On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E whakapono ana au ki a koe.
I am believing in you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E tono ana ia kia haere ia ki te whakatā.
He is requesting to go for a break.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E whakapono ana ia ki te Atua.
She believes in God.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I tono ahau kia mutu te tetū.
I ordered that the rowdy behaviour should stop.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Me pono koe.
You should be honest.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Tokoono ngā tāngata e noho ana kei tōku whare.
There are six people living at my house.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Nō tō tāua taenga, ka tūpono ia e mau kaka rerehua ana rāua.
When they arrived, he realised that they were wearing fancy dress.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō tētahi rangi o Nōema, ka whakamōhiotia mai kua whakaaetia tā mātou tono.
One day in November, we were informed that our application had been successful.
Belonging to the past - nō

Mā koutou ngā pānui e tono atu ki ngā kaimahi.
You (3/+) will send the notices out to the workers.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Tapahia kia ono ngā topenga.
Cut it up into six slices.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Me whakapono mai!
You should believe in me!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tapahia kia ono ngā topenga.
Cut it up into six slices.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā te whai i ēnei tohutohu ka pai taku tae atu ki te konohete.
By following the directions I will get to the concert.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

Kua tata mutu te konohete.
The concert is nearly finished.
Almost/just about - kua/i tata...

Hāponotia tōku hē!
Prove me wrong!
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tonoa kētia atu ngā pānui e mātou.
The notices have already been sent out by us (3/+ exclusive).
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki ngā kōrero, e ono kē ngā matimati i tētahi o ngā ringaringa.
According to what is said, he had six fingers on one of his hands.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Ki tā te pānui, hei te pō nei te kōnohete.
According to the flyer, the concert's tonight.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kei te pīnono ngā rare a Kauri.
Kauri is lolly-begging.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Haere ki te ngangau i te wheua kererū i te kono nā, ka haere mai ai me mātou.
Go and chew on the kererū bones in the kono, and then come with us.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana CV.
The truth of what he put in his CV was never questioned.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Nō hea i uia te pono o ngā kōrero i tana whārangi pukumata.
The truth of what she put on her facebook page was never questioned.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Kāore e kore te whakaaetia o tana tono.
Her request will almost certainly be granted.
Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore

He rawe te kaitono tuatahi. He pai tōna āhua. Heoi anō, he pai ake te reo Māori o te kaitono tuarua.
The first applicant was great. He had a really nice way about him. On the other hand, the second applicant had better Māori language skills.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Mehemea nō konei koe, e āhei ana koe te tono karahipi i te Poari.
If you're from here, you can or are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the Board.
Allowed to do something - āhei

I te mutunga o te hui, ka tū he konohete.
At the end of the hui, a concert was held.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te haurua mai i te ono karaka i te ata.
6:30am (past).
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Ka tono tonu ia i ngā turituri.
He kept hearing noises.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Tokoono mātou, ko ōku mātua, me ōku tuākana.
There are six of us, my parents and my older sisters.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

I te ono karaka, kua tae atu rātou ki Ōmihi.
By six o'clock they had got to Ōmihi.
Away - atu

Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six o'clock.
Telling time - kara

I ngā ata katoa e ara ana is i te ono karaka.
He gets up at six o'clock every morning.
Telling time - kara

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.
Telling time - kara

Nō te ono kartaka i te pō.
Last night at 6pm.
The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...

E ono ngā pune, e rima ngā pāoka.
Six spoons and five forks.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Ko to ono karaka te wā e tīmata ai te hui.
The meeting starts (specifically) at 6 o'clock.
Specifically - ai

Tuaono
sixth

Kāore te tamaiti i whakapono ki tā tōna hoa i kī ai.
The child didn't believe what his friend said.

Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.

Mā reira pea a ia ka tono ai i tana kōtiro ki te kawe wai māu.
Perhaps she will order her daughter to fetch water for you.

He hono tangata e kore e motu; ka pa he taura waka e motu.
Unlike a canoe rope, a human bond cannot be severed.

I te reo Māori, e ono ngā pū-tohu-wa matua, e whitu me ka whakaarohia te "kātahi āno... ka", engari he mono tūkē te "kātahi anō".
In the Māori language, there are six main time markers, seven if we include "kātahi anō... ka", but "kātahi anō" is considered a standalone.

E ono ngā pune ki runga i te tēpu.
There are six spoons on the table.

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).

He tangata pono koe.
You are an honest person.

I tono ahau kia mutu te tutū
I ordered that the rowdy behaviour should stop.

E ea ana te koti rā mō te ono rau tāra.
That dollar is worth six hundred dollars.

Āwhea te konohete tīmata ai?
When does the concert start?

Ono.
Six.

Tekau mā ono.
Sixteen.

I mua i whakapono ngā tāngata ki ngā taniwha.
People used to believe in taniwha.

He pono taku kī!
I'm telling the truth.

E ono tekau tau tōna pakeke, ka ū ia ki ngā tikanga Māori i a ia i te māra.
She is 60 years old. She is resolute in Māori customs in the garden.

Tonoa atu tāu īmēra ki te kaikomihana.
Send your email to the commissioner.

I napō i haere mātou ki te konohete.
Last night we went to the concert.

Ehara! He tangata pono kē ia.
On the contrary! He's actually an honest fulla.

Ā te haurua mai i te ono karaka ā te pō nei.
6:30pm this evening (future).

Tokoono ngā kōtiro kua haere.
The six girls have gone.

Ko te 31 o Hōngongoi te rā kati ai ngā tono mai.
The 31st of July is the deadline for requests.

Kei te haere mātou ki te konohete.
We (3+ excluding listener) are going to the concert.

Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.
There are six people living at my house.

Kei te taraiwa mātou ki te Whanaganui a Tara mō te konohete.
We are driving to Wellington for the concert.

Kei te taraiwa mātou ki te Whanaganui a Tara ki te whakarongo ki te konohete.
We are driving to Wellington to listen to the concert.

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".