On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko tēnei he tekau tana taraka.
This is a ten ton truck.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai kei roto i tana motukā?
Who is in her car?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai tana ingoa?
What's her name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

E hē ana tāna.
What she/he said was incorrect.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kaingākau ana ia ki tana mokopuna ki a Tīwana.
She is very fond of her grandchild, Tīwana.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E whakamutu ana ia i tana horonga.
She is finishing the washing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kimi ana a Manu i tāna waea pūkoro.
Manu is searching for his cell phone.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I hoatu a Mere i te keke ki tana tama.
Mary gave the cake to her son.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I pai tāna waita.
His singing was good.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua mutu tana mahi whakareri i ngā kai.
He has finished preparing the food.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua toto tana ihu.
His nose has started bleeding.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

He rite tāna aromatawai ki tāku.
His assignment is similar to mine.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He aha tāna e mahi ana?
What is it that s/he is working on?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?

Hei aha tāna kōrero.
Never mind what he is saying.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

Hei aha a Rangi, he hīanga tana mahi.
Never mind Rangi, he's up to mischief.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

Nō muri i tana hinganga i te pōtitanga, ka rihaina ia.
After his defeat in the election, he resigned.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō muri mai ka whakamā ia i tāna mahi.
Afterwards she felt embarrassed by what she had done.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nā tana rōpā i whakanoi he kai māna.
His slave hung some food up for him.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mō Ari rāua ko tana tama.
For Ari and his son.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

E kaha ana tāna tohutohu i a mātou ānō nei ko ia te kuīni o te kīhini.
She was telling us all what to do like she was the queen of the kitchen.
It was as if - ānō nei

E pararē ana ia ānō nei kua whati tana waewae.
She was screaming as is if her leg was broken.
It was as if - ānō nei

E kaha tohutohu mai ana ia ānō nei ko au tana mōkai.
He was ordering me around as if I was his servant.
It was as if - ānō nei

Kei waenganui tana matua i ngā manuhiri.
Her/his father is in the middle of the visitors.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei tana hoa a Tame.
Tame is with his friend.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Ka haere ia mā runga i tana motukā.
She went by her car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I whāngaihia te tamaiti e tana kuia.
The child was adopted by his grandmother.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua kimihia tāna waea pūkoro i ngā wāhi katoa.
His cell phone has been searched for everywhere.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ke tukuna e Wairangi tana taurekareka ki a Pare-whete.
His servant was sent by Wairangi to Para-whete.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I runga i te paruone ka mahia e ia he raina mai i te kēti ki te whare ki tana rākau.
He drew a line in the dirt from the gate to the house with his stick.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka kuhu a Hine i ana kākahu papai, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki tana hoa i te tāone.
Hine put on her good clothes, and then went to meet her friend in town.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana whārangi pukumata.
The truth of what she put on her facebook page was never questioned.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Kāore e kore te whakaaetia o tana tono.
Her request will almost certainly be granted.
Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore

I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā mō te māuiui o tāna tama.
He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son's illness.
For the purpose of - hei

Tērā pea he Hāmoa tana hoa. Ki a au nei he Hāmoa te āhua.
Maybe her mate's Samoan. He looks Samoan to me.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Tērā tonu pea nā Hēmi te papawīra rā. I mea mai ia he papawīra hou tāna.
That skateboard might well belong to Hēmi. He said he had a new skateboard.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Kua whakahokia atu tana raihana, kua āhei anō ia te taraiwa.
He's got his license back, so he's allowed to drive again.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Ka māharahara te rōpā rā ki te mate whakamomori o tana ariki.
That slave was anxious that his master might commit suicide.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka karanga ki tana rōpā ki te wai ki a ia.
He called to his slave to get water for him.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka hoki te ope rā ki tana pā.
That group returned to its pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mea atu te kotiro rā ki tana whaea...
That girl said to her mother...
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi.
His mother listened to his question about scented oil.
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

Kāore ia e ū ki tāna kupu.
She doesn't do what she says she'll do.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

He maroke tana kōrero.
His speech was dry.
Categorizing sentences - he

He kerei tana hāte.
His shirt is grey.
Categorizing sentences - he

I whāia ia tāna hōiho ki te awa.
He chased his horse to the river.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Ka rere atu tāna tama ki a Niko.
Niko's son rushed off to him.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

E aroha ana te whaea ki tāna tamaiti.
The mother loves her child.

