On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

I mahi poka noa au ki te keri i te whenua, ka kohete mai ia, 'E tama e! Me taki karakia i te tuatahi'.
I heedlessly started digging and she growled at me, 'Boy! You should do karakia first!'
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua kite noa atu ahau ka ngaro te reo Māori.
I saw long ago that the Māori language will disappear.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Pēnei au he māmā noa iho te oma ki tātahi.
I thought running to the beach would be a piece of cake.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Pēnei au he māmā noa iho te whatu kākahu.
I thought it would be easy as to knit clothes.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Kia ahatia. He rākau noa iho te papa, he māmā te horoi.
Never mind. It's a wooden floor. It's easy to clean.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

Kia ahatia, he māmā noa iho muku i te papa.
Never mind, the floor's easy to wipe.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

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

Nō muri noa mai ka whānau mai ngā tamariki a Tame rāua ko Aroha.
The children of Tame and Aroha were born much later.
Belonging to the past - nō

Kaua e pōhēhē he huarahi ngāwari noa iho te huarahi ki te mātauranga.
Don't kid yourself that the path to knowledge is an easy one.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kua hōha noa ia ki ngā harihari kōrero me te amuamu anō a ngā kiritata.
He was annoyed at the gossip and also the complaining from his neighbours.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Hei te whare kē noa atu au noho mai ai.
I will stay at another house far away from yours.
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.

I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana

He ruarua noa ngā ika i mau i a au i tēnei ata. Heoi anō, he pai ake te iti i te kore.
I only caught a few fish this morning. Still, a few is better than none.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Ka tau ngā karoro, ka oma atu te kurī, ka rere. Ka tau anō, ka oma anō te kurī ki te hopū, ka taki rere anō ngā manu. Pēnei tonu ā pau noa te hau o te kurī.
The seagulls would land and the dog take off after them, whereupon they'd take flight. Then they'd land again, the dog would run off again to try to catch them, and they'd all take to the air again. It carried on like this until the dog finally ran out of puff.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Ka tata tatū te take, kātahi ka puta ake he māharahara anō. I pēnei tonu te āhua ā pō noa.
The matter would just about be resolved, then someone would raise another concern. It carried on like this into the night.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Homai ana e Mahuika he ahi, whakawetohia ana e Māui. Pēneitia tonutia ā pau noa ngā maikuku katoa, atu i tētehi mea kotahi.
Mahuika gave him fire, Māui doused it. This carried on until all of her fingernails were used up except one.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Kua mate noa atu ia.
He has passed away.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Mate noa ake rātou katoa i te aroha ki taua kōtiro.
They were all overcome with love for that girl.

He roa noa atu te kōrero a te iwi nei i taua pō.
The tribe's discussion that night lasted for a long time.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

I noho mai rātou, tae noa mai ki te Rāhoroi kua hipa nei
They stayed right up till last Saturday

Me ū tonu ki te mahi tae noa atu ki te wā e oti ai
You should stick to the task right up till the time it is completed

nō muri noa mai
A long time after

Mai i te mutunga o tana mahi, tae noa mai ki tana matenga, i Pōneke ia e noho ana
He lived in Wellington from the time of his retirement until his death

He pō makariri noa atu tērā.
It was an extremely cold night.

I peka atu ia ki a rātou mō te wā poto noa iho
She visited them only for a short time

He pai noa tēnei wai.
This water is just right.

Ka haere noa iho ia.
He just wandered along (around).

Ka haere noa atu tonu te iwi rā.
The people will keep going regardless. — 925

Takitahi noa mātou i te hui.
There were just a few of us at the meeting.

He pai noa iho ā rātou kai.
Their food was good enough (quite all right).

Anana, kua rere te rangi, aua noa ake i runga, ko Papatūānuku ki raro rawa.
And there! Rangi had been ripped upwards, miles above, and Papatūānuku lay separated below.

E rua haora noa iho kei te toe.
Just two hours remain (Only two hours are left).

Ānō, ānō nei, ānō noa nei
As if, as though, like

Kei konei ia tae noa ki te Mane,.
She's here till Monday.

He iti noa ake te whakaahua i taaku i whakaaro ai
The portrait was smaller than I had imagined

He tere noa ake te motokaa i tana i koorero mai ai ki ahau
The car is much faster than he told me

I tukuna te tangata kia haere noa.
The man was allowed to go free.

