On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Tōrere te marae e tū ai te hui.
Tōrere is the marae where the meeting will take place.
Identity sentences - ko...

E haere ana au ki te rūma horoi hīrere ai.
I'm going to the bathroom for a shower.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E heke ana te hukarere.
The snow is falling.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E rerere ana te manu i runga tata iho i te ngata.
The bird is hovering just above the snail.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E rere ake ana te manu ki te kōmata o te rākau.
The bird is flying to the top of the tree.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ka rere te waka rererangi ki Tāmaki Makaurau ā te ahiahi.
The plane will fly to Auckland in the afternoon.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kua pakaru te hīrere.
The shower has broken!
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua uhia te maunga ki te hukarere.
The mountain is covered in snow.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

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

He rite te huarere ki hōtoke.
The weather is like winter.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Hei aha te kāngarere me te pāreti.
Never mind the cornflakes and the porridge.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

Taihoa e whakarere i te ngeru kia mau i a ia te kiore.
Don't shoo the cat until it has caught the mouse.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

Āwhea kōrua rere ai ki Ōtautahi?
When do you two fly to Ōtautahi?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

Ko wai e rata ana ki te kāngarere?
Who likes cornflakes?
To like - rata

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 te pō, i a rātou ka taurite ki te kūrae o Taumata-apanui, ka peke a Tōrere.
At night, when they were opposite Taumata-apanui, Tōrere jumped [overboard].
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

Nāku a Mia i whakarere iho ake.
I abandoned Mia.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Whakatikaina ēnei rerenga!
Correct these sentences.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Whakarerea ngā tūru ki roto i te rūma hui.
Leave the chairs in the meeting room.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Me he manu rere ahau...
If I were a flying bird...
If... (using me) - me

Kei raro iho nei he tauira o te reremahi poto.
Below is an example of a short verbal sentence.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Mā runga kutarere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by scooter.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga waka rererangi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by plane.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kei te haere ia mā runga wakarererangi.
He/she is travelling by plane.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kāore au i te taraiwa, ka haere mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I'm not driving, I'm going by plane.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kei te haere au mā runga waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kei te haere au mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere.
With feathers a bird can fly.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

Ka rere ngā wakarererangi i runga ake i taku whare i ngā rā katoa.
Planes fly over my house every day.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

He mate kino i pā ohorere ki ōna roro, nō hea e taea te whakaora.
A serious condition struck her brain without warning, and there was no hope of saving her.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Ka kite hoki i ētahi atu rerekētanga, engari, mō te reremahi, kahore.
There are other differences as well, but for verbal sentences, there aren't any.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te oherere ahau i te mea he māmā rawa tēnei mahi.
I am surprised because this work is too easy.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Nō te Rātapu te karere i tae mai ai.
It was on Sunday that the news arrived.
Direction - ...ai

Ā hea te kura rere atu ai ki Āmerika?
When is the school flying to America?
Direction - ...ai

I a au e hapū ana, i manako au ki ētahi kai tino rerekē nei.
When I was pregnant, I had some weird cravings.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana

Ka tau ngā karoro, ka oma atu te kurī, ka rere. Ka tau anō, ka oma anō te kurī ki te hopū, ka taki rere anō ngā manu. Pēnei tonu ā pau noa te hau o te kurī.
The seagulls would land and the dog take off after them, whereupon they'd take flight. Then they'd land again, the dog would run off again to try to catch them, and they'd all take to the air again. It carried on like this until the dog finally ran out of puff.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Ka riro i te hai hāte a Paki.
It was taken by Paki's ace of hearts.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka rere mai ngā waka i tai ki uta.
The canoes came from the sea to the shore.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka pahemo te awa o Tōrere.
He passed Tōrere's stream.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka pupihi te hau, ha hingahinga ngā rākau, ka rere ngā tīni o te whare.
The wind blew, the trees blew over and roofing iron blew off.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore te waka rererangi e rere ki Tāmaki Makaurau ā te ahiahi.
The plane will not fly to Auckland in the afternoon.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

I ahu te ara ki te rerenga mai o te rā.
The path pointed towards the rising sun.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Ka rere atu tāna tama ki a Pāora.
Pāora's son rushed off to him.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Rere atu i reira!
Get out of here!
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

E toru ngā momo tūmahi i te reo, otirā e pā ana ki te reremahi.
There are three types of verbs in the language, related to verbal sentences.
Conjunctions - however - otirā

