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whakaaro - to think; thought, idea
whakaaro. 1. n. Thought, intention, opinion. Ka tupu te whakaaro i a Tawhiri-matea kia tahuri mai ia ki te whawhai ki ona tuakana (T. 4). Kihai a Waikato i whai whakaaro ki te whai i tana hoariri (W. v, 40).
2. Understanding. Kahore a te rakau whakaaro, kei te tohunga te whakaaro (P.).
3. Plan. Nawai a, ka kitea te whakaaro e Waikato (T. 166).
4. v.t. Think, consider, plan. I whakaaro te tangata nei, kaore ano ia i kitea e nga wahine nei (T. 138). Heoti ano ka whakaaro Waikato, me aha ra e mate ai te iwi ra (T. 166).
Williams Dictionary
Ehara tēnā i te whakaaro pai e tama.
That's not a good idea guys.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te whakaaro au ki ōku tīpuna.
I am thinking of my ancestors.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te whakaaro au ki ōku mātoua tūpuna.
I am thinking about my ancestors.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kua roa ake te mahi i tāku i whakaaro ai.
The job has taken longer than I thought.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me āta whakaaro koe!
You should be careful!
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me whakaaro koe.
You should think.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me whakakāhore e koe ēnei tū whakaaro.
You should resist these kinds of thoughts.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me ako whakataukī kia mōhio ai koe ki ngā whakaaro o ōu tīpuna.
Learn proverbs so you know the thoughts of your ancestors.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kei te whakaaro ia.
He is thinking.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Tuhia ō koutou whakaaro, ka tuku mai ai ki a au.
Write down your ideas, and then send (them) to me.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Kāore au i te mōhio he aha he whakaaro māku.
I don't know what to think.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kāore ngā kōtiro i whakaaro he hangarau, engari i kata he tama.
None of the girls thought it was funny, but a boy laughed.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...
Kei te whakaaro ia ki te haere ki te moana.
He is thinking of going to the sea.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
He whakaaro ōu?
Do you have any ideas?
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He whakaaro tōu?
Do you have an idea?
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He rawe tērā whakaaro, nē hā?
That is a great idea, eh?
That (over there) - tērā
Te pai hoki o tēnā whakaaro!
How great that idea is!
*How... - Te... hoki...
Hei whakawhiti whakaaro te kaupapa o te hui.
Exhanging idea was the purpose of the meeting.
Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.
He aha ō rātou whakaaro e pā ana ki tēnā?
What do they think about that?
He pai te whakaaro.
The idea is good.
He iti noa ake te whakaahua i taaku i whakaaro ai
The portrait was smaller than I had imagined
He tino rerekē ngā whakaaro o Hēmi i ō te nuinga
Hēmi’s ideas are quite different from the majority’s
Kia ora Hera, he pēhea ō whakaaro ki te whakamātautau?
Hey Hera, what did you think of the exam?
Ko te whakaaro na te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Kei te hoki ōku whakaaro ki ngā wā o mua.
My thoughts are going back to the past.
Ko tēnā whakaaro te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Ka whakaaro a Tia, ākunei te tae wawe ai ko Ngātoroirangi kei reira i mua i a ia
Tia thought that presently, Ngātoroirangi would arrive there before him
Ki tō whakaaro, e hia ngā tau o Tame?
How old do you think Tame is?
Te pai o tēnā whakaaro.
The goodness of the thought.
Ka whakamahia rātou kia tuhi i ō rātou whakaaro.
They will be asked or made to write their thoughts.
He whakaaro tōku.
I've got an idea.
Kāhore kau āku whakaaro ki te taua e haere mai nei.
My thoughts are not at all on the army that is coming.
Ka whakaaro a Tia ākuanei te tae wawe ai ko Ngātoroirangi ki reira i mua i a ia. (Pōtatau 1991:246)
Tia soon thought that Ngātoroirangi would arrive there before him.
He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai
The job was harder than he had thought,
E tūmi mai ana ngā kaikōrero ki te whakaputa i ō rātou whakaaro.
The speakers are standing up in turn to express their views.
Ki ō rātou whakaaro.
In their (3+) thinking / In their view.
Whakaputa whakaaro.
Express opinions.
Ki ōku whakaaro...
It is my thinking that...
Pēhea ō whakaaro?
What do you think?
Nā taua wai rā i kawe rā i kitea ai te whakaaro a Ponga ki a au.
Because of that water that was fetched, Ponga's feelings towards me were discovered.
Kei taku nei whakaaro, he tāone ātaahua a Rotorua.
In my thinking, Rotorua is a beautiful town.
Kia kaha te whakaaro!
Think hard!
Ki taku nei whakaaro, he tāone pai a Tūrangi.
In my thinking, Tūrangi is a good town.
E oti ai tēnā mahi i te wā tika, me whakaaro ake he tikanga.
In order to finish that job in time, you should develop a plan.
Ki ōku whakaaro.
In my thinking / In my view.
Ki ōu whakaaro.
In your thinking / In your view.
Ki ō rāua whakaaro.
In their (2) thinking / In their view.
Ki ō mātou whakaaro.
In our (3+) thinking / In our view.
He rawe tēnā whakaaro.
That's a great idea.
Ka āta whakaaro au (mō te kaupapa).
I'll think about it.
I te whakaaro kē ia.
She was thinking differently.
Mā māua e whakaaro.
We two (not you) will be the ones to think.
Ehara mā māua e whakaaro.
Us two (not you) will not be the ones to think.
Tēnā whakaaro tēnā!
That's a rubbish idea.
E whakaaro ana maaua ki te haere ki Tonga
We are thinking of going to Tonga
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
He aha ahau e whakaaro pēnei nei?
Why am I thinking like this?
Ka tupu te whakaaro i a Ngā Tokorua kia whakatupu i a i tana iwi kia nui hei rapu utu, ā, kia hoki anō ai rātou ki tō rātou whenua tupu
Ngā Tokorua had determined to build up his tribe in order to take revenge and to return to their homeland
Ka mutu, ka noho anō ki.te whakaaro.
When that was over they sat again and thought.
I whakaputaina tuatahihia tēnei whakaaro e Tā Āpirana.
This idea was first articulated by Sir Āpirana.
He whakaaro pai!
Good idea!
He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai.
The job was harder than he had thought.
Ki tōku nei whakaaro, koinei te mea pai rawa.
In my opinion, this is the best one.
Heoi anā tana he kohikohi i ngā whakaaro o ētahi.
All he does is assemble other people’s ideas.
Kei te whakaaro au mōu.
I am thinking about you.
He whakahaere wānanga te mahi a te ratonga hauora Māori tūmatanui, a Hāpai Te Hauora ki Rotorua i tēnei rā ki te kōkiri i te kaupapa me te whakaaro, mā te reo hoki e ora ake ai ngā hapori.
Today Māori public health provider Hāpai Te Hauora hosted a symposium in Rotorua to advance the idea and says this could also be a factor in creating healthier communities.
Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaaro mārama.
Language is the key to understanding.
Ko te reo te waka kawe i te whakaaro Māori.
The Māori language is the vessel that carries a Māori worldview.
Kātahi te kōtiro whakaaro kore!
What a thoughtless girl!
Kua roa ake te mahi i tāku i whakaaro ai
The job has taken longer than I thought
