Results for 'māra'
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
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 - Tērā 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
I hea te whare nui me ngā māra?
Where were the meeting house and the gardens?
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i 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.
He tino mōhio ia ki te mahi māra.
She's very knowledgeable when it comes to gardening/growing veges.
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 Kauri ngaki māra ai?
When will Kauri dig the garden?
I mahi māra au.
I did gardening.
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?
māra kai
food garden
