Results for 'they'
rātou - they, them, three or more people
rātau - them; they (three or more people)
rāua - them; they (two people)
Te rangi i taka iho! - That'll be the day! (When they sky falls down!)
Tē taea e rātou! - They haven't got a chance!
Mō te kōrero! - They talk a lot!
Ko rātou ngā tāmgata.
They are the people.
Identity sentences - ko...
He aha rātou i kai ai i ērā āporo?
Why did they eat those apples?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
He aha rātou i peka ai ki taua marae?
Why did they visit that marae?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Ehara i a rātou ngā manuhiri i pōhiri.
They didn't welcome the guests.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara rāua i te kaiwhakaako.
They are not teachers.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te whakapakari tinana rātou ki te papa tākaro.
They are exercising at the playground.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te kai rāua i ngā kūmara.
They are eating the kūmara.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te oma rātou.
They are running.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te oma rātou ki te kura.
They are running to school.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E kauhoe ana rātou i ngā ngaru.
They are swimming in the waves.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E pōwhiri ana rātou ki a mātou.
They are welcoming us.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E pōwhiri ana rātou ki a mātou.
They are welcoming us.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E tākaro ana rāua i te papa tākaro.
They (two people) are playing at the playground.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E tangi haere mai ana te ope.
The group are weeping as they come.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E mātakitaki ana rātou i te netipāora.
They are watching the netball.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E tātaku ana tērā i ngā kauhau o nehe, me te kōrero i ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna i mahia i tēnei taha.
They recited the old recitations from ancient times, and talked about the deeds of the ancestors.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E waiata ana rātou.
They are singing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I konei rāua i nanahi.
They were here yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I pakipaki te katoa me tō rātou kore e tino mārama ki tāua i kī ai.
Everyone applauded though they did not entirely understand what he had said.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I tauomaoma rātou e rua maero i te one.
They had a race for two miles along the beach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I haere rātou ki te ngahere inānahi.
They went to the forest yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I noho rātou ki te kāinga o Taika.
They stayed at Taika's home.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I haere rāua i te tahataha awa.
They walked beside the river.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati kei ngā maunga.
In the winter they were on the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer they were in the mountains.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I te hīkoi rātou i nanahi.
They were walking yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te inumanga o te pia, ka hauranga rātou.
On drinking the beer, they got drunk.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te haere rātou.
They were going.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te haere rātou ki te moana ki te kauhoe.
They were going to the beach to swim.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka haere rātou ki te moana ki te kaukau.
They will go to the beach to swim.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te hanga rātou i te whare.
They were building the house.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka taitai rātou ō rātou niho.
They will brush their teeth.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka tae mai rātou, ka noho tahi mātou ki te kōrero.
When they arrive, we will all sit and chat.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua tae katoa mai rātou.
They have all arrived.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua pau ngā moni.
They money is all gone.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua moumou rātou i te rehu horoi.
They have wasted the soap powder.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua tae mai rātou?
Have they arrived?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua hoki mai rāua i te toa.
They have returned from the shop.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua tākaro rāua i te whutupaoro.
They have played rugby.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me aha rātou?
What should they do?
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kei te waruwaru rātou i ngā rīwai.
They are peeling the spuds.
Sentences with i - i
Kei te āwhina rāua i a Ataahua.
They (2) are helping Ataahua.
Sentences with i - i
Kei te whakaoti rātou i ā rātou taumahi.
They are competing their assignments.
Sentences with i - i
Ka tīmata rāua ki te horoi i te whare.
They have started to wash the house.
Sentences with i - i
Kātahi ka tuku i a au kia tū ana, i a rātou e whakatā ana.
Then they left me standing while they had a rest.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Kei roto rātou e mahi kai ana.
They are inside preparing food.
Kei runga rātou i te huarahi e haere ana.
They are travelling on the road.
Noho ai rātou ki Waiwera ia tau, ia tau.
They always stay at Waiwera each year.
Habitual action - ai
Ki a rātou te tiki i a Hone.
They will fetch Hone.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?
Ka tino rata ia ki te keke ka tunua ki te kāinga.
They really like the cake that is baked at home.
To like - rata
Nō tērā Rāhoroi rātou i tae atu ai.
It was last Saturday that they arrived there.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō tō tāua taenga, ka tūpono ia e mau kaka rerehua ana rāua.
When they arrived, he realised that they were wearing fancy dress.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te roa o te noho, ka mōhio a Kupe ko te wairua katoa o Kura e hiahia ana ki a ia.
From the length of time they stayed, Kupe knew that Kura's entire spirit desired him.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te taenga mai hoki o ngā tauhou ki konei, ka arahina rātou e mātou ki te toka nei kia kite.
And when outsiders come to our district we lead them to this rock so they can see it themselves.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te pō, i a rātou ka taurite ki te kūrae o Taumata-apanui, ka peke a Tōrere.
At night, when they were opposite Taumata-apanui, Tōrere jumped [overboard].
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nā rātou ngā manuhiri i pōhiri.
They welcomed the guests.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā rātou i kawe te patu.
They carried weapons.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā rātou i horoi ngā pereti.
They washed the plates.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā rātou ngā pereti i horoi.
They washed the plates.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā rātou ngā manuhiri e pōhiri.
They will welcome the guests.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rātou ngā manuhiri e pōhiri.
They will welcome the guests.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rāua te motokā e taraiwa.
They (two) will drive the car.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rāua ngā pukapuka e pānui.
They (two) will read the books.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rātou te kēmu e takatū.
They will prepare the game.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rāua te motokā e whakatika.
They (two) will fix the car.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They (two) will tend to the garden.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rātou ā mātou manuhiri e pōwhiri.
They will welcome our guests.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
I kōrero rātou mō tērā tangata.
They spoke about that person.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā mātou.
They and I will.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rātou.
They will.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rātou e horoi ngā pereti.
They will wash the plates.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā rātou ngā pereti e horoi.
They will wash the plates.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
I titiro māi rātou ānō nei he kūare māua.
They were staring at us as if we were stupid.
It was as if - ānō nei
Kei waenganui rāua i ngā tama.
They are among the boys.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei te hoki rātou mā runga i te pahi.
They are returning by bus.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Me mā runga tereina ki Te Awamutu.
They are going by train to Te Awamutu.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Nōnahea rātou i pōwhiritia ai?
When were they welcomed?
Passive sentences - tikina...
I kōrerohia te pūrākau ki te reo Māori.
They story was told in the Māori language.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I mihia e ahau.
They were acknowledged by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kitea rawatia ake rāua i runga i te maunga.
They were finally seen on the mountain.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I pōkia te rangi e ngā kapua.
They sky was covered over by the clouds.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I te ngahuru i hauhaketia e rātou ngā riwai.
In the autumn, they harvested potatoes.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E ai ki ngā kaimātai pūtaiao, ehara te wēra i te ika, he whakangote kē.
According to the scientists, whales are not fish, they are mammals.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
E haere waiata ana rātou.
They were walking along singing.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kia hoki mai rātou i te tāone, ka kai ai tātou.
When they get back from town, then we'll eat.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Ka tango rātou i ō rātou hū, ka tomo ai i te whare.
They took their shoes off and then went inside.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Ka taea rāua te haere ki te kura?
Are they (two) able to go to school?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka taea rāua te mahi tahi.
They (two) are able to work together.
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka kimihihia he rūma mōtēra e wātea ana, nō whea e kitea.
