On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Eruera te tangata nā.
Eruera is that person (near you).
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Manu tērā tangata.
That man is Manu.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai te tangata e hīkoi mai nei?
Who is the person walking this way?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko tēnea tangata te rōia?
Which person is the lawyer?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

Ehara ia i te tangata atawhai.
He is not a kind person.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara a Rangi i te tangata pakari.
Rangi is not a mature person.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara koe i te tangata mohio.
You are not a knowledgeable person.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara koe i te tangata poto.
You aren't a short person.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara tō hoa i te tangata anuhea.
Your friend isn't an ugly person.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara koe i te tangata mākoko.
You're not a lazy person.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara ia i te tangata.
Ehara is not a man.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara a Honi i te tangata mahi kai.
Honi isn't a hunter-gatherer-grower of food.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E whakarongo ana ngā pirihimana ki te tangata.
The policemen are listening to the person.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka pūkana mai ngā tāngata e haka ana.
The people who are doing the haka will do fierce facial expressions.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka manaaki te tangata whenua i ngā manuhiri.
The people of the land/marae will care for the visitors.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka hoe atu ngā tāngata i uta ki tai.
The people will paddle from the shore towards the sea.
Sentences with i - i

Ka pūkana mai ngā tāngata e haka ana.
The people who are doing the haka will do fierce facial expressions.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Tokoono ngā tāngata e noho ana kei tōku whare.
There are six people living at my house.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

He rite a Rāwiri ki tōna māmā, he tangata kaha ki te mahi.
Rāwiri is like his mother, a man who is strong in work.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

E rata ana au ki a ia. He tangata pai.
I like him. He's a good fella.
To like - rata

Nō te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō

Ko Pani mā ngā kaiwhakahaere. Nō Te Kaha aua tāngata.
Pani and the others are the organisers. Those people are from Te Kaha.
Belonging to a place - nō

Ehara mā ngā tāngata tēnei kōrero.
This speech is not for the people.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā

Nā ngā tāngata i āwhina te whānau.
It was the people who helped the family.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā ngā tāngata tēnei kōrero.
This speech is for the people.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

I kōrero rātou mō tērā tangata.
They spoke about that person.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Tiakina te tangata whana!
See to the injured person!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

E mōhiotia whānuitia ana a Te Puea Hērangi e ngā tāngata Māori o te motu.
Te Puea Hērangi is widely known by Māori people from all over the land.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka mahia he waka mō tekau tāngata,.
A ten-man canoe was made.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I ngaua te tangata e to kurī.
The man was bitten by the dog.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka pōwhiritia te manuhiri e te tangata whenua.
The visitors will be welcomed by the local people.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I kōhurutia te tangata ki te awa.
The man was murdered at the river.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I patua te rango e te tangata.
The fly was hit by the man.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ki te kitea noatia e tētahi tangata mea...
If someone just sees something...
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka mihia mātou e te tangata whenua.
We were greeted by the home people.
Passive sentences - tikina...

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

E ai ki tērā tangata.
According to that person.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ai ki ērā tāngata.
According to those people.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

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

Ka taea ngā tāngata te haere mā runga pahi.
The people are able to travel by bus.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Nō whea e ora ngā tāngata o te maunga i tēnā pakarutanga?
How cold the mountain dwellers possibly survive that eruption?
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Heoi anō, te mea pai o te koni ahi, ehara ko te mahana anake te hua ki te tangata. Ko te mea tino pai, ko te pārekareka o ngā kōrero.
Still / However, the good thing about sitting round the fire was that it didn't just keep us warm. The really good thing was the enjoyable conversation.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

He mea hoko kē pea te keke nei. Tērā tonu pea. Ehara ia i te tangata tunu keke, ki taku mōhio.
I think this cake might have been bought. Probably. As far as I know he's not a cake-maker.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

He tangata pai tonu ia ki a au, ahakoa āna mahi hē i ētahi wā.
I think he's an okay guy, in spite of the fact that he stuffs up sometimes.
Discourse markers - although - ahakoa

Kei te aha tērā tangata?
What is that person doing?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

Ka mahue a Puhihuia i te taha o te tangata i a ia rā te patu pounamu.
Puhihuia was left beside the man who had the greenstone weapon.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kāore te tangata i mau i ngā pirihimana.
The man was not caught by the police.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kāore he tangata i kō atu i tōku koroua ki ahau.
There's no one better than my grandad in my opinion.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

Ka noho ia i tētahi rākau e noho rā he tāngata i raro.
[He] came to rest in a tree under which some people sat.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mōhio taku hoa ki te tangata rā.
My friend knows that man.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka karanga atu te rōpū whakaeke ki ngā tangata whenua.
The group ascending onto the marae calls back to the people of the land/marae.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka puta katoa ki waho ngā tāngata o te pā ki te tahu kai.
All the people of the pā came outside to cook food.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He tangata atawhai ia.
He is a kind person.
Categorizing sentences - he

