On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E kihi ana ia i tātahi ngeru pango.
She is kissing a black cat.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E whiri ana au i tētahi kōnae.
I am braiding a food basket.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kihi ana ia i tētahi ngeru pango.
She is kissing a black cat.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E rapu ana ia i tētahi rangimarietanga.
He's looking for peace of mind.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka hoko au i tētahi taonga mā tāku tahu.
I will buy a gift for my love.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me ako tētahi wāhi ia rā, ia rā.
You should learn part each day.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ka kai tātou i tētahi ika nui.
We will eat a big fish.
Sentences with i - i

Kei te mau ia i tētahi pōtae, i tētahi poraka, i tētahi tīhate, me tētahi hāte hoki.
She is wearing a hat, a jersey, a t-shirt and a shirt.
Sentences with i - i

E moe ana au i tētahi rākau kākāriki.
I am sleeping in a green tree.
Sentences with i - i

Kia pai tētahi ki tētahi!
Be good to each other!
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te whatitoka!
One night, Maui stopped up the chinks in the door.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō tētahi Rāmere, kāore ia i tae mai ki te mahi.
One Friday, she didn't turn up for work.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō tētahi rangi o Nōema, ka whakamōhiotia mai kua whakaaetia tā mātou tono.
One day in November, we were informed that our application had been successful.
Belonging to the past - nō

Māku e pānui tētahi kōrero ki a koe.
Shall I read you a story?
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Māu e tubnu tētahi keke ma t`1a t`1atou hui.
You will cook a cake for our meeting.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kua ngaro tāku pene. He nui āu. Tēnā, hōmai tētahi.
I've lost my pen. You've got lots. Give me one please.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kei runga tō mātou whare i tētahi puke.
Our (3/+ exclusive) house is on a hill.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Ka whāngaitioa ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētahi tohunga.
Ruataupere was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I tuhia tētahi reta e ia ki tōna hoa.
The letter was written by her to her sweetheart.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka kimihia tētahi tikanga, e kitea ai he moni.
A plan will be sought whereby money will be found.
Passive sentences - tikina...

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

E ai ki ngā kōrero, e ono kē ngā matimati i tētahi o ngā ringaringa.
According to what is said, he had six fingers on one of his hands.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kāore au i te pai ki tēnei pāhotanga. Whakawhiti ki tētahi atu.
I don't like this programme. Change over to a different one.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore tōku pāpā i te hoko i tētahi rorohiko.
My father isn't buying the computer.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I te tau 1996, ka tuhi ahau i tētahi pukapuka.
In 1996, I wrote a book.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā.
One of those women stood up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

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 kitea kua puta i tētahi taha o te pā, kua haere whakatētahi taha o te pā.
They were seen emerging from one side of the pā, going towards the other side.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tū mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka haere tonu a Tainui, ā, ka pahemo i tētahi moutere.
Tainui went on and passed an island.
Conjunctions - and - ā

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

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

Homai koa tētahi o ngā āporo.
Please give me one of the apples.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

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...

I waiata au i tētahi waiata kia wareware ai aku raruraru.
I sang a song in order to forget my troubles.
In order to - kia... ai

I tuhi au i tētahi reta kia uru ai au ki roto i te raruraru.
I wrote a letter in order to get into trouble.
In order to - kia... ai

I waiata au i tētahi waiata kia kore ai au e wareware i aku raruraru.
I sang a song in order to not forget my troubles.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

I tuhi au i tētahi reta kia kore ai au e uru ki roto i te raruraru.
I wrote a letter in order to not get into trouble.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Ko tētahi hokorima i mā te tuauru.
100 men went via the west coast.
Via - mā

Kei te haere atu ki tētahi toa
If I am going to some shops

Noho atu ana tētahi, noho mai ana tētahi, i tētahi taha, o tā rāua ahi.
They sat opposite one another on either side of their fire.

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.

Kua pānui a Rangi I tētahi pukapuka.
Rangi has read a book.

Kua tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi pukapuka.
Nah, Nah Rangi's written lots of books.

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.

He aha a Rangi i tuhi ai i tētahi pukapuka i tērā tau?
Why did Rangi write a book last year?

Kāore e mārama tētahi wāhanga o te iwi ki te reo o tētahi atu wāhanga, ahakoa he iwi kotahi.
One section of the people cannot understand the language of another section, although they are one people.

Ahakoa kāore i riro mai tētahi paraihe kotahi, kore rawa tēnei hui tino nui e wareware i te tōpū o Te Kaha.
Although they didn’t win a single prize, this big gathering will never be forgotten by the group from Te Kaha.

