Results for 'motu'
motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)
motū - steak
motuhake - special
Ngāmotu - New Plymouth
mana motuhake - self-government; personal freedom
motuhia - (pass) be cut
motuhuka - iceberg
motukā - car
motunga - quota
motupaika - motorbike
moturere - broken or cut off
motuhaketia - separated; separate! (pass. of motuhake)
motumotu - be divided into isolated portions, broken into small pieces
Ko wai kei roto i tana motukā?
Who is in her car?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
E kauhoe ana ia ki te motu.
She is going to swim to the island.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I kauhoe atu ia ki te motu.
He swam to the island.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Me tuku tēnei karere ki tēnā marae, ki tēnā marae o te motu.
This message should be sent to every marae in the country.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Nā Manu te waka i hoe ki te motu.
It was Manu who paddled the boat to the island.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Manu te waka i hoe ki te motu.
Manu paddled the boat to the island.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kei roto ō kī i te motukā.
Your keys are in the car.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei te haere a Tawa rāua ko Mia mā runga i te motukā.
Tawa and Mia are travelling by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Ka tae mai a Manu mā runga motukā.
Manu travelled by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Ka haere ia mā runga motukā.
She went by car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā.
She went by the car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Ka haere ia mā runga i tana motukā.
She went by her car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā o Tim.
She went on Tim's car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
E mōhiotia whānuitia ana a Te Puea Hērangi e ngā tāngata Māori o te motu.
Te Puea Hērangi is widely known by Māori people from all over the land.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I hoea te waka e ngā manuhiri ki te motu.
The boat was paddled by the guests to the island.
Passive sentences - tikina...
He tūranga motuhake tō te reo Māori i waenganui i ngā reo e kōrerotia ana i Aotearoa nei.
Māori has a special position amongst the languages spoken here in Aotearoa.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I hoea te waka e ngā manuhiri ki te motu.
The boat was paddled by the guests to the island.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ko Ngāmotu te taone pai, engari ko Tūranga te taone mahana.
New Plymouth is the great city, but Gisborne is the warm city.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Tērā pea nō Rangi te motupaika i waho rā.
Perhaps that motorbike outside belongs to Rangi.
Perhaps - Tērā pea
He motukā tōu?
Do you have a car?
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Te tere hoki o tō motukā!
How fast your car is!
How... - Te... hoki...
Kātahi te motu wera!
What a hot island!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kātahi te motu wera ko Raratonga!
What a hot island Rarotonga is!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kei Te Taitokerai te kāuri te tino nui o te motu.
The biggest kāuri in the land is in Northland.
He tere te motukā.
Cars are fast.
Wē! Te tere hoki o tōna motukā.
Wou! How fast his car is!
He hono tangata e kore e motu; ka pa he taura waka e motu.
Unlike a canoe rope, a human bond cannot be severed.
Kua motu koe i tō matimati.
You've cut your finger.
Ka oma a Pita ki tana motuka.
Pita runs to her car.
He tāone ātaahua a Ngāmotu.
New Plymouth is a beautiful city.
I tukia tōna motukā.
His car was crashed into.
Kei te mōhio koe ki te ngaringari a motu?
Do you know the national anthem?
Tōku motukā.
My car.
Ko Kāpiti te motu te rū nei taku ngākau.
Kāpiti is the island that speaks to my heart.
He motukā ōna.
He has cars.