He tangata pakari a Rangi.
Rangi is a mature person.
Categorizing sentences - he

He tangata mohio koe.
You are a knowledgeable person.
Categorizing sentences - he

He tangata pukumahi ia, nērā?
She's a hardworker, eh?
Categorizing sentences - he

Kāore ngā pirihimana e whakarongo ana ki te tangata.
The policemen are not listening to the person.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

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

I kite ahau i te tangata paru ngā ringa.
I saw a man with dirty hands.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

No ngā tāngata i roto i te whare nui.
They belong to all the people in the meeting house.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Ka riri ngā tāngata i te whaikōrero a te taitama.
The people were angry with the young man's speech.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Tokomaha ngā tāngata o tērā iwi.
There are a lot of people in that tribe.
That (over there) - tērā

Te paruparu o tērā tangata!
What a dirty man.
That (over there) - tērā

Ko tēhea tangata te rōia?
Which person is the lawyer?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ko ēhea tāngata ngā rōia?
Which people are the lawyers?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Tokohia kē mai nei ngā tāngata e tae mai ana mō te kai!
What a lot of people are arriving for the food!
Towards - mai

Haere ake anō ko ngā tāngata o Ngāti-Kahukoa, me ā rātou rōpā anō.
The people of Ngāti-Kahukoka set off, with their slaves too.
Up - ake

Kei te heke iho ngā tāngata i te ara piki.
People are coming down the path.
Down - iho

Tokorima ngā tāngata.
There are five people.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are three elders.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Hei tātahi ngā tāngata e whakatā ana.
The people will be relaxing at the beach.
Future locative - hei

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

Kāore ngā tāngata hei tātahi e whakatā ana.
The people will not be relaxing at the beach.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

Mehemea ka kite he kurī i tētahi tangata, ke auau.
If a dog sees someone, it barks.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

I kōrero rātou mō tēnei tangata.
They spoke about that person.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

Kāore ngā tāngata e taea te haere mā runga pahi.
The people are unable to travel by bus.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Ehara i ngā tāngata te whānau i āwhina.
The people didn’t help the family.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Kātahi te tangata mātauranga, ko Pita!
What a knowledgeable person Pita is!
What a... - kātahi te...

Kua mau te tangata i ngā pirihimana.
The man was caught by the police.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua hinga te tōtara i te tangata.
The tōtara has fallen due to the man.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua kī te wharekai i ngā tangata katoa.
The restaurant has been filled by all the people.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kātahi ka whakaohoia e te tangata nei tōna mōkai ki roto ki tētahi puna.
Then this man placed his pet in a spring of water.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kāhore i āhei te tangata kia haere i te tahatika o te one.
People were not allowed to go to the shore.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Te mahi a te tāngata.
There were heaps of people.
There were lots of... - te maha a te...

Mō te whakararu i te tangata kāore he painga i a koe.
It's easy for you to piss people off.
No sweat to you... - Mō te... he painga i a koe...

Kāore e tokorima ngā tāngata.
There are not five people.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...

Kāore e tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are not three elders.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...

Ko te mea nui, he tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
The greatest thing, is people, people, people.

E waiata ana te tangata rā.
That man is singing.

He tangata hūmarie ia, nē?
He's a nice bloke, eh?

Kei te mōhio au ki te tangata mōna te whare nā.
I know the man who that house is for.

Ko te tangata i kite i te patupaiarehe ko Te Kanawa.
The man who saw the fairies was Te Kanawa.

I kite te tangata i te patupaiarehe.
The man saw the fairies.

Kei te taha o te tangata whenua au i tēnei wā.
I'm on the side of the people of the marae this time.

Kei te kimi te whare wānanga i tētahi tangata e hāngai nei ngā tohu mātauranga hei whakaako.
The university is looking for a suitably qualified person to teach.

Ka nui te aroha o ngā tāngata ki te take nei.
The people feel very sympathetic to this cause.

Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata o Waikato ki ia iwi, ki ia iwi o tātou, o te Māori.
Then the Waikato people went to each tribe of us Māori people.

I whara te tangata, kāhore i mate rawa.
The man was injured but not killed.

Kua oma te tangata.
The man has run.

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.

Patu-a ngā tāngata kia/*ka riro ai te whenua.
Kill the people and take the land.

Te tini o te tangata i tae ake, tāne mai, wāhine māi.
A huge crowd turned up, men and women.

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

Karangatia ngā tāngata katoa kia ki ai tōku whare.
Call all the people so that my house will be full.

Ka kake katoa mai ngā tāngata ki runga i a Mātaatua.
All the people climber onto Mataatua.

E pātai ana kia tohu mai tētahi tangata, tētahi mea rānei e whakaritea ana ki te tangata.
Asking a question about the identity of a person, or of something which is likened to a person.

