On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ka tīmata taku tama i te kura ā te wāhanga tuarua o te tau.
My son will start school in the second part of the year.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua tīmata te kēmu.
The game has started.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me tīmata tātau i ngā mahi ināianei.
We had better start the work now.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ka tīmata rāua ki te horoi i te whare.
They have started to wash the house.
Sentences with i - i

Kia tere te tīmata.
Start quickly.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Pēnei au kua timata kē te hui.
I thought the meeting had already started.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Taihoa e tīmata te hui.
Hold on, don't start the meeting just yet.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Nōnahea te hui i tīmata ai?
When did the meeting begin?
Belonging to the past - nō

Mā te rangatira o te iwi te hui e tīmata ki te karakia.
The chief of the tribe will begin the meeting with the prayer.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Mā Bob te waiata e tīmata.
Bob will start the song.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Kāore e roa ka tīmata te kiriata 'Maramataka'.
The movie 'Maramataka' will start soon.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Kāore e roa ka tīmata anō te kura.
It won't be long until school starts again.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Kia tae katoa mai ngā tāngata, kātahi ka tīmata ai.
When everyone arrives, then we'll begin.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Kāore anō te kēmu kia timata.
The game hasn't started yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore anō te kēmu kia tīmata.
The game has not started yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

I te ata pō tonu, ka timata te oreore o te marae.
Even before dawn, the marae began to stir.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Tīmata ana ki te raranga i tana kete harakeke.
She is starting to make a flax kit.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

Ā tērā wiki ka tīmata ngā whakamātautau.
The exams will start next week.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Te taunga rawatanga atu o Paki i te waka, ka tīmata ia ki te kaukau.
As soon as Paki jumped out of the boat, he began swimming.
Away - atu

Nōnanahi te hui i tīmaia i tīmata ai.
The meeting began yesterday.
The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...

Ki te tīmata te ua, ka noho tātou ki te kāinga.
If the rain starts, we will stay home.
*If using ki - ki

Kātahi anō rātou ka tīmata ki te kai.
They have just started to eat.
Has just... - kātahi anō...

Āpōpō te hui tīmata ai.
The meeting will begin tomorrow.
Asking 'when' with ai - ā hea... ai?

Inahea te hui i tīmata ai?
When did the meeting begin?
Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

Ko to ono karaka te wā e tīmata ai te hui.
The meeting starts (specifically) at 6 o'clock.
Specifically - ai

Ka mutu ana te karanga, ka tīmata ngā whaikōrero.
When the karanga has finished, the whaikōrero will start.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Ka tīmata ngā whaikōrero, ka mutu ana te karanga.
The whaikōrero will start when the karanga has finished.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Ahakoa kāore ia i konei, me tīmata te hui.
We should start the meeting even though he’s not here.

Ka tīmata i roto, ka haere ki waho.
Start on the inside, and move out.

Ā hea te hui tīmata?
When is the meeting?

Ā hea te hui tīmata ai?
When will the meeting begin?

I te taenga tonutanga atu, ka tīmata te kōrero.
Immediately after the arrival the talks began. — 626

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.

Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.

Kua timata koe?
Have you started?

Kua tīmata ngā karaehe.
Classes have started.

I tīmata te kōrero i te waru o ngā rā o Pēpuere.
The story began on the eighth day of February.

Nōna e unahi ana i ngā ika ka tīmata ki te ua.
While he was scaling the fish it began to rain.

Kia tae mai a Rangi, ka tīmata te hui.
When Rangi arrives, the meeting will start.

Kia tae mai rā anō a Rangi, ka tīmata te hui.
Not until Rangi arrives will the meeting start.

Ā te ahiahi ka tīmata te kanikani.
The dance will begin in the evening.

Hei a Pipiri tīmata ai te tau hou.
The New Year will begin in June.

Āwhea a Nikau tīmata ai?
When does Nikau start?

Ka tīmata te hoki whakamuri o te toki.
The axe began its return stroke.

Kāore anō ngā mihimihi kia tīmata.
The speeches have not begun yet.

Kua tīmata ngā mihimihi.
The speeches have begun (are going on now).

Ā te ata o te Mane a Amaru tīmata ai.
Amaru starts on Monday morning.

Ā te ata o te Mane tīmata ai a Mia.
Mia starts on Monday morning.

E kore e roa kua tīmata ki te raranga i tana kete.
It will not be long before she has started to make her kit.

ka tīmata mai i konei
start from here

Āwhea te konohete tīmata ai?
When does the concert start?

I tīmata te ao i te moenga o Papa i a Tangaroa.
The world began with the union of Papa, the earth mother, with the sea, Tangaroa.

Hei a Pipiri tīmata ai te tau hōu, e ai ki tā te Māori tikanga
The New Year will begin in June, according to the traditional Māori system

Nō te taenga atu o te tūpāpaku ki te marae, ka timata te tangitangi a te iwi
When the body of the deceased arrived at the marae, the people began to mourn

I tīmata te hui i te waru karaka.
The meeting began at eight o’clock

Ka tīmata te hui ā te waru karaka.
The meeting will begin at eight o’clock

Nō te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Eventually, at nine o’clock, the card-playing started.

Ā tērā wiki ka tīmata ngā whakamātautau
The exams will start next week

Ā te Mane, ka tīmata te hanga o tōku whare.
On Monday, the building of my house will begin.

Āwhea a Rereata tīmata ai?
When does Rereata start?

Whitu karaka te tāima tīmata o te purei kāri.
7pm is the time the card games will start.

Ā te ata o te Mane a Rereata tīmata ai.
Rereata starts on Monday morning.

Ā te ata o te Mane tīmata ai a Rereata.
Rereata starts on Monday morning.

Ā te tekau karaka tīmata ai te karakia.
The service starts at ten o’clock.

Ka tīmata te kura ā te Huitanguru.
School starts in February.

Ka tīmata rātou ki te waiata
They will start to sing

I te ahiahi ka tīmata te hokihoki o ngā tāngata ki ō rātou whare.
In the evening, the people began to return to their houses.

Ki te whakaae tā tātou tono, ka tīmata te mahi āpōpō
If our application is approved, work will start tomorrow

Kore rawa au i mōhio i tīmata mai te pepa i te rākau.
I didn't know that paper came from trees.

I te taenga tonutanga atu ka tīmata te kōrero
immediately after the arrival the talks began.

I te taenga tonutanga atu ka tīmata te kōrero.
Immediately after the arrival, the talks began.

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

E pā, me tīmata te whakamōmona i ngā poaka ināianei, kia whai kai ai mō te hākari.
for the feast Friend, fattening the pigs should begin now, so that there will be enough food for the feast.

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.

Ka tīmata ngā hui ki te karakia.
Meetings begin with a prayer.

Kua tīmata ia ki te kurukuru rīwai.
He has started to chuck potatoes about.

Nō tō rātou taenga atu ki te marae, ka kite rātou kua timata kē te hui
When they arrived at the marae, they saw that the meeting had already begun