They looked for a vacant motel room, but had no luck whatsoever finding one.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea
Ke kohi i te hua o te miro, hei hinu whakakakara.
They gathered miro berries to make scented oil.
For the purpose of - hei
Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.
They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.
For the purpose of - hei
Haria ngā kākahu ki waho kia whitia ai e te rā.
Take the clothes outside so that they can be shone on by the sun.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia
I tērā tai i te kāinga ngā tamariki a ako ana, engari kei te kura rātou i tēnei wā.
Last year the children were learning at home, but they are at the school now.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Ka hui rātou āpōpō kōrero ai mō te wharenui.
They will meet tomorrow to discuss the wharenui.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Nā te makariri rāua i hoki ai.
They returned because of the cold.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
I tērā Rāhoroi, i haere rātou ki tātahi kohi pipi a.
On Saturday, they went to the beach to gather pipi.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Hei tērā Mane rātou tae mai ai, arā, hei te 2 o Pēpuere.
They arrive next Monday, that is, on the 2nd of February.
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.
Nā te makariri rāua i hoki mai ai.
They came back because of the cold.
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.
Kāore anō rāua kia tae mai.
They haven't yet arrived.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore anō rāua kia hoki mai i te toa.
They have not returned from the shop yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore anō rāua kia tākaro i te whutupaoro.
They have not played rugby yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore kau he tiakarete i te pouaka - kua pau kē.
There are absolutely no chocolates in the box - they have all been eaten.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...
E ai ki ngā rongo kua taumaha a ia, mea ake ka hemo.
They say he's very ill, and it won't be long at all before he dies.
All of a sudden - Mea ake
Ka āhei rāua te haere ki te toa.
They (two) are allowed to go to the store.
Allowed to do something - āhei
Kia tae mai rātou ka haere tātou ki te marae.
When they arrive we will go the marae.
Adjectives and a-type statives -
Kia whiwhi te tamaiti tāne ki te moni, ka hoko mai ia i te koha mā te kōtiro.
When they boy got the money, he bought a present for the girl.
Adjectives and a-type statives -
Kia tae mai rātou, ka pōwhiritia.
When they arrive they will be welcomed.
Adjectives and a-type statives -
Kei te pōuri rātou?
Are they sad?
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te
Kei te hui rātou.
They are at the meeting.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kei te aha rāua?
What are they doing?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?
Kei te aha rātou?
What are they (3+) doing?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?
Kāore rātou i te hīkoi i nanahi.
They weren't walking yesterday.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kāore rātou i te pōuri?
Are they not sad?
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kāore rātou i te haere.
They are not going.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kāore rātou i te oma ki te kura.
They are not running to school.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
I te taha o te awa aua mea.
They were beside the river.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
I a rāua te waka i te ata nei.
They had it this morning.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
Did they sing at the gathering?
Did they not sing at the gathering?
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...
E kore e oti i a rātou taua whare i te ahiahi nei.
They will not finish that house this afternoon.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...
Ka mamae aku turi, ngā wāhi katoa ōku, engari kāore e heke taku taumaha.
They hurt my knees, and every other part of me, yet I don't seem to lose any weight.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka mīharo rātou, me te tino whakamihi.
They were all full of admiration, and very grateful.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka haere i te ara i runga i te rangitoto.
They went along the path over the coria.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka hoki mai nā roto i te nehenehe.
They returned by way of the patch of bush.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka tātua i a rātou mō te haere.
They girded themselves for the journey.
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 takaia, ka kawea, ka whakairia ki runga ki te kauere.
They wrapped him up and took him and suspended him in a puriri tree.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka hoe mai whaka te tauranga waka i Onehunga.
They rowed through the canoe anchorage at Onehunga.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kāore rātou e haere ki te moana ki te kaukau.
They will not go to the beach to swim.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
He kaiwhakaako rāua.
They (two) are teachers.
Categorizing sentences - he
E tata ana rāua ki Te Tai Tonga.
They were approaching Southland.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Kāore rāua e tākaro ana i te papa tākaro.
They are not playing at the playground.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...
Mate noa ake rātou katoa i te aroha ki taua kōtiro.
They were all overcome with love for that girl.
He whānau pai tō Moana, he nui tō rātou aroha ki a rātou anō.
Moana has a good family. They love each other very much.
No Heretaunga rāua.
They are from Hastings.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Na Tame and Rina.
They are Tame's and Rina's.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
No ngā tāngata i roto i te whare nui.
They belong to all the people in the meeting house.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Nā ō tātou manuhiri pea?
Perhaps they belong to our guests?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Kāore rāua i whāia e Tame.
They were not chased by Tame.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Kāore ā rāua he ngeru.
They don’t have any cats.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore ō rātou hū.
They don’t have any shoes.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore ā rāua pukapuka.
They don’t have any books.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore ō rāua waka.
They don’t have any cars.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore ā rāua tamariki.
They don’t have any children.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
He kuri ā rāua?
Do they have a dog?
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He ngeru ā rāua.
They have cats.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He hū ō rātou.
They have shoes.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pukapuka ā rāua.
They (two people) have books.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He waka tō rāua.
They (two people) have a car.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He tamariki ā rāua.
They (two people) have children.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Kāore rātou i te haere ki te moana ki te kauhoe.
They were not going to the beach to swim.
Describing how an action is done - I tere tā mātou haere; He pai tana mahi
Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā
Ka haere mai rātou a te Mane.
They will come on Monday.
Towards - mai
Kei te ata ka eke mai ka patu.
In the morning they will arrive and attack.
Towards - mai
Te rangonga o te iwi o te pā i te haruru, ka oma iho ki te mātakitaki haka.
When the people of the pā heard the noise, they ran down to hear the haka.
Down - iho
E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Kua whakaritea, me tae rātou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka.
It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawearau mill at nine o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Haere tonu rāua, me te whai atu anō a Ponga i muri tata.
They went on with Ponga following close behind.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Pā tonu mai te karanga, ke whakaeke te ope.
As soon as they heard the call, the party went onto the marae.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Hei te marae rātou.
They will be at the marae.
Future locative - hei
Ehara rāua nō Taranaki.
They are not from Taranaki.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara rāua nō Ngāpuhi.
They are not from Ngāpuhi.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Kāore rātou i te hui.
They are not at the meeting.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Ehara mā rātou ngā manuhiri e pōhiri.
They won't welcome the guests.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara mā rātou ngā manuhiri e pōhiri.
They won't welcome the guests.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara mā rāua te motokā e taraiwa.
They (two) won’t drive the car.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara mā rāua ngā pukapuka e pānui.
They (two) won’t read the books.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara mā rātou te kēmu e takatū.
They won’t prepare the game.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara mā rāua te motokā e whakatika.
They won’t fix the car.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ehara mā rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They won’t tend to the garden.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Kei te moe tonu pea, pērā i tō rāua pāpā.
They are probably still sleeping, just like their father.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Ka kōrero a Toto, ki ana kōtiro, mehemea e pai rāua ki te moe tāne.
Toto asked his daughters if they wanted husbands.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā
Ka kōrero a Toto ki ana kōtiro, mehemea e pai rāua ki te moe tāne.
Toto asked his daughters if they wanted to get married.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā
A kōrero ana rāua mō te rā e haere ai rāua.
And they talked about the day when they would leave.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...
I kōrero rātou mō tēnei tangata.
They spoke about that person.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...
Ki te tae mai he ope, me pōhiri.
If a group arrives, they must be welcomed.
