On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

E kōwhiti ana te tamaiti nā i ngā kuku.
The mussels are being shelled by that child by you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E tū ana te tamaiti tāne.
The boy is standing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I kite au i tērā tamaiti tāne.
I saw that boy.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I tū tētahi tamaiti tāne.
A certain boy stood.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I pekepeke te tamaiti i te taiapa.
The child jumped backwards and forwards over the fence.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka aha koe ki te tamaiti hīanga?
What will you do with the mischievous child?
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua ora mai anō te tamaiti.
The child is well again.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua tino tāroaroa haere tō tamaiti!
Your son has become taller!
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua whakahokia ki a ia te tamaiti i mauria e ngā pirihimana i te marama o Oktopa.
The child who was taken by the police in October has been returned to her.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kei te titiro au ki te tamaiti e menemene mai ana.
I am looking at the child who is smiling at me.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Haere atu, kei tangi i a koe tamaiti nei!
Go away, lest you make the child cry.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

He rite tonu tērā tamaiti ki tōna matua.
That child is just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Māku te tamaiti e whāngai.
I will feed the child.
Future agent emphatic - māku

I te kōrero mai ia ānō nei he tamaiti ahau.
He was talking to me as if I was a child.
It was as if - ānō nei

I te kōrero mai a Māmā ānō nei he tamaiti au.
Mum was talking to me as if I was a kid.
It was as if - ānō nei

Kei waenganui te tamaiti i ngā kuia.
The child is between the elderly women.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

I tata toremi taku tamaiti.
My child just about drowned.
Almost/just about - kua/i tata...

I whāngaihia te tamaiti e tana kuia.
The child was adopted by his grandmother.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua inumia te miraka e te tamaiti.
The milk has been drunk by the child.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te arohaina te tamaiti e tōna whaea.
The child is loved by his mother.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I patua te kurī e te tamaiti.
The dog was hit by the child.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka patua ia e te tamaiti rahi.
He was hit by the big boy.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua kōrerotia te tamaiti e tōna kaiako.
The child has been spoken to by his/her teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kia whiwhi te tamaiti tāne ki te moni, ka hoko mai ia i te koha mā te kōtiro.
When they boy got the money, he bought a present for the girl.
When - Kia

Kei te pōuri te tamaiti.
The child is sad.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei tērā tamaiti tō waea pūkoro.
That child has your cell phone.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore he tamaiti i whānau.
No child is born.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Ka mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

E aroha ana te whaea ki tāna tamaiti.
The mother loves her child.

Kei te aroha te whaea ki tāna tamaiti.
The mother loves her child.

Na wai tēnei tamaiti?
Who does this child belong to?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Ko ia te tamaiti kēkē a Niko and Ani,
She is the niece of Niko and Ani.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Kei te arohaina te tamaiti e tōna whaea.
The child is loved by his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

He tamaiti tāu?
Do you have a child?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He tamaiti tā tāua.
We have a child.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Ko Aria te tamaiti kei waenganui i a Manu rāua ko Tawa.
Aria is the child between Manu and Tawa.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko James te tamaiti tuarua o te whānau
James is the second child in the family.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

Whānau rawa mai te tamaiti.
At least, the child was born.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Te kaha hoki o tāu tamaiti!
How strong your child is!
How... - Te... hoki...

Kātahi te tamaiti kōioio, ko Honi!
What a mischievous child Honi is!
What a... - kātahi te...

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

I tū tētāho tamaiti tāne.
A certain boy stood.

Kua mahi he tamaiti i te pahi.
A child was left behind by the bus.

Kua inu te tamaiti i te miraka.
The child has drunk the milk.

I tūkino he tangata i tēnei tamaiti.
A man abused this child.

He tau tō tamaiti.
Your child is relaxed.

He tamaiti atawhai ia nā Koa.
He's Koa's adopted child.

Kei tō tamaiti aku kī.
Your child has my keys.

Kātahi nā te tamaiti mōhio, ko koe.
What a clever child you are.

I kite au i te tamaiti tāne ra.
I saw that boy.

Ka whānau he tamaiti.
A child is born.

Kāore he tamaiti e whānau.
No child will be born.

Ko Tamahae te tamaiti i mau ai te tarakihi.
Tamahae was the boy who caught the tarakihi.

Tana tamaiti.
Her child.

Kei te moe te tamaiti.
The child is sleeping.

Kāore te tamaiti tāne e tū ana.
The boy is (or was not) standing.

Ka patu te tamaiti i te poro ki te taiapa.
The child hits the ball to the fence.

Kāore tētahi tamaiti tāne i tū.
A certain boy did not stand.

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

Kei te hiahia te tamaiti ki te haere ki te wharepaku.
The child wants to go to the toilet.

Kei hea taku tamaiti ināianei?
Where is my child now?

Kei hea tāku tamaiti ināianei?
Where is my child now?

I peke te tamaiti i te taiapa.
The child jumped the fence.

Tā rāua tamaiti.
Their child (two people, one child).

Ko Joseph taku tamaiti.
Joseph is my child

E kōrero ana tō kōutou rangatira ki tāna tamaiti.
Your chief is talking to his child.

Kei te pīrangi te tamaiti ki te haere ki te wharepaku.
The child wants to go to the toilet.

Ngā pukapuka ā tā rāua tamaiti.
Their children's books.

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.