Mātika ana a Kōuraraka, heke ana i ngā arapiki, whakatuwhera ana i te kūaha, oma noa ki te ngahere.
Goldilocks jumped up, ran down the stairs, opened the door and ran away into the forest.

Ā, tūāroa ki ngā tini mate huri noa i te motu.
And a long farewell to the many who have passed away throughout the land.

Ka roa noa atu tōku rerenga i roto i tōku rererangi.
I can go for miles in my airplane.

He māmā noa iho! Pēhea hoki koe?
Easy as! How about you?

He hangarau noa e Mā, he hangarau noa!
I'm only pretending, Ma, just pretending!

Ka pēra haere tonu te mahi, ā tae noa mai ki Aotearoa nei (Pōtatau 1991:10)
They proceeded like that until they arrived in New Zealand

Me mahi tonu, ā pau noa te kaha
You must keep working until you run out of energy

Mai i te tau 1985 tae noa ki te tīmatanga o tēnei tau, i Whangārei rātou e noho ana
They were living in Whangārei from 1985 until the beginning of this year

Mahi noa, nāwai rā, ka puta mai te mate moe ki a Te Tahi.
They worked on, and then presently Te Tahi felt sleepy.

Me i tahuri taua iwi ki te whawhai ki a Tama maa kua mate noa iho.
If that tribe had turned to fighting Tama and the others they would have been completely defeated.

Koi mate noa au koe i a au i konei tonu, tē riro ai nā te hoariri
(I should be careful) so you don’t get killed by me here, instead of by the enemy

Nā te Pākehā kua noa noa iho ..
Because of the Pākehā it has become desecrated ..

He poto noa iho tēnei taura.
This rope is just short.

Ka mutu noa i konei.
That's the end.

Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakaohorere ki te ākonga reo Māori, ko te akoranga nei, ehara noa te wātū i te "ka".
A common confusion for Māori language learners is that the verb "ka" is not only used for future tense.

Kua pau noa ake ngā mōunu i ngā wheke te kai.
The bait was being eaten by the octopuses.

He wā poto noa aho.
Time is short.

Nā.te.mea ka tawhiti noa atu, ka kī ētahi, ‘Ē, ka hoki tātau!
Because of the great distance, some said, ‘Eh, we should go back!

E iti noa ana nā te aroha.
A small thing given with love.

kiromita te tawhiti (mai) i Kirikiriroa (tae noa atu) ki Tāmaki
The distance from Hamilton to Auckland is 130 km

Kei runga noa atu koe.
You're the best.

Mai i te wā i a Pōtatau tae noa mai ki ēnei rā, ko te mana nui o roto i Waikato ko te Kīngitanga.
From the time of Pōtatau right up to the present, the greatest authority within Waikato has been the King Movement.

Āta ringihia atu, kei maringi noa ki te tēpu.
Pour it slowly or carefully, so that it doesn’t spill on the table.

Kei runga noa atu koe!
You're on to it!

Nō te mea kua manako noa kē te Atua ki āu mahi.
Since God has already approved your actions.

Koia noa iho
That's all.

Nui noa atu tana whare i tōku.
His house is a lot bigger than mine.

Nui noa ake tana whare i tōku.
His house is a lot bigger than mine.

Nō tētahi tangata nui noa atu taua hāte.
That shirt belonged to a bigger man.

i mua noa atu
long ago

Mō muri noa nei i karamgatoa ai ko Tikirau.
Since then, [it] has been called Tikirau.

rawa, tonu, kē, noa, pea, koa
L36: “Particles in the postposed perophery

Nō muri noa mai te kitenga o Kāpene Kuki i Aotearoa, tēnā i tō Kupe.
Captain Cook discovered Aotearoa a long time after Kupe did.

nō muri mai, nō muri tata mai, nō muri noa mai
L282: “Afterwards, shortly after, much later

Hei aha noa iho a Hōne e haere ai.
Hōne doesn’t have to go.

He pō tino makariri noa atu tērā.
That was an extremely dark night.

Nō muri noa mai.
Much later.

Nō mua noa atu.
A long time before.

Kei te pai noa iho taku mahi.
My work is easy peasy.

kore take noa iho
Don’t you beat that man for no reason at all!

Ko te mate i mate katoa ai te tangata tae noa ki ngā tamariki.
A disaster in which all are killed including children.

Whanga noa mai nei au ki a koe, tē hohoro ake.
I waited a long time for you there, but you didn’t come.