Kua rere te wauria o Rua.
Rua's spirit has fled.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ka roa noa atu tōku rerenga i roto i tōku rererangi.
I can go for miles in my airplane.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He waka rererangi tērā.
That (over there) is a plane.
That (over there) - tērā

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

I rere mai te kaipuke.
The ship sailed here.
Towards - mai

Kua tae atu koe ki Te Rerenga Wairua?
Have you been to Cape Reinga.
Away - atu

Ka rere iho te tīwaiwaka, rere iho hoki tana hoa.
The fantail flew down, and so did her mate.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Kaua e whakarerea ngā tūru ki roto i te rūma hui.
Don't leave the chairs in the meeting room.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ehara i a au tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is not mine.
Negating n`aku possessives - Ehara i...

Mehe manu rere au, kua rere ki tō moenga.
If I were a bird that could fly, I would fly to your bed.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Ka kai, ka tiko, kātahi ka rere.
He ate, shat and left.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Tōna rere hoki!
How fast she is!
How... - tō... hoki

Tukua te wairua kia rere ki ngā taumata.
Allow one's spirit to exercise its potential.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

He rerekē tēnei i tāku.
This is different to my one.
Different from... - rerekē

He wītipiki, he kāngarere, he pāreti rānei?
Weetbix, cornflakes or porridge?
Or... - ...rānei

pirangi haere ki te tārere?
Wanna to go to the swing?

Tārere mai, tārere atu!
Swing towards me, swing away from me!

Te tino haerenga o rātou, 'Koia anō me te huruhuru manu e rere ana i te hau'.
They all ran on "like a bird's feather flying in the wind".

Ohorere tātou i tō rātou hokinga mai i te kaha o te kōpeke.
We were surprised at their return on account of the cold.

Kua whakapai au i te hīrere.
I've repaired the shower.

Kei te tārere te tārere.
The swing is swinging.

Ahakoa te kohu, ka rere atu te waka rererangi.
Despite the mist, the plane took off.

Kei te mānukanauka ahau i te huarere.
I'm worried about the weather.

E kore ngā kiwi e rere.
Kiwi can't fly.

Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.

Ko te tino rerekētanga, ko te reo ā-iwi.
The main difference is the dialect.

Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakaohorere ki te ākonga reo Māori, ko te akoranga nei, ehara noa te wātū i te "ka".
A common confusion for Māori language learners is that the verb "ka" is not only used for future tense.

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).

Ētahi rerenga kīwaha.
Some Phrases.

Tukuna ki te pūreretā.
Send it to the printer.

Kei hea te pūrere whakaahua?
Where is the photocopier?

Ko ngā paru e rere ana ki waho o te moana.
The sewage is flowing to the sea.

Kātahi tēnei ka karakia. Ehara, kua rere mai ngā ika ki roto i te waka.
Then this man prayed. Lo and behold, fish flew into the canoe.

He waka rererangi ērā.
Those (over there) are planes.

He rangi paiharere.
A perfect day.

Āe, kua tae atu au ki reira, ki Te Rerenga Wairua.
Yes, I've been there, to Cape Reinga.

I rere atu te manu ki tana kohanga.
The bird flew away to its nest.

E rere, wairua, e rere
Fly, o free spirit, fly

Rere ai au ki Wharekauri ki te kite i te whānau.
I fly to the Chatham Islands regularly to see the family.

Tino turituri te wakarererangi.
Aeroplanes are noisy.

Kei te tārere.
Swinging.

Kei te tārere koe.
You are swinging.

Kei te tārere te pēpi.
The baby is swinging.

Kei te tārere a Niko.
Niko is swinging.

ngā tohu huarere
the weather

He karere māu.
There is a message for you.

Kei te rere te rūrū ki te rākau ki te kai i ngā ngārara.
The rūrū is flying to the tree to eat the insects.

Kua rere atu ngā manu e rima.
The five birds have flown away.

Ka riro i a au tētahi kutarere hei taonga kirihimete.
I got a scooter for chirstmas.

Mokori anō kia rere a mihi.
It is right to acknowledge you (for this kai).

E kore a Repo e rere ki Manawatū ki te ako i te reo Māori.
Repo won't fly to Manawatū to learn the Māori language.

Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Māori.
Let the language be correct, let it flow, let it be inherently Māori.