*If using ki - ki
He pai ki a rāua ngā pukapuka o te whare.
They (two) like the books in the house.
I like... - He pai ki a au...
Kāore rāua e taea te haere ki te kura?
Are they (two) unable to go to school?
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Kāore rāua e taea te mahi tahi.
They are unable to work together.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Ehara i a rātou te whare i whakapai.
They didn’t clean the house.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ehara i a rāua te whare i hanga.
They didn’t build the house.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ehara i a rāua ngā pukapuka i whakahoki.
They didn’t return the books.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ehara i a rāua ngā pirihimana i whawhai.
They didn’t fight with the police.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Kāore rātou i mahue i te pahi.
They were not left by the bus.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
I a mātou i Rānana ka tūtaki ki a Mere mā i a rātou e hoko ana i ng`1a parāoa wīwī.
While they were in London, they met Mary and her group while they were buying French bread.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...
I a rātou e waiata ana i tā rātou waiata ka whakarite kai ngā ringawera mā rātou.
While they were singing their song, the cooks prepared food for them.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...
Kātahi anō rātou ka tīmata ki te kai.
They have just started to eat.
Has just... - kātahi anō...
Nā te aha rātou i kōrero ai?
For what reason did they speak?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Nā taku pukumahi i paru ai.
Because of my hard work, they are dirty.
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Nā te aha rātou i kore ai e kōrero?
Why didn’t eypeak?
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?
Tō rātou kaha hoki.
How strong they are.
How... - tō... hoki, te hoki
Ko te nuinga ia i mea kia kāua e hoea ki te taua.
The majority, however, said that they should not paddle off to a hostile expedition.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Ka haere rātou mā Te Wairarapa mā Tararua rānei.
They will either go via the Wairarapa or Tararua.
Or... - ...rānei
Ka tae mai ana rātou, ka kai tātou.
When they arrive, we will eat.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
Ka kai tātou, ka tae mai ana rātou.
We will all eat when they arrive.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
Kāore rātou hei te marae.
They will not be at the marae.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...
Kāore ā rāua he kuri?
Do they not have a dog?
Do you not have any? - Kāore āu...
Ehara ngā pukapuka o te whare i te pai ki a rāua.
They do not like the books in the house.
I don't like... - Ehara... i te pai...
Kāore rāua e āhei te haere ki te toa.
They are not allowed to go to the store.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei
I noho mai rātou, tae noa mai ki te Rāhoroi kua hipa nei
They stayed right up till last Saturday
Kua rongo rātou i te kai.
They (3/+) have tasted/smelled the food.
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.
Kua tae katoa mai rātou
They have all arrived
He aha rātou i waiata ai i tērā waiata?
Why did they sing that song?
He tino maha ngā mea whakamīharo i kite rātou i taua rā.
at that day The wonderful things that they saw that day were very numerous.
He aha ō rātou whakaaro e pā ana ki tēnā?
What do they think about that?
E hia ō rātou tau i reira e mahi ana?
How many years were they working there?
I kite rātou i ngā mea whakamīharo i taua rā.
They saw the wonderful things that day.
Hei tēra Mane rāua tae mai ai, arā, hei te 2 o Pepuere
They arrive next Monday, that is, on the 2nd of February
Ka mīharo rātou ki te ātaahua o te wahine patupaiarehe.
They were astonished at the beauty of the fairy woman.
Kua haere atu rātou
They have gone
He nēhi rātou
They are nurses.
Kātahi rātou ka tahu i te whare
Then they set the house alight
E toru ngā piko e toe ana, ka eke ake ai te iwi o Hauraki.
The Hauraki forces had three river bends to navigate before they would arrive.
Mā wai ēnei kapu tī? Mā ngā tamariki? Ehara, mā ngā kaumātua kē.
Who are these cups of tea for? The children? No, they are for the elders.
Ka haere rāua.
They went.
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.
Ka manaaki rātou i a mātou.
They will look after us.
Ehara i te mea mā rātou e horoi ngā kākahu.
They will not wash the clothes.
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.
Ia Rātapu, ia Rātapu haere ai rātou ki te whare karakia.
Every Sunday they go to church.
Ahakoa kei te mākū ō rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.
Mehemea ka rui·a ngaa kakano i te waa nei, ka tupu
If you plant the seeds now, they will grow
Ahakoa he mākū ō rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.
Haere ana rātou.
They went on.
I rā uta mai rātou
They came by way of the shore
Ka haukereherehia rātou e mātou
They (three or more) will get dealt to by us (three or more)
Tae rawa atu rātou, kua mate te koroua
By the time they got there, the koroua had died
Kāore rātou e haukereherehia e mātou
They will not get dealt to by us
Kei te whakangau poaka rāua.
They are pig hunting.
Kei Taranaki kē rātou e noho ana.
They are living away in Taranaki.
He aha rātou i haere ai?
Why did they go?
Kātahi ka kumea mai e rātou a Tākītimu ki uta rawa kia kore ai e riro i te tai (Pōtatau 1991:29)
Then they drew Tākītimu all the way ashore so that it would not be carried off by the tide
Nā, kawea ana e rātou a Kae, ka whakatakotoritia ki te pou tokomanawa o te whare o Tinirau.
Then they carried Kae and laid him at the main supporting post of Tinirau’s house.
I titiro atu rātou ki te moana
They looked (away) towards the sea
Kua ora haere mai anō ōna mātua
His parents have got better than they were, are getting better
I hiahia rātou ki te wāhi.
They wanted the place.
Te tino haerenga o rātou, 'Koia anō me te huruhuru manu e rere ana i te hau'.
They all ran on "like a bird's feather flying in the wind".
E haere ana rātou ki te kanikani.
They are going to the dance.
I te ono karaka, kua tae atu rātou ki Ōmihi.
By six o’clock eyad got to Ōmihi.
E tangi haere mai ana te ope
The group are weeping as they come
E ai ki ngā kaimātai pūtaiao, ehara te wēra i te ika, he whāngote kē
According to the scientists, whales are not fish; they are mammals
pai·nga moo te motu naa reira ia ka whakaari·a hei mema paaremata
Because he was such a good man, and had done so much for the people, they nominated
E haere ana rātou ki te kanikani?
Are they going to the dance?
He hiakai nō rātou.
Because they were hungry,
He aha rātou e waiata ai?
Why will they sing?
Me mahi hoki rātou.
They should certainly work. (For ‘me
I haere rātou ki te hui
They went to the hui
.. te tahā i taunaha rā
.. the calabash they had claimed.
I taua rā anō ka haere rāua.
On that exact (precise) day they set off (On that very day they set off).
Ko rātou i haere ki te hui
It was they who went to the hui
He tama haututū rātou
They are mischievous boys
Kua oti tō rāua motukā i a rāua te horoi.
They have finished washing their car.
Kaaore aa raatou neera i rite te roa ki aaku e whai ana
They don’t have nails as long as I’m after
Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.
He aha rātou e waiata nei?
Why are they singing?
Kua kite rātou i ētahi pāua nui.
They have found some big pāua.
Pau katoa ana te pō i a rāua e kanikani tahi ana.
They spent the whole night dancing together.
Ko te nuinga o ngā ākonga, he Māori =
As for the majority of the students, they are Māori
Kei te tākaro rātou ki konei.
They (3+) are playing here.
Kimi-hia mai ai e rātou te wāhi.
They were continually searching for the place.
I haere takirua rātou
They went in pairs.
Kua tae mai rātou.
They have arrived.
Kua tae mai nei rātou.
They have arrived here.
