On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E whakatā ana tāua i te ngahere.
We (you and I) are resting in the forest.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E tono ana ia kia haere ia ki te whakatā.
He is requesting to go for a break.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I whakatā māua i te whare.
We (me and one other) rested at the house.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I Kohitātea ka whakatā tonu mātou.
We always take our holidays in January.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka tino whakatā ia.
He or she will be very relaxed.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tino whakatā a Rangi.
Rangi will be very relaxed.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka āhua whakatā ahau.
I will be somewhat relaxed.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka whakatā ahau.
I will be relaxed.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tino whakatā a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be very relaxed.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka āhua whakatā a Mere.
Mere will be somewhat relaxed.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka whakatā koe.
You will be relaxed.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me whakatā ia
He should rest
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me whakatā koe!
You should rest!
Simple sentences: you should - me

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

Pēnei au i te whakatā koe.
I thought you were resting.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Ka haere au ki Ōhope whakatā ai.
I go to Ōhope in order to relax.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kei te whakatā koe.
You are relaxed.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te tino whakatā a Mere.
Mere is very relaxed.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te whakatā ia.
He or she is relaxed.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te āhua whakatā koe.
You are somewhat relaxed.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te āhua whakatā ia.
He or she is somewhat relaxed.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te tino whakatā ahau.
I am very relaxed.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te tino whakatā koe.
You are very relaxed.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

I te ata o te Rāhoroi ka haere mātou ko taku whānau ki Taranaki ki te whakatā.
On Saturday morning my family and I went to Taranaki for a holiday.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Kāore māua i whakatā i te whare.
We did not rest at the house.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore tāua e whakatā ana i te ngahere.
We are not resting in the forest.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

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

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

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

Ka oma tātou ki korā, kātahi ka whakatā.
Went ran over there and then rested.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Ka mutu tāt tāau mahi, ka whakatā tātou.
When our work is finished, we will relax.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

I whakatā ia.
He or she was relaxed.

I āhua whakatā a Hēmi.
Hēmi was somewhat relaxed.

I tino whakatā ia.
He or she was very relaxed.

I tino whakatā a Rangi.
Rangi was very relaxed.

Kei te tino whakatā a Rangi.
Rangi is very relaxed.

Ka whakatā ia.
He or she will be relaxed.

I āhua whakatā ahau.
I was somewhat relaxed.

I tino whakatā a Mere.
Mere was very relaxed.

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

Ka tino whakatā a Mere.
Mere will be very relaxed.

Kei te tino whakatā a Hēmi.
Hēmi is very relaxed.

Ka haere au ki tātahi whakatā ai.
I go to the beach in order to relax.

I whakatā ahau.
I was relaxed.

Kei te āhua whakatā a Rangi.
Rangi is somewhat relaxed.

I āhua whakatā koe.
You were somewhat relaxed.

Me whakatā ngā tamariki.
The children should rest.

Ka āhua whakatā koe.
You will be somewhat relaxed.

Kaua ngā tamariki e whakatā.
The children should not rest.

I tino whakatā a Hēmi.
Hēmi was very relaxed.

Kei te āhua whakatā a Mere.
Mere is somewhat relaxed.

Ka noho ia ki te whakatā i te manawa.
He sat down to regain his breath.

I whakatā au. Me koe? I haere koe ki hea?
I relaxed. And you? Where did you go?

I whakatā koe.
You were relaxed.

Kei te āhua whakatā a Hēmi.
Hēmi is somewhat relaxed.

I āhua whakatā ia.
He or she was somewhat relaxed.

Ka āhua whakatā ia.
He or she will be somewhat relaxed.

Me whakatā koe.
You need to rest.

Kua oti taku mahi, nō reira ka whakatā au.
My work is finished, so I will rest.

I whakatā au.
I relaxed.

I āhua whakatā a Rangi.
Rangi was somewhat relaxed.

Ka āhua whakatā a Rangi.
Rangi will be somewhat relaxed.

Kei te āhua whakatā ahau.
I am somewhat relaxed.

Kei te tākaro koe i ēnei rā whakatā?
Are you playing sports this weekend?

Kāore āku mahi nui, i whakatā, i whakapai whare, i āwhina i tōku whaea i tōna māra.
I didn't do much, I relaxed, cleaned the house, helped my mother in the garden.

I tino whakatā ahau.
I was very relaxed.

Ka tino whakatā ahau.
I will be very relaxed.

I āhua whakatā a Mere.
Mere was somewhat relaxed.

I tino whakatā koe.
You were very relaxed.

Ka tino whakatā koe.
You will be very relaxed.

Ka āhua whakatā a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be somewhat relaxed.

Kei te tino whakatā ia.
He or she is very relaxed.

Kei te whakatā ahau.
I am relaxed.

Ka whakatā ahau mō te kōtahi wiki.
I'll take a holiday for a week.