On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko wai tō tāua manuhiri?
Who is our visitor?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai mā ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

He aha rātou i peka ai ki taua marae?
Why did they visit that marae?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Kei te haere tāua ki taua hui.
The two of us are going to that hui.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E kāia ana hoki he tino toa koe ki taua mahi.
It is also said that you were a real champion at that job.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E whakatā ana tāua i te ngahere.
We (you and I) are resting in the forest.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I pakipaki te katoa me tō rātou kore e tino mārama ki tāua i kī ai.
Everyone applauded though they did not entirely understand what he had said.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere ā tāua tamariki ki tō rātou wharekura.
Our children went to their school.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua waiho taua wāhi hei urupā mō ngā tūpāpaku.
That place was left as a burial ground for the dead.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me whakamau tāua i tō tātua.
Let's put your seatbelt on.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me waiata tāua?
Shall we sing a song?
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere tonu tāua ki te tāone.
We should still go to town.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me kaute tāua ki te tekau.
Let's count to ten.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere tāua ki te hokomoaha.
Let's go to the supermarket.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me nohopuku tāua.
Let's sit in silence.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere tāua.
We should go.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me mahi tāua, nē?
We should do some work, eh?
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere tāua ki te taone.
We should got to town.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere tāua ki tātahi.
Lets got to the beach.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tango tāua i ō kākahu moe.
Let's take off your pyjamas.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere tāua ki te inu kawhe.
We should go for a coffee.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ko te hapu e noho ana i Maungawhau e mea ana nā rātou taua moana.
The sub-tribe living at Maungawhau said that that sea was theirs.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kia manawanui tāua.
Let us be patient.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

He rite tō tāua waka ki tō māmā.
Our car is like mum's.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

E taku tau, he aha nei ngā mahi mā tāua kia haere atu ki tātahi?
My love, what tasks do we have to do so we can go to the beach to holiday?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?

Nō tō tāua taenga, ka tūpono ia e mau kaka rerehua ana rāua.
When they arrived, he realised that they were wearing fancy dress.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā taua rōpū ngā waiata tino reka.
That group did the sweetest singing.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā tāua.
You and I will.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Kua pānuitia taua pukapuka e au.
I have read that (aforementioned) book.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua pāngia taua wahine e te mate.
That woman has been touched by sickness.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Tapaia tonutia atu taua maunga nei ko Tirirau.
That mountain is still called Tihirua.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Ki tā Kahu mā, nā rātou kē taua taonga.
According to Kahu and them, that taonga belongs to them.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ai tāua.
When the rain stops, then we'll (us two) go.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Me whakapaipai te kāuta, kātahi ka wehe ai tāua.
We better clean up the kitchen, then we will go.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Tēnā koe e hoa, e pīrangi ana koe ki te haere ki te tāone hei whakanui i ā tāua mahi?
Thanks mate, do you want to go to town to celebrate our work?
For the purpose of - hei

I ēnei rā, kua waiho taua wāhi hei urupā mō ngā tūpāpaku.
Now that place remains as a burial place for the dead.
For the purpose of - hei

Kei te pēhea? Heoi anō, ko taua āhua anō.
How are you? Oh well, just the same.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Kia hoki mai ahau, kua mutu tēnei mahi.
When I return, you are to have finished this job.
Adjectives and a-type statives -

Kei te aha tāua?
What are we doing?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

I taua wāhi te marae.
The marae was at that place.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

E kore e oti i a rātou taua whare i te ahiahi nei.
They will not finish that house this afternoon.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Ka puta taua tini rā ki waho o te pā.
That group went out of the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka roherohea taua moana e rātou.
That sea was divided up by them.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

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 mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka haere tāua ki te pura kaukau.
Shall we go to the pool.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kāore tāua e whakatā ana i te ngahere.
We are not resting in the forest.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

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

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

Na Taika taua waka whero.
That red car belongs to Taika.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