Kei te kura rātou ko Hata ko Pani ko Mere.
They and Hata, Pani, and Mere are at the school.
Kua tae tonu mai nei rātou.
They have just arrived here.
Ehara mā rātou e horoi ngā kākahu.
They will not wash the clothes.
I haere rātou ki te wāhi.
They went to the place.
Kāhore ō rāua whare.
They have no house (houses).
Mā te aha i tae mai rātou ki te tautoko
At least they came to offer their support
I haehae rawa rātou.
They slashed deeply.
Tomo ana i te whare, kei te papa a Hukamā e takoto ana.
When they entered the house, Snow White was lying on the floor.
Kei te kāinga ngā tamariki, kei waho rātou i te whare.
The children are at home, they are outside the house.
I haehae rawa iho rātou.
They slashed deeply downwards.
Auē ana rātou katoa.
They all cried out in distress.
Tō.rāua kāinga i tae mai ai ko Kaka-horoa.
The village they came from was Kaka-horoa.
I ngā Paraire haere ai rāua ki ngā toa
On Fridays they usually go to the shops
Ko ētahi o ā rātou waiata nā rātou tonu i tito (Kāretu 1974:108)
Some of their songs they composed themselves
Kei te tākaro rāua ki konā
They (2) are playing there near you.
Naa raatou i tahu te mea nei ki te maati, me kore e/*i toro
They put a match to the substance to see whether it would burn
I haehae rawa iho nei rātou.
They slashed deeply downwards here.
Kei te kimi hia te whare mō te kura
A house is being sought for the school, they are looking for a house for the school
Kāore rātou i haere.
They did not go.
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 eyetched their sister, and returned her to Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Kua hinga au
They (two people) have slept
I noho rāua i te kāinga.
They lived at the place.
Ka pēra haere tonu te mahi, ā tae noa mai ki Aotearoa nei (Pōtatau 1991:10)
They proceeded like that until they arrived in New Zealand
Kua moe rāua
They (three people) have gone to the shop
Āe rā, kua hoki mai ki te whakahōhā i te whānau.
Yes indeed, they have returned to annoy the family.
Ka kite au i roto i ngā nūpepa e kōrero ana mō ētahi tohorā e rua, he tāne, he uwha.
I saw in the newspaper where they were talking about two whales, a male and a female.
Kua kite rātou i te Kuīni.
They have seen the Queen.
Mai i te tau 1985 tae noa ki te tīmatanga o tēnei tau, i Whangārei rātou e noho ana
They were living in Whangārei from 1985 until the beginning of this year
Kua rite rātou?
Are they ready?
kau atu ana rātou ki uta
they swam away to shore
Kua mataku rātou i te raiona.
They have been frightened by the lion.
B. Kei runga ō i te tēpu
They are on the table
E whakamatakuria ana rātou e te raiona.
They are being frightened by the lion.
I kite rātou i a Hēnare.
They saw Hēnare (b) (c).
Mahi noa, nāwai rā, ka puta mai te mate moe ki a Te Tahi.
They worked on, and then presently Te Tahi felt sleepy.
Me i tahuri taua iwi ki te whawhai ki a Tama maa kua mate noa iho.
If that tribe had turned to fighting Tama and the others they would have been completely defeated.
E whakamaroke ana rātou i ā rātou tauera.
They are drying their towels.
I hoki rātou i Maketū.
They returned from Maketū.
Ma rātou e unahi ngā ika.
They will scale the fish.
I whakahoki mai rātou ki a ia.
They replied to him.
Kua haere rāua ki te kāinga.
They have gone to the village.
Kei roto rātou i te whare.
They are inside the house.
I pōwhitritia e mātou.
They were welcomed by us.
Kātahi ka tuku i a au kia tū ana, i a rātou e whakatā ana (Pōtatau 1991:52)
Then they left me standing while they had a rest
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.
Ko rāua aku hoa.
They are my friends.
Ka whai haere rāua i ahau ahakoa haere ahau ki hea.
They followed me no matter where I went.
Ka whakamahia rātou kia tuhi i ō rātou whakaaro
They will be asked/caused/made to write their thoughts (about it)
Ā te waru karaka, ka tae mai rātou.
At eight o’clock, eyill arrive.
Ka tono a Māui kia haere atu rātou.
Māui ordered that they should go.
I āwhinatia rātou e mātou ko aku tēina.
They were helped by me and my younger sisters.
E whawhai ana rātou ki te hoariri.
They are fighting with (against) the enemy.
Ka tae ana te ope, ka pōhiritia
When the party arrives, they will be welcomed
E karanga rātou.
They will call.
Ko rātou ko ō rātou hoa ngā mea ngaro.
They and their friends are the missing ones.
Nā, nō ka kaha ngā tama a Iharaira, ka meinga e rātou ngā Kanaani hei kāmahi
When the Israelites became stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labour
Kua piki rātou i te maunga.
They have climbed the mountain.
E hia, e hia ngā punua kararehe e mau ana i te tuna nei, ana heke iho ki te inu.
Great numbers of young animals are seized by that eel when they go down to drink.
Ka haere atu rātou ki tōu whare
They will go to your house
E titiro ana rāua ki etahi nūpepa tawhito.
They are looking at some old newspapers.
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.
Kei te tākaro rātou i te pā whutupāoro.
They are playing touch rugby.
Nō rātou ka rongo, ka werowero i roto i ō rātou ngākau (Acts 2:37)
When they heard (this), they were cut to the heart
Ehara rātou i te tamariki.
They are not children.
He whare tō rāua.
They have a house.
I a rātou i reira, ka mate te koroua
While they were there, the old man died
Ka whakamahia rātou kia tuhi i ō rātou whakaaro.
They will be asked or made to write their thoughts.
Kei te aroha rātou ki tō tātou whenua
They all love our land
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
I kai rātou.
They ate.
Hoko ai hoki rātau i ngā maniūa mō te māra i Ōpotiki.
They usually buy the manure for the garden at Ōpotiki.
Ahakoa kei te mākū (Ahakoa he mākū) o rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.
I haere rātou ki te papa tākaro
They went to the playing field
Kīhai rātou i kai.
They did not eat.
Kāhore rātou i kai.
They did not eat.
Kei te whakaako rātou i te reo Māori ki ā rātou tamariki.
They are teaching Māori to their children.
Kei te whakaako rātou i ā rātou tamariki ki te reo Māori.
They are teaching their children Māori.
Ka tomo rātou mā te kuwaha iti.
They entered by way of the small gateway.
Haria *ngā kākahu* ki waho kia whitia ai e *te rā*.
Take the clothes outside so that they can be shone on by the sun.
He kākahu rangatira ō rātou.
They have flash clothes.
Pēhea ai tā te ngeru tangi? Miao ai!
What kind of sound do cats make? They meow!
Kia pakeke rā anō ngā tamariki, ka mārama rātou.
Only when the children are older will they understand.
Koia nei te wāhi haere ai ngā hokowhitu ki.te whakatapu i ngā toa.
That was the place where armies went to acquire special powers so that they would not be killed in battle.
Ka mahi moni rātou katoa.
They will all make money (raise funds).
Kua toa rātou
They have won
Kua tino toa rātou!
They have won well!
Kei te oma raatou
They are running
I kai au i te kai kia pau ai.
I ate the food so that it would be consumed. Maybe I ate the leftovers so they wouldn't get thrown out and be wasted.
Mā rāua ngā pipi e kohikohi
They will gather the pipi
Kei te kai raaua
They are eating
Kimi-hia mai ai e rātou te wāhi
They were searching for the place.