He tangata aroha nui a Hone ki tana mokopuna a Riripeti.
Hone is a man who greatly loves his granddaughter Riripeti.

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

Rua rau taara tāna utu.
His pay is two hundred dollars.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ka pai ia ki tāna pāi.
He likes his beer.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ka kite mātou i tāna kāhui kuihi.
We saw his flock of geese.
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...

Kāore anō kia kitea e ia tāna tamāhine.
He has not yet found his daughter.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

He ātaahua te ingoa o tō whaea. E hia tana pakeke?
Your mum's name is beautiful. How old is she?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua tū mea nei.
The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

E whai ana a Manu i tana teina.
Manu chases his brother.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Kei te mekemeke te kōtiro i tana teina.
The girl is punching her sister.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

He kī tāna?
Does he/she have a key?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He rorohiko tāna.
He/She has a computer.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha tāna?
What does s/he have?
What? - He aha?

Ko tāna pene tēnā kei tōu taha.
That's her pen beside you.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Ko Rāwiri rātou ko Tūmanako, ko Rongomai, me tana tāne a Moana, aku mokopuna.
Rāwiri, Tūmanako, Rongomai, and Moana, her husband, are my grandchildren.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kua tūtaki au ki a Pāora rāua ko tana hoa wahine, ko Ani.
I have met Pāora and his girlfriend, Ani.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Te rongonga atu o Amaru i te kōrero a tana tuahine...
When Amaru heard what his sister said...
Away - atu

Tae atu a Ponga ki tana taha.
Ponga reached her side.
Away - atu

Kua wareware i a au tana ingoa.
I have forgotten his name.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua whati tana waewae i tāna takahanga.
His leg was broken by his fall.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua ngaro i a Mere tana pēke.
Mere has lost her bag. (Her bag has been lost by Mere.)
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I a Mere e whakatā ana, ka mātaki tana hoa i te poiwhana.
While Mere was resting, her friend was watching the football.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...

He tamāhine hou tāna kātahi anō ka whānau mai.
She has a new daughter than has just been born.
Has just... - kātahi anō...

He kaha ake tērā tama i tāna tama.
That boy is stronger than his boy.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

Kātahi ka whiua e ia tāna mōkai ki te moana.
Then she threw her baby into the sea.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kāore tāna he kī?
Does he/she not have a key?
Do you not have any? - Kāore āu...

E pararē ana ia ānō nei kua whati tana waewae.
She was screaming as is if her leg was broken.

I whakawhiti atu a ia me te mea nei ki te poohi i tana reta
He crossed over as if to post a letter

Hei aha tāna kōerero
Don't take any notice of his talk.

I rongo koe i tana kōrero?
Have you heard what he said.

Kei te horoi ia tana kurī.
She is washing her dog.

I whakatangi ia i tana puutoorino kia kite·a ai ia
He played his flute so that he would be found

Mai i te mutunga o tana mahi, tae noa mai ki tana matenga, i Pōneke ia e noho ana
He lived in Wellington from the time of his retirement until his death

I tere tana haere kia kore ai ia e tae toomuri
She walked quickly so that she wouldn’t be late

Kia maarama ai tana kite mai i ahau, e mau ai au i te koti whero
So that she will see me easily, I am wearing a red coat

Pango tonu tana kanohi i te paru.
His face is all black with dirt.

Ka haere a Hōhepa ki Hiruhārama kia tuhituhia ai rāua ko tāna wahine ko Mere.
Joseph set out for Jerusalem in order that he and his wife Mere might be registered (written down).