I moe tā tāua pēpi i te moenga o tā rāua pēpi.
Our baby slept in their baby's bed.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Kāore tō tāua matua i haere ki tāna hui.
Our father did not go to his meeting.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ka hōhā tō tāua māmā i a rātou.
Our mum's fed up with them.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ko Nikau rāua ko Aroha ō tāua hoa.
Nikau and Aroha are our friends.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

E oma atu ā tāua tamariki hōhā.
Our exasperating children are running away.
Away - atu

I tētahi taha ake o taua pā tētahi ngāherehere.
On the far side of the fort there was a patch of bush.
Up - ake

He pai rawa atu taua pōwhiri ki a au.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

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

He pai rawa atu kia a au taua pōwhiri.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ngā kanohi o taua kōtiro rā.
The eyes of that girl there.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

E kore taua puna e mimiti i te raki of te raumati.
That spring would never dry up in the drought of summer.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kei te mahara au ki taua hui?
Do you remember that hui?
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Tau kē! Kei hea taua wharekai?
Awesome! Where is that restaurant?
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ka kite mātou i a Hēmi. Kua mate taua koroua.
We saw Hēmi. That old man is ill.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko Ngāti-Kahukoka e mea ana nā rātou taua wāhi moana.
Ngāti-Kahukoka said that part of the sea belonged to them.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o taua hui?
Do you know who the organiser of the hui is?
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauraro.
The pā's water source was a spring on the north side.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Tokoiwa ngā tāngata i taua hui.
There were nine people at that (aforementioned) meeting.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kāore te marae i taua wāhi.
The marae wasn’t at that place.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore taua rākau i korā.
That tree is not over there.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Ki te ngaro te reo, ka ngaro tāua pērā i te moa.
If the language is lost, we are lost like that of the large extinct moa bird.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Mēnā ka haramai koe, ka tunu kai au mā tāua.
If you come over, I will cook food for us.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho tāua ki te kāinga, kei mākū.
If it rains tomorrow, we will stay home in case we get wet.
*If using ki - ki

Kia wātea mai koe, ka hui tāua.
When you are free, we will catch up.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Ki te kore te ua e mao, ka mātakitaki kiriata tāua.
If the rain doesn't clear, we will watch movies.
If not... - ki te kore...

Haere mai koe ki konei kia kōrero ai tāua.
Come over here so we can talk.
In order to - kia... ai

Ko te nuinga ia i mea kia kāua e hoea ki te taua.
The majority, however, said that they should not paddle off to a hostile expedition.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Ka mutu ana te hui, ka hoki atu tāua ki te kāinga.
When the hui finishes, then we will come home. (Or when the hui finished, then we went home.)
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Ko te toru o ō hokinga mai i te tuarongo, kei waho ahau o te tatau, māku e whakatuwhera te kuaha ka rere tika mai koe ki waho, ka tūtaki atu ai tāua i te kuaha.
The third time you go to the back of the house, I will be at the door, I will open the door, and you will jump right outside and then we will shut it.

I waiata ia i taua waiata.
He sang that song.

Whakaaturia mai ki ahau taua mea e pai ai koe.
Show me that thing you will be pleased thereby

Waiho kia ahiahi ka haere ai tāua ki te riri.
Leave it till evening then we'll go into battle.

He maro kai taua.
A kilt for destroying war parties.

He tino maha ngā mea whakamīharo i kite rātou i taua rā.
at that day The wonderful things that they saw that day were very numerous.

Taihoa kia oti, ka haere tahi ai tāua.
Wait until its finished then we’ll go together.

Me i haere mai koe inanahi, kua tūtaki tāua.
If you had come yesterday we would have met.

Nā tāua tēnei tamaiti.
This child is ours (you and me).

I kite rātou i ngā mea whakamīharo i taua rā.
They saw the wonderful things that day.

Me i kore koe i hoki atu inanahi, kua tūtaki tāua.
If you had not gone back yesterday we would have met.

I mau i a tātou wēnei tāngata i taua wā.
We caught these beings at that time.

Ākuanei ka kite anō tāua i a tāua.
Soon we'll see each other again.

Kei te pai tāua.
We're (us two) okay.

