On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

I moe ia i runga i te papa raakau naa wai ka mamae tona tuaraa
He slept on the bare boards and so he got a sore back

Me he mea kua hinga te raakau, kua kati te huarahi.
If the tree had fallen (but it hasn’t), the road would be blocked.

Kua poro·ngia te raakau e ia ki te toki
He has felled the tree with the axe

He aha te mahi a Hata ki teeraa raakau?
What did Hata do to that tree?

Ko teenei raakau ka pai moo te whakairo
This tree will be good for carving

Kaatahi raatou ka whakarite ki te tautoko i te take a Te Arawa kia tua·ina ngaa raakau paina
case gen Te Arawa subj fell·pass. the(pl) tree pine ‘Then they arranged to support the Te Arawa case that the pine trees should be cut down

Ko ngaa raakau i tua·ina e maatou he ri·riki katoa
The trees, which we cut down, were all small

Ko aua raakau i tua·ina raa e maatou he ri·riki katoa
The trees we cut down were all small

Ka noho ia i teetahi raakau e noho nei he taangata i raro
He sat in a tree under which some people were sitting