Results for 'tika'
tika - to be right, correct, straight, in order
tikanga - reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)
whakatika - to straighten, to correct, to fix
tōtika - straight, direct, right
whakatikatika - to rearrange, to put in order, to fix
e tika! - well, well!
kotikara - finger; fingernail; toe; toenail
matikara - finger; toe
pare tīkākā - sunscreen
tahatika - coastline
tautika - even; straight
tīkākā - sunburn
tikanga maha - multicultural
tikanga o te wā - the fashion
tikanga rua - bicultural
tīkaokao - hen
tino tika - exact
torotika - in a straight line
whakatikatikanga rori - roadworks
ārai tīkākā - sunscreen
Kia ngākau titikaha! - Be confident!
Kia tika! - Be correct!
whakatikaina - to be corrected, fixed
ngā tikanga-ā-iwi - anthropology
tika tonu - quite right
tōna tikanga - strictly speaking
He tika (tāu)! - You’re right!
tōna tikanga - supposedly
Kāore i a au te tikanga. - My hands are tied.
Tōna tikanga. - Supposedly.
Tika hoki tāu! - You are correct!
Kei a koe te tikanga. - It's your responsibility. It's up to you.
Mahi tika ana. - Great work! Absolutely!
Ko te horopaki tērā ka tohu i te mahinga tika.
Context is what determines the correct usage.
Identity sentences - ko...
Kei te tika.
That's correct.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te tika tāu whakautu.
Your answer is correct.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E tika ana te kōrero.
The statement is correct.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E tika ana me tū ki te mihi atu ki a koe.
It is appropriate to stand and acknowledge you..
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E tika ana kia mihi au ki a koe me tō whānau i tēnei wā pōuri.
It is appropriate for me to greet you and your family at this sad time.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kua whakatika au i te moenga.
I've made the bed.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua tika katoa kai me ngā mīti atu.
All the food, including the meat, should be ready now.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua whakatika ia i ōna makawe.
He's straightened his hair.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me kai waiū ngā pēpi ka tika.
It's right that babies have breast milk.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me ako ngā tamariki o Aotearoa i te reo Māori ka tika, nē rā?
It's fitting that New Zealand children learn Māori, isn't it?
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mihi ka tika ki a koe.
It is entirely appropriate I acknowledge you.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mihi ka tika ki a kōrua.
It is entirely appropriate I acknowledge you both.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mihi ka tika ki a koutou.
It is entirely appropriate I acknowledge you people.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me whakatika koe i ō kākahu kura.
You should fix your uniform.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me whakatika tātou i te akomanga.
We should tidy the classroom.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me whakatika koe i tō rūma.
You'd better tidy up your room.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me kaukau koe ka tika!
Too right you should bathe!
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kia tika āu raina.
Make your lines straight.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia
Kia tika te mahi, kei panaia koe.
Make sure your work is good or else you'll get fired!
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Whakatikaina tō rūma, kei riri tō māmā!
Clean your room or your mother will tell you off!
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Tēnā mahi atu a kōrua mahi whakatika?
Could you two please go and do your chores?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Kia ahatia. Ka hoki mai tēnā pōtae ā tōna wā anō e tika ana.
No worries/it's all good. That hat will return when the times is right.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@
Kia ahatia. Māku e whakatika.
It's all good. I will fix it.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@
Ko wai e rata ana ki ngā tikanga hou nei?
Who likes these new procedures?
To like - rata
Nā wai tō moenga i whakatika ii tēnei ata?
Who made your bed the morning?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā wai te whare i whakatika?
Who fixed the house?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Ko te whakaaro na te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Conjuctions - because - nā te mea
Kei te whakatikaina te waka.
The car is being fixed.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Whakatikaina ēnei rerenga!
Correct these sentences.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kaua e takahi tikanga.
Do not disregard customs.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
I whakatikahia te waka hei painga mō te haere.
The car was fixed for the benefit of the trip.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te whakatikangia tōku waka e taku pāpā.
My car is being fixed by my father.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka kimihia tētahi tikanga, e kitea ai he moni.
A plan will be sought whereby money will be found.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E kimihia ana he tikanga.
A plan is/was being sought.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E kimihia ana he tikanga e ngā āpiha.
A plan is being sought by the officials.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka taea ekoe tōku waka te whakatika?
Are you able to fix my car?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Āe, ka taea e au tō waka tde whakatika.
Yes, I am able to fix your car.
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka whakatika te kōtiro rā, ka mua ki te kīaka.
The girl got up and took a calabash.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka whakatika atu ētahi ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā.
Some stood to wave outside the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka whakatika te ope tamariki nei, ka tātou i a rātou mō te haere.
The group of young people got ready and girded themselves for the journey.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kei te whakatika te ope i Heihei.
The party is setting out from Heihei.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Tōna tikanga, me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa āpōpō, engari, taku aroha ki a koutou, e pai ana kia hōmai ā tērā wiki.
Strictly speaking, you should hand in your essays tomorrow, but out of the kindness of my heart, I'll let you do it next week.
He aha te tikanga o te raiti whero?
What does the red light mean?
What? - He aha?
He aha te tikanga o te raiti kākāriki?
What does the green light mean?
What? - He aha?
He aha te whakahoki tika?
What's the correct response?
What? - He aha?
He aha ērā tikanga?
What are those customs?
What? - He aha?
He aha te tikanga o tēnā?
What does that mean?
What? - He aha?
Kāore tērā kōrero i te tika.
That account is not correct.
That (over there) - tērā
I ngā huihuinga ka noho mai ia tika tonu mai i ahau.
He sits opposite me in meetings.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Kāore e taea e koe tōku waka te whakatika.