.. kia kawea anō e Ponga ki te tangata i tukua mai ai taua patu rā ki a ia e te matua o Puhihuia
.. so that it could be carried back by Ponga to the man who that weapon was given to by

Mā te wā tāua tūtaki anō ai.
In time we'll meet again.

Hei āpōpō tāua kite anō ai i a tāua.
Tommorow we'll see each other again.

Hei te wā tāua tūtaki anō ai.
In time we'll meet again.

He whero te tuanui o taua whare.
The roof of that house is red.

Mā tāua tēnei tamaiti.
This child will be ours (you and me).

Haere tāua ki tātahi?
Shall we go to the beach?

Kei konei te kurī, i mate i taua poaka.
Here is the dog killed by that pig.

Ehara te tuanui o taua whare i te whero.
The roof of that house is not red.

I te taha o te awa te ana o taua ngārara.
The cave of that monster was beside the river.

I taua rā anō ka haere rāua.
On that exact (precise) day they set off (On that very day they set off).

Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauaro.
The water source for that pā was a spring on the north side.

Anā, kua tae mai tāua.
We've made it. We're here.

Āe rā, kia haere tāua ki hea?
Yes! Where shall we go?

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

Ka mea iho taua maia rā, ‘Te kino hoki o taua koutou haka e rongo iho nei au!
What a terrible haka of yours I can hear!

Ka mea ake taua iwi nei, ‘He iwi pai koutou ki te haka?
Are your people good at haka?

B. Āe, i kite au i taua pikitia i te tau 1983
Yes, I saw it in 1983

Ka pai rā, hoake tāua!
Ka pai, let's go.

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.

kei konei pea tāua mate ai
here perhaps, we two shall die

Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.

Kei te patu ia i tana kurī.
She is beating her dog.

Kāhore taua wahine i kite i te hiku o te taniwha.
That woman did not see the monster’s tail.

Kua kai ia i tā tāua kai.
He ate the food that belongs to you and me.

He rite tonu te toro o ngā ringa o taua iwi katoa
CLS like cont the extend of the(pl) hand of that people all Each hand was put forward in perfect time with all the rest

tō tāua māmā i a rātou.
Our mum’s fed up with them.

Mō āpōpō tātou mahi ai i taua mahi.
We will do that work tomorrow.

I titiro ia ki a tāua.
She looked at us.

Kua whakatangata taua manu.
That bird turned into a human being.

Ki a tāua, ki te Māori, he mea nui tēnei (Kāretu 1974:51)
To us, the Māori, it is a very important thing

Kia tūpato tāua, ana hoki mai ā te ahiahi.
Let us be careful when we come back in the evening.

He pakaru tō tāua waka
Our car is broken

Takoto tonu iho taua ika hai whenua.
That fish continues to lie here as land.

He urupā tō taua marae
That marae has a cemetery (attached to it)

Kāore he urupā o taua marae
That marae has no cemetery (attached to it)

Kia mutu rā anō te ua, ka haere tāua.
Only when the rain stops will we go. / We won't go until the rain stops.

Ko au, ko koe, ko tāua.
You, me, us.

tō tāua ā tāua ō tāua
Our — another person and me: two, exclusive

I te whakatata te taua ki te pā rā te awaawa.
The war party was approaching the pā by way of the valley.

Kua pakaru tō tāua waka.
Our car is broken.

(I pakaru te whakaata i taua nanakia
The mirror was broken by the rascal

(I mau te tarakihi i taua tamaiti
The tarakihi was caught by that child

Mō āpōpō tātou mahi ai i taua mahi
We’ll do it tomorrow (not some other time)

Ka haere taua taurekareka ki te tiki wai, ka utu i te tahaa ki te wai
The servant went to fetch water; [he] dipped the calabash into the water

Ka mutu te ua, ka haere tāua.
When the rain stops, we'll go. / If the rain stop, then we'll go.

Haere ai ngā hokowhitu ki.te whakatapu i ngā toa ki taua wāhi.
The army always went to that place to be consecrated as warriors.

