On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Brian tōku pāpā.
Brian is my father.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai te ingoa o tō pāpā?
What is the name of your mother?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te pāpā o Tama?
Whose Tama's dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai tō pāpā?
Who is your Dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te pāpā?
Who is the father?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ehara tēnei i te papa tākaro.
This is not a playground.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te haere au ki te papa hokohoko.
I'm going to the mall.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te tahitahi a Taika i te papa.
Taika is sweeping the floor.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te whakapakari tinana rātou ki te papa tākaro.
They are exercising at the playground.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E whakatipua ana te pātītī e Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
The grass is being grown by Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka kite kōrua i a Pāpā Poaka ā tērā tau.
You two will see Pāpā Poaka next year.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka heke te hukapapa i tēnei wiki?
Will it snow this week?
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua waiho taua wāhi hei urupā mō ngā tūpāpaku.
That place was left as a burial ground for the dead.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua oti i taku pāpā te kai te tunu.
My father has finished cooking.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua ruaki koe ki runga i a Pāpā.
You just threw up on Daddy.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me purumu au i te papa.
I'd better sweep the floor.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tunu a pāpā i te kai.
Dad should cook the food.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me horopuehu a Mere i te papa.
Mere should vauum the floor.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tāpuke te tūpāpaku i roto i te toru rā.
The body must be buried within three days.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei Rangitīkei tāku pāpā e mahi ana.
My father is working in Rangitīkei.
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Kei hea tō pāpā e mahi ana?
Where is your father working?
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Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana.
May the sea be like greenstone.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Pēnei a Pāpā e tunu ana koe i te tina.
Dad thought you were cooking dinner.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Ki a Pāpā te whāngai i te ngeru.
Dad will feed the cat.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

He rite tonu ia ki tōna pāpā.
He is just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu a Rongomai ki tōna pāpā.
Rongomai is just like her dad.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu tāku teina ki tōku pāpā.
My younger sibling is just like my father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tāku irāmutu ki tōna pāpā.
My nephew is just like his like father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu ia ki tōna pāpā mō te mahi whenua.
He is just like his father when it comes to farming.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite a Hone ki tōna pāpā.
Hone is just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu tēnei kuri ki tōna pāpa.
This dog is just like its father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu te āhua o Pāora ki tōna pāpā.
Pāora looks just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu au ki tōku pāpā.
I am just like my father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He aha te mahi a Pāpā i te Rātapu?
What does Dad do on Sunday?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?

Kia ahatia. He rākau noa iho te papa, he māmā te horoi.
Never mind. It's a wooden floor. It's easy to clean.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

Kia ahatia, he māmā noa iho muku i te papa.
Never mind, the floor's easy to wipe.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

Taihoa koe e haere ki te wharepaku kātahi anō a Pāpā ka puta i reira.
Don't you go to the toilet, Pāpā has just come out.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Taihoa e pōtarotaro pātītī kei te mākū tonu te papa.
Don't mow the lawns the grass is still wet.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

E rata ana a Pāpā ki te mātakitaki pouaka whakaata.
Pāpā likes to watch television.
To like - rata

Kāore au e rata ki te tahitahi papa, he hōhā.
I don't like sweeping the floor, it's annoying.
To like - rata

Nō muri tata mai ka whakamōtoro a Tangaroa i a Papa.
Shortly afterwards Papa was seduced by Tangaroa.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa, the children were born.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.
At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō mua i te piringa ki a Rangi, ka moe a Papa rāua ko Tangaroa.
Before the union with Rangi, Papa was in a relationship with Tangaroa.
Belonging to the past - nō