Ka hoki atu rātou me te amuamu.
They started to go back with grumblings
Kei te kai raaua i ngaa kuumara
They are eating the kumaras
I kite rātou i ngā kōtiro e waiata ana, e kata ana.
They saw the girls (who were) singing and laughing.
Ko rātou ngā tāngata i haere ki te ngahere.
They are the men who went to the forest.
Ka noho te ope rā, me te ako i ngā kōrero, i te rā, i te pō.
They stayed there acquiring knowledge by day and by night.
Kua tae mai rātou i hea?
Where have they arrived from?
Nā, ka miharo rātou ki tāna kupu, ā whakarongo kau ana.
They marvelled at his word and just listened.
Ka haere rātou.
They (3 or more people) will go.
Kāore rātou i whāia e Rewi.
They were not chased by Rewi.
Ki te kore rātou e whakaae, me whiriwhiri anō.
If they don’t agree, we must think again.
Tō.rāua take i haere mai ai, he kimi i tō.rāua tuahine, i a Kanioro.
The reason they came was to search for their sister, Kanioro.
Kei te ako rātou.
They are learning.
Ki te kore rātou e noho puku, ka omaoma ngā tia.
If they do not sit silently, the deer will flee.
Ka haere mai rātou ki te kāinga hei kai i te hākari.
They will come to the house to eat at the feast.
I waiata rāua tētahi ki tētahi.
They sang to each other (one to another).
Hei āwhea rā te tae mai ai kia hohoro ai te patu iho i ēnei, i a Ngāti Raukawa?
When will they arrive so that we may speedily destroy these Ngāti Raukawa?
Ka āwhina aua manu i te tīwīwaka.
They help the fantail.
Kei te hīkoi rātou.
They are walking.
Kua tae atu rātou.
They have arrived.
Kei te waiata koa rātou.
They are singing joyfully.
Ko āu irāmutu rātou.
They are your nephews.
Ki te haere rātou ki Taupō, ka noho au ki konei.
If they go to Taupō, I shall stay here.
Ehara rātou i āu irāmutu.
They are not your nephews.
Mehemea i noho rātou ki konei ka haere au ki Taupō.
If they had stayed here I should have gone to Taupō.
Kei te kōrero rātou.
They are speaking.
Naa te makariri raaua i hoki mai ai
They came back because of the cold
I oma atu rātou!
They ran away.
Ka patu anō rātou i ngā kurī.
They hit the dogs again.
Hei te marae rātou.
They will be at the marae.
E noho puku ana rātou.
They are sitting silently.
He tino kaha rātou ki te whai i tā rātou e hiahia nei
They are very energetic at pursuing their own goals
Kei te kōrero rātou mō te tāke hōu i pānuitia e te kāwanatanga
They are talking about the new tax which was announced by the government
Kei te hī ika rāua.
They (those two) are fishing.
Kainga i waho.
They ate outside.
Kua tomo atu rātou ki roto i te whare.
They have entered the house.
E haere mai ana rātou ki tōku whare.
They are coming to my house.
He wāhine rātou, he tāne tātou.
They are women, we are men.
Kua puta mai rātou i roto i te whare.
They have come out of the house.
I mātua haere rāua ki tō rāua matua.
They went first to their father.
Āwhea rātou hoki mai ai?
When are they returning?
Kei te hanga rātou i tētahi whare.
They are building a house.
I tū ake rātou ki te waiata
They stood up to sing (together, as a group).
Kei te hī ika rātou.
They (three or more) are fishing.
Kei te haere rātou.
They are going.
Kātahi rātou ka tahu i te whare.
Then they set the house alight.
He aha rāua i kōrero ai?
Why did they talk?
Kei te hanga whare rātou.
They are house building
I tō rātou tomokanga ki te pā, kāhore he tangata o roto.
When they entered the pā, there was nobody inside.
Hokona he kai kia kai ai rātou katoa.
Buy some food so that they may all eat.
I titiro atu rātou ki te moana.
They looked towards the sea.
I waiata rātou.
They sang.
Kātahi-tonu-nei rātou ka tae mai.
They have just arrived.
Haere ai rātou ia raumati ki te wāhi i noho ai ō.rātou tūpuna.
They went every summer to the place where their ancestors lived.
Ā, hei āwhea rā te tae mai ai kia hohoro ai te patu iho i ēnei, i a Ngāti Raukawa?
Ah, and when will they arrive so that we may speedily destroy these Ngāti Raukawa
Ka kitea e rātou tēnei kurī he tino paru te āhua.
They found this dog of very dirty appearance (this dirty-looking dog).
Kei te hiahia rātou.
They are wanting.
E haere taki·tahi ana raatou
They went singly
Ko rātou ngā tāngata.
They are the people.
Kua mahue rātou i te kaiārahi
They have been left behind by the guide
Kei te inu rātou.
They are drinking.
Kei te tiro rātou i te pukapuka
They are thoroughly studying/scrutinising the book
I rā uta mai rātou.
They came by way of the shore.
E kōrero ana rātou
They were speaking
Kei te tiro rātou ki te pukapuka
They are looking at the book, The book is the thing to which they are directing their eyes
Kua hinga au?
Have they (two people) slept?
Kua moe rāua?
Have they (three people) gone to the shop?
Kei te kai rātou.
They are eating.
Nā te kōrero rātou i riri ai.
They were angry because of the talking.
Kia oti te tā o ēnei, kātahi te tino kōtiro nei kei muri ai
After they are done, the chiefly girl is tattooed.
I tae atu rātou ki reira me ā rātou pū.
They arrived there with their guns.
Kei te moe rātou.
They are sleeping.
Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.
Kua oti ngā mahi i a rātou
They have completed the work,
rātou
they, them, three or more people
Kei te mataku rātou i te tangata haurangi.
They are frightened by the drunken man.
Ka whakatika rāua.
They stood up.
Hei tērā Mane rātou tae mai ai.
They arrive next Monday.
Kei te noho rātou.
They are sitting.
Kāore anō kia kitea te rā me te awatea, nā te mea e piri tahi ana ngā mātua, kei te kōpū kē ngā tamariki nei e noho pipiri ana, ānō nei he kāpō rātou.
The sun and daylight had not yet been seen because the parents were pressed together; the children were huddled inside the womb, as though they were blind.
Ka tomo rātou ki roto ki te whare rūnanga.
They went into the meeting house.
Kua tae atu rātou ki Rotorua.
They have arrived in Rotorua.
I te mea ehara i te iwi hāpai rākau ki te riri, kore rawa i ara te ua i te putanga mai o Rere-ao mā.
Because they were not a people to bear weapons in battle, they did not raise their heads when Rere-ao and company appeared.
Hōatu ki a rātou tā rātou e hiahia ai.
Give to them that which they desire.
I taea e rātou ā rātou tuhinga te whakaoti i mua i te rā i whakaritea hei tāpaetanga atu
They were able to finish their essays before the due date
Ka whakangāwaritia e rātou tā rātou haere kia tae atu ai te wahine nei ki a rātou.
They slowed their pace so that this woman could catch up with them.
Ka oti te mahi, ka hoki mai rātou ki te kāinga.
When the job was done, they returned home.
Kua tae mai rātou i Rotorua.
They have arrived here from Rotorua.
Ka whakahu ake rātou, ka akiaki iho te waha.
They shouted up, and the voice protested from above.
Kei te whare kura rātou
They are at the school
Pātai atu ki ngā tāngata kei te aha rātou.