Ka rongo ahau i tētahi waiata pai i tēnei rā.
I heard a nice song today.

Ka tae tētahi tauhou ki te kāinga.
A certain stranger came to the village.

Ka kōrero ia ki tētahi atu āpiha.
He talked to another officer.

Homai tētahi o āu tiakarete, e Koro!
Give me one of your chocolates, Granddad!

E tahuri te pā i tētahi tikanga mātau.
The pā will fall because of a cunning plan.

Ko ia tētahi o tō tātou rōpū.
She is one of our group.

Tērā tētahi rangatira.
There was a certain chief.

Nā, tērā anō tētahi pā nui onamata, ko Maunga-whau.
Now, there was a certain great fortress in days of old named Maunga-whau.

Āe, e mōhio ana ahau ki tētahi waiata Māori.
Yes, I know a certain Māori waiata.

Ke whakatika te ope, ka haere, ka tae ki tētahi awa.
The party set off, travelled along, and came to a river.

Nā tētahi atu wahine tēnā kete.
That basket belongs to another woman.

Me kōrero koe ki tētahi kaiako.
You had better talk to a tutor.

Nā, kāti tā tātou whakawhāki tētahi i tētahi (Romans 14:13)
Let us each stop passing judgement, therefore, on one another

Kei te tiki ia i tētahi rākau hei tokotoko māku.
He is getting me a branch as a walking stick for me.

Nō reira anō i ngaro ai tētahi wāhi o te whenua.
Therefore some part of the land disappeared.

Me inoi anō koutou tētahi mō tētahi (James 5:16)
You should pray for one another

Ka tū tētahi o ngā kaumātua rā.
One of those elders stood up.

Nō tētahi rā i a Nōema, ka whakamōhiotia mai kua whakaaetia tā mātou tono.
One day in November, we were informed that our application had been successful.

Me aroha tētahi ki tētahi.
We should love one another.

Me inoi anō koutou tētahi mō tētahi.
You should pray for one another.

Kua whiwhi ia i tētahi karahipi
He has got a scholarship

Ka tukuna mātau kia haere ki te taone o Ākarana, ki tētahi atu wāhi rānei.
We were allowed to go to the city of Auckland, or to some other place.

Ka whakatika te ope, ka haere, ka tae ki tētahi awa.
The party set off, travelled along, and came to a river.

Me pānui e te minita tetahi o ngā inoi.
One of the prayers must (will be) read out by the minister.

Tuatoru ki tētahi o tēnei kuini, o Ngā Waiwhenua, i te pō o Tātau-te-Wherowhero, te tuawaru.
Third, to one of this queen’s people, of Ngā Waiwhenua, on the night of Tātau-te-Wherowhero, the eighth.

I reira, ka kitea e ia tētahi pounamu i Arahura.
There, he saw a piece of greenstone at Arahura.

I hē te whakahaere a Rua-tatanoa i tētahi wāhi o te karakia.
Rua-tatanoa made a mistake at one place in the incantation.

Kua tuhituhi a Taika i tētahi reta ki Te Kaunihera.
Taika has written a letter to the Council.

Kia kite ahau i tētahi pene.
Let me see a coin.

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

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

E rapu ana ia i tētahi rangimārietanga.
He is looking for peace of mind.

Ko tētahi tuki tēnei.
This is a song.

I whati tētahi o aku rākau hau pōro!
One of my golf clubs snapped!

Koirā tētahi o ōna āhuatanga pai.
That's one of his good characteristics.

E kore rātou e ngaro ake ake, e kore anō hoki tētahi e kapo atu i a rātou i roto i tōku ringa
They will never be lost, and no one will ever steal them from my hand.

Kua whiwhi ia i tētahi karahipi.
He has received a scholarship.

I rongo au i tētahi manu e tangi ana.
I heard a bird singing.

Kia hāmama tētahi ki a Mere, ka tangi ia.
Whenever someone yells at Mere, she cries.

Kua whakawhiwhia ia ki tētahi karahipi.
He has been awarded a scholarship.

I tuhi ia i tētahi reta ki tōna hoa.
She wrote a letter to her sweetheart.

Nā, tērā tetahi wahine mōhio no te kāinga o Matangi.
Tera’ can also be used to mean ‘that person’ or ‘he/she

Ko Tamatea-pōkai-whenua tētahi o ngā tīpuna o Ngāi Tahu.
One of the ancestors of Ngāi Tahu is Tamatea-pōkai-whenua.

He uaua ki te noho ki runga i tētahi i te tuatahi nā te puku o runga i te tuarā (Pōtatau 1991:58)
It is difficult to sit on one at first because of the hump on its back

Ko Ngāi Te Rangi tētahi o ngā tino iwi o Tauranga.
Ngāiterangi is one of the main tribes of Tauranga.