Ko Hēmi taku pāpā. Nō Ngāti Porou ia.
Hēmi is my dad. He's from Ngāti Porou.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō hea tō pāpā?
Where's your dad from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Te Tai Tokerau tōku pāpa.
My Dad's from the Northland region.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti tōku pāpā.
My Dad's from the Eastland region.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Kirikiriroa tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Hamilton.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa toku pāpā.
My dad's from Gisborne.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nā wai te papa i tahitahi?
Who swept the floor?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Niko te papa i tahitahi.
It was Niko who swept the floor.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Aria i tahitahi te papa.
It was Aria who swept the floor.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai a Papa rāua ko Rangi i whakawehe?
Who separated Papa and Rangi?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Mā taku pāpā koe e āwhina.
My dad will help you.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Pāpā tātou e taraiwa atu ki Te Ao Hou.
Pāpā will drive us to New World.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku te papa e tahitahi.
I will sweep the floor.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Mere e whakaoti te kaupapa.
Mary will complete the project.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku? Auē, kei te moe tonu aku karu Pāpā.
Me? Oh no, my eyes are still sleeping Dad.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Tawa te papa e horopuehu.
It will be Tawa who will vacuum the floor.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Tāpapa!
Lie face down!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Tīkina te ūkui papa.
Get the mop.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

I te kōrero mai a Pāpā ānō nei he kūare māua.
Dad was talking to us as if we (2) are stupid.
It was as if - ānō nei

Hoatu koutou, mā Pāpā ahau e tiki.
You lot go, Dad will pick me up.
You go on ahead - hoatu koe

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

I haere mai au mā runga papa wīra.
I came by skateboard.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā te mahi tahi te kaupapa e tū ai.
Through cooperation the kaupapa will get off the ground or be realised.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

E tahia ana e Kauri te papa.
The floor was swept by Kauri.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te whakatikangia tōku waka e taku pāpā.
My car is being fixed by my father.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka haria ngā tamariki e au ki te papa tākaro.
The children will be taken by me to the playground.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I tāhaetia te tūpāpaku, e ai anō ki ngā rongo.
The body was stolen, so the story goes.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Ko Papatūānuku te aorangi tuatoru mai i te rā. Kei waho atu i a tātou ko Matawhero, ā, kei waho atu i a ia, ko Pareārau. Ā, ko Kōpū, ko Whiro kei roto atu.
The Earth is the third planet from the sun. Farther out from us is Mars, and out from Mars is Jupiter. Further in from us our Venus and Mercury.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Ka kuhu a Hine i ana kākahu papai, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki tana hoa i te tāone.
Hine put on her good clothes, and then went to meet her friend in town.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

I ēnei rā, kua waiho taua wāhi hei urupā mō ngā tūpāpaku.
Now that place remains as a burial place for the dead.
For the purpose of - hei

I hīkoi au ki te marae kia kōrero te iwi mō te kaupapa.
I went to the marae so the iwi can discuss the initiative.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Ehara māku e taki te karakia, nā te mea he iti taku kete pāpaku taku kete karakia.
I will not be the one to recite the prayer because my kete is shallow.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te pai, pāpā. Engari, kua whakakīa te waka ki te penehinu?
All good, pāpā. But, has the car been filled with petrol?
Conjunctions - but - engari

I puta he hua ki te iwi Māori i ērā kaupapa? Kāore kau.
Did Māori benefit from those measures? Not at all.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

Kāore au i kite i te wai i te papa. Haere atu ana au, mea ake kei raro e putu ana.
I didn't see the water on the floor. I was walking along, all of a sudden I'm in a heap on the floor.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Tērā tonu pea nā Manu te papawīra rā. I mea mai ia he papawīra hou tāna.
That skateboard might well belong to Manu. He said he had a new skateboard.
Perhaps - Tērā pea

Kei te papa tākaro rāua.
Those two are at the playground.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei Te Tai Hauāuru te pāpā.
The father is in the Westland region.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore tōku pāpā i te hoko i tētahi rorohiko.
My father isn't buying the computer.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I hea te papakāinga?
Where was the settlement?
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Kāore i tua atu i tōku pāpā mō te kaukau.
There's no one better than my father for swimming.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

Ka tangi ngā tamāhine ki tō rātou pāpā.
The daughters mourned for their father.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tae ki te teihana, ā, ka hīkoi mātou i te taha moana ki Te Papa.
We arrived at the station and we walked by the sea to Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore a Pāpā e whāngai i tēnei ngeru.
Dad will not feed this cat.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Ko Nikau te pāpā o Amaru.
Nikau is Amaru's father.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kāore i te kōrerotia te kaupapa e ia.
The kaupapa is not being talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore te kaupapa i te kōrerotia e ia.
The kaupapa is not being talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore te kaupapa e kōrerotia e ia.
The kaupapa will not be talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore e kōrerotia te kaupapa e ia.
The kaupapa will not be talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Ko Rina tōku whaea kēkē, koia te tuahine o tōku pāpā.
Rina is my aunty, she is my father's sister.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Ko ia te tuakana o taku pāpā, arā taku matua kēkē.
He's my dad's older brother, that is my uncle.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

He kaupapa āna?
Does she have some things on?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha taku kaupapa kōrero?
What is the theme of the conversation?
What? - He aha?