Ka rua tekau mā tahi tau tana pakeke ā tērā wiki.
Next week, she turns twenty-one.

Kua piki tana utu ki te whā tekau mano tāra ia tau, ia tau.
His salary has gone up to forty thousand dollars a year.

Kei te horoi ia i tana kuri.
She/he is washing her/his dog.

He aha a Mere i taraiwa ai i tana motokā ki te mākete i tērā wiki?
Why did Mere drive her car to the supermarket last week?

Nō mua tata atu i tōna matenga, ka puta tana ōhākī ki tana whānau.
Shortly before his passing, he made his dying speech to his family.

He pai rawa tāna mahi.
His work is very good (excellent).

I auau tā mātou akiaki i a ia kia whakaoti i tana tuhinga roa
We frequently urged him to finish his thesis

Tērā a Tūrongo kei te tatari kia hauhaketia tana kūmara, ā, kia mene mai i a ia ngā kai pērā i a Whatihua, ka karanga ai a ia kia haria mai a Rua-pū-tahanga.
Meanwhile Tūrongo was waiting for his sweet potatoes to be harvested, so that he would have food stored up like Whatihua, at which point he would send for Rua-pū-tahanga.

Kei te tino mamae tana tinana.
His body is very sore.

I roto i ngā rua haora ki mua tana taenga mai.
He will arrive within the next two hours.

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.

Meina naa·na i mau te wati nei, ka kite·a i tana kaainga
If he took the watch, it will be at his house

I pānui mai te ākonga i tana tuhinga roa ki a au.
The student read his/her essay to me.

He kōtiro tūpore tāna tamāhine
Her daughter is a very caring girl

He tere noa ake te motokaa i tana i koorero mai ai ki ahau
The car is much faster than he told me

Maa·ku e hanga he tuuru kia pee·raa i taa Himi i hanga ai moo tana tamaahine
I’ll make a chair just like Jim made his daughter

Mā tana hoa rāua e kawe ki te mahi.
Her friend will take them to work.

Mā tēnā, mā tēnā o koutou tāna ake tuhinga e tuku mai
Each of you must submit his/her own essay

tana heru i oona makawe
He combed his hair as his father did

Ahakoa kaatahi tonu a Hata ka moohio, tere tonu tana whakaae
Although Hata had only just found out, he quickly agreed

E mahi ana ia, hei whiwhi moni ai mō tana whānau.
She is working in order to earn money for her family.

Kua oti tana horoi.
He has finished cleaning.

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.

Māna e whakapiko te ara o te ika ki tāna wāhi e hiahia ai.
He could make a fish go wherever he wanted.

E kore e rite ki tana ake kai, tino kai, tino mākona.
It will not be like his own food (food obtained by himself) good eating, and satisfying.

I te whakamoe te wahine i tana pēpi.
The woman was putting her baby to sleep.

Kua mutu tana horoi.
He has finished washing.

He pai rātou ko tana hoa ki te waiata.
She and her friend are good singers.

Kei te pupuri i tana waewae.
He is holding his leg.

Kua rite ki tāna i wawata nui ai ..
It was just like he had wished ..

Tere tana oma ki runga i tētahi toka.
He ran quickly to the top of a rock.

Ka pēnā tonu tāna.
He did this every time.

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

He tino reka tāna kai
Her food is delicious

Kei te patua e ia tana kurī.
Her dog is beaten by her.

Mā tēnā, mā tēnā o koutou tāna ake tuhinga e tuku mai.
Each of you must submit their own essay.

Whakautua ana e Kura ki tana matua.
Kura answered her father.

Ka haere ia ki te kura e ako ai tana tamāhine.
She will go to the school where her daughter studies.

Kua mutu tana horoi
His wash is finished

He kino tāna kōrero.
What he says is bad.

He kōauau tāna.
She has a flute.

