On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Whakatakotoria te koha!
Lay the gift down!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

I tū kau, kāore i paku nekeneke. Ānō nei kua whakakōhatutia.
She just stood there and didn't move a whisker. It was as if she'd been turned to stone.
It was as if - ānō nei

I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.
The teacher was talking to us as if we were deaf.
It was as if - ānō nei

E tū whakapakoko ana ia ānō nei kua kōhatutia.
He was standing like a statute as if he had become stone.
It was as if - ānō nei

Me hoko e tātou he koha mā Māmā, me te tākai anō kia ātaahua.
We should buy Mum a present, and wrap it nicely too.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Kua haria haeretia ngā kōhatu ki te moana.
The stones have been progressively carried to the sea.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I nukuhia e au ngā ahi wera mai i ngā kōhatu ki te pouaka ki tōku hawera.
The hot ashes were moved by me from the stones to the box with my shovel.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka tuhi pikitia au hei koha ki a ia.
I will draw a picture as a present for her.
For the purpose of - hei

Kia whiwhi te tamaiti tāne ki te moni, ka hoko mai ia i te koha mā te kōtiro.
When they boy got the money, he bought a present for the girl.
When - Kia

I te Kirihimete, e tākaro ana ngā tamariki ki ā rātou takoha.
At Christmas, the children were playing with their gifts.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei.
A place was left open between the stone walls.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He whare kōhatu, he mea hōu.
A new, stone house.
Categorizing sentences - he

Nāku ngā koha i hanga i tēnei Kirihimete.
I made the presents for Christmas this year.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

I hoatu koe i te koha ki a wai?
To whom did you give the koha?

He kaimahi ahau ki Te Kōhanga Reo
I am a worker at Kōhanga Reo.

Tokowaru ngā pēpi kei tēnei kōhanga.
There are eight babies at this creche.

Kua tākaia te koha ki te pepa ātaahua nei.
The present has been wrapped in this beautiful paper.

He whare kōhatu te whare nei.
This house is a good house.

I rere atu te manu ki tana kohanga.
The bird flew away to its nest.

Kī tonu te atamira o te hōro i ngā koha.
The hall stage is very full of gifts.

He kōhao kei taku tōkena.
My sock has a hole in it.

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.

Tokowaru ngā pēpi kei tēnei kōhanga.
There are eight babies at this creche.

He papa kōhatu a Pānia ināianei.
Pānia is a flat rock now.

Ko Pānia he papa kōhati ināianei.
As for Pānia, she's a flat rock now.

Ko te kōha tēnei a Wairangi ki tana wahine.
This was Wairangi's gift to his wife.