Ask the people what they are doing.
Ā hea rātou (e) haere ai (ki Rānana)?
When will they go (to London)?
I aha rātou?
What did they do?
I tō rātou taenga ki te wāhi e kīa nei ko Korokota (Matthew 27:33)
When they arrived at the place called Golgotha
I mate ia i te iwi o Rangi-houhiri, i a rātou i whakaeke ai i Maketū.
He was killed by the people of Rangi-houhiri when they attacked Maketū.
Ā te Hātarei rātou haere ai.
They will go on Saturday.
I noho rātou.
They sat down.
Kua pau-haere te moni.
They money is getting used up.
Ehara nā rātou te whare i hanga.
They didn't build the house.
Kua haere mai rātou kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori.
They have come in order to be taught Māori.
He uri rātou nō Tahuāpōtiki.
They are descendants of Tahuāpōtiki.
E aha ana rātou? (Kei te aha rātou?)
What are they doing?
Kua kitea e rātou he tikanga
They have found a plan,
Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te purei tēnehi.
They have gone to the university to play tennis.
Mā ēnei tikanga hoki ka ngāwari ai ngā ara, ngā huarahi, mō ā.tātou tamariki e whai ana, e rapu ana rānei i te mātauranga o te Pākehā.
In this manner you will ease the way for our children as they seek the knowledge of the Pākehā.
I a rātou te motukā.
They had the car.
E kai ana rātou (Kei te kai rātou).
They are eating.
I te taha o te awa.
They were beside the river.
Nā te mea i kaha ake rātau i a tātau.
Because they were stronger than us.
Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori.
They have gone to the university to be taught Māori.
I a rātou te motukā?
Did they have the car?
I hea rātou, inanahi?
Whjere were they yeterday?
I haere rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te ako i te reo Wiwi.
They went to the university to learn French.
I haere rātou katoa ki roto i te wharekai.
They all went into the dining hall.
Kei te haere mai rātou ki konei.
They are coming here.
I Te Kuiti rātou, inanahi.
They were in Te Kuiti yesterday.
I haere rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Wiwi.
They went to the university to be taught French.
Ka aha rāua?
What will they do?
I tae mai rātou ki Kāwhia.
They arrived at Kāwhia.
Oma ai rātou.
They are always running.
Ka noho rāua.
They will stay.
Kei Whakatū rātou.
They are in Nelson.
E haere pēhea ana rātau?
In what direction were they travelling?
Kua tomo atu rātou, ki roto i te whare.
They have entered into the house.
He aha ēra?
What are they?
Ko ngā tuākana, kāore e mate te kai
As for his elder brothers, the food would not die (i.e., they could catch no birds)
Kua puta mai rātou, i roto i te whare.
They have come forth out of the house.
Ka noho rātou ki te whāriki.
They will sit on the mat.
Me te mea nei kei te moe kē rātou.
It looks as if they are already asleep.
E kai ana rāua i ngā keke.
They are eating the cakes.
Tokohia ā rāua tamariki
How many children do they have? (literally ‘How many their children?
Kei te karo rātou i te uwhiuwhi.
They are avoiding the shower.
Kei te tākaro ki te tahitahi.
They are playing with the broom.
Kei te haere rātou ki ngā pikitia i te rangi nei.
They (3+) are going to the movies today.
Kei mua rātou i te whare e tū ana.
They are standing in front of the house.
Nā rātou anō rātou i kuhu
They looked after themselves
I kite rātou i tētahi kōtuku.
They saw a white heron.
Me kai rātou.
They had better eat.
Kua piki rātou i te pātū.
They climbed the wall.
Nā reira tangi ai rātau.
Therefore (and so for that reason) they lament.
E whakarongo ana rātou ki te aha?
What are they listening to?
Kei te haere rātou ki tātahi ā te Rāhoroi.
They are going to the beach on Saturday.
Kei muri rātou i te whare e tū ana.
They are standing behind the house.
Nā te makariri rātou i hoki ai.
They returned because of the cold.
Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua
They are house building for their parents
Ka tae mai rāua ki Ōtautahi.
They arrived (here where I am) in Christchurch.
Ka tae atu rāua ki Ōtautahi.
They arrived (there) in Christchurch.
Mahue ake i a rāua tō rāua matua.
Then and there they left their father.
Kia hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga, ka moe ai.
When the children go home then they will sleep.
Kātahi ka kumea mai e rātou a Tākītimu ki uta rawa kia kore ai e riro i te tai.
Then they pulled Tākītimu all the way ashore so that it would not be carried away by the tide.
Nā te aha rātou i hoki mai ai
Through what cause (why) did they come back?
Nā te ua rātou i hoki mai ai
Because of the rain they came back
I tae pai katoa rātou ki uta.
They all reached the shore safely.
Kua haere rātou.
They have gone.
Ā, tēnā moana, i mua, kia tāti te mango i te whānau ko konā ranga ai
In former times, in that river, when sharks would start to give birth they would gather there
Me mutu tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu i te toru karaka
Their writing of their answers must stop at three o’clock (i.e., eyust stop writing their answers at three o’clock)
I whakahoki mai rātou ki ā ia.
They replied to him.
E tuhituhi ana rātou i ā rātou whakautu
They are writing their answers
Ka oma rātou ki muri o te whare.
They ran behind the house.
Heoti anō ka haere rātou.
Accordingly they went.
Kei te whāwhai atu rāua ki waho kia tīkina ngā kākahu horoi.
They are rushing outside to fetch the washing.
Ka oma rātou.
They ran.
Ka tae rāua ki reira ka waiho te tamaiti rā a Kape-taua e Tara-kumikumi i aua toka rā noho ai.
When they reached there, that child, Kape-taua, was left to stay on that rock by Tara- kumikumi.
I konei rāua i nanahi
They (two) were here yesterday
Kua whakarite·a me tae raatou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka
gen Kawerau at the nine clock ‘It was arranged that eyhould arrive at the Kawerau mill at nine o’clock
Mutu rawa ake, kua pō.
By the time they were finished, it was night.
Ka waiho te tūpāpaku ra e rātou ki reira takoto ai, ā hoki ana rātou ki te kāinga kōrero ai.
They left the body to lie there and then went home to talk.
Ko ngā Ōpango ka toa, nē rā?
The All Blacks will win, wont they?
Ka haere rāua i te taha tonu o te pahi.
They walked past the bus.
Ko rātou ka toa.
They will win.
Mā ratou e hīkoi.
They will be the ones to walk.
Kua tino toa rawa atu rātou!
They have won convincingly!
Kua tae mai rātou i Rotorua
They have arrived (here) from Rotorua
I tō rātou taenga atu, e pōuri tonu ana te hōro.
When they arrived, the hall was still dark.
He aha rā i mau ake ai te ika ki tana mātau?
Why were they caught by his hook?
Ka kimihia he puna wai, nō whea e kitea.
They looked for a spring, but had no luck whatsoever finding one.
Ka mea atu ia kia raatou kaua e hoki ki te kaainga
He told them that they should not return home
E whakaae ana mai rātou kia haere tāua.
They agreed that we should visit them.
Kua wehe rāua i te rōpū matua.
They have separated from the parent organisation.
Kaatahi raatou ka whakarite ki te tautoko i te take a Te Arawa kia tua·ina ngaa raakau paina
case gen Te Arawa subj fell·pass. the(pl) tree pine ‘Then yranged to support the Te Arawa case that the pine trees should be cut down
I mahi rātou
They worked (active); simple past.