You are unable to fix my car.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Kāore i taea e koe tōku waka te whakatika.
You were unable to fix my car.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Ehara i a ia tō māua waka i whakatika.
He didn't fix our car.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Mā wai te whare e whakatika?
Who will fix the house?
Who will? - mā wai?
HJomai te hama kia whakatika a ahau i tēnei.
Pass the hammer so that I can fix this.
In order to... - kia... ai...
Kāore e taea te taraiwa kia tika me te pātuhi anō.
You can't drive properly whilst at the same time texting.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Kāhore i āhei te tangata kia haere i te tahatika o te one.
People were not allowed to go to the shore.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
Kei te tika, kei te hē rānei ēnei kōrero.
These statements are true or false.
Or... - ...rānei
Kāore i a au te tikanga.
My hands are tied.
tika
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Me mihi mātou ki a koutou ka tika.
It is appropriate we greet you.
Mā muri ka tika a mua.
The front will be OK because of the back.
Ke whakatika te ope, ka haere, ka tae ki tētahi awa.
The party set off, travelled along, and came to a river.
Ki a ia, kāore e tika kia whakatūria he whare moni ki Whakatipua.
In his opinion, a casino should not be established in Queenstown.
Ko koe te mea tika.
You are the right person.
Kei te whakatika i te waka.
The car is being fixed.
Kia tika hoki te kōrero, e tama.
Let the talk be correct, son.
Ko te tangata tika, ko koe!
The right person is you!
kia tika
Be correct
He tika tāu, e Rangi, hoki ora atu ki tō kāinga.
You're right, Rangi, safe travels home.
Whakatikatikangia tō tātou rūma.
Tidy up our room.
Me tā tātou whai i ngā tikanga a rātou mā.
as well as in our pursuit of our ancestral traditions.
Kia tika te mahi.
Be good.
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 whakatika waka i te rā, ā, he pene whakangahau tōna mō ngā huihuinga whakahirahira.
He is a person who fixes cars during the day, and he has an entertaining song for important gatherings.
Whakatikaina tō moenga.
Fix up your bed.
Ko te manaakitanga tētehi tikanga nui o te Māori.
Hospitality is a major tradition of Māori people.
Ko tēnā whaaaro te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Tika tonu! Pēhea hoki koe?
True! What about you?
He tōtika ia.
She is straight.
Kia tika te noho, e te tau.
Sit properly, my darling.
He tika ia.
He is correct.
He tika tāu.
You are right. (Yours is correct.)
Kei te tika tēnei?
Is this correct?
Whakatikaina tōu rūma
Get your room in order (tidy your room up)!
I tōna tikanga ko Pita tana ingoa.
It is her intention that his name will be Peter.
Ā, he tika! Kia ora kia ora!
Huh, you're right! Good on ya!
tikanga Māori.
Maori etiquette.
Ka whakatika rāua.
They stood up.
Ka whakatika a ia.
He stood up.
Kei runga koe i te ara tika.
You're on the right path.
Kia tika te noho e tama.
Sit properly, son.
Whakahokia ngā kupu ki te wāhi tika.
Put back the missing words.
Ko te pō tika tony tēnei.
This is certainly the correct night.
Whakatikahia tō rūma.
Clean up your room.
Tika tonu!
Too right!
Te tikanga, me kōrero kia tika.
Supposedly, one should talk correctly.
Ko te tikanga tēnei o tana hakiraratanga i a ia.
This is the way he insulted her.
He rarangatanga nāna i ngā rourou, ka tino mamae ana matikara.
She wove the food baskets, and her fingers were very sore.
He tika tāu!
You're right!
Ka mōhio ngā tāngata ki ngā tīkanga.
The people know the protocol.
Kia ora, kia ora! He kamupene hāpai i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
Thank you, thank you! It is a company that elevates the language and its customs.
Tika tāu e hoa. I aha koe i te mutunga wiki?
You are right! What did you do in the weekend?
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.
Ko te tikanga nui ka karakia ia i mua i āna mahi i te māra.
The main one is that she does karakia before working in the garden.
Kia tika a muri, kia tika a mua.
If things out the back are going well, things out the front will go well.
Āe, he tika tāu, ka haere i nāianei.
Yes, you are right, I'll go now.
Ko tō rātou whare tika tonu ki tērā taha.
Their house is opposite.
Ka whakatika tētahi anō o ngā uri ariki, ka tū hei kaituki mō te waka rā.
Another young chief arose and stood as chanter for that canoe.
Kei a wai te tikanga?
Who is it up to?
Kei a koe te tikanga.
It is up to you.
Tika tāu. Kāore i tua atu i tēnā.
That's true. That's the most important thing.
Kia mutu tātou i te wā tika, nei?
Please let's try to finish on time, shall we?
Kua matika ake a Kauri.
Kauri has stood up.
E hoa, he tika tō kupu.
Friend, your words are true.
Kāore e taea te taraiwa tika me te kai hamupaka anō.
You can't drive properly whilst at the same time eating a hamburger.
He tika te kī a tō tātou ariki, nā te kōtiro nei i pai mai ki a Ponga, kāti me āwhina e tātou.
The words of our leader are just; because this girl loves Ponga, we should support her.
Mō te kuia tēnā ka tika.
That would be fine for an old lady.
Ka tika hoki! Tokohia kei tō whānau?
That's right! How many in your family?
He tika te rahi mōku.
The size is correct for me.
Ko te tohu tērā i tika atu ai ia ki Waikimihia.
This was the sign that led her straight to Waikimihia.
Kei te tika, nē rā?
That's right, isn't it?
Kei te tika tēnei kōrero?
Is this correct?
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.
Ā! He tika.
Ah! True.