Whakapai-a te marae o te tangata!
Clean up someone else’s marae!

.. 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

Tokohia ngā tāngata i te marae?
How many people were at the marae?

I mātakitaki ngā tāngata i ngā whakaahua.
The people gazed at the pictures.

Koia i mā ai te hau e whakahāngia nei e te tangata i ēnei rā.
Koia hoki i tika ai te noho o te mahana, o te makariri i ōna wā anō o te tau e tika ana.

E haere atu ana te tangata.
The man is or was going away.

Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui
About 20 people came to the meeting

E mōhio ai ngā tāngata kua haere mātou.ko taku iwi ki.te kimi kāinga hōu mō mātou, ka mahue iho ko ngā kurī ki te kāinga.
The people will [then] know that my tribe and I have gone to look for a new home when only the dogs are left in the village.

E mōhio ana au ki tēnei tangata e haere mai nei.
I know this man who is coming this way.

Ko Rewi te tangata.
Rewi is the man.

Ehara a Rewi i te tangata.
Rewi is not the man.

Oma ana te tangata.
The man ran.

Ka riro pea a Puhihuia i te tangata kē anō o rātou.
Perhaps Puhuihuia would be taken by another one of them.

Tōia te ingoa o te tangata ki te pouaka e hāngai ana ki te pātai.
Drag the name of the person to the box who fits the description.

Kore rawa he rerenga, ka titiro kau iho ngā tāngata o roto i te pā ki ērā o rātou e patua ana ki te moana
No one escaped and the people of the fort looked on helplessly as their compatriots were slaughtered at sea

He tangata pai.
A good person.

= Hoatu ēna hū ki te tangata kāhore ōna.
We had best teach the children who do not know the Māori language.

Ko ngā tāngata katoa i kata mne te tangatira atu.
All the people, including the chief, laughed.

Ko wai te tangata, e poka nei i te poaka?
Who is the man butchering the pig?

Hiki ana te hui, hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Hiki ana te hui, hoki hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru!
This is the hairy man.

Kua tangi te piana. Kua kanikani ētahi o ngā tāngata.
The piano has started playing. Some of the people have started dancing.

Ka haere tahi ati anō i a rātou ētahi o te tangata whenua.
Some of the local people accompanied them.

He tangata ora ahau.
I am a healthy person.

Ko te tāne i moe ai a Tōrere o te tangata.whenua,ko Manaaki-ao te ingoa.
Manaaki-ao was the name of the local man that Tōrere married.

I tūkino he tangata i tēnei tamaiti.
A man abused this child.

I tukuna te tangata kia haere noa.
The man was allowed to go free.

He tangata pēnei i a koe nei
Someone like you

Tangata takahi manuhiri, he maraer puehu.
If you mistreat your guests your marae will be dusty (because no one will come anymore).

He tangata ngenge ia.
She is a tired person.

Ehara tērā tangata i te mōhio.
That man is not clever.

Ko Hone Heke te tangata nāna te pou haki i tua
Hone Heke was the man who felled the flagpole

He tangata harikoa kōrua
You two are very happy-go-lucky

Ko wai ngā tāngata, māna e tō te waka ki te wai?
Who are the men who will drag the canoe to the water?

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.

Kei te mōhio au ki te tangata, mōna te whare nā.
I know the man who that house is for.

Kāore he tāngata.
There are no people.

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.

Kāhore he tangata i te toa.
There is no one at the shop.

Uia te tangata tautōhito, parea te mea mātau.
Ask the experienced one, not those who have learned it.

Ko wai māērā tāngata?
Who are those people?

Kei te mātakitaki ia i ērā tāngata.
She's watching those people.

He tangata koa ia.
He's a happy chappy.

Ka hoki te tangata.
The man will return.

Ko Hēmi te ingoa o te tangata rā
The name of that man is Hēmi

He hono tangata e kore e motu; ka pa he taura waka e motu.
Unlike a canoe rope, a human bond cannot be severed.

Ka whakahoki te tangata i ngā pukapuka.
The man will return the books.

I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō mātau tau tuatahi tēnei
The people were very appreciative, especially seeing as this was our first year (of our band’s existence)

He tangata tāroaroa a Matua Māka.
Matua Māka is a tall person.

Kāore he tangata i tua atu i a ia.
There's no one apart from him.

He taonga rongonui te aroha ki te tangata.
Goodwill towards others is a precious treasure.

Ko te mahi a tēnei tangata he tuku rangi ..
The work of this man was to let down the heavens..

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

Nā te tangata rā i unahi ngā ika.
That man scaled the fish.

I kite te tangata i te kurī.
The person saw the dog.

Teeraa tangata te moomona
That man is fat!

Nāku i pupuri tēnā tangata.
I detained that man.