Ehara mā ratou e hīkoi.
They will not be the ones to walk.
Kāo, kāhore ā rāua tamariki.
No, they have no children.
Kei te ruku kōura rātou.
They are crayfish diving.
Me mutu tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu i te toru karaka.
They must stop writing their answers at three o’clock.
Ka mōhio rātou kua kite ia i tētahi ānahera.
They knew that he had seen an angel.
Kua waiata rātou.
They have sung.
I oma rātou nā tua o ngā rākau.
They ran past beyond the trees.
He maunga ikeike ēnei, ngaro katoa ai i te hukarere.
CLS mountain lofty these hidden all ai by the snow They are high mountains, all covered with snow.
I whakapono rātou he tangata kino a Hoani.
They believed that Hoani was an evil man.
He tawhiti rawa ngā marae o te wā kāinga nei hei hokinga mai mō rātau (Kāretu 1974:153)
The marae of the home area are too far away to be a place they can return to
Ko te whakaaro i oti nei i a rāua me haere rāua ki te pā o Uenuku rāua ko Toi ka muru mai i ngā hua o te poroporo o Uenuku (Biggs, Hohepa, Mead 1967:41)
The plan they devised was that they should go to Uenuku and Toi’s pā and steal the fruit of Uenuku’s poroporo
Ka mōhio rātou i te ora tō rātou pāpā.
They knew that their father was well.
Tae rawa atu rātou ki te kāinga, kua tae kē ō rātou hoa
When they eventually reached home their friends had already arrived
Haere mai ai rātou ki Rotorua, ia Tūrei ia Tūrei
They usually come to Rotorua, each Tuesday
Ka rūpeke noa rātou ki waenga o te marae e nohoia rā e te manuhiri.
They all gathered together in the middle of the marae where the visitors were sitting.
Āhea rātou ka wehe atu?
When are they leaving?
Kāhore kau he kupu a rāua ki a rāua.
They did not say a single word to each other.
He ākonga rāua.
They are both students.
E whakarongo ana rātou ki tā Rewi e whakamārama ana ki a rātou.
They are listening to that which (what) Rewi is explaining to them.
Āhea rātou wehe atu ai?
When are they leaving?
Kei te kai rāua i ngā kūmera.
They (2) are eating the kūmera.
Taku kitenga i a rāua i nanahi, i te tautohetohe rāua.
When I saw them yesterday, they were quarrelling.
Āta horoia ngā karaehe, kei pakaru.
Wash the glasses carefully, so they don’t break.
Pā tonu mai te karanga, ka whakaeke te ope.
As soon as they heard the call, the party went onto the marae.
Ehara rāua i te ākonga.
They are not students.
Hei āwhea rā te tae mai ai?
When will they arrive?
Kei te whakaoti rātou i ā rātou taumahi
They are completing their assignments (now)
Kua horoi rāua i te whare.
They have washed the house.
He aha rātou i kata ai?
Why did they laugh?
Tae tonu mai te ope ki konei, ka eke ki te marae.
As soon as the party got here, they went onto the marae.
He aha tā rātou e hiahia ana?
What is it that they desire? (What do they want?)
Ko te Rātapu te rā e hoki ai rātou ki tō rātou kāinga
Sunday is the day on which (when) they go back to their home
Taku kitenga i a rāua i nanahi, i te tautohetohe rāua
When I saw them yesterday, they were quarrelling
He aha rātou i waiata pērā ai?
Why did they sing like that.
He harikoa nō rātou.
Because they were happy.
I ōna wā he iwi manene; i ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati Kei ngā maunga.
In those days they were a nomadic tribe; in the winter, [they] were in the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer [they] were on the mountains.
Tokohia ā rāua tamariki?
How many children do they have?
Kei hea kē ngā tamariki?
Where are the children? They are not where I expected them to be.
Āwhea rātou hoki mai ai?
When are they returning?
Tokorima ā rāua tamariki.
They have five children.
Hokona he kai kia kai ai rātou katoa
buy some food so as they may all eat (in order that they might all eat thereby)
Kāhore rāua e mahi ana
they are not working
Kua haere rāua
They have gone
Ka rūrū rātau, ā, ka haria te manuhiri ki te kai (Kāretu 1974:10)
They shake hands and the visitors are taken to have a meal
Nā te aha rātou i ngenge ai?
Why are they tired?
E waiata ana rātou.
They are singing.
Kei a rātou
They have got them
Te rangi i taka iho!
That'll be the day! (When they sky falls down!)
Nā rātou te waka taua i hoe mai
They paddled the war canoe
Kei a rāua ngā tauera
They have the towels
Kei te pānui rātou i te pukapuka
They are reading the book.
Ā tērā wiki rātou hoki mai ai.
They come back next week.
Nō tō rātou taenga atu
When they arrived, on their arrival
I pānui rātou i te pukapuka
They read the book.
Kei tō rātou kura rātou.
They are at their school.
Ka haere anō rātou ki.te wero.
Then they went spearing again.
Ka hao i te ika, ka keri i te roi.
[They] caught fish in nets, they dug up fern roots.
E katakata ana rātou.
They are laughing.
Kāore rātou e katakata ana.
They aren't laughing.
Kei Otaki rātou e hui ana.
They are meeting at Otaki.
He aha te take i hoki mai ai rātou?
What is the reason they have returned?
E mataku ana rātou kei kore e oti te mahi.
They are afraid the job might not get done.
Ā miharo noa rātou katoa.
And they all just marvelled.
Kei te haere raua ki te hīkoi akuanei
They are going for a walk soon.
I āwangawanga rātou kei kore ia e tae atu i te wā tika.
They were worried that she might not arrive at the right time.
Kei tātahi rātou.
They are at (the) seaside.
Ka tīmata rātou ki te waiata
They will start to sing
Kua toru kē ngā rā kei roto i te wai mātao rā, ā, kua tika mō te kai.
After the olives have been in cold water for three days, they are right for eating.
Ka mutu, ka noho anō ki.te whakaaro.
When that was over they sat again and thought.
He tino pai rātou ki te waiata
They are very good at singing
He nēhi tātou.
They are nurses.
I hea rātou inanahi?
Where were they yesterday?
Ā rokohanga atu e rātou kua hurihia te kāmaka i te urupā.
And so they found that the boulder had been rolled from the burial place.
Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te purei tēnehi
They have gone to the university in order/so as to play tennis
I Te Kūiti rātou inanahi.
They were in Te Kūiti yesterday.
Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga kia whakaakona ai ki te reo Māori
They have gone to the university in order/so as to be taught Māori
Ka haramai rātau kia kite.
They came to see her.
Kua wehe rātou i te rōpū matua.
They have separated from the parent organisation.
I tū tātou, ēngari, kei te noho rātau.
We stood, but they are sitting.
Ka aru rātou i muri i a ia.
They followed after (behind/in the rear of) him.
Kua haere atu rātou ki tātahi
They have gone beachward
Kia kite ai rātou i te marae ātaahua nei.
So they could see the beautiful marae.
I tākaro ngā tamariki, ā, kei te ngenge rātou.
The children played and they are tired.
Kātahi rātou ka mōhio ki ā ia.
Then they knew him.
Kei te tākaro whutupāoro rātou.
They are playing football.
I tū nga tāngata, engari, kei te noho rātou.
The people stood, but at the moment - kei te - they are sitting.
E mahi ana rāua
They are working
Ki tonu ā rātou kete ka hoki rātou ki te kāinga.
When their kits were quite full they returned to the village.