He aha te kaupapa o tēnei akoranga?
What's the subject of this lesson?
What? - He aha?

He aha ngā mea papai ki a koe?
What do you like doing?
What? - He aha?

Ā tērā wiki ka hui tātou ki Papaioea.
Next week we will meet in Palmerston.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ka haere tātou ki te papatākaro ā tērā wiki.
We will go to the playground next week.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ko tēhea kaupapa te mea pai rawa ki a koe?
Which subject do you like the most?
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...

I muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa the children were born.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Haria atu tēnei ki a Pāpā.
Take this to Daddy.
Away - atu

Kia tīkina atu he whakataukī e hāngai ana kī tēnei kaupapa...
Let me grab a proverb...
Away - atu

Tīkina atu tō pāpā!
Go and get your father!
Away - atu

Kei te papa tākaro tuatahi taku kēmu.
My game is on the first field.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Kei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.
Future locatives - kei te

I te taha o taku pāpā.
On my dad's side.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o

Kei te moe tonu pea, pērā i tō rāua pāpā.
They are probably still sleeping, just like their father.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Mehemea ka heke te hukapapa, ke haere mātou ki te maunga.
If the snow falls, we will go to the mountain.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Ehara i tō māua pāpā tēnei keke i tunu.
Our father didn't cook this cake.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ka oti te kaupapa i a Honi.
The project will be finished by Honi.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua tutuki i a Rangi te kaupapa.
The plan was accomplished by Rangi.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua tutuki te kaupapa i a Pāora.
The plan was accomplished by Pāora.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pakaru i a Pāpā te motokā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pakaru te motokā i a Pāpā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Mā wai te papa e muku?
Who will mop the floor?
Who will? - mā wai?

Nā te kaupapa au i haere ai.
Because of the purpose, I went.
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua rawa ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, definitely not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Hei whakawhiti whakaaro te kaupapa o te hui.
Exhanging idea was the purpose of the meeting.

Ko te ako i te reo Māori te kaupapa hei kōrero māu.
Leaning the Māori language is the theme for you to talk about.

Tāpa
Lie face down!

Ka Koa te pāpā.
Koa is the father.

Ki tā te Awara, ko Hei te pāpā o Waitaha.
According to Te Arawa, Hei was the father of Waitaha.

Kua mā te papa?
Is the floor clean?

Āe, kua mā te papa.
Yes, the floor is clean.

I runga anō i te kaupapa o te hui.
In accordance with the theme of the meeting.

Titiro ki te papa tuhituhi.
Look at the board.

I pāngia taku pāpā ki te mate korona.
My father has covid.

Kāhore e Mā, māku te papa e tahitahi.
No worries Mum, I will clean the floor.

Āpōpō ka hui tātou ki Papaiea ki te ako i te reo Māori.
Tomorrow we will meet in Palmerston North to learn the Māori language.

Kei hea tō pāpā?
Where is your father?

He kaupapa tāku.
I've got something on.

He tangata atamai tō pāpā.
Your dad is an intelligent person.

I pakeke tō pāpā i hea?
Where did your dad grow up?

Kua whakaoti a Tame i te kaupapa.
Tame has completed the project.

Kua oti i a Tame te kaupapa.
The project has been completed by Tame.

Tōku pāpā.
My dad.

I kitea te kupu i te papakupu.
The word was seen in the dictionary.

Tātai whakapapa.
to recite lineage.

Ko Piripi tōku pāpā.
Piripi is my dad.

Kua pāngia taku pāpā ki te mate korona.
My father has gotten sick with Covid.

ūkui papa
mop

I haere koe ki tēhea pāparakauta?
Which pub did you go to?