He tangata ngahau a Raimona
Raimona is a fun/entertaining guy.

Ka huna te tama kei kitea (ia) e te tangata.
The boy hid in case he was seen (found) by the man (The boy hid lest he be seen (found) by the man).

E toru tekau mā waru ngā tāngata i runga, he tāne anake (Pōtatau 1991:8)
There were thirty people on board (Tākitimu), they were all men only.

Tino nui teeraa tangata i mua
That man was very fat

He tangata marae a Moana
Moana is a generous/hospitable person.

Ehara koutou i te tāngata, he ota tonu tā.koutou kai.
You aren’t human, all you ever eat is raw food.

E kore anō e kanga anō i te oneone ā muri ake nei mō ngā mahi a te tangata (Genesis 8:21)
Never again will I curse the earth because of human beings.

Ngā tāngata katoa i kata me te rangatira atu.
All the people, including the chief, laughed.

Ko teeraa tangata tino nui i mua
That man was very fat

Me he mea kaahore ahau e noho ana i konei, kaahore he tangata hei hoa moou.
If I were not living here (but I am) there would be no one to be your friend.

Hiki ana te hui, hoki hoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga
When the meeting closes, everyone goes home' (general statement)

Tokohia ngā tāngata I te marae?
How many people are in the marae?

He tangata tino hūmārire a Hāriata. Āe, he pēnā anō a Mere
Hāriata is a very gentle person. Yes, Mere is just like that, too.

Kāore he tangata i hanga i te whare.
No-one built the house.

Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.

Ehara i te tāngata.
Not the men.

He tangata māhaki taku hungawai
My father-in-law is a humble man.

I tiro iho a Māui ki ngā tāngata e noho ake rā.
Māui looked down at the men sitting down there.

Nā te tangata.
The man’s.

I kōrero ahau ki te tangata i te kūwaha.
I talked to the man in/at the doorway.

He tangata māhaki taku hungawai.
My father-in-law is a humble man.

Ehara i te tangata.
Not the man’s.

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

He tangata atamai tō pāpā.
Your dad is an intelligent person.

Nō te tangata.
The man’s.

Ka riri ngā tangata i te whaikōrero a te taitama.
The people were angry with the young man’s speech.

Ko te mea nui i nāianei, kei ora ana ngā tāngata mōhio ki ngā waiata, ko te kohikohi haere i ngā māramatanga kei a rātau
The main thing now, while the people who know the songs are still alive, is to go round collecting the explanations they have

Kua pakaru te kapu i te tangata kino.
The cup has been broken by the bad man.

He ātaahua te tangata rā.
That person is pretty.

He ātaahua ake te tangata rā.
That person is prettier.

Ka whakarongo te tangata ki te manu
the man listens to the bird

He tino ātaahua te tangata rā.
That person is the prettiest.

He iti kai mā tangata kotahi e kai, kia rangona ai te reka
If there is only a little food, let only one eat it in order that its sweetness may be appreciated

Ehara nō Hamutana te tangata rā.
That man is not from Hamilton.

E tope rākau ana te tangata.
The man is tree felling.

He tangata pai atu.
A better person.

He tangata tino pai rawa atu.
A great person.

He tangata pukumahi tō māmā.
Your mum is a hard working person.

Ka mate tēnei tangata i tēnā tangata
this man was beaten by that man

Tokoono ngā tāngata i te whare.
There are five people in the house.

E mōhio ana au ki te tangata e kōrero nā koe.
I know the person you are talking about.

Ko te iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tangata whenua of Aotearoa.

Ka inu, te tangata, i te rongoā
the man drinks the medicine

He tokomaha ngā tāngata haere mai ai ki ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua. (1985:90)
Many people often come here to the hot springs of Rotorua.

I rongo te tangata i te pūtōrino
The man heard the flute

Ka ora, te tangata, i te rongoā
the man is made well by the medicine

I titiro ahau ki ngā tāngata e tiaki ana i te pouaka moni.
I looked at the men who were guarding the money box.

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.

He tangata, he kiore rānei koe?
Are you a man or a mouse?

Haere mai ai ngā tāngata ki ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua.
The people often come here to the hot springs of Rotorua.

E kōrero ana te minita ki te tangata e hanga ana i te whare karakia.
The minister is talking to the man who is building the church.

Ina tae te tangata rā ki tāwāhi, ka mate ia.
When that man reaches the other side he will die.

Ko rātou ngā tāngata i haere ki te ngahere.
They are the men who went to the forest.

He tangata poto ia.
He is a short person.

He tangata tāroaroa, he tūai, he kaha ia!
He is a tall person, skinny and strong!

He tangata kai paipa koe, eehara raanei?
Are you a smoker, or not?

E toru rau e rua tekau mā whā ngā tāngata.
There are 324 people

Me pōhiri ngā tāngata katoa, kaua ko ngā rangatira anake
Everyone must be welcomed, not just the chiefs

Kua kōrero mōhio tērā tangata.
That man has spoken wisely.

