On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko te kāinga tūturu o Hera kei Pōneke.
As for Hera's permanent home, it's in Wellington.
Identity sentences - ko...

He aha ngā tamariki i hoki ai ki te kāinga?
Why did the kids return home?
Why? - He aha... ai?

Kei te hoki au ki te kāinga.
I'm returning home.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te hoki rāua ki te kāinga.
Those two are returning home.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E kaingākau ana ia ki tana mokopuna ki a Tīwana.
She is very fond of her grandchild, Tīwana.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I taku taenga atu ki te kāinga, kua maoa kē i a ia ngā kai.
When I got home, he had already cooked dinner.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I noho rātou ki te kāinga o Hēmi.
They stayed at Hēmi's home.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Me haere mai ki taku kāinga ki te kai.
(You) should come to my house to dinner.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tuhi a Moana i ana mahi kāinga.
Moana should write her homework.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga.
We (3+ inclusive) should return (go back) home.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me mahi koe i tō mahi kāinga.
You had better do your homework.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me hoki kōrua ki te kāinga.
You both must return home.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me kōrero tātou i te reo Māori i te kāinga.
We (3/+inclusive) should speak the Māori language at home.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei te kāinga a Taika e mahi ana.
Taika is at home working.
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Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga, kei hē au.
We should return home, lest I get into trouble.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Hokihoki ai ia ki te wā kāinga.
He returned home regularly.
Habitual action - ai

Taihoa e hīanga kia oti te mahi kāinga.
No mischief until the homework is finished.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Āhea koutou hoki atu ai ki tō koutou kāinga?
When are you returning to your home?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

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

Kainga ō tōhi!
Eat your toast!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kainga tāu āporo!
Eat your apple!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kainga tō parakuihi!
Eat your breakfast!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kei te taha matau o te rākau te kāinga o te kurī.
The dog's home is on the right side of the tree.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei roto taua kāinga i a Ngāti Porou.
That place is Ngāti Porou territory.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

I whakanohoia ahau i te kāinga.
I was grounded.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I kainga katoatia te hākari.
The feast was all eaten up.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I kainga katoatia te kai.
The food was all eaten up.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E kainga ana ngā rīwai e te pēpi.
The potatoes are being eaten by the baby.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua kainga te parāoa e ngā rakiraki.
The bread has been eaten by the ducks.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I kainga te keke e Mere.
The cake was eaten by Mere.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Me kōpaki e tātou ā tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We should wrap our things up and then head home.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

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

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

I pakeke ake au i Kirikiriroa, engari ko Kāpiti kē tōku ake kāinga.
I grew up in Hamilton but Kāpiti is my real home.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Hoki mai ki te kāinga kirihimete ai.
Come back home for Christmas.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Engari i mua i te haere ki te mahi, i hoki au ki te kāinga tīni kākahu ai.
But before going to work, I returned home to change clothes.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Ka tū atu he kaikōrero i tēnei taha, ka noho, ka tū mai he kaikōrero i tērā taha, ka noho. Ka pēnei tonu te haere o ngā kōrero, heoi anō, mā te iwi kāinga e whakakapi.
A speaker stands on this side, then sits, a speaker on the other side stands, then sits. The speeches carry on in this fashion. However, the homeside closes.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Kei Matipō Tirīti tō rātou kāinga.
Their house is in Matipō Street.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei Pōneke te kāinga tūtru o Aria.
Aria's permanent home is in Wellington.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te kāinga te pēpi.
The baby is at home.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

I hea te papakāinga?
Where was the settlement?
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te kāinga ahau ināpō.
I was at home last night.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I te ahiahi i hoki au ki te kāinga.
In the afternoon I returned home.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kua pau te kai, kei te hoki te tokorua ki ō rāua kāinga.
The food has been consumed, the pair are returning to their homes.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka tae tētahi tauhou ki te kāinga.
A certain stranger came to the village.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!
Don't bring that pig home!
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Engari i mua i te haere ki te marae, i hoki au ki te kāinga ki te kohikohi i aku taputapu.
But before going to the marae, I returned home to pack my gears.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

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

Kainga tāu parakuihi!
Eat your breakfast!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ko Kawatiri te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Westport.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Tae rawa atu te whānau ki te hōhipera, kua hoki kē te koroua ki tōna kāinga.
By the time the family arrived at the hospital, the old man had already gone home.
Away - atu

Hei konei he kāinga mo mātou.
Here will be a home for us.
Future locative - hei

Ki te tīmata te ua, ka noho tātou ki te kāinga.
If the rain starts, we will stay home.
If using ki - ki

Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho tāua ki te kāinga, kei mākū.
If it rains tomorrow, we will stay home in case we get wet.
If using ki - ki

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

Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Me hoki atu koe ki te kāinga, kei pukuriri tō māmā.
You had better go back now - your mum might get mad.
In case... - kei

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki mātou ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka mātou hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kia tae mai a Nikau, ka peka atu tātau ki te kāinga o Rangi.
When Nikau arrives, we will stop by Rangi's house.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

Ka mutu ana te hui, ka hoki atu tāua ki te kāinga.
When the hui finishes, then we will come home. (Or when the hui finished, then we went home.)
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

mahi-ā-kāinga
homework

Ā muri ka hoki atu au ki te kāinga.
Afterwards I am going home.

Kua hoki ngā tamariki ki te kāinga.
The children have returned home.

Kei te kāinga ngā tamariki, kei waho rātou i te whare.
The children are at home, they are outside the house.

Kei te pīrangi au ki te noho i te kāinga o Aroha.
I want to live in Aroha's home.

He tika tāu, e Rangi, hoki ora atu ki tō kāinga.
You're right, Rangi, safe travels home.

Kainga i waho.
They ate outside.

Kāore he mahi kāinga i tēnei rā.
There's no homework today.

Naumai ki taku kāinga, Te Manaaki.
Welcome to my house, Te Manaaki.

I te kainga o ngā pāua, ka pāterotero ia i te katoa o te pō.
On eating the pāua, he farted all night.

Nei te mihi matakuikui ki te hau kāinga.
Joyful greetings to the home crowd.

Naumai ki taku kāinga.
Welcome to my home.

I kainga ngā kina katoa.
All the kina were eaten.

He makariri tōna kāinga.
Her place is cold.

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

Kei konā, kei tōu kāinga.
There (by you) at your place.

E hia ngā whare o te kāinga nei?
How many houses are in this village?

Apōpō, ka haere tātou ki te kāinga o Manu.
Tomorrow we are going to Manu's home.

Hiki ana te hui, hokihoki ana ngā tāngata ki ō rātou kāinga.
When the meeting closed, everyone went home.

He makariri rawa a Kaingaroa i te takurua.
Kaingaroa is very cold in winter.

Ka kite kōrua ki te kāinga ā muri i te kura.
See you both at home after school.

I kainga ngā kina katoa e rātou.
All the kina wee eaten by them.

He kāinga iti noa iho a Ōtautahi!
Christchurch is just a little village!

He tauira ahau ki tē kāinga
I am a student at home

Keo tōu kāinga pea te ngahau nā te tini o te uri ariki.
Perhaps at your home the young chiefs dance.

Ko te heihei te tūmomo mīti e kainga ana e ratou.
The type of meat that is being eaten by them is chicken

Tena koa, kainga e koe tēnei wāhi?
Why don't you try this piece?

Kei te kāinga ōku kamupūtu.
My gumboots are at home.

Ko Manaia te kāinga.
Manaia is the home.

I noho noa iho au ki te kāinga.
I just stayed home.