On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Āwhina te mataamua. Ko Aroha te pōtiki.
Āwhina is the oldest. Aroha the youngest.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ehara tērā i te mea tawhito.
That is not the old one.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara ērā i ngā mea tawhito.
Those are not the old ones.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te hiahia āwhina koe?
Do you need a hand?
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E āwhina ana a Amaru i a Aroha.
Amaru is helping Aroha.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E āwhina ana ahai i a ia.
I am helping him.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I āwhina mai ia. He atawhai nōna.
She helped me, She is very kind.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te whakawhitinga o te katipō i te matapihi, mea oma.
The spider ran across the window.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka āwhina koe i a au ā tērā wiki.
You will help me next week.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me āwhina koe i a ia.
You should help her.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te āwhina rāua i a Hēmi.
They (2) are helping Hēmi.
Sentences with i - i

Me kau hoki ki hea i te tawhiti ki waho o te moana nui?
Where could he swim to, from such a distance out in the ocean?
Sentences with i - i

Ka āwhina aua manu i te tīwaiwaka.
Those birds help the fantail.
Sentences with i - i

Āhea ngā ngeru meke ai i ngā māwhitiwhiti?
When will the cats pounce on the grasshoppers?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

Nō Rakiura au.
I am from Stewart Island.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti tōku pāpā.
My Dad's from the Eastland region.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti hoki ahau.
I'm also from the East Coast.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nā Ari i āwhina a Pāora.
It was Ari who helped Pāora.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Ponga ahau i āwhina.
I was protected by Ponga.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā taku pāpā koe e āwhina.
My dad will help you.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku e āwhina.
I will help.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku koe e awhina.
I will help you.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku koe e awhi e.
I will help you.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Pita a Manu e āwhina i te rā nei.
Pita will support Manu today.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māu ahau e āwhina?
Can you help me?
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māna e āwhina ahau,
She will look after me.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Pāwhiritia te tohu tīwhiri ka whakautu ai i te pātai.
Click the clue symbol in each box to reveal the question.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te whakakākahu i a ia anō!
Help your sister to get herself dressed!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Āwhinatia rātou!
Look after them!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te kuhu i ōna kākahu!
Help your sister put her clothes on!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

He pēwhea te tawhiti atu o Te Wharekauri i te tuawhenua?
How far away are the Chatham Islands from the mainland?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

Kaua e whakamā. Karawhiua!
Don't be shy. Give it a go!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kei te awhitia te pēpi e tōna māmā.
The girl is being hugged by her mother.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua kohia e ia ētahi waiata tawhito.
Some ancient songs have been collected by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kia tae atu tātou ki Te Tairāwhitio, ka pōhiritia tātou.
When we get to the East Coast we will be welcomed.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka āwhinatia a Niko e Mia.
Niko was helped by Mia.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I āwhinatia rātou e mātou ko aku tēina.
They were helped by me and my younger siblings.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I taiāwhiotia te whare i te ture.
The house was surrounded by the police.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka taea e koe au te āwhina mai?
Are you able to help me?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Anei he pukapuka hei āwhina i a koe.
Here's a book to help you.
For the purpose of - hei

Kei konei koe hei āwhina.
You're here to help.
For the purpose of - hei

E hoki ki tōu maunga kia pūrea ai koe e ngā hau a Tāwhirimātea.
Return to your mountain so that you may be refreshed by the winds of Tāwhirimātea.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Nō Heretaunga, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From Hastings, but my family and I are staying here.
Conjunctions - but - engari

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 present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Ka tae te ope rā ki ā rātou mea i mahia mai rā i Āwhitu.
The group took their things which had been made in Āwhitu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore tōku kāinga e tawhitei i te pāka.
My house is not far from the park.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Koia kei a koe mō te āwhina i tō whaea! I aha kōrua i te māra?
You're awesome for helping your mum. What did you do in the garden?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ko māua ko Mere ngā kaiāwhina.
Mere and I are the helpers.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kāhore kau ana tū taonga nei i whakawhiwhia ki te taitamariki i aua rā.
These kinds of treasures were not given to the young in those days.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kaua rātou e āwhinatia!
Don't help them!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

He kōrero tēnei mō te hapū i noho i Āwhitu.
This is a story about the hapū which lived at Āwhitu.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

E hia rānei ērā kāinga tawhito?
How many of those old settlements would there be?
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Mā wai ahau e āwhina?
Who will help me?
Who will? - mā wai?

