On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Kei te whakamārama ia i ngā kōrero pakitara ki ngā tamariki.
She is explaining the stories to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E mārama ana au ki te kōrero.
I understand what is being said.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E whakamārama ana te kaiako i te mahi ki ngā tamariki.
The teacher is explaining the work to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E hui ana te kōmihana ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Commission meets for two days in each month.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I pakipaki te katoa me tō rātou kore e tino mārama ki tāua i kī ai.
Everyone applauded though they did not entirely understand what he had said.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I tapahi a Marama i a ia.
Marama cut herself, or, Marama cut him.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka tipu te rito o te harakeke i tēnei marama.
The new shoots of flax will sprout this month.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua mārama au ki tōu whakautu.
I've understood your response.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua mārama a Rangi i te kaupapa.
Rangi has understood the topic.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua whakahokia ki a ia te tamaiti i mauria e ngā pirihimana i te marama o Oktopa.
The child who was taken by the police in October has been returned to her.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kei ngā pō mārama, kei ngā pō rākaunui o te marama, e kitea atu ana a Rona.
On clear nights, on nights when the moon is full, Rona can be seen.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kia kotahi kapu maramara kōkōnati.
You need one cup of shredded coconut.
Let there be... - kia...

Nō tērā marama.
Last month.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō

Mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher will explain the rules.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kāore e roa ka tīmata te kiriata 'Maramataka'.
The movie 'Maramataka' will start soon.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Mā te kōrerorero ka mārama te take.
By discussion (you) will understand the problem.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

He marama pai a Hōngongoi kia kokotia ngā rōhi.
July is a good month to prune the roses.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua whakamāramatia te mahi e te kaiako ki ngā tamariki.
The work has been explained to the children by the teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki te maramataka.
According to the calendar.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E ai ki te hea o Te Mana Hauora hoki, he māramatanga kei roto i te reo Māori.
According to Te Mana Hauora chair, there was understanding in Māori language use.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

E mōhio ana ahau, e taea e ia te whakamārama i te whakatauki nei.
I know that she will be able to explain this saying.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore anō kia huaina tēnei wāhi ko Waimaramara.
This place had not yet been named Waimaramara.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore anō a Rangi kia mārama i te kaupapa.
Rangi has not understood the topic yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Ngā whakapāha, kāore au i te mārama ki tō kōrero.
My aplogies, I don't understand what you are saying.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāo, kāore au i te tino mārama.
No, I don't quite understand.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore au i te mārama.
I don't understand.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Marama's and Tamahae's cousin.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko te Kohitātea tēnei marama.
This month is January.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

I aha koe i tērā marama?
What did you do last month?
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

I tērā marama.
Last month.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ā tērā marama tātou hui ai.
We are meeting next month.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ā tērā marama.
Next month.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ko tēhea rā o te marama tēnei?
Which day of the month is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?

I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko te rā, ko te marama hei rama, ā, ko te ahi hei whakamahana i a mātou.
The sun and the moon were our lights, and the fire was all we had to keep us warm.
Conjunctions - and - ā

I pō, i pō, ā, ka mārama.
It was dark for a long time, and then at last it became light.
Conjunctions - and - ā

Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā

Ka puta mai te Ao Mārama.
The world of light came forth.
Towards - mai

Ka titiro ake a Rona ki te marama.
Rona looked up at the moon.
Up - ake

Ka titiro iho te marama ki a Rona.
The moon looked down at Rona.
Down - iho

Kei reira tō tātou hihuinga a te marama ka heke mai nei.
That's where our meeting will be next month.
Future locatives - kei te

Ehara mā te kaiako ngā ture e whakamārama.
The teacher won’t explain the rules.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

He ika me te maramara rīwai te kai pai ki a ia.
He likes fish and chips.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Homai koa ētaho o ngā maramara rīwai.
Please give me some of the potato chips.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Kāore mārama ahau.
I don't understand.

Tē mārama ahau.
I don't understand.

ki te ao mārama.
in the world of light and understanding.

Kei te mārama koe?
Do you understand?

Ko tāu mahi, he hono i te rerenga ki tana whakamārama tika (tuhinga reo Ingarihi).
Your task is to connect the sentence to its correct translation (English language text).

Āe, kei te mārama au.
Yes, I understand.

Kua mārama koe ki te pātai?
Have you understood the question?

A ēhea mārama koe ka haere ki Tonga?
Which months will you be in Tonga for?

Kei te mārama au.
I understand.

Ika me te maramara rīwai.
Fish and chips.

He wāhi ātaahua a Waimarama.
Waimarama is a beautiful place.

I tērā atu marama.
The month before last.

E rua marama ki muri.
Two months ago.

E whitu marama tōna pakeke.
Seven months is her age.

Ā tērā atu marama.
The month after next.

Āe, āe, kei te mārama au! Tēnā. Me haere tāua.
Yeah, yeah, I know! Right, we'd better get going.

Tēnā koe i tō whakamārama mai.
Thanks for your explanation.

Ko te marama o Mahuru.
The month of September.

Āe, kei te mārama ahau.
Yes, I understand.

Kia ora, kua mārama ināianei.
Thanks, I get it now.

He hopunga kōrero reo Māori anō ka tāpirihia atu ki ngā mīhini hei ngā marama tata ake nei.
More audio in te reo Māori will be added to the system in the next few months.

Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaaro mārama.
Language is the key to understanding.

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".