Kei ahau tētahi kaitautoko, kaiāwhina, kei taku taha.
I have a supporter, a helper, by my side.

Ākuanei ka tūtaki i a ia. Heoi anō, ahau tēnā, Aaron Henare. Ko taku tētahi ingoa poto, ko Matua Azza. Mehemea e hiahia ana koe ki te tuku te ingoa poto, Matua Azza, e pai ana ki ahau.
We’ll meet him shortly. Anyway, that is me, Aaron Henare. One of my short names is Matua Azza. If you would like to use my short name, that is fine with me.

Ki tēnei kaupapa, āe, i tō mātou nei kokenga atu, kia tutaki tātou i a tātou, kia whai tētahi rere āhua pai ki tō tātou nei kaupapa.
To this topic, yes, in our progression onward, so that we meet with one another, so that we might pursue a certain good flowing form for our topic here.

I tū tētahi tamaiti tāne.
A certain boy stood.

Hei tuhi i tētahi reta te pene.
The pen is for writing a letter.

Kāore tētahi tamaiti tāne i tū.
A certain boy did not stand.

Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakaohorere ki te ākonga reo Māori, ko te akoranga nei, ehara noa te wātū i te "ka".
A common confusion for Māori language learners is that the verb "ka" is not only used for future tense.

Ka oma ngā tamariki ki te papa tākaro hei tākaro i tētahi kēmu.
The children will run to the playground in order to play the game.

Kei te mau ia i tētahi mau taringa.
She is wearing an earring.

Kei te mau is a i tētahi hei.
She is wearing a necklass.

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

I waiata rāua tētahi ki tētahi.
They sang to each other (one to another).

Kei te mau ia i tētahi pōtae kākāriki, i tētahi poraka kōwhai, i tētahi tarau poto me ētahi hū kikorangi hoki.
She is wearing a green hat, yellow jersey, red shorts and blue shoes.

I.te.mea anō e noho ana ia i reira, ka tupu ake tētahi raruraru.
Because he was staying there, trouble brewed.

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.

Kei te haere ahau ki te toa hei hoko i tētahi kakau.
I am going to the shop in order to buy some clothes.

Kei te tunu tōku māmā I tētahi keke
But when we use the gerund, the abridged version we don't need it

Anei tētahi kīwaha mōna.
Here is a kīwaha about him.

Kei te kai au i tētahi āporo.
I am eating an apple.

I hoko au i tētahi kurī hei mōkai mā taku tama.
I bought a dog as a pet for my son.

Kei te raranga ia i tētahi kete.
She is weaving a basket.

Kei te hanga rātou i tētahi whare.
They are building a house.

Kei te pānui ia i tētahi pukapuka.
He is reading a book.

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

Kāore i mau tētahi kererū i ngā pononga.
Not a single pigeon was caught by the servants.

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

I tētahi ahiahi, ka haere a Tamahae ki te rapu tuna.
On a certain evening, Tamahae went to look for eels.

Ka whakamahi au i tētahi pukarangi?
Can I use a chomebook.

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.

Kua ngaro taku pene, hōmai tētahi pene o ōu nā pene.
I’ve lost my pen, give me one of yours.

I pōuri mātou i te mea kāore i mau i a mātou tētahi ika.
We were disappointed because we didn’t catch any fish.

I waiata anake a Rangi i tētahi waiata.
Rangi only sang one song. (i.e., he sang it but didn't play, dance, or compose it)

Ko Rangi anake i waiata i tētahi waiata.
Only Rangi sang one song. (i.e., nobody else sang)

I waiata a Rangi i tētahi waiata anake.
Rangi sang only one song. (i.e., one song, not two or more)

Kua pau te pene, nā reira me kimi au i tētahi atu.
The pen has run out, so I need to find another one.

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

I tūtaki ahau ki tētahi hoa o rāua.
I met a friend of theirs.

Anei tētahi rākau nui. He tōtara tēnei.
Here's a mighty tree. It's a tōtara.

I kite rātou i tētahi kōtuku.
They saw a white heron.

Ki te kore e taea e koe, waiho mā tētahi kē atu e whakatutuki.
If you cannot manage it, leave it for someone else to complete.

Kia tūpato, me tiaki tētahi i tētahi.
Be careful and look after each other.

A tērā wiki, kei te haere mai tētahi rangatira ki tō mātou kāinga.
Next week, a chief is coming to our home.

Kātahi rā ka pēhia ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha.
Then [she] turned [her head] from side to side.