Āe, i tae pai au ki Waitetoko, ā, mai i taua wā e noho nei au i taku kāinga.
Yes, I arrived safely at Waitetoko, and since that time I have been living in my home.

(E) Patu-a ai ngā mea e taua mea.
The creatures are usually caught by that thing.

Nā tāua tēnei pene.
This pen belongs to you and me.

(Ka whakatuwheratia te wharenui ā taua rā
The meeting house will be opened on that day

Ka karanga atu a Hinemoa, ki taua taurekareka nei, anoo he reo tane. Moo wai
slave proxI as a voice man intgen who

Kia taka te tau, kia pirau, ka kawe ai i ngā iwi ki taua toma.
When a year had passed, and when it had decomposed, the people would carry it to the resting place for bones.

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

E oma atu ana ā tāua tamariki hōhā.
Our exasperating children are running away.

I te ata o taua rā
On the morning of that day.

Āwhea tāua haere ai?
When shall we go?

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

E moe ana te mata hī tuna, e ara ana te mata hī taua.
The eel-fisher’s eyes are sleeping, but the warrior’s eyes are awake.

Kei te titiro taua ngeru ki tāna kai.
That cat is looking at his meal.

Kei te tākaro tāua?
Are we (you and I) playing?

Kia oti te whakairi i ngā kākahu, ka haere tāua.
Once the clothes are hung up, we will go.

E haere ana tāua, ki te tāone.
We two (you and I) are going to town.

Me haere tāua ki ia whare ki ia whare.
Each other

I whakaae ahau kia āwhina tāua i a ia.
I agreed that we should help him.

Ki te kore he atua, ko taua wānanga rā te kaitohu aituā.
If there was no god, that wānanga, a sacred vessel, was the preserver against accidents.

Kāhore kau āku whakaaro ki te taua e haere mai nei.
My thoughts are not at all on the army that is coming.

Kāre tētahi i te mōhio engari e ai ki ngā kōrero i horo taua wāhi i tētahi wā.
At that end of the beach on a small hill. Ngarire-o-te-moana the elder was the first to be

Āpōpō tāua te rongo ai i te kōrero.
Tomorrow we will hear the news.

Nāu tāua i hari ki reira
You took us there

I taua poo, ka tuu te kanikani
That night, there was a dance

Kei hea tō tāua hoa?
Where is our friend?

Waiho kia ahiahi, ka haere ai tāua.
Leave it till dark, then we two shall go.

He haere tāua ki te hoko kai.
Let’s (you and I) go and buy some food.

Āpōpō tāua te rongo i te kōrero.
No determiner other than te appears to be possible in this construction:

I taua pō e moe ana a Pita i waenganui o ngā hōia tokorua, he mea here ki ngā mekameka e rua.
That night Pita was sleeping between two soldiers secured with two chains.

Ko taua wāhi kaukau he awa wai māori, he kaukaunga nō te tini o te tangata.
That bathing place was a freshwater stream, a bathing place for all the people.

Ko taua rite tonu rā.
Same old, same old.

I tērā tau, i mahi ai taku tama i taua wāhi.
Last year my son worked at that place.

I haere taku tama ki taua wāhi, mahi ai.
My son went to that place to work there.

Hoake ki runga i te waka kia kotahi ai tāua mate!
Go onto the canoe so that we two shall die together!

Ka oma hū tāua?
Shall we run quietly?

Ka tūtaki tāua i te marae
We met at the marae

I mahi taku tama i taua wāhi.
My son worked at that place.

Ka tūtaki tāua ki te marae
Let’s meet at the marae, We’ll meet at the marae

Nōna te waka. He koretake taua mea.
The car is his. It's a useless one.

Ākuanei tāua mate ai i te tāua nei kei.te pātīhau tonu.
Any minute now we will be killed by this old woman who keeps rumbling away.

Ko Hēra rāua ko Ruku ō tāua hoa.
Hera and Ruku are our friends.

(I pēnei koe i taua take
You did/said/thought this for that reason

Ka kī atu te waeroa ki te namu, ‘Kei riri tāua i te awatea, ka nui te mate.
The mosquito said to the sandfly, ‘Let’s not fight (man) in the daylight, or we will be badly defeated.

