On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

I tupu hoki ahau i reira.
I also grew up there.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I noho au i reira i tērā tau.
I stayed there last year.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

E hia te roa e noho ana koe i reira?
How long have you need living there?
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei reira ia e noho ana.
She/he is living there.

Nō reira, kia whā atu anō.
So we need four more.
Let there be... - kia...

Taihoa koe e haere ki te wharepaku kātahi anō a Pāpā ka puta i reira.
Don't you go to the toilet, Pāpā has just come out.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

E tino rata ana au ki te iwi o reira.
I really like the people from there.
To like - rata

Nāku kē ētahi kai i hoko, nō reira kua pai tātou.
I already bought some food, so we are alright.
Conjuctions - because - nā te mea

Kawea tētehi puka iti ki ngā wāhi kei reira te reo Māori e kōrerohia ana, tuhia ngā kupu me ngā kīanga ka rangona.
Bring a small book with you to the places where the Māori language is spoken, write down the words and phrases that are heard.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Tokohia ngā tāngata i tae atu ki reira?
How many people arrived there?
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei reira ngā pukapuka.
The books are there.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I reira ngā pukapuka.
The books were there.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Kāo, kāore anō au kia tae atu ki reira.
No, I haven't yet been there.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Ka āhei te whakatū waka ki reira i waho o ngā hāora hokohoko.
You're allowed to park there outside of shopping hours.
Allowed to do something - āhei

I reira te waka.
The car was there.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Ka kite o reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhihuia,.
The young chiefs from there was this girl, Puhihuia.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tūpeke a ia i reira.
He jumped into the air there.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Nā reira taua wāhi i karangatia ai ko Puketapu.
Because of that, that place was called Puketapu.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

He hui āku ki Kāpiti, nō reira me haere au i nāianei.
I have a meeting in Kāpiti, so I have to go now.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Nō reira...
Therefore...
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

He uaua tēnei mahi nō reira kei te pōuri ahau.
This work is hard, therefore I am sad.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

He māmā tēnei mahi nō reira kei te harikoa ahau.
This work is easy, therefore I am happy.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Kei konei koutou nō reira kei te pukuriri ahau.
You are here, therefore I am angry.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Kei rohe kē taku whānau nō reira kei te mokemoke ahau.
My family is in another region, therefore I am lonely.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Kua oti taku mahi nō reira kei te koa ahau.
My work is finished, therefore I'm happy.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Nō reira tēnā koutou!
Therefore, greetings to you all!
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Hei reira te pukapuka.
The book will be there.
Future locative - hei

Kāore te waka i reira.
The car wasn’t there.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore ngā pukapuka i reira.
The books were not there.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Kāore te pukapuka hei reira.
The book will not be there.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

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 a au i reira e noho ana...
While I was living there...
While... - i... e... ana, ka...

E hia ō rātou tau i reira e mahi ana?
How many years were they working there?

Ahakoa kei waenganui i te ngahere, kāore ngā tāngata o reira e mokemoke ana.
Although it is in the middle of the bush, the people there are not lonely.

He Pākehā te nuinga o ngā tauira i reira.
Most of the students there are Pākehā.

Mā reira pea a ia ka tono ai i tana kōtiro ki te kawe wai māu.
Perhaps she will order her daughter to fetch water for you.

Ko te āhua kau o te waha i hanga, nō reira i mate ai.
Only the appearance of a mouth was formed, and so it died.

I noho ia i runga i te maunga i te poo, naa reira i hemo ai i te makariri
He spent the night on the mountain, and so he died of cold/exposure

Nō reira ka nui te whawhai ki Hawaiki.
Therefore, there were many fights in Hawaiki.

pai·nga moo te motu naa reira ia ka whakaari·a hei mema paaremata
Because he was such a good man, and had done so much for the people, they nominated

Nō reira i kino ai.
From that cause he was displeased.

I oho moata, nō reira ka haere au ki te mahi.
I got up early, and so (therefore) I went to work.

I oho moata ahau nā reira i haere ai ki te mahi.
Reasons for including ai in result clauses will be explored in Section 5.3.5.

I whakamā anō, nō reira ia i wiri ai.
She was ashamed, and therefore she shivered.

He pouaru tēnā, nō reira i kākahu ai i tōna pare.
She is a widow; therefore she wears her (widow’s) circlet.