He āhua mate tō rāua whaea, heoi ka haere atu rātou katoa ki tātahi.
Their mother was a little ill, however they all set off to the beach.
I hoki mai rāua mā te mākū.
They returned on account of the damp.
Kua kai rātou
They have eaten
E kōrerorero ana rātou i ēnei take nunui.
They are discussing (talking over) these important subjects.
Kāhore rātou kia kai
They have not eaten
E kai ana rātou
They are eating
Ka tae te ropa rā ki ana hoa, ka rongo rātou, heoi anō rongo kau anō, ka oho te mauri o ērā.
The slave got to his friends, and they listened, but when they listened, their fear was aroused.
Me tuku mātau i ā mātau tamariki ki te kura kia pai ai tō rātau hoki mai ki te tāhae, ki te whānako?
Should we send our children to school so that they can return better at cheating and
Kāhore rātou e kai ana
They are not eating
Kei te kai rātou ki konei.
They (3+) are eating here.
Mehemea i whakarongo rātou ki te reo o Māui, e kore e kino te whenua.
the land If they had heeded Māui’s voice the land would not have been bad.
E kimi haere ana rātou i āna moni ngaro.
They are going along seeking his lost money.
Kei te kai rātou
They are eating
Me pēhea rātou e mōhio ai?
How are they to know?
He pukapuka ā.mātou hei tuhi i ngā kōrero, kia kore ai ia e mau i a mātou.
We had books to write the stories in so that they would not be forgotten.
Kāhore rātou i te kai
They are not eating
Kei mua rātou i te kura.
They are in front of the school.
E akona ana ngā tamariki kia kaua e kau rawa atu ki te wāhi tapu, kia kaua rānei e inu i ngā pua o ngā hutukawa e tū ana i te runga i te rua o ngā taniwha, kei horomia, kei rumakina rānei ki te wai.
The children were taught not to swim in the sacred place, nor to drink (the nectar) of the flowers of the pōhutukawa trees standing above the monster’s pit, lest eye swallowed up, or drowned in the water.
Tokohia ō rātou kaikōrero i tēnei rā?
How many speakers have they got today?
Ka mahi rātou i ngā māra taea noatia te Rā Tapu.
They worked in the gardens right up to Sunday.
Mā rāua te waka e whakairo.
They will carve the canoe.
Ka kai rātou
They will eat
Mā ngā iwi katoa e kai, kia mate ai ngā iwi katoa, kei ngā iwi o Tuere te mana, te atua.
at the(pl) bones of Tuere the power the supernatural They would all eat the fish, and all of them would die, slain by the supernatural power of the bones of Tuere.
Ka kore rātou e kai
They will not eat
Ka mīharo rātou, me te tino whakamihi (Pōtatau 1991:16)
They were full of admiration, and very grateful
Ko tō.rāua kāinga i noho ai, ko Hawaiki.
The place where they lived was Hawaiki.
i ngā taonga kia kore ai e tere ngaro.
This is the value of these activities, the competitions, holding on to the treasures so that they will not be quickly lost.
E ai ki ngā rongo kua taumaha a ia, mea ake ka hemo.
They say he’s very ill, and it won’t be long at all before he dies.
E tata ana rāua ki Tāmaki-makau-rau.
They were approaching Auckland.
Whakapūpū-tia mai ō mānuka kia kore ai e whati.
Cluster the branches of the mānuka so that they will not break.
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
Nā rātou ngā pāua i kohi.
They gathered the pāua.
(I heke iho rātou mā te ara
They descended by way of the path
Kua haere tahi mai rātou
They have arrived together
He whare ō rātou.
They have houses.
I kōrero rātou mōku.
They talked about me.
I tākaro ngā tamariki, ā, ka haere rātou ki te whare, ā, ka kai rātou.
The children played, subsequently, they went to the house and then they ate.
Tae rawa atu rātou, kua mate te koroua.
By the time they got there, the elder had died.
Kua toru kē ngā rā kei roto i te wai mātao rā, ā, kua tika mō te kai (Pōtatau 1991:156)
After they (olives) have been in cold water for three days, they are right for eating
Kei te waiata rātou.
They (3 or more) are singing.
Kei te kaakahu ngaa waahine raa, kei te titiro whakatau mai ki a ia
While the women were putting on their clothes, they gazed intently at him
Ka tae ki te wāhi i tupu ai te poroporo o Uenuku.
They reached the place where Uenuku's breadfruit grew.
Nō/I Te Rāhoroi rātou i tae mai ai
They arrived on Saturday. It was on Saturday that they arrived.
Mā hea rātou haere ai?
How are they going?
E tino rata ana au ki te iwi o reira. – Tō rātou āhua, ā rātou tikanga – ngā mea katoa.
I really like the people from there – how eyct, their customs – everything about them.
I tango pea i te ingoa Ngāti Hotu kia ora ai rātou ..
They perhaps took the name Ngāti Hotu so that they would be spared ..
Nō tērā Rāhoroi rātou i tae atu ai
It was last Saturday that they arrived (there)
Kei hea rātou ā tērā wiki?
Where will they be next week?
Nō nahea rātou i wehe atu ai?
When did they leave?
I titiro māi rātou ānō nei he kūare māua.
They were staring at us as if we were stupid.
Kei waho rātou i a Rotorua e mahi ana.
They will be on the outskirts of Rotorua working.
I tū ake rātou ki te waiata.
They stood up to sing together as a group.
Ko rātou ngā kaimahi nāna tōku whare i hanga.
They are the workmen who built my house.
Nā te mahi rātou i hoki ai ki Pōneke.
They returned to Wellington because of the work.
Haere ai rātou ki te karakia ia Rā Tapu iā Rā Tapu.
They regularly go to the service each Sunday.
Ka moe rāua i te one.
They (2) are going to sleep on the beach.
I a rāua te waka i te ata nei
They had it this morning.
I haere rātou ki te hui mā runga hōiho
They travelled to the gathering by horse
Ki te kai ngā tamariki i te keke, ka harikoa rātou.
If the children are eating the cake, they are happy.
Ka haere rāua ki Kaingaroa noho ai.
They went to Kaingaroa to live there.
Ehara nā Aria ngā tamariki, nā Ataahua kē ngā tamariki.
The women are not Aria's, they are actually Ataahua's children.
I haere rātou ki te hui mā runga i ō rātou hōiho
They travelled to the gathering on their horses
E haere tonu mai ana anō hoki pea.
Perhaps they are also still coming.
Ko ētahi o ā rātou waiata nā rātou tonu i tito.
Some of their songs they composed themselves. — 934
Ka mahi te iwi i te kai, ka kawe maa Poroumaataa i te hinu, i te ika, me eeraa atu kai katoa
When the tribe procured food, they brought for Poroumata game, fish, and all other kinds of food
Nō tō rātou taenga atu ki te papa tākaro, ka mutu te ua
When they arrived at the playing field, the rain stopped
Ka whakahoki te whāea, ‘Kia tino ngaro atu te rā, kia tō ki tua o te moana, kia tino kore e kitea ngā hihi o te rā, koinā te wā ka hoki mai ai rātou ki te whare nei, ki te moe.
When the sun has really disappeared and set beyond the ocean, when no rays of the sun can be seen, that's the time they come back to sleep.
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
Ka haere raatou ki waho o te whare herehere me te mea nei, e haere ana ki te karakia
They left the prison as if they were going to church
Ka kōrero ana ākona mō ngā merekara katoa i kite ai rātou.
His disciples talked about all the miracles that they had seen.