Kua takoto te tikanga kia tukuna atu tetahi tangata herehere ki a rātou i te hākari.
The custom had been established that one prisoner should be released to them at the feast.

He tangata pono koe.
You are an honest person.

He tangata whakatika waka i te rā, ā, he pene whakangahau tōna mō ngā huihuinga whakahirahira.
He is a person who fixes cars during the day, and he has an entertaining song for important gatherings.

Tokohia ngā tāngata kei te haere mai?
How many people are coming.

He tangata māhaki, he tangata marae hoki.
He is a humble person, and a person of the marae.

I haere au ki te hokomaha hei tangata hoko kai.
I went to the supermarket as the person buying food, or in the role or function of a food buyer.

Moea te tangata ringa raupā.
Marry a hard working person.

E rima miriona, rua rau ono tekau mā waru mano, whitu rau rima tekau mā whā ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa.
There are 5,268,754 people in new Zealand

Ko te tokomaha o ngā tāngata me te mea e rima mano.
The number of people was about five thousand.

Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui.
About twenty people came to the meeting.

Ko Kupe te tangata i haere tonu.
Kupe was the man who kept on going.

I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō.mātou tau tuatahi tēnei. (Pōtatau 1991:44)
first this The people were very complimentary, especially since this was our first year.

he tangata pai, he mea tika
(a good and upright man).

I tō rātou tomokanga ki te pā, kāhore he tangata o roto.
When they entered the pā, there was nobody inside.

Ko wai tēnei tangata i tukua atu, he mea rīpeka nā te ringa o ngā tāngata kino?
Who was this man who was handed over, crucified by the hand(s) of evil men?

Tokohia ngā tangata e haere mai?
How many people are coming?

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.

Kia tū koe ki te kōrero, me mihi ki te whare, ki te marae, ki te hunga mate, ki te tangata whenua
When you stand to speak, you should acknowledge the house, the marae, the deceased and the hosts

ira tangata.
human line.

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

Kīhai i mau i ahau tētahi hē o tēnei tangata.
I cannot seize upon any fault of this man.

Ko rātou ngā tāngata.
They are the people.

E haere mai ana te tangata e moohio ana a wai?
The man that who knows is coming?

E haere mai ana te tangata i aha·tia e Hata? Hata
The man that Hata did what to is coming?

He tangata pai, he mea tika.
A good and upright man.

E haere mai ana te tangata e tuhituhi ana i te aha?
The man who is writing what is coming?

Ko Adrien te tangata (e / ?i) mahi ai i ngā wā katoa.
Adrien is the person who works all the time.

Nui atu te whakamā o te tangata rā.
That man was very ashamed.

He tangata nui, pakari te tipu, he ātaahua.
He was a big, strongly built, handsome man.

He tangata pai rawa atu.
A very good person.

Karangatia ngā tāngata katoa kia kī ai tōku whare.
Call all the people so that my house will be full.

Ākuanei ka haere mai tētahi tangata nō Te Reinga, he wairua, ko Tū-horopunga te ingoa.
This is a story about Hine-kōrangi, a woman whose father made her a puhi and wouldn’t

Ko Patuaka te tangata e kite ai koe.
Patuaka is the man whom you will see.

Kei te mataku rātou i te tangata haurangi.
They are frightened by the drunken man.

Kīhai a ia i hoki mai, ko ana hoa ia i hoki atu i te kupu o te tangata i karanga atu rā.
She did not return; her friends, however, returned at the word of the man who called out.

Ko Patuaka te tangata e kitea ai koe.
Patuaka is the man by whom you will be seen.

He tangata maho ia.
He is a very laid back person.

Ko wai mā ēnā tangata?
Who are those people?

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

E kore rawa pea e kitea anō he tangata e rite ana i a ia te mōhio
We shall perhaps never again see a person as knowledgeable as him, a person who is like him in knowledge

Ā muri i ia whaikōrero ka tū ngā tāngata ki te tautoko i te kaikōrero ki tētahi waiata.
After each speech the people will stand to support the speaker with a song.

Kore rawa he rerenga, ka titiro kau iho ngā tāngata o roto i te pā ki ērā o rātou e patua ana ki te moana.
No one escaped and the people of the fort looked on helplessly as their compatriots were slaughtered at sea.

Pātai atu ki ngā tāngata kei te aha rātou.
Ask the people what they are doing.

Nāna i tuku a Kahotea kia kawea anō e Ponga ki te tangata.
She gave Kahotea to Ponga so that it could be carried back by Ponga to the man.

Ko ngā waka i mua rā, mate katoa ngā tāngata o runga.
As for the canoes in front there, all the people on board were killed.

He tangata weriweri ia.
He is an ugly person.

