On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ka āhua pukumahi ahau.
I will be somewhat busy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka āhua pukuriri koe.
You will be somewhat grumpy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tino pukuriri a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be very grumpy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka pukuriri koe.
You will be grumpy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka pukuriri ia.
He or she will be grumpy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tino pukumahi ahau.
I will be very busy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka pukumahi ahau.
I will be busy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka āhua pukuriri a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be somewhat grumpy.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me pukumahi koe!
You should work hard!
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me toropuku te haere!
We should go secretly/quietly.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me nohopuku tāua.
Let's sit in silence.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kia āta kai, kei mate tō puku.
East slowly; you might get a sore stomach.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Kia āta kōrero ki a Aria, kei pukuriri ia.
Talk carefully to Aria - he might get angry.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

Me pukumahi koe.
You should work hard!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kaua e pukuriri - kia tau.
Don't be angry. Chill out.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Mā te pukumahi e tutuki ai.
Through hard work [it] will be achieved.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

Kei whea te mamae, kei tō uma? Kāo, kei raro iho. Kei taku puku.
Where's the pain – in your chest? No, it's further down. It's in my stomach.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

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

He wahine pai a Mia. He kakama, he pukumahi, ka mutu he ngākau māhaki.
Mia is a good woman. She's clever, hardworking, and also/moreover she is gentle-hearted.
...and also, moreover - ...ka mutu

Kei te tino pukuriri a Mere.
Mere is very grumpy.
When - Kia

Kei te āhua pukuriri rawa atu au.
I'm extremely grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te pukuriri ngā tamariki.
The children are grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te tino pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi is very grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te pukuriri koe.
You are grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te pukuriri ia.
He or she is grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te āhua pukuriri a Mere.
Mere is somewhat grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te pukuriri ngā koroua.
The male elders are grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te āhua pukuriri koe.
You are somewhat grumpy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te tino pukumahi ahau.
I am very busy.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kāore ngā tamariki i te pukuriri.
The children are not grumpy.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kua kī tō puku?
Is your tummy full?
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kua kī tō puku?
Is your tummy full?
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kua kī tōku puku.
My tummy is full.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kua kī taku puku.
My tummy is full.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka piki puku atu hoki a Ponga i muri i a ia.
Ponga also climbed up silently behind her.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He tangata pukumahi ia, nērā?
She's a hardworker, eh?
Categorizing sentences - he

Kei konei koutou nō reira kei te pukuriri ahau.
You are here, therefore I am angry.
Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira

I tupu tōna pukurir i roto i a ia.
His anger grew within him.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kua mākona taku puku i te maha o ngā kōura.
My stomach is full from the many crayfish.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Me hoki atu koe ki te kāinga, kei pukuriri tō māmā.
You had better go back now - your mum might get mad.
In case... - kei

Me hoki mai koe ināianei, kia kore ai tō māmā e pukuriri.
You had better come back now so your mum doesn't get angry.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai

Nā taku pukumahi i paru ai.
Because of my hard work, they are dirty.
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Kei te pukuriri ahau.
I am grumpy.

I tino pukumahi a Rangi.
Rangi was very busy.

Ka tino pukumahi a Rangi.
Rangi will be very busy.

Ko Ponga te mea i mihi puku ki a ia.
Ponga admired her silently.

I tino pukuriri ia.
He or she was very grumpy.

I pukumahi ia.
He or she was busy.

Ka tino pukuriri ia.
He or she will be very grumpy.

Ka pukumahi ia.
He or she will be busy.

Kei te tino pukumahi a Rangi.
Rangi is very busy.

Kei te pukumahi koe.
You are busy.

I tino pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi was very grumpy.

Ka tino pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi will be very grumpy.

I pukuriri ia.
He or she was grumpy.

Kei te tino pukumahi a Mere.
Mere is very busy.

Kei te pukumahi ia.
He or she is busy.

I āhua pukumahi ahau.
I was somewhat busy.

Kei te ngau tō puku?
Have you got a sore puku?

I tino pukumahi a Mere.
Mere was very busy.

Ka tino pukumahi a Mere.
Mere will be very busy.

I āhua pukuriri ahau.
I was somewhat grumpy.

Ka āhua pukuriri ahau.
I will be somewhat grumpy.