Ma wai koe e āwhina.
Who will help you?
Who will? - mā wai?

Mā wai a Kayte e āwhina?
Who will help Kayte?
Who will? - mā wai?

Mā wai ngā tamariki e āwhina?
Who is to help the children?
Who will? - mā wai?

He pai ake te tīma Kahurangi i te tīma Āwhiowhio.
The Blues are better than the Hurricanes.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

He pai atu te tīma Kahurangi i te tīma Āwhiowhio.
The Blues are better than the Hurricanes.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

Hei whakawhiti whakaaro te kaupapa o te hui.
Exhanging idea was the purpose of the meeting.

Tuawhitu
seventh

Kei te āwhina ia i āna tamariki.
She is helping her children.

He kaiāwhina ahau nō te kaiwhakahaere.
I am an assistant to the Director.

Whakarongo ki a āwhina.
Listen to āwhina.

Ko te waha tawhito tēnei.
This is the old entrance.

Ko Tāwhiri-Mātea.
Ko Tāwhiri-Mātea te atua o ngā hau.

Ko ngā iwi o te rāwhiti, o te tonga hoki, ha mahi kē i te "kei te...".
The tribes of the east and the south, on the other hand, use "kei te...".

Ko te mea tawhito tērā.
That is the old one.

Ko ngā mea tawhito ērā.
Those are the old ones.

Haere mai ki te āwhina.
Come and help.

Āwhea a Aria ako waiata tawhito ai?
When will Aria learn ancient songs?

Āwhea a Honi tākaro poitarawhiti ai?
When will Honi play netball?

āwhina mai.
Help me please.

Awhi mai.
Give me a cuddle.

Mā wai koe e āwhina?
Who will help you?

Mā ngā tama koe e āwhina.
The boys will help you.

Kei te āwhina mai te kuia i ahau.
The grandmother is helping me.

Āwhiowhio i Aotearoa.
Right throughout Aotearoa.

Ka haere au ki te paku āwhina i a rātou.
I'll go and give them a bit of a hand.

He tawhiti kē tō koutou haerenga, ki te kore haere tonu.
You have come too far in your journey to not carry on.

Te Tīma Poitarawhiti o Aotearoa.
The New Zealand Netball team.

He kaiāwhina ā te kaiwhakahaere ahau.
I am an assistant to the director.

Kei te āwhina au i a koe.
I am helping you.

He tēpu kāwhi kei waenganui i te rūma noho.
There's a coffee table in the middle of the lounge.

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.

Kei te āwhina a Nikau i a Koa.
Nikau is helping Koa.

Upoko pakaru te karawhiu!
Get a smashed head! (Keep going! Get into it!).

He tawhito tērā.
That's old.

Tēnā koa, āwhina mai.
Excuse me, can you help.

Kei te āwhina i a ia ngā tamariki katoa o te tāone o Poneke.
All the children of the town of Wellington are helping her.

Ko āna tamariki tonu ki te āwhina haere i a ia.
Her own children used to help her.

Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
Tāwhirimātea is the god of the wind and storms.

Karawhiua!
Give it heaps!

Tēnā tō patu, hei koha māu ki ō tātou ariki i Āwhitu.
Here is young weapon, for you [to give] as a gift for our leaders in Āwhitu.

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

Kei tawhiti taku tahu.
My beloved is far away.

He tika te kī a tō tātou ariki, nā te kōtiro nei i pai mai ki a Ponga, kāti me āwhina e tātou.
The words of our leader are just; because this girl loves Ponga, we should support her.

"Katoa tō mātou kapa e tino manawanui nei i te āheinga a te hunga reo Māori ki te whakamutu i ā rātou mahi hoko kai i roto i te reo, i te āheinga hoki mā te whānui me te whāroa o ā mātou toronga, ka āwhina kia whakarauora i te reo, ā, kia whakamahia e ngā whakatipuranga kei te pihi ake."
"Our entire team is incredibly proud that not only can te reo Māori speakers now complete their shopping in their own language, but that we can use our scale and reach to help ensure te reo Māori is revitalised and used for generations to come."

Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.

E āwhina koe ahau i a Tawa.
You are helping Tawa.

Ko Ataahua taku taokete, he tino pai ia. Koia kei te āwhina mai i ōku mātua i ia rangi, i ia rangi.
Ataahua is my sister in law, she is great. She helps my parents everyday.