Ka whakaeke ngā tāngata ki mua o Mahinārangi.
The people gathered in front of Mahinārangi.

he tangata nui
a big man

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

Taihoa, kātahi anō tātou kia mahi i Mana Whenua, Mana Ao Tūroa, Mana Tangata, Mana Reo
Ehara te aromatawai i te whainga nui. Engari kē, mā te aromatawai koutou e kōrero ai. The assessment isn't the destination. The assessment is the reason to speak.

Kua tangatawhenuatia te ope
The visiting party has become tangata whenua

Mā te kōrerotia o te reo Māori e ngā tāngata mātatau, ka mau i ngā tamariki
It is through the Māori language’s being spoken by those who know it, that it will be grasped by the children

Mā te mōhio hoki o te tangata ki.te kōrero Pākehā e whiwhi moni ai ia ..
It is also through knowing how to speak English that he gets money ..

Mā te kōrero a ngā tāngata mātatau i te reo Māori, ka mau i ngā tamariki
It is through the knowledgeable people’s speaking of the Māori language, that it will be grasped by the children

Ka hoki te tangata ki uta.
The man went back inland.

Kia tū tangata!
Let's be human!

He iti kai mā tangata kotahi e kai, kia rangona ai te reka.
If there is only a little food, let just one person eat it so that its sweetness may be appreciated.

He tangata mahaki ia.
He's a mild mannered person.

Ko ngā manuhiri ērā tāngata.
Those people are the guests.

He tangata pai te tangata nei.
This man is a good man.

He teka te tangata tōrangapū rā.
That politician is a liar.

Ka riri ana te tangata rā, ka tetee ōna niho.
When that man gets angry he grinds his teeth.

He kura te tangata.
People are precious.

Ka tōpea te rākau e te tangata ki te toki.
The tree was cut down by the man with the axe.

tērā tangata mōhio
that wise man

Ko te tangata mōhio a Hēmi.
The wise man is Hēmi.

Ka kitea te tangata ki ngā tapuwae.
The man was found by his footprints.

Ko Hēmi te tangata mōhio.
Hēmi is the wise man.

Kei te tae mai, te tino tangata rā, ki te hui.
That very man is arriving at the meeting.

Kua nui rawa te tangata ki Hawaiki, ā, kua waiho hei take whakatupu pakanga ki reira
Hawaiki had become overpopulated and this had become a cause of strife there

Kāore te Māori e pai ki te tangata whakahīhī.
Māori people don't like skites.

Ka mōhio ngā tāngata ki ngā tīkanga.
The people know the protocol.

Āta whakaarohia ngā tāngata ka mihia, kei mahue tētehi.
Think carefully about the people you are going to mihi or you might miss someone out.

I oma te tangata.
The man ran.

Tekau mā tahi ngā tāngata purei hoka.
There are eleven people in a soccer team. (11 people play soccer.).

Ka utaina ngā utanga o ia waka, ā, o ia waka, ā, ka ruupeke ki runga me ngā tāngata.
The cargo was loaded on each canoe and then everything was assembled on board including the people.

E oma ana te tangata.
The man is/was running.

Ko te tangata tika, ko koe!
The right person is you!

Ka oma te tangata.
The man will run/runs/ran.

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

Me oma te tangata.
The man had better run.

I mua i whakapono ngā tāngata ki ngā taniwha.
People used to believe in taniwha.

Ka mōhio | ngā tāngata | ki ngā tikanga.
The people know the protocol.

Ko wai ngā tāngata e haere mai ana?
Who are the men who are coming towards us?

Nō whea e ora ngā tāngata o te takutai i tēnā taiāniwhaniwha.
How could the coastal dwellers possibly survive that tsunami? OR There was no chance of the coastal dwellers surviving that tsunami.

Ko ngā tāngata o Pōneke, ka whakatūtū i ō rātou whare ki ngā tahataha o ngā puke.
in Wellington, people build houses on the sides of hills.

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

He tino tohunga tēnei ki te patu i te tangata mā te mākutu.
He was very expert at killing people with black magic.

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

He tangata mōhio ia.
She is a knowledgeable person.

I tino whakamihi ngā tāngata, te mea ai hoki ko tō mātau tau tuatahi tēnei.
The people were very appreciative, especially seeing as this was our first year of our band’s existence.

= I ahatia tērā tangata herehere?
(Don’t use ‘ki

Ko te mate i mate katoa ai te tangata tae noa ki ngā tamariki.
A disaster in which all are killed including children.

Ko te tere kahawai rā ki waho i te moana haere ai, ko te tangata rā ki uta oma haere atu ai, me to oma, me te karakia.
The shoal of kahawai was swimming along out at sea, and the man was running along the shore and as he ran he recited karakia.

I tiro iho a Maui ki ngā tāngata e noho ake rā.
Maui looked down at the men sitting down there.

