Results for 'kupu'
kupu - word
papakupu - dictionary
kupu matua - headline
mate pukupuku - cancer
punenga kupu - word processor
rārangi kupu - vocabulary
tākupu - gannet
tātaki kupu - spelling
kupu hono/tūhono - joiner; particle/preposition
kupuhoto - conjunction
kupu arataki - prefix
kupu whakarite - metaphor, simile, figurative language
kuputuhi - text message
kupu huna - password
E mohio ana au ki ana kupu.
I know what her words mean.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E mōhio ana au ki ana kupu.
I am knowing what her words mean.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Me tuhi koe i ngā kupu, kei wareware i a koe!
You should write the words down or you might forget them!
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Āhea te whakamātautau kupu?
When is the word test?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?
Kāore te iwi i rata ki ētahi o ngā kupu hou a Te Taura Whiri.
People didn't like some of the new words Te Taura Whiri coined.
To like - rata
Tataungia te kupu!
Spell the word! (Put it into sequence.)
Command with e! - e!
Mā te takitaki ka maumahara koe i ngā kupu.
Through repetition (you) will remember the words.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai
Patua aku kupu!
Prove me wrong!
Passive sentences - tikina...
I te pānuitia te kupu.
The message was being read out.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kawea tētehi puka iti ki ngā wāhi kei reira te reo Māori e kōrerohia ana, tuhia ngā kupu me ngā kīanga ka rangona.
Bring a small book with you to the places where the Māori language is spoken, write down the words and phrases that are heard.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.
Be waited for - tāria
kia toi te kupu, toi te mana, toi te aroha, toi te Reo Māori,
so that our words, spiritual power, love, and language are upheld,
So that something can happen for someone else - kia
Ka tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kāore ia e ū ki tāna kupu.
She doesn't do what she says she'll do.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Ko tēnei kupu, ko te "mārena" mea tango mai i te reo Pākehā.
This word, "mārena", was borrowed from English.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Kua kite mātou i āu kupu i roto i tēnei reta āu.
We have seen your words in this letter of yours.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Ka koa tōku ngākau ki āna kupu.
My heart raced at her words.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāore aku kupu.
I don't have anything to say.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
He aha te kupu Māori mō time?
What's the Māori word for time?
What? - He aha?
He aha te kupu Māori mō hat?
What's the Māori word for hat.
What? - He aha?
He aha te kupu Māori mō lollies?
What is the Māori word for lollies?
What? - He aha?
He aha te kupu Māori mō 'awesome'?
What's the Māori word for 'awesome'?
What? - He aha?
Aua, he kupu hou tēnā ki a au.
I don't know, that's a new word to me.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
He kupu hou tēnā.
That's a new word.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Kei te ako a Niko rāua ko Hera i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Niko and Hera are learning Māori 'family' words.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Mātakina te pakipūmeka mō Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Watch the documentary about Wellington.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...
Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.
I kitea te kupu i te papakupu.
The word was seen in the dictionary.
Kei te ako tātou i te kupu 'poaka'.
We are learning the word 'pig'.
E kore e ea i te kupu taku aroha mōu.
Words can't express how much I love you.
He kupu kei ngā pakitara o te kīhini?
Are those words on the walls of your kitchen?
Ko ngā kupu a te akomanga.
The words of the class.
Kimihia te kupu ki te papakupu.
Look for the word in the dictionary.
Whakahokia ngā kupu ki te wāhi tika.
Put back the missing words.
Kāhore kau he kupu a rāua ki a rāua.
They did not say a single word to each other.
E kore te whare kōrero, e puta he kupu mā tētahi tangata i muri i te kupu a te tino ariki.
It was not allowable according to the rules of debate for any person to say anything after the high chief had spoken.
Me ako kupu, kīanga anō hoki e hāngai ana.
Learn words, and also relevant phrases that are applicable.
I te pānuitia te kupu e te kaiwhakahaere.
The message is being read out by the manager.
Homai koa te kupu huna mō te ipurangi.
Please give me the password for the internet.
Mō Puhihuia rāpea tō kupu?
Are your words actually about Puhihuia?
Nāu tēnei papakupu.
This dictionary belongs to you/is yours.
E hoa, he tika tō kupu.
Friend, your words are true.
Hei tino tauira hei tāna, "i roto i te Kowheori i ngā marama e ono, e hia kē nei ngā kupu mō te mate Kowheori i te tīmatanga rā."
A prime example "is when Covid-19 first hit, in the first six months there were so many different Māori names used for the word Covid".
Iti te kupu nui te kōrero.
Short but laden with meaning.