Kia kite ia i tana kurī, ka kata ia.
Whenever she sees her dog, she smiles.

He kuia kaha ki te kōrero i ngā mahi o tana tamarikitanga.
She is an elderly woman who is good at talking about her childhood.

E hia tana pakeke?
How old is he?

Ka rere iho te tīwaiwaka, rere iho hoki tana hoa.
The fantail flew down, and so did her mate.

Nā te whakamārama a Hōne i tana take, ka mōhio te iwi.
It was through Hōne’s explanation of his concern, that the people knew (about it).

Ka tapa au i tana ingoa ko Huia.
I name this child Huia.

Ka kite mātou i tāna kāhui kūihi.
We saw his flock of geese.

He pai te tūru *a* tōku tūru
So the chair my father sits on is o - i could say tōna tūru, his chair, but the chair my father made is a - tāna tūru.

Ka pai ia ki tāna pia.
He likes his beer.

He mā tana motokā.
Her car is white.

E hia ngā tau o tana mokopuna?
How old is her grandchild?

I whakamā ia i tana kaha pōrangi
He was ashamed that he had been so stupid

He wharau mō tōna kuia tāna e mahi ana.
She is working on a shed for her kuia.

Ko Mārama tāna tamāhine.
Mārama is her daughter.

I te tuatahi, kāore te wahine i mahara ki tāna mātāmua.
At first, the woman did not recognise her first-born.

Nā, ka miharo rātou ki tāna kupu, ā whakarongo kau ana.
They marvelled at his word and just listened.

Kei te rapu tā mātou ngeru i tāna kai.
Our cat is searching for his tea.

Ke mea mai ia, ka pai tana kaiako ki te waiata.
He says that his teacher is good at singing.

Ka rere te teina i mua ki te kāinga ki.te kōrero atu ki a Hotu-nui, tērā tana tamaiti a Maru-tūahu te haere atu rā.
The younger girl rushed off home to tell Hotu-nui that his son Maru-tūahu was coming.

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

Ko tāu mahi, he hono i te rerenga ki tana whakamārama tika (tuhinga reo Ingarihi).
Your task is to connect the sentence to its correct translation (English language text).

Kua kī tana ihu i te huruhuru.
His nose is full of feathers.

Kei te mitimiti iai tana kamohi.
He is licking his face.

He pai ia ki tana mahi
He likes his work

Kua heke iho ia i tana tūranga.
He has stepped down from his position.

Rua rau tāra tāna utu.
His pay is two hundred dollars.

He kaha a Tīwana ki tana whiu pātai nanakia me te whakapātaritari i tōna tuahine me tōna kuikui.
Tīwana is good at asking tricky questions and teasing her sister and grandmother.

He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai
The job was harder than he had thought,

I kōrero te koroua ki tāna tahu.
The old man spoke to his love.

Ko Hata tāna tāne.
Hata is her husband.

I tuhi a Hēmi i tana reta
Hēmi wrote his letter

Ko tāna mahi he tiaki i ngā hōiho ō ngā āpiha.
His job is taking care of the officers’ horses.

He pai tana mahi.
He works well.

I hea tana koti?
Where was her coat?

He ātaahua tana whakahua i ngā kupu Māori.
She pronounces Māori words beautifully.

Kei hea tana koti?
Where is her coat?

Āwhea a Aria hoko ai i tana pahikara hou?
When is Aria buying his new bike?

Āwhea hoko ai a Pita i tana pahikara hou?
When is Pita buying his new bike?

I eke teeneki tangata ki runga i Maataatua i muri i tana tahuri·tanga
at behind at sggenIIIsg capsize·nom ‘This man boarded Mataatua after its capsizing

Tekau mā waru te pakeke o tana tungāne.
Her brother is 18.