He ātaahua tērā tangata.
That person is beautiful.

Tokohia ngā tangata?
How many people?

Kātahi te tangata mātau, ko Niko!
What a knowledgeable person Niko is! (Te Aka Māori Dictionary)

Ko wai te tangata i kai i te keke?
Who was the person who are the cake?

Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata o Waikato ki ia iwi, ki ia iwi o tātau, o te Māori
Then the Waikato people went to each tribe of us Māori people

Ko ia te tangata + i a ia taku pēke.
He is the man + he had my purse.

He tangata ngoikore ia?
Is he a weak person?

He kotahi te kūmera i roto i te rourou mā ngā tāngata tokorua.
There was one small round basket containing one kūmera belonging to two men.

I kōhurutia tētahi tangata e tōna wahine i Poihākena.
A man was killed by his wife at Sydney.

I whakapono rātou he tangata kino a Hoani.
They believed that Hoani was an evil man.

He tangata tino poto tērā.
That's a really short person.

He tangata i pai, he tangata i kino ki te mahi a Ponga.
Some said Ponga's action was good, and some said it was bad.

He tangata kai paipa koe, ehara rānei?
Are you a smoker, or not?

He aha tērā tangata?
What is that person?

Ko te tamāhine o te tino tangata i Maungawhau, he kōtiro pai, he wahine ātaahua.
A daughter of the high chief of Maungawhau was a good girl and a beautiful woman.

He tangata ngahau a Rangi.
Rangi is a fun/entertaining guy.

He tangata marae a Mere.
Mere is a generous/hospitable person.

He tangata hūmārie a Rāhera, nē (rā/hā)?
Rāhera’s a nice, gentle person, isn’t she?

E kore te whare kōrero, e puta he kupu mā tētahi tangata i muri i te kupu a te tino ariki.
It was not allowable according to the rules of debate for any person to say anything after the high chief had spoken.

He manuhiri ērā tāngata.
Those people (over there) are guests.

He aha i murua e te tangata?
What was repossessed by the man?

Ehara tōna hoa i te tangata mōhio
his friend is not clever

Nō te taenga ki te raumati, ka mahana te kiri o te tangata.
When summer arrived people began to feel warm.

Ka huna te tama kei kitea ia e te tangata.
The boy hid lest he be seen by the man.

Tū anganui ana ngā tāngata e rua.
The two men stood opposite each other.

Hiki ana te hui, hokihoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

Te whare o te tangata.
The man's house.

Ko te kurī te hoa o te tangata.
(The dog (is) the friend of the man.)

Kei patua e koe te tangata rā mō te kore take noa iho!
Don’t you beat that man for no reason at all!

Ko ōku hoa tokorua ngā tangata mā rāua ahau e āwhina
My two friends are the people who will help me

He tangata teka ia!
He's a liar.

Ko te tangata kua riro ki.te whakaatu ki ōna hoa i te ātaahua o tōna wahine.
That man had gone to tell his friends about the beauty of his wife.

Ehara! He tangata pono kē ia.
On the contrary! He's actually an honest fulla.

Tokohia ngā tāngata i tō whānau?
How many people in your family?

Tērā kei roto i te whareherehere nei ētahi tāngata tokorua he kaimahi nā Parao.
There were in the prison two people who were servants of the Pharaoh’s.

He tangata ngahau a Raimona.
Raimona is an entertaining person.

E whiowhio haere ana te tangata.
The man is going along whistling.

He tangata marae a Moana.
Moana is a generous, hospitable person.

Ka haere mai tēnei ki a Ihu i te pō, ka mea ki a ia, E Rapi, e mātau ana mātou i haere koe i te Atua hei kaiwhakaako, nā hoki e kore e taea e tētahi tangata ēnei mea e mea e whakarite, ki te kore koe i te Atua i a ia (John 3:2)
This man came to Jesus by night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him

Ko ia te tangata tuarua i tae atu ki tērā roto.
He was the second man to reach (who reached) that lake.

Tū ana ngā tāngata tokorua i ō rātou taha, uira tonu ngā kākahu.
The two men stood at their side,

Ko te tangata teenaa naa·ku i waiho te panana ki raro i a ia
That’s the man I put the banana under

Ko teenei te tangata naaku i hoatu ki a ia te pukapuka
This is the man to whom I gave the book

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.

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

Kīhai koa i taro, ka puta atu te tangata.
Indeed, it was not long before the man appeared.

Ko te kōrero o tēnei tangata, o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
It was the story of this man, Whakatauihu, that we heard.

Ka tahuna te whare ki te ahi, me ngā tāngata anō i roto.
The house was burnt, and the people inside too.

Kua haere atu te tangata rā.
That man has gone away.

He tangata pēnā i a koe nā
Someone like you

Kāhore anō te tangata rā kia haere atu.
That man has not gone away.