Nā reira, māku e kawe ai tō tātou nei tikanga, kia tīmata ai tō tātou nei kaupapa, tō tātou nei karaihe, i te pai, i te ora, i te hari.
Therefore, I will carry out our customs, so that our purpose, our class, may begin in goodness, in wellbeing, and in happiness.

Ko te teina ia he wahine āhua pai, nō reira i riro ai te tāne i a ia.
The younger sister was a beautiful woman, and so she took the man as a husband.

Nā reira māku i tuku te karakia, nā reira me karakia tātou.
I will deliver the prayer; therefore, we should all pray.

Nō reira au tē haere atu ai.
Therefore I would not go.

Tēnā koutou katoa. Ko tō tātou ??? ... ki a kiamārama??. Nāna mana ki tākia tātou i tēnei wā i tēnei hāora. Nā reira honore kurore ki tānei ki ngā tapu.
“And greetings to you all. ?? who have brought us together at this time, at this hour. Therefore, honour and glory to this sacred moment of ours.

Nā reira anō i waiho ai ēnei rākau e te tangata Māori
as fire.starter Therefore these trees remain to be used by the Maori people as a fire starter.

Kāore ngā tāngata o reira e mokemoke ana.
The people there are not lonely.

Nō reira anō i ngaro ai tētahi wāhi o te whenua.
Therefore some part of the land disappeared.

Nō reira i mahara nei, ko te tangata rawa anō i runga nei.
So then she realised that he really was that notorious person from the world above.

Nō reira i mataku a Tāne, kāhore i kai, tū tonu.
Therefore Tāne was afraid and would not eat, he just left it standing there.

Nā reira i hōmai te moana, nā te hau.
And so the sea came, driven by the wind.

Nō reira!
Yeah!

Nō reira me tino tūpato tātou katoa.
So we must be extremely careful.

Titiro ki muri i te whare, kei reira tō paihikara.
Look behind the house, your bike is there.

Heoi anō kāore ngā tungāne o Puhiwahine i pai ki te whaiāipotanga o te wahine nei ki tana whanaunga, nā reira ka tikina mai e rātau tō rātau tuahine, ka whakahokia ki roto o Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Well Puhiwahine’s brothers did not approve of this woman's affair with her relative, so they fetched their sister, and returned her to Ngāti Tuwharetoa.

Nō reira ka tangi a Ue-roa ki tōna iwi.
It was taken right away, out to the fishing ground at Karanga-tū. Then Te Awa-riki sent

I reira...
On the contrary...

Kia haere tāua ki Kai Reka, kei reira taku hoa, a Aria, e mahi ana.
Let's go to Kai Reka, my friend, Aria, works there.

I reira, ka kitea e ia he pounamu i Arahura.
There, he saw greenstone at Arahura.

Ā tērā tau au hoki atu ai ki reira.
I am going back there next year.

I reira, ka kitea e ia tētahi pounamu i Arahura.
There, he saw a piece of greenstone at Arahura.

Nō reira, i whānau mai koe i Waikanae?
So, you were born in Waikanae?

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

Kāo, i tupu ake au i reira.
No, I grew up there.

Nā reira, me mihi koutou ki tēnā, ki tēnā o koutou.
Therefore, greet one another, each and every one of you.

Hei āpōpō mātou haere ai ki reira.
We are going there tomorrow.

Nā reira, nau mai, piki mai, kake mai, hara mai ki tō tātou kaupapa.
Therefore, welcome—come forward, step up, come into our shared kaupapa.

Nā reira, me mihi koutou ki a koutou, otirā ki a koe, taku hoa, Tūhoe, taku parata. Tēnā koe e hoa, tō tāina mai hei tautoko, hei tiaki i ahau, otirā i ēnei o ngā tauira, me tā rātou nei wawata, hia hia, inā koe taku parata.
Therefore, greetings to you all, and especially to you, my friend, Tūhoe, my close companion. Greetings to you, my friend, your younger sibling here to support and care for me, and also for these students, with their many aspirations—indeed, there you are, my close companion.

