He was gesticulating before the battalions as if the taiaha would break in pieces in his hands.

Kei mua rātou i te whare e tū ana.
They are standing in front of the house.

Kua oti a mua te peita.
The front has been painted.

I reira au i mua ai.
I had been there formerly.

Kei mua i a koe!
In front of you!

I mua mai i tōku hokinga mai.
Before I return.

Haere ki mua.
Go to the front.

Mā muri ka tika a mua.
The front will be right because of the back.

I te wā i mua rā, kei hine ana au.
In time gone by, when I was a girl.

Nō mua noa atu.
A long time before.

Me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa i mua i te whā karaka.
The essays must be handed in before four o’clock.

I mua rā, ko tana mahi hoki he puhipuhi pūkeko.
He used to shoot pūkeko.

Ā, tēnā moana, i mua, kia tāti te mango i te whānau ko konā ranga ai
In former times, in that river, when sharks would start to give birth they would gather there

I mua i whakapono ngā tāngata ki ngā taniwha.
People used to believe in taniwha.

I kite ahau i a Mere i mua i tōna haerenga.
I saw Mere before she left.

I mua ia i te toa.
He was in front of the shop.

Kei mua koe i ahau.
You are in front of me.

Kei mua koe i a au.
You are in front of me.

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.

Kia tika a muri, kia tika a mua.
If things out the back are going well, things out the front will go well.

Me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa i mua mai i te 1 o Oketopa
The essays should be passed in by the first of October,

Tirohia anō tō tuhituhi i mua i te tuku mai.
Review your essay before sending in.

E noho koutou ki mua i te ahi whakamahana ai i ō.koutou pona!
You can stay by the fire and warm your knees!

I mua a Mere mā i te whare e tatari ana.
Mere and the others were waiting in front of the house.

I mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, i hanga te Māori i te whare raupō.
Before the arrival of the Pākehā, the Māori built raupō whare (houses of raupō).

Kei te oma ahau i mua i te whare.
I am running in front of the house.

I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru nei i mua i te wharenui e tū ana.
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house.

Hoki mai koutou ngā kaihoe o mua, eke mai koutou ngā kaihoe hou!
Come back you past paddlers, welcome aboard you new paddlers!

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e tū ana i korā i ngā rā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.

I mua atu i tōku hokinga mai ki konei
Before I returned here, Before my return here

E ai ki tā Pita, i nui te inanga i ēnei kōawa i mua.
According to Pita, there used to be heaps of whitebait in these streams.

Kei mua te naihi i te pukapuka
The knife is in front of the book

Ka haere ia i mua i a rātou.
He went before (ahead of/in front of) them.

Kei mua i te maunga te manu nui.
The big bird is in front of the mountain.

I mua, i haere au ki te maunga.
In the past, I went to the mountain.

I mua, I hikoi au.
In the past, i walked

Hoake ki mua, ka whanga mai ai koutou i a mātou!
Go along in front, then you may wait a little while for us!

I waiatatia kētia ngā waiata o ngā rā o mua.
The songs of days gone by were sung differently.

Kei mua rātou i te kura.
They are in front of the school.

Tēnā tahia te mahau mua me te mahau muri.
Could you please sweep the front and back porch.

I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru (nei) i mua i te wharenui e tū ana
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house

Engari i mua i te haere ki tāwāhi, i hoki au ki taku ūkaipō ki te kite i te whānau.
But before going overseas, I returned home to see my whānau.

I mahi kai mātou i mua i te hui.
We prepared food before the meeting.

Whakapaingia te whare i mua i te taenga mai o ngā manuhiri.
Clean the house before the guests arrive.

Mahi-a ai tēnei mahi i ngā rā o mua.
This work was done in the past.

Kei mua te pōro i a koe.
The ball is in front of you.

Kei mua te koroua i te wharenui.
The elderly man is in front of the carved meeting house.

I mua, kua haere a Rangi ki Taupō mā runga i te topatopa a tōna hoa.
In the past, Rangi has gone to Taupō on his friend's helicopter.

Nō mua ake i tērā.
Before that.