On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E haere ana ngā wāhine ki te toa.
The women are going to the shop.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I te mutunga wiki i haere au ki te awa,te kura, te toa hoki.
On the weekend I went to the river, to the school and also to the shop.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te haere au ki te toa ki te hoko kai.
I was going to the shop to buy food.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka haere au ki te toa āpōpō ki te hoko kai.
I will go to the shop tomorrow to buy food.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka haere ngā tamariki ki te toa.
The children will go to the shop.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua hoki mai rāua i te toa.
They have returned from the shop.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me haere koe ki te toa!
You should go to the shop!
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere koe ki te toa ki te hoko miraka.
You should go the shop and buy milk.
Simple sentences: you should - me

He maha ngā moni kua pau i a ia i te toa.
She has spent lots of money at the shop.
Sentences with i - i

Nō te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te toa hokorua ngā hū.
The shoes come from the second hand shop.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te toa ēnei maika.
These bananas from from the shop.
Belonging to a place - nō

Kua whakakopaina ngā pūhera e ngā kaihoko.
The parcels have been wrapped by the shop assistants.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E tirohia ana ngā taonga tākaro ki te toa e ngā tamariki.
The toys in the shop are being looked at by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te haere ahau ki te kura mā runga pahi, engari kei te haere koe ki te toa mā raro.
I'm going to school by bus but you're walking to the shop.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Ka haere au ki te toa hoko tītī ai.
I will go to the shop to buy muttonbird.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Ka haere māua ko Ari ki te hokomaha tiki ai.
Ari and I are going to the supermarket to shop.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kāore anō rāua kia hoki mai i te toa.
They have not returned from the shop yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kei te toa au.
I'm at the shop.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te toa ngā āporo.
The apples are at the shop.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Did you go to the shop?
Did you not go to the shop?
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore au e haere ki te toa āpōpō ki te hoko kai.
I will not go to the shop tomorrow to buy food.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Kua hoki mai ngā kōtiro i te toa.
The girls have returned from the shop.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Kāore ngā wāhine e haere ana ki te toa.
The women are not going to the shop.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

He aha te utu o tēnei kurī i roto i te matapihi o te toa?
What's the price of this dog in the shop window?
What? - He aha?

Kāore au i te haere ki te toa ki te hoko kai.
I was not going to the shop to buy food.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

Hei te toa a Hemi.
Hemi will be at the shop.
Future locative - hei

Kāore te toa i konei.
The shop wasn’t here.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore ngā āporo i te toa.
The apples are not at the shop.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kātahi anō ahau ka hoki mai i te toa.
I finally comeback from the shop.
Has just... - kātahi anō...

Inahea koe i haere ai ki te toa?
When did you go to the shop?
Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki mātou ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka mātou hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kāore a Hemi hei te toa.
Hemi will not be at the shop.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...

Kei hea te toa?
Where is the shop?

Pahure atu te whare pukapuka, ko te toa hua rākau.
The fruit shop is past the library.

I tītiro ia ki ngā kākahu ātaahua i roto i te matapihi o te toa.
She looked at the beautiful dresses in the shop window.

He rārangi roa kei te toa.
It is a long queue at the shop.

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

Kei te haere ngā tama ki te toa kākahu i te tāone matua o Kirikiriroa.
The sons are going to the clothing shop in the important town of Hamilton