I a rātou i reira, ka mate te koroua
While they were there, the old man died

Ka haere mātau, te kura o Tīpene, ki Kuini Tiriti, ki reira hui atu ai ki te tini o te tāngata, ki te whakanui i tēnei wikitoria (Pōtatau 1991:37)
We, St Stephen’s School, went to Queen Street to join up with the crowds to celebrate this victory

Nā reira, kua taea i tō tātou taha o te ōkawa, ā, kua tae mai ki tō tātou mahi o te āhua nei. Nā reira, tēnā koutou e hoa mā.
Therefore, it has been accomplished by our side of the formal proceedings, and it has now arrived at our work of this nature. Therefore, greetings to you all, friends.

Kua haehae aku i ōku tarau nā reira ka patua au e tōku pāpā.
I have ripped my pants and so I’ll be beaten by my father.

Nō reira, e hoa mā, haere mai, haere mai, haere mai!
Therefore, friends, welcome, welcome, welcome!

Nā reira, kei Manurewa au e noho ana, ki Tāmaki ki te Tonga, ki Tāmaki Makaurau; engari he rere ngā waka, he rere ngā tāngata.
Therefore, I live in Manurewa, in South Auckland, in Auckland; however, the vehicles are moving and the people are moving.

Mā hea haere ai ki reira?
How shall we go there?

Nā reira, āe, hikaka te ngākau ki te tiaki, ki te poipoi i a koutou.
Therefore, yes, the heart is eager to care for and to nurture you all.

Mā tāua e hari ki reira.
You will take us there.

Ahakoa ka noho ahau he kaiako, i ētahi wā ka noho ahau hei tauira. Nā reira, koerā te mahi o tō tātou nei reo rangatira.
Although I may be a teacher, at times I am a student. Therefore, that is the work of our chiefly language.

Nā wai tāua i hari ki reira?
Who took us there?

I.te.mea anō e noho ana ia i reira, ka tupu ake tētahi raruraru.
Because he was staying there, trouble brewed.

I reira, ka tuu te tira ki te tina
There, the travelling party had lunch

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.

Ā tērā atu wiki ka taraiwa atu mātou ki Tapuaetahi ki reira hararei ai
The week after next, we are driving to Tapuaetahi to have a holiday

Mā reira pea te matua o to kōtiro rā ka rongo ai ki tō reo.
Perhaps as a result, the girl's mother will hear you calling.

Kei roto i te kēkē mauī he rāwaru anake ngā ika o reira.
Within (her) left armpit only the fish called rāwaru are there.

Kei te kēkē matu he tāmure anake ngā ika o reira.
In her right armpit, snapper only are the fish of that place.

I tae atu rātou ki reira me ā rātou pū.
They arrived there with their guns.

Kei waenganui o ngā kūhā he hāpuku anake ngā ika o reira.
Between her thighs, hāpuku alone are the fish of that place.

Kei reira.
Right on.

Tokohia ngā tangata i reira?
How many people were there?

Kei reira tōna ake reo, ana ake tikanga.
That part has its own language and its own customs.

Kua oti taku mahi nō reira kei te harikoa ahau.
My work is finished, therefore I'm happy.

He ua te rangi, nō reira ka noho au ki te kāinga.
It’s raining, so I will stay home.

Kua pau te pene, nā reira me kimi au i tētahi atu.
The pen has run out, so I need to find another one.

Kāore he wā i tēnei rā, nō reira āpōpō tātou kōrero ai.
There’s no time today, so we’ll talk tomorrow.

Kua ngaro taku waea, nā reira kei te rapu ahau i a ia.
My phone is lost, so I’m looking for it.

He tawhiti te toa, nō reira ka haere mā runga pahi mātou.
The shop is far, so we’ll go by bus.

Kua kati te tatau, nā reira kāore mātou e taea te tomo.
The door is closed, so we can’t enter.

Pēnei koe kei konei, engari i reira au.
You thought it was here, but I was there.

He uaua tēnei mahi, nō reira kei te pōuri ahau.
This work is hard, therefore I am sad.

He māmā tēnei mahi, nō reira kei te harikoa ahau.
This work is easy, therefore I am happy.

Kua oti taku mahi, nō reira ka whakatā au.
My work is finished, so I will rest.

Kei reira a Whatihua.
Whatihua is at that place.

Kāore he huka i te kīhini, nā reira ka inu au i te tī kāore he huka.
There is no sugar in the kitchen, so I’ll drink tea without sugar.