Kīano i moe noa i te tāne.
[She] had not yet married a man.

He whakateke nō ētahi o āna tamariki, oma ana ki rō ngahere haere noa atu ai.
move freely away ai It was a trick some of his children played on him, running off into the forest, far away.

Ka rūpeke noa rātou ki waenga o te marae e nohoia rā e te manuhiri.
They all gathered together in the middle of the marae where the visitors were sitting.

Kei konei ia tae noa atu ki te Mane
She’s here until Monday

Pai noa, me haere koe ki te tiki i ngā tamariki ki te kura i nāianei tonu.
All good, you should go get the kids now.

Kātahi ka āta tiro i te takahanga waewae—nō te pō noa atu tēnei mahinga, ehara i te āta nei.
Then he looked carefully at the footsteps—this was something done the night before, not this morning.

I haere noa mātou.
We just went, without any special reason.

I makere noa iho te hua o te rākau.
The fruit just fell down from the tree.

I karanga noa atu au ki a ia.
I called to him in vain.

Nō tata noa iho.
From very close by.

Kei patua e koe te tangata rā mō te kore take noa iho!
Don’t you beat that man for no reason at all!

He pai noa iho tēnā!
That’s quite all right!

He kāinga iti noa iho a Ōtautahi.
Christchurch is just a little village.

Kāore he hua o te noho noa iho!
There is nothing to be gained from simply sitting around!

He hōia huri noa, huri noa.
There were soldiers everywhere.

Kei te tino mōhiotia te reo o Kiri Te Kanawa, puta noa i te ao.
Kiri Te Kanawa’s voice is known throughout the world.

Kia kaha tonu te mahi, ā tutuki noa te wawata.
Keep working hard until you achieve what you desire.

Ā miharo noa rātou katoa.
And they all just marvelled.

Me he manu, kua rere noa atu.
If it were a bird, it would have flown away long ago.

Kāore anō a Hōne i haere noa.
Hōne has not gone yet.

Nō te mea kua manako noa kē te Atua ki āu mahi (Ecclesiastes 9:7)
Since God has already approved your actions

He kāinga iti noa iho a Ōtautahi!
Christchurch is just a little village!

Ko Ponga koā rāua ko Puhihuia i noho kau noa iho, hore he kupu, hore he aha.
Ponga and Puhihuia, however, just sat, without a word, without anything.

I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.

Ka haere tonu noa atu te iwi rā.
The people will keep going regardless.

Ka pirau noa iho tētahi taha o te wahine rā, ka tupu rīrī e te tio tio.
One side of the woman became rotten and overgrown with barnacles.

Mai i te wā i a Pōtatau tae noa mai ki ēnei rā, ko te mana nui o roto i Waikato ko te Kīngitanga
From the time of Pōtatau right up to the present, the greatest authority within the Waikato has been the King Movement.

Kotahi noa iho.
Only one.

Pai noa iho e tā.
Easy, sweet as, bro.

Pai noa iho e hine.
Easy, sweet as, girl.

Tae noa ki te peka·nga, peka tonu hoki ia
When [they] reached the turning, he turned also

Pai noa iho te tī.
The tea is just fine.

E āhei ana ngā kura ki te whakauru ki ngā wāhanga e whā, ki te wāhanga kotahi noa rānei.
Schools may enter for the four parts, or for just one.

E āhei ana te kaitono ki te whai mai i te pepa kōrero noa iho, i ngā pepa tuhituhi noa iho rānei.
The candidate is able to attempt either just the spoken paper or just the written papers.

He tī noa iho e Amaru.
Just tea, Amaru.

tae noa atu ki a Mahuru
until September.

Kia kino te tahā, kia tū noa ai i te marae.
Let the calabash be plain so that it can safely stand out on the marae.

He hōia huri noa, huri noa (Pōtatau 1991:208)
There were soldiers everywhere

Ko te reo Māori, he waka eke noa.
Māori language is an accessible vessel for everyone.

Kia kaha tonu te mahi, ā tutuki noa te wawata
Keep working hard, until you achieve what you desire

E rua haora noa-atu-rā, i konei ahau.
I was here two hours ago.

na te tangata noa atu
belonging to some unknown person

no tata noa iho
from very close

I noho noa iho au ki te kāinga.
I just stayed home.

anake anō hoki kau kē koa noa pea rawa tonu
The ten particles here may be briefly glossed as follows.