Ka herea e ia ā tāua kurī.
He tied up our dogs.

I taua wā, ka tū mai ngā rangatira ki te kōrero ki a ia.
At that time the chiefs stood forth to speak to him.

I taua pō, i hoki māua.ko Tonga ki tētehi whare moe ai.
That night, Tonga and I went back to a house to sleep.

Kua pau tā tāua parehe!
Our pizza is all gone!

Ka koa taua pononga.
That servant will be happy.

Kei te riri tō tāua rangatira
Our boss is angry

Hoake tāua kia kite koe i taku matenga.
Let us both go on so that you can see my death.

Mā whea uru atu ai tāua ki te whare?
How shall we enter the house?

Nā taua wai rā i kawe rā i kitea ai te whakaaro a Ponga ki a au.
Because of that water that was fetched, Ponga's feelings towards me were discovered.

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

Kia mutu taua mahi
once you have completed that mahi,

Haere mai tāua kia kite koe i ngā puna wai e rua.
Let us two go so that you may see the two springs of water.

No Peti taua waka whero.
(That red car belongs to Peti.)

Āe, he mōhio anō taua wahine
Yes, that lady is certainly clever

tā/tō tāua tā/tō tātou
1st Person exclusive

Kia mutu taua mahi ka whakamākūhia ki te wai
Once that's completed then dampen with water.

Pēhea au? Taua āhua anō.
How am I? Same old, same old.

He nui rawa atu tōna mōhio ki taua take
His knowledge of that matter is very great, he knows a great deal about that matter

Kia kaha tāua!
Let's be strong!

He waka taua tērā
that is a war canoe

Ka kite anō tāua i a tāua.
You and I will see each other again.

He rite tō tāua waka ki tō māmā.
Our car is like mum's.

Ko Hera tō tāua hoa.
Hera is our friend.

Ka herea e ia tā tāua kurī.
He tied up our dog.

Ka kite anō tāua i a tāua
you and I will see each other again

Ā, i muri iho i taua tautohenga ka mea mai a Taranga.
And, soon after that argument Taranga said.

Taihoa tāua ka haere
Soon we will go.

E hia kē mai ngā waka i tae atu ki Waitangi i taua wā
What a lot of canoes arrived at Waitangi at that time!

Noona anō taua kāinga: otirā, nō mātou katoa.
That place is his own; however it belongs to us all.

Ko te tino tangata o taua marae, ko Hapi.
The leading person of that marae is Hapi.

I haere atu ia ki taua rohe kimi tāne ai.
She went to that area to find a husband there.

He toa taua, mate taua,
A warrior dies in battle,

Tāua ka noho i konei tatari ai kia tae mai.
Let's sit down here and wait until she arrives.

Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ai tāua.
When the rain stops, then we'll go.

Nō whea e mutu te whawhai a ngāi tāua, te tangata.
Humankind will never stop fighting.

Ka karanga atu tāua ki ngā tāngata e noho mai rā.
We shall call out to the people sitting over there.

Ko ngaa mema tonu o te Paremete te tupuna o taua mahi nei.
But the very members of Parliament are the originators of the fault.

E whakaae ana mai rātou kia haere tāua.
They agreed that we should visit them.

Ka kite tāua + kei te mahi tonu ia.
We see + he is still working.

Kei roto taua kāinga i a Ngāti Porou.
That settlement is in Ngāti Porou territory.

Kia mutu taua mahi, ka whakamākūhia ki te wai.
When that work is finished, water the garden.

Kāore i mōhiotia te take i pēnā ai taua wahine.
It is not known why the woman behaved like that.

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.

Ka haere tāua.
We two will go, including you.

He whare mātoro i tētahi pito, ki te pito ki te marangai o taua marae.
There was an entertainment house in one corner, the corner to the east of that marae.

He aha ia i kōrero pēnā ai ki a tāua?
Why did he speak like that to us?

Ko ia tō tāua tino hoa.
He is our real friend.

Kei roto taua kāinga i a Ngāti Porou
That place is in Ngāti Porou [territory].