I hapa taku pahi, nā reira i tae tōmuri ai au.
I missed my bus, so I arrived late.

Kua makariri te ruma, nō reira ka whakakā au i te whakamahana.
The room is cold, so I’ll turn on the heater.

Nō reira, tēnā koutou katoa.
Therefore/so, greetings to you all. (New Zealand Curriculum)

I reira, ka tū te tira ki te tina.
There, the travelling party had lunch.

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

Nā reira tangi ai rātau.
Therefore (and so for that reason) they lament.

Haere ki reira, noho ai.
Go there and stop.

Mā reira, ka aha?
So what? And …?

I reira ia e kōrero ana ki ngā tamariki.
She was there talking to the kids.

Ka nui haere ngā pakanga ki reira.
The battles there were increasing.

Kātahi mātau ka noho ki reira tangi ai. (1991:137)
Then we stayed there and wept.

Ka tae rāua ki reira ka waiho te tamaiti rā a Kape-taua e Tara-kumikumi i aua toka rā noho ai.
When they reached there, that child, Kape-taua, was left to stay on that rock by Tara- kumikumi.

Ka waiho te tūpāpaku ra e rātou ki reira takoto ai, ā hoki ana rātou ki te kāinga kōrero ai.
They left the body to lie there and then went home to talk.

E tā, i reira hoki au.
Come on mate, I was there too.

I taku haerenga ki Tīpene kura ai, nā Sister Edith o te Mīhana Māori Perehipitiriana i Nūhaka i kawe au i reira ..
When I went to school at Tīpene, it was Sister Edith of the Presbyterian Māori Ministry at

Reira.
Rhere (previously mentioned).

Rere atu i reira!
Get out of there!

Kāore tō tātou huihuinga ki reira.
Our meeting will not be there.

He puia i taua wāhi, ā, ka noho a Māhina-a-rangi i reira whānau ai.
There was a hot spring at that place, and, Māhina-a-rangi remained there to give birth.

Me haere māua ki te ngahere, ki reira mahi ai.
We should go to the forest, and work there.

I reira, ka kitea tētahi mahi ātaahua rawa.
From there a beautiful project was seen.

Āe, kua tae atu au ki reira, ki Te Rerenga Wairua.
Yes, I've been there, to Cape Reinga.

Nā, ka oti te rangi me te whenua me ō reira mano katoa (Genesis 2:1)
Thus heaven and earth were completed with all their array

Nō tō mātou haerenga tuatahitanga atu ki reira, ka tūtaki mātou ki a Tamati
We met Tāmati on our first journey there

Ka haere ia i reira ki.te kite i a Te Morenga ..
He left there to see Te Morenga ..

Ka whā tau au ki reira.
I shall be there for four years.

Nō reira heke ai te iwi.
Therefore the tribe migrated.

Nā, i reira tētahi tangata, ko Haimona tōna ingoa.
Well, a certain man was there, named Haimona.

Ko tēnei te tuatoru o aku taenga atu ki reira.
This was the third time I had been there.

I haere a Tama-te-kapua ki Moehau, ā, ka mate ia i reira.
Tama-te-kapua went to Moehau, and died at that place.

Kei te hiakai ahau, nō reira, ka kai au.
I am hungry, therefore I will eat.

Kei te māuiui te tamaiti, nō reira, kei te tangi ia.
The child is sick, therefore she is crying.

He pō inaienei, nō reira kāore a Hēmi e taraiwa.
It is night, therefore Hēmi will not drive.

Kua pātāi koe, nō reira, ka whakautu ahau.
You have asked, therefore I will answer.

Kei te hiakai a Rangi, nō reira, kei te riri ia.
Rangi is hungry, therefore he is angry.

Nō reira, ka tīmata anō tātou āpōpō.
Therefore, we will start again tomorrow.

Ko koe anō hoki tētahi i reira.
You also were one of those present.

Nō reira, tēnā koutou.
So, hello to you all.

Ka tīmata te kuia nei ki.te tatau i āna kūmara tekau, kia mōhio ai ia kei reira tonu tana pūkai kūmara.
After a while she began counting her ten kūmara; this was a way of checking that the pile of kūmara was still there.

E tino rata ana au ki te iwi o reira. – Tō rātou āhua, ā rātou tikanga – ngā mea katoa.
I really like the people from there – how they act, their customs – everything about them.