Kei te tino pukumahi a Hēmi.
Hēmi is very busy.

Kua kī tōku puku.
My tummy is full.

Kei te tino pukuriri a Hēmi.
Hēmi is very grumpy.

I tino pukuriri a Mere.
Mere was very grumpy.

Ka tino pukuriri a Mere.
Mere will be very grumpy.

I pukumahi ahau.
I was busy.

He tangata pukumahi tō māmā.
Your mum is a hard working person.

Kei te āhua pukumahi a Rangi.
Rangi is somewhat busy.

I āhua pukumahi koe.
You were somewhat busy.

Kei te āhua pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi is somewhat grumpy.

I pukuriri ahau.
I was grumpy.

Ka āhua pukumahi koe.
You will be somewhat busy.

Ka pukuriri ahau.
I will be grumpy.

He mārō tōna puku.
Her stomach is hard.

I tino pukumahi a Hēmi.
Hēmi was very busy.

He pukumahi au i te ao, i te pō!
I'm busy night and day!

Ka tino pukumahi a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be very busy.

I āhua pukuriri koe.
You were somewhat grumpy.

Kei te āhua pukumahi a Mere.
Mere is somewhat busy.

I tino pukuriri a Hēmi.
Hēmi was very grumpy.

I pukumahi koe.
You were busy.

Ka pukumahi koe.
You will be busy.

Kia noho puku koe.
Sit quietly.

Kei te āhua pukumahi a Hēmi.
Hēmi is somewhat busy.

Kua ora taku puku.
My tummy feels better.

I āhua pukumahi ia.
He or she was somewhat busy.

Kei te āhua pukuriri a Hēmi.
Hēmi is somewhat grumpy.

I pukuriri koe.
You were grumpy.

Ka āhua pukumahi ia.
He or she will be somewhat busy.

I āhua pukuriri ia.
He or she was somewhat grumpy.

Ka āhua pukuriri ia.
He or she will be somewhat grumpy.

He pukumahi ia.
He is a hard worker.

I āhua pukumahi a Rangi.
Rangi was somewhat busy.

Ka āhua pukumahi a Rangi.
Rangi will be somewhat busy.

Kei te āhua pukumahi ahau.
I am somewhat busy.

Kei te āhua pukuriri ahau.
I am somewhat grumpy.

I āhua pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi was somewhat grumpy.

Ka āhua pukuriri a Rangi.
Rangi will be somewhat grumpy.

Kei te āhua pukumahi koe.
You are somewhat busy.

He kaimahi pukumahi koe.
You are a hard worker.

I tino pukumahi ahau.
I was very busy.

I āhua pukumahi a Mere.
Mere was somewhat busy.

Ka āhua pukumahi a Mere.
Mere will be somewhat busy.

Tō pukumahi hoki!
How hardworking you are!

I tino pukuriri ahau.
I was very grumpy.

Ka tino pukuriri ahau.
I will be very grumpy.

Kei te āhua pukumahi ia.
He or she is somewhat busy.

Kei te āhua pukuriri ia.
He or she is somewhat grumpy.

I āhua pukuriri a Mere.
Mere was somewhat grumpy.

Ka āhua pukuriri a Mere.
Mere will be somewhat grumpy.

I tino pukumahi koe.
You were very busy.

Kei te tino pukuriri ahau.
I am very grumpy.

Ka tino pukumahi koe.
You will be very busy.

I āhua pukumahi a Hēmi.
Hēmi was somewhat busy.

Ka āhua pukumahi a Hēmi.
Hēmi will be somewhat busy.

I tino pukuriri koe.
You were very grumpy.

Ka tino pukuriri koe.
You will be very grumpy.

Kei te tino pukumahi koe.
You are very busy.

Kei te pukuriri au.
I'm grumpy.

Kei te tino pukuriri koe.
You are very grumpy.

I āhua pukuriri a Hēmi.
Hēmi was somewhat grumpy.

Kei te āhua pukuriri au.
I'm somewhat grumpy.

Kei te tino pukumahi ia.
He or she is very busy.

Kei te pukumahi ahau.
I am busy.

I tino pukumahi ia.
He or she was very busy.

Kei te tino pukuriri ia.
He or she is very grumpy.

Kei te tino pukuriri au.
I'm very grumpy.

Ka tino pukumahi ia.
He or she will be very busy.