He pai tana mahi
He works well, His working is good

He ātaahua tana whakahua i ngā kupu Māori
Her pronunciation of Māori words is beautiful, she pronounces Māori words beautifully

I haere ia ki te motokaa me tana toko
He walked to the car with the aid of a stick

He kaiako tāna tama
His son is a teacher

Ki te motokaa me tana toko ka haere ia
Each of these of course has special discourse preconditions. (Hohepa, 1967 contains

Kāore anō kia kitea e ia tana tamāhine.
He has not yet found his daughter.

Kei ngā pō mārama, e kitea ana a Rona me tana taha.
On moonlight nights Rona is seen with her calabash.

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.

I tōna tikanga ko Pita tana ingoa.
It is her intention that his name will be Peter.

Kua whati → tana waewae → i tāna takahanga.
His leg was broken by his fall.

Kei te wetekia a Rewi e tana hoa.
Rewi is being untied by his friend.

Ka oma a Amaru ki tana motuka.
Amaru runs to her car.

Ko tana tungāne.
Her brother.

Tokomaha kei roto i tana whānau.
There are heaps in her family.

E hoa e, ko tana kurī!
Jees mate, it's her dog!

Ko te tūmahi poro, te tūmahi whiti-kore, he tūmahi ka tū me tana kotahi.
Intransitive verbs, intransitive verbs, verbs...

Tino pai ia ki tana whaea
She is very good to her grandmother

Nui noa atu tana whare i tōku.
His house is a lot bigger than mine.

Nui noa ake tana whare i tōku.
His house is a lot bigger than mine.

Nā te mea kua whara tana waewae.
Because his leg is injured.

I tere ake tāna omanga i tāu.
He ran faster than you.

Ka kuhu a Hine i ana kākahu papai, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki tana hoa i te tāone.
Hine put on her good clothes, and then went to meet her friend in town.

E kaha tohutohu mai ana ia ānō nei ko au tana mōkai.
He was ordering me around as if I was his servant.

He āwhina i te tākuta tāna mahi.
Her job is helping the doctor.

I whakamā ia i tana kaha pōrangi.
He was ashamed that he had been so stupid.

Ka tino maauiui rawa atu tana tinana
His body was very, very weary

Nā tana kaha whai i tana hiakai, ka ea.
Because he pursued his goal so intently, he was successful.

Kei te tangi ia, me te mea nei kua wehe rāua ko tana hoa tāne.
She is crying as if she has broken up with her boyfriend.

Raruraru ana a Tūmatahina, me pēhea tana iwi e puta ai ki tuawhenua.
Tūmatahina was faced with the problem of how his people could escape to the mainland.

He pai tāna kōrero.
Her talk was good.

Ehara tāna kurī i te kurī whakangau poaka.
Exercise 25b

I whakawhiti atu a ia me te mea nei ki te pōhi i tana reta.
He crossed over as if to post a letter.

Naa tana paapaa a Hone i pupuhi
Reflexive is Mod IO:

E hoko kākahu hou ana ia mō tana tamāhine
She is buying new clothes for her daughter

Ko te tikanga tēnei o tana hakiraratanga i a ia.
This is the way he insulted her.

E whangai ana ia i tana kauwhe.
He is feeding his calf.

Nō muri mai ka whakamā a Aroha i tāna mahi.
Afterwards Aroha felt embarrased about what she'd done.

Kei te tū tāna irāmutu i runga i tōku kākahu mā.
His nephew is standing on my clean dress.

Kei te mitimiti ia i tana kanohi.
He is licking his face.

Tana tamaiti.
Her child.

Ko au tāna tino mokopuna.
I'm her favourite grandchild.

I mua rā, ko tana mahi hoki he puhipuhi pūkeko.
He used to shoot pūkeko.

I teatahi pōo ka tae mai te waea ki a Hata kua mate tana mokopuna.
One night a telegram reached Hata (telling him that) his grandchild was dead.

He kamupene tāna, nē?
Your dad has a company, right?

Ka tohu atu ia ki te reke o tana taiaha.
He pointed with the butt of his taiaha.

Kei te hē rawa atu → tāna kōrero.
What he says is completely mistaken.