Kei te mōhio koe ki tō whakapapa?
Do you know your family tree?

He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.

He taone papatahi a Papaioea.
Palmerston North is a flat city.

Ngā mihi nui mō te Rā o te Pāpā.
Happy Father's day.

Ko te kaupapa o te hui, ko te whakakotahi i te whānau.
The theme of our meeting is family unity.

I tahitahi ngā tamariki i te papa.
The children swept the floor.

He mōhio a Aroha ki te whakapapa o te iwi.
Aroha is knowledgeable of the ancestry of the people.

Ko Taika te pāpā.
Taika is the father.

Kimihia te kupu ki te papakupu.
Look for the word in the dictionary.

Pāpā Pea
Father Bear

I tīmata te ao i te moenga o Papa i a Tangaroa.
The world began with the union of Papa, the earth mother, with the sea, Tangaroa.

Ko Tame te pāpā o Mia.
Tame is the father of Mia.

whakapapa
genealogy

Ka āta whakaaro au (mō te kaupapa).
I'll think about it.

Ka whāngai a Pāpā i tēnei ngeru aituā.
Dad will feed this unlucky cat.

I haere au i te taha o tōku pāpā ki tōna wāhi mahi.
I went with my father to his work.

Kei te puruma te tama i te papa.
The boy's sweeping the floor.

Ā, ka hīkoi mātou i te taha moana ki Te Papa.
And we walked by the sea to Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum.

Ko Tāmaiti te pāpā o Matiu.
Tāmati is the father of Matiu.

Kua mā te papa.
The floor has been cleaned.

Tōku pāpā.
My father.

No Heretaunga tōku pāpā.
My father is from Hastings.

Kei te papa tākaro.
At the playground.

Pāpā, nāku kē i raka te whare, nā Ataahua i whakaweto te hikohiko. Kua pai tātou.
Pāpā, I locked the house. Ataahua turned the power off. We are fine.

Kei Poneke, kei Te Papa.
In Wellington at Te Papa.

Nāu tēnei papakupu.
This dictionary belongs to you/is yours.

Tokotoru ngā tama kei te papa tākaro.
There are three boys at the playground.

Tokotoru ngā tama kei te papa tākaro.
There are three boys at the playground.

Kua rite māua, Pāpā. Ka haere ināianei?
We're ready, Dad. Are we going now?

Ke heke te hukapapa.
The snow will fall.

Kei te tākaro te tamaiti i runga i te ī-papa i roto i te akomanga.
The child is playing on the i-Pad in the classroom.

Kei hea te pāpā?
Where is the father?

Kei te haere rāua ki te papa tākaro.
Those two are going to the playground.

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.

Kei te pīrangi au ki te hoko i tēnei mō taku pāpā.
I want to buy this for my dad.

Kei te hukapapa te rā.
The day is snowy.

Ko Hone tōku pāpā, ko Rāhera tōku māmā.
Hone is my father, Rāhera is my mother.

Ko tā Hannifin anō, he tuku whakamoemiti ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i tā rātou tautoko kia whai oranga ai tēnei kaupapa
Hannifin says Countdown is grateful to Te Taura Whiri for their tautoko in bringing the project to life.

Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.

Kei te haere a Raureka rāua ko Te Naera ki te papa tākaro.
Raureka and Te Naera are going to the playground.

He whakahaere wānanga te mahi a te ratonga hauora Māori tūmatanui, a Hāpai Te Hauora ki Rotorua i tēnei rā ki te kōkiri i te kaupapa me te whakaaro, mā te reo hoki e ora ake ai ngā hapori.
Today Māori public health provider Hāpai Te Hauora hosted a symposium in Rotorua to advance the idea and says this could also be a factor in creating healthier communities.

Kāore i hāngai ki te kaupapa.
I wasn't related to the kaupapa.

Kei te haere rāua ki ngā papa tākaro.
Those two are going to the playgrounds.

Ki Te Papaioea.
To Palmerston North.

E tūmanako ana a Brosnan, ka mātāmua ake te reo i ngā whakatakotoranga mahere anamata o ngā rāngai maha, mai i te ao pāpāho ki te hauora.
Brosnan hoped the language could take precedence in future planning within different sectors from broadcasting to health.