On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Kua tae mai rātou i Rotorua.
They have arrived here from Rototua.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

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

Tokotoru ngā tohunga e hauhau ana i ngā waka nei.
There were three experts hewing these canoes.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Haere ai mātou ki Rotorua i ngā hararei.
We regularly go to Rotorua in the holidays.
Habitual action - ai

Pēnei au ka māmā te oma i te toru kiromita - tēnā pōhēhē tēnā.
I thought running three kilometres would be a piece of cake - that was wrong.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

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 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

Ka kauhoe ia i Rotorua ki Mokoia.
She swam from Rotorua to Mokia.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Inanahi ke haere atu ia mai i Rotorua ki Pōneke.
Yesterday, he went from Rotorua to Wellington.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

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

Tokorua aku tēina, tokotoru aku tuahine.
I've got two younger brothers (and) I have three sisters.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

I Rotorua te whakataetae i tērā tau.
The competition was held in Rotorua last year.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Kua tae atu rātou ki Rotorua.
They have arrived in Rotorua.
Away - atu

Kei raro nei he kōrero mō ētahi tamariki tokotoru.
The following is a simple story about three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Tokotorua āu tamariki?
Have you got three children?
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Kotahi te kuia, tokotoru ngā tamariki.
One grandmother, three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are three elders.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

E toru ngā kahawai, e rua ngā tāmure.
There are three kahawai and two tāmure (fish).
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E toru ngā pene.
There are three pens.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E toru ngā kurī.
There are three dogs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Tuatoru.
Third.
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...

Huri ki te whārangi tuatoru.
Turn to page three.
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...

Toru karaka te wā.
The time is 2 o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hauwhā ki te toru.
Quarter to 3.
Telling time - kara

Toru hauwhā.
Three quarters.
Telling time - kara

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

E toru ngā tamariki a ō māua.
Our friends have three children.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o

Homai koa kia toru ngā ika.
Please give me three fish.
A certain amount - kia

He nui ake te utu mō ngā whare i Tāmaki i a Rotorua.
The prices of houses are more expensive in Auckland than in Rotorua.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

He iti iho te utu mō ngā whare i Rotorua i a Tāmaki.
The prices of houses are cheaper in Rotorua than Auckland.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

Kāore e tokotoru ngā tangata kaumātua.
There are not three elders.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...

Kāore e toru ngā pene.
There are not three pens.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Kāore e toru ngā kurī.
There are not three dogs.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Kua toruō tau ināianei!
You're three now!

Hei te toru karaka.
See you at three o'clock.

Ko te haurua mai i te toru karaka te wā,
The time is 3.30pm

E toru tekau tau tōna pakeke.
She is thirty years old.

Ōna tau e toru tekau.
She is thirty years old.

E toru ngā ika.
There are three fish.

He tino rongonui ngā ngāwhā o Rotorua.
The hot springs of Rotorua are very famous.

E toru ngā pū-tohu-wā "wāhipa".
There are three time markers for the past tense.

E toru tekau mā tahi ōna tau.
She is thirty-one years old.

Tekau mā toru tau te pakeke o Tīwana.
Tīwana is thirteen years old.

He pēhea a Te Whanganui-a-Tara ki a koe?
What do you think of Wellington?

Kei taku nei whakaaro, he tāone ātaahua a Rotorua.
In my thinking, Rotorua is a beautiful town.

Ko rātou, ko ngā poaka e toru.
Them (over there), the three little pigs.

Toru.
Three.

Ko Rotorua te tāone nui te haunga.
Rotorua is the town with the bad smell.

Tekau mā toru.
Thirteen.

He whakahirahira Rotorua.
Rotorua is famous.

Tokotoru aku irāmutu.
I have 3 neices.

I ngā toru rā.
Three days ago.

E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.

Ko te Rāapa te toru o Mei.
Wednesday the 3rd of May.

Kua toruō tau ināianei!
You're three now!

E toru ngā mea.
There are three things.

E toru ngā mea.
There are three things.

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.

E toru ngā ārani.
There are three oranges.

E toru miriona tāra te hui o te pūtea.
3 million dollars is the size of the fund.

E toru ngā paraihe niho.
There are three toothbrushes.

E toru āku.
I have three.

E toru ngā pukapuka kei runga i te tēpu.
There are three books on the table.

E toru tau te pakeke o Hūhana.
Hūhana is three.

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.

E toru ngā panana.
There are three bananas.