Tērā tētahi pukepuke rarauhe, he nehenehe i tētahi pito i tua tata mai o te pā.
There was a fern hill with a patch of bush at one end on the near side of the fort.

Tēra pea tētahi e mōhio ana ki te roanga ake o te kōrero nei.
Perhaps there's someone who knows the rest of this story.

Ka waiho a Ruru, māna e pīkau te hanga o te waka ki uta, ki roto ki tētahi whare mā rātou, tiaki ai.
to inside to a house for them guard ai Ruru was left to bring ashore the things on the canoe, then carry them into a building and guard them.

Ka mōhio rātou kua kite ia i tētahi ānahera.
They knew that he had seen an angel.

I hoko mai ahau i tētahi pukapuka.
I bought a book.

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

Ko te tāne a te wahine nei i haere ki te mahi i tētahi whenua tawhiti.
The woman’s husband had gone to a distant place to work. When he returned home the woman went hokianga mai ki te kāinga, ka haere te wahine ki te wharekai ki te mahi.

Waiho mō tētahi atu rā mahi ai.
Leave it for another day, leave it and do it another day.

I reira, ka kitea tētahi mahi ātaahua rawa.
From there a beautiful project was seen.

Ka hoko au i tētahi motokā hou ā te wā e whiwhi ai au i ētahi moni.
I will buy a new car at the time when I get some money.

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.

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.

Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te matapihi, i te whatitoka o tō rātou whare.
One night Māui stuffed up the window and the door of their house.

Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi reta ki te pene.
Rangi is writing a letter with the pen.

Kei te tuhituhi a Rangi i tētahi reta ki te pene i hoko ai ia.
Rangi is writing a letter with the pen which he bought.

Hoatu ēnei āporo ki tētahi tamaiti e hiakai ana
Give these apples to a hungry child

I opaina mai te pōro e ia anganui tonu ki tētahi taha o te whīra tākaro.
He threw the ball to the opposite end of the playing field.

Ka whakatika tētahi anō o ngā uri ariki, ka tū hei kaituki mō te waka rā.
Another young chief arose and stood as chanter for that canoe.

He tītī tētahi kai tino reka ki te korokoro Māori.
Mutton-bird is a very pleasant food to the Māori palate.

Ka ngaro e rua ngā tāea o tētahi o ō mātau taraka.
Two tyres from one of our trucks went missing.

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

E ai ki ngā kōrero, e ono kē ngā matimati i tētahi o ngā ringaringa.
According to what is said, he had six fingers on one of his hands.

Ka haria ki tētahi tohunga te pounamu e tāhaetia i te whare nui.
The greenstone which was stolen from the meeting house was taken to a tohunga.

E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.

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

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

E inoi ana ahau kia hōmai ai tētahi paraikete.
I pray that I will be given a blanket.

Ka riro i a au tētahi kutarere hei taonga kirihimete.
I got a scooter for chirstmas.

Nā, tēra anō tētahi pā nui onamata, ko Maunga-whau.
Now, there was a certain great fortress in days of old named Maunga-whau.

Ka rongo tētahi wahine nō runga i te rangi ki te toa o Tāwhaki.
A certain woman in the sky heard about Tāwhaki’s bravery.

Ka pirau noa iho tētahi taha o te wahine rā, ka tupu rīrī e te tio tio.
One side of the woman became rotten and overgrown with barnacles.

Nō tōna kitenga i a Peta rāua ko Hoani meake tomo ki te temepara, ka tono ia i tētahi mea māna.
When he saw Peta and Hoani soon to enter the temple, he requested something for himself.

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

Tētahi hoa ōku.
A certain friend of mine.

Tētahi tama māngere.
What a lazy boy!

Ko wai rā hoki tētahi?
Who else is there?

Ko koe anō hoki tētahi i reira.
You also were one of those present.

Kei te pānui tētahi tauira i tētahi pukapuka
And if some students are reading since books

Hōmai tētahi atu!
Give me another!

Ka whāngaitia ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētahi tohunga.
Ruataupare was also fed by hand by a tohunga.

I whai tētahi pirihimana i tētahi kaiā
If some police officers chased some thieves

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.

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

Ka waiata a Rangi i tētahi waiata
But if Rangi will sing some songs

Tērā pea tētahi e mōhio ana ki te roanga ake o te kōrero nei, e taea pea e ia te whakamārama ki te hunga e noho ware ana.
Perhaps there’s somebody who knows the rest of this story and who perhaps will be able to explain it to those of us who live in ignorance.

Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā mea pai rawa.
This is one of the best ones.

Kei te waiata tētahi tane
And if some men sre singing g