Kei te aroha te whaea ki tāna tamaiti.
The mother loves her child.

Kāore te ika i mau i tana mātau.
The fish were not caught by his hook.

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana CV.
The truth of what he put in his CV was never questioned.

Kei tana rūma ia.
He's in his room.

Kāore tā mātou ngeru i te tatari ki tāna kai.
Our cat is not waiting for his tea.

I rere atu te manu ki tana kohanga.
The bird flew away to its nest.

He aha rā i mau ake ai te ika ki tana mātau?
Why were they caught by his hook?

tana, tāna, tōna ana, āna, ōna
Two people

Ka moe a Hera i tana tāne a te Āranga.
Hera is to marry her man at Easter.

I inoi a Hone kia whakaora·ngia ia i tana maauiui
John prayed that he might be cured of his illness

Ka hoki anō a Rata ki te tarai i tana waka.
Rata returned to adze out his canoe.

Ko tana tamaiti, ko Orokewa, peka ana ki tahaki noho ai.
His son, Orokewa, waited a short distance away.

Ka tuhi ia ki tana hoa.
He wrote to his friend.

Āe, he wahine tāna.
Yes, he has a wife.

I whāia ia i tāna hōiho ki te awa.
He chased his horse to the river.

E kaha ana tāna tohutohu i a mātou ānō nei ko ia te kuīni o te kīhini.
She was telling us all what to do like she was the queen of the kitchen.

Ka tono a Hata i tana kurii ki te whiu i ngaa hipi
Hata ordered his dog to chase the sheep

Tana mea pai he kōura.
She likes crayfish.

Ka rere atu tāna tama ki a Māui.
Māui’s son rushed off to him.

He pai rāua ko tana hoa ki te waiata.
She and her friend are good singers.

Ka rapu a Māui i tana whaea, i a Taranga.
Māui looked for his mother, Taranga.

He ātaahua tāna waiata i tito ai.
The song that he composed is beautiful.

Kua rite ki tāna i hiahia ai.
It was just like he wanted.

I hoatu ahau i te māripi ki tana hoa mā Hone.
I gave the knife to John's friend for John.

He aha tāna mahi?
What is her job?

Ehara a Pani i tana tamāhine
Pani is not his daughter

I hoatu a Mere i te keke mā tana tama.
Mary gave the cake to her son.

Tāna hingareti.
His singlet.

Āwhea a Hēnare hoko ai i tana pahikara hou?
When is Hēnare buying his new bike?

Ko Wiremu ki tana kāinga kai ai.
Wiremu was at home eating.

Homai te koko e kai ai te tamaiti i tana hupa.
Give me the spoon with which the child eats her soup.

Āwhea hoko ai a Hēnare i tana pahikara hou?
When is Hēnare buying his new bike?

I muri i te wehenga o tāna whaiāipo ka noho mokemoke ia.
After her sweetheart departed she lived alone (lonely).

He māwhero tana hāte.
His shirt is pink.

Kei te hē rawa atu tāna kōrero.
What he says is completely mistaken.

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 tāna mahi ia.
She is at her work.

Ko te kauhoe tana tākaro
Swimming is his sport

Ka tupu te whakaaro i a Ngā Tokorua kia whakatupu i a i tana iwi kia nui hei rapu utu, ā, kia hoki anō ai rātou ki tō rātou whenua tupu
Ngā Tokorua had determined to build up his tribe in order to take revenge and to return to their homeland

Tāna toki.
His axe.

He ātaahua tana kaka.
Her dress is beautiful.

He kikorangi tana tarau.
His trousers are blue.

Ka tonoa e Māhu tana tamāhine, a Haumapuhia, ki te tiki wai hei inu mōna (Kāretu 1974:39)
Māhu sent his daughter, Haumapuhia, to fetch water for him to drink

He parauri tana koti.
His coat is brown.

Nō tana kitenga tuatahitanga i a ia, ka tino pirangi atu.
He fell in love with her the first time he saw her.

