On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

He aha ō kākahu i paru ai?
Why are your clothes dirty?
Why? - He aha... ai?

Kei te whātuitui kākahu ia.
He is folding clothes.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E whakakākahuana ia i a ia anō ki ōna kākahu tino pai.
He's getting himself dressed in his best clothes.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hiahia ana au ki tērā kākahu kahurangi.
I want that blue dress.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I haere au ki te whare horoi kākahu.
I went to the laundry.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere au ki te whare horoi kākahu.
I went to the laundry.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka horoi au i ngā kākahu.
I will wash the clothes.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka horoi au i ngā kākahu paru.
I will wash the dirty clothes.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua tīkina ngā kākahu horoi e ngā tamariki.
The clean clothes have been fetched by the children.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me whakatika koe i ō kākahu kura.
You should fix your uniform.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tango tāua i ō kākahu moe.
Let's take off your pyjamas.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ia rā, ia rā, oho ai au ki te horoi i ngā kākahu.
Every day, I always get up to wash the clothes.
Habitual action - ai

Pēnei au he māmā noa iho te whatu kākahu.
I thought it would be easy as to knit clothes.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Ki a au te horoi i ngā kākahu.
I will wash the clothes.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

Tēnā tangohia ngā kākahu i te rārangi?
Could you please remove the washing from the line?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Hei aha ngā kākahu kaukau.
Never mind the togs.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

Taihoa e horoi i ngā kākahu kia kī te ipu kākahu.
Don't wash the clothes until the clothes basket is full.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Nā wai ō kākahu i horoi i tērā wiki?
Who washed the clothes last week?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai ō kākahu i pōkai i tēnei wiki?
Who was the one who folded the clothes last week?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māu te kete kākahu e wehewehe.
You will sort the clothes basket.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māu pea ngā tamariki e tiki ki te kura, māku ngā kākahu e whakariterite.
Maybe you pick the kids up, I'll get the clothes ready.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā taku hoa tāne ngā kākahu horoi e whakairi.
It will be my boyfriend who will hang the washing.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā tātou e horoi ō tātou kākahu.
We will be the ones to clean the room.
Future agent emphatic - māku

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

Tangohia ō kākahu!
Take off your clothes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina ōu kākahu paru!
Fetch your dirty clothes!
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...

Tīkina ōu kākahu paru!
Fetch your dirty clothes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kāore e roa ka maroke ngā kākahu.
Won't be long and the clothes will be dry.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Homai ōna kākahu.
Give me his clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai ngā kākahu.
Pass me the clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kei waenganui i te whare kori tinana me te toa kākahu.
It's between the gym and the clothing store.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

E kōrero ana a Māmā ki te waea me te whātuitui kākahu anō.
Māmā is talking on the phone whilst folding the clothes.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Me horoi koutou i ngā rīhi me te whakairi anō i ngā kākahu.
You guys should wash the dishes and hang out the clothes too.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Ka horoia ngā kākahu mā e ia.
The white clothes will be washed by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I utaina e au ngā kākahu ki roto i te mīhini horoi.
The clothes were loaded into the washing machine by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E whakamākūtia ana ngā kākahu e te ua.
The clothes are being drenched by the rain.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I utaina e au ngā kākahu ki roto i te mīhini horoi.
The clothes were loaded into the washing machine by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...

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
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka horoia ngā kākahu mā e ia.
The white clothes will be washed by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I horoia ngā kākahu e au i tērā Rāhoroi.
The clothes were washed by me on Saturday.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tīkina ngā kākahu horoi e ngā tamariki.
The clean clothes have been fetched by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te whakairi kākahu a Amaru.
Amaru is hanging out washing.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Ka kuhu a Hine i ana kākahu papai, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki tana hoa i te tāone.
Hine put on her good clothes, and then went to meet her friend in town.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Ka taea e koe te tuitui kakahu?
Can you sew clothing?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

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

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.