Ko tēnei te kōrero o tēnei tangata o Whakatauihu, i rongo ai mātou.
This was the story of this man Whakatauihu, that we heard.

Ko au te tangata tuawhitu i te whakataetae.
I came seventh in the competition. (I was the seventh person in the competition.)

Ko tō wahine kua hara ki tētahi tangata ko Tupeteka te ingoa.
Your wife has sinned with a man called Tupetaka.

I kite au i te tangata i hoko mai i too motokaa
I saw the man who bought your car

Ka mōhio ngā tāngata ki ngā tikanga.
The people know the protocol.

I tū nga tāngata, engari, kei te noho rātou.
The people stood, but at the moment - kei te - they are sitting.

(I tae mai ngā tāngata ki te hui
The people came to the meeting

I katakata ngā tāngata, engari, I tangi ngā tamariki
The people laughed but the children cried.

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.

Karanga-tia ngā tāngata katoa kia kī ai tōku whare.
Call all the people so that my house will be full.

E hia ngā pene? Kia hia ngā huka? Tokohia ngā tangata?
How many pens? How many sugars would you like? How many people?

Karangatia ngā tāngata katoa kia kī tōku whare.
Call all the visitors to fill my house.

Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.
Ponga was one of their chiefs.

Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.
There are six people living at my house.

(Kei aua tāngata te reo
Those people have (know) the language

He tangata pai koe.
You are a good person.

Kei te piirangi·tia he tangata (hei) tiaki i te whare
A person to look after the house is wanted

Haere ake anō ko ngā tāngata o Ngāti-Kahukoka, me ā rātou rōpā anō.
The people of Ngāti-Kahukoka set off, with their slaves too.

Ko te tangata horoi i te motokaa taku matua
The car-cleaner is my father

Ko te tangata horoi motokaa taku matua
The car cleaner is my father

He roa rawa atu te tangata rā me Hata.
The man with Hata is very tall.

I kite ake anō ia i te tangata nāna i whiu iho te koikoi.
He also saw the person who threw the spear.

Ka pēnā te tangata e whakapuranga ana i te taonga māna ake.
Such will be the case with a person who accumulates possessions for himself alone.

He rangatira te tangata e pērā ana āna mahi.
The man whose actions are like that is a gentleman.

Ko Apirana Ngata te tangata.
Apirana Ngata is the person.

Kei te haere te tangata ki te one.
The man is going to the beach.

Kei te miraka kau tonu pea ngā tāngata.
Perhaps the people are still milking.

Me kore ake a Hoani Waititi hei āwhina i aua tāngata (Kāretu 1974:124)
These people were fortunate to have Hoani Waititi to help them

E haere tonu atu ana te tangata.
The man is continuing to move away. — 137

Tiakina te tangata whara!
Look after the injured person!

He tamaiti pea au nā te tangata kē.
Perhaps I am a child of some other person.

Tiakina te tangata kua whara!
Look after the person who has been injured!

I hongi ngā manuhiri me ngā tāngata whenua.
The manuhiri pressed noses with the people of the marae.

Haere e whai i te waewae o Uenuku, kia ora ai te tangata.
Go search for the footprints of Uenuku so that humankind may be nurtured.

Ko ia te tangata nāna te poaka i pupuhi.
He is the man who shot the pig (by whom the pig was shot).

Kua neke atu i te whā miriona ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa e noho ana
The population of New Zealand has exceeded 4,000,000

Ko ia te tangata māna te poaka e pupuhi.
He is the man who will shoot the pig.

Kite te tangata i te kuri
The person saw the dog

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.

Kei te aroha tētahi tangata ki tetahi tamaiti.
If some people love the children

Kei te aroha etahi tāngata ki ētehi tamariki
If Rangi will sing a song

na te tangata noa atu
belonging to some unknown person

Ko wai te tangata e poka nei i te poaka?
Who is the man butchering the pig?

He tangata nui, pakari te tipu, he ātaahua (Pōtatau 1991:24)
He was a big, strongly built, handsome man

Ka tipu haere te pēpi nei ā, ka hikitia e ōna mātua, ka waiatatia, ka mirimiria, ka romiromia, ka poipoia, ka whāngaia ki te waiū o ngā atua kia tipu ai hei tangata.
This baby grew and grew and his parents cuddled him, sang to him, stroked him, massaged him and cradled him to and fro. He was fed the milk of the gods so that he would grow up to be a fine man.

He tangata pai rawa atu
A very good person

Ko wai ngā tāngata māna e tō te waka ki te wai?
Who are the men who will drag the canoe to the water?

Whakarongo ki te tangata rā e waiata ana.
Listen to that man who is singing.

Mātua whakapai i tōu marae, ka whakapai ai te marae o te tangata.
Clean up your own marae before trying to do the same for someone else.

I pēheatia ngā tāngata mau herehere e ngā hōia?
How were the prisoners treated by the soldiers?