He kōwhai tana pōtae.
Her hat is yellow.

Kei te hanga te pūngāwerewere i tana māwhaiwhai ki te hopu i ngā ngaro.
The spider is building its web to catch flies.

E kōrero ana tō kōutou rangatira ki tāna tamaiti.
Your chief is talking to his child.

Ke tohu atu ia ki te reke o tana taiaha.
He pointed with the butt of his taiaha.

He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai.
The job was harder than he had thought.

He nui ake tana pōuri i tana riri.
His sadness was greater than his anger.

I hoatu e ia tana tuhinga roa i te wā tika, kāore rānei?
Did he hand in his essay on time or not?

Kia mārama ai tana kite mai i ahau e mau ai au i te koti whero.
So that she will see me easily, I am wearing a red coat.

Ko tana huritau a te Kirihimete.
Her birthday is at Christmas.

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

Kei hea tāna pereti?
Where is his plate?

Heoi anō tāna he kai pia.
All he does is drink beer.

Ko tana patunga pukutanga i a au
his secretly striking me

Heoi anā tana he kohikohi i ngā whakaaro o ētahi.
All he does is assemble other people’s ideas.

Mōhio tonu a Pōtatau ki te take o Wiremu Tamihana i kōrero ai i tana kōrero
Pōtatau knew the reason why Wiremu Tamihana said what he said

Ka hoatu tana riri.
He gave vent to his anger.

I pakipaki te katoa me tō rātou kore e tino mārama ki tāna i kī ai
Everyone applauded though they did not entirely understand what he had said

Kua mahue tana tāne i a ia kia ora ai ngā tamariki.
She has left her husband so that the children would be safe.

He pene tāna.
He or she has a pen.

Ko te kōha tēnei a Wairangi ki tana wahine.
This was Wairangi's gift to his wife.

Hei aha tāna kōrero.
Never mind what he is saying.

He pakiwaitara tāna mōna anō.
She has a story about herself.

Nā tana kaha whai i tana hiahia, ka ea.
Because he pursued his goal so intently, he was successful.

Kei te horoi ia i tana kurī
S/he is washing her/his dog

Hei aha a Tīwana, he hīānga tana mahi.
Never mind Tīwana, he's up to mischief.

I rongo anō pea te kōtiro rā i te reo o tana matua.
Perhaps the girl really heard the voice of her father.

Kua piki tana utu ki te whā tekau mano tāra ia tau, ia tau
His salary has gone up to $40,000 a year

He whakaako tana mahi i ngā tamariki o te kura o Te Kaha ki te tao kai.
Her job was to teach cooking to the children of the Te Kaha school.

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.

Kei tana hoa a Hēmi
Hēmi is with his friend.

Ka tae te tangata rā ki tana taurekareka, ka hoatu hei utu mō te wahine.
The man took his slave and gave him away as payment for the woman.

He rite tonu tana waea mai i waenganui pō!
He keeps ringing me up in the middle of the night! — 934

Engari hei tāna, "i roto i ngā tau ka huri ake ki muri, kaare anō kia āta whakaritea mai tētahi rautaki e ngātahi atu ai te pounga waihoe o te reo Māori ki roto i te ao hauora".
But he said over the past few years, there has been a lack of preparation and plan for te reo Maōri use in the health sector.

Hei tino tauira hei tāna, "i roto i te Kowheori i ngā marama e ono, e hia kē nei ngā kupu mō te mate Kowheori i te tīmatanga rā."
A prime example "is when Covid-19 first hit, in the first six months there were so many different Māori names used for the word Covid".

Kua wareware i a au tana ingoa
I’ve forgotten his name

He koi tāna toki.
His axe is sharp.

He koi rānei tāna toki?
Is his axe sharp?

I waiatatia e tana wairua i runga i te whare i tōna mauranga ai i te tamaiti.
It was sung by his supernatural being on the roof of the house when it took a child.