Kei te rūma horoi kākahu ō hū.
Your shoes are in the laundry.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Ka mau ki te kākahu o waho.
And took hold of her outer garment.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He kākahu hou ōu?
Do you have new clothes?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He kākahu ō koutou.
You have clothes.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Whātuia iho a runga o te kākahu kotahi e mau rā i a ia.
The top of the garment she wore was folded down.
Down - iho

Tuatahi, horoia ngā kākahu, tuarua whakamarokehia ngā perēti.
First wash the clothes, second dry the plates.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Te pai hoki o tō hanga i ēnā kākahu.
You look pretty/handsome in those clothes.
How... - Te... hoki...

Ehara i tōku hoa ō māua kākahu i horoi.
My friend didn't wash our clothes.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Mā wai tō rātou kakahu e haenga?
Who will iron our clothes?
Who will? - mā wai?

Nā te aha ō kākahu i paru ai?
For what reason are your clothes dirty?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Kuhuna ētahi atu kākahu.
Put some other clothes on.
Another, a different - tētahi atu

Tangohia ō kākahu.
Take off your clothes.

Ka tango au i ō kākahu.
I'll take off your clothes.

Kua mā ngā kākahu?
Are the clothes clean?

Kua haere a Honi ki te tiki i ōna kākahu.
Honi has gone to get her clothes.

Haere mai ki te tiki i ngā kākahu nei.
Come and get these clothes.

Āe, kua mā ngā kākahu.
Yes, the clothes are clean.

whakamaua ō kākahu moe
put on your pyjamas

Kei hea ō kākahu?
Where are your clothes?

He māwhero ngā kākahu.
The clothes are pink.

E hia te utu mō ngā kākahu katoa?
How much did all the clothes cost?

He kākahu rangatira ō rātou.
They have flash clothes.

Kua oti kē i ahau ngā kākahu te horoi.
I have already washed the clothes.

Kia oti te whakairi i ngā kākahu, ka haere tāua.
Once the clothes are hung up, we will go.

I horoi kākahu au.
I did washing.

Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.

I tītiro ia ki ngā kākahu ātaahua i roto i te matapihi o te toa.
She looked at the beautiful dresses in the shop window.

Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket.

He pūngāwerewere kei roto i tōku whare horoi kākahu.
There are spiders in my laundry.

Ka wehewehea ngā kākahu i runga anō i te tae.
The clothes will be sorted according to colour.

Āwhea a Riripeti horoi kākahu ai?
When will Riripeti wash the clothes?

Kuhuna ō kākahu moe.
Let's put your pyjamas on.

Whakahokia ō kākahu ki te kāpata.
Can you put your clothes away?

Kei te whāwhai atu rāua ki waho kia tīkina ngā kākahu horoi.
They are rushing outside to fetch the washing.

Kei te haere ngā tama ki te toa kākahu i te tāone matua o Kirikiriroa.
The sons are going to the clothing shop in the important town of Hamilton

Tangohia ō kākahu, whakamaua ō kākahu moe.
Take off your clothes, put on your pyjamas.

ōku kākahu
my clothes

Kei te tū tāna irāmutu i runga i tōku kākahu mā.
His nephew is standing on my clean dress.

Ngā kakahu o te wahine.
The woman's clothes.

Ngā kākahu ō ngā tamariki.
The children's clothes.

Tangohia ō kākahu moe.
Take off you pyjamas.

Me pai ō kōrua kākahu. Kia kamakama!
Your clothes need to look tidy. Quick!

E whakairi ana taku tāne i ngā kākahu horoi.
My husband is hanging the washing.

Ō mātou kākahu.
Our clothes (not yours).

Kei hea ngā kākahu?
Where are the clothes?

Au?! Kātahi te kākahu paru!
Auē! How dirty the clothes are!

He pūngāwerewere kei roto i tōku whare horoi kākahu.
There are spiders in my laundry.