I taua pō, ka tū te kanikani.
That night, there was a dance.

Tāua tāua.
You and me both!

Nā rātou te waka taua i hoe mai
They paddled the war canoe

Ko Ataahua tō tāua hoa.
Ataahua is our friend.

Kia tere kei tūreiti tāua.
Hurry up so we’re not late.

Ka kī atu a Kupe ki tana wahine, ‘Hoake ki runga i te waka kia kotahi ai tāua mate!
Go onto the canoe so that we two shall die together!

Kei te haere tāua ki hea?
Where are we going?

Ka haere tāua ki.te mau atu i ōku kākahu.
We came to get my clothes.

Taua āhua anō.
Same old, same old.

Āe, āe, kei te mārama au! Tēnā. Me haere tāua.
Yeah, yeah, I know! Right, we'd better get going.

Kei te kōrero tāua.
You are i, the two of us, are talking.

I kōrero tāua.
The two of us talked.

Āe, he tino pai rawa atu taua mea
Yes, that thing you mention is exceptionally fine

Kua tae mai ō taokete ki.te tiki mai i a tāua kia haere atu.
Sir, your brothers-in-law have arrived to fetch us so that we will go.

Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).

Ki tā Kahu mā, nā rātou kē taua taonga.
According to Kahu and them, that taonga belongs to them.

Ka haere tāua ki Maketū.
We two will go to Maketū.

(I heke mai ētahi o ngā waka i taua moutere
Some of the canoes came from that island

(I kauhoe atu a Hinemoa ki taua wāhi
Hinemoa swam to that place

Tō tāua waka.
Our (2 incl) car.

(E kimi ana koe i taua tangata
You are looking for that person

Ko taua waka nā Ngāti Pāoa i tārai i 1769.
That canoe was built by Ngāti Pāoa in 1769.

Kei te ako tāua i te reo Māori.
We're learning Māori.

(I pūhia taua poaka e taku matua
The pig was shot by my father

Ka takatakahia e ia te one kia kinokino, kia maharatia ai nā te taua i tiki mai, i tāhae ngā ika.
She trampled the sand so that it was all disturbed, and people would think a war-party had stolen the fish.

Nā, i ētahi rā ka tupu te whawhai a taua pā ki ngā tāngata o Awhitu.
Now, at a certain time, warfare broke out between that fortress and the people of Awhitu.

Kāore taua rākau
That tree was not over there.

(E tino hiahia ana ia ki taua kai
He very much wants the food

Kāorɛ tāua e umere ki ngā tamariki.
You and I will not shout at the children.

(I mahia ngā mahi o neherā i taua wāhi
The activities of olden times were carried out in that place

Me haere tāua kia kite ai tāua i tō.tāua whāea!
Let us go so that we can see our mother!

(I kōrero a Wiremu Tamihana i tana kōrero i taua take
Wiremu said what he said for that reason

(Kei taua marae te hui
The meeting is at that marae

(E pai ana koe ki taua (mea)
You like that (thing)

(E ngaro ana ia i taua wāhi
She was hiding in that place

(I whakatakoto a Hōne i taua (whakaaro, mea, tikanga)
Hōne proposed that (idea, thought, plan, thing)

(E waea atu ana au i taua take
I’m phoning for that reason

(E kimi ana koe i taua (mea)
You are looking for that (thing)

He tamaiti tā tāua.
We have a child.

Ko tō tāua tūtakitanga a te rua haora ka tautohetohe.
Our meeting in two hours will be quarrelsome.

Kei konei te kurī i mate i taua poaka.
Here is the dog killed by that pig.

me taua nei rangatira
and that chief (who has just been mentioned)

E kore tāua e mahi tahi i te taumahi ākuanei.
We won't be working on the project together anymore.

Tekau mā ono aua waka taua.
Those previously mentioned war canoes numbered sixteen.

Ehara nō tāua te marae nei.
This marae is not ours.

(I tū te hui ki taua marae
The meeting took place at that marae

He tamariki ā tāua.
We have children.

Kei te haere tāua.
We're going.