On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko wai kei te tunu i te kai?
Who is cooking the food?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ehara i a mātou te kai i tunu.
We did not cook the food.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te tunu koe i te tina?
Are you cooking dinner?
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

E tunu ana a Mere i te kai.
Mere is cooking the food.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I mahi au i te māra, ā, āe, i pānui pukapuka, ā, i tunu hoki au i te kai mā te whānau.
I worked in the garden, yeah, I read books and I cooked for the family.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te tunu a Hana i te keke mō te hui.
Hana was baking the cake for the meeting.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka tunu a Mere i te kai mō te whānau ā te pō.
Mere will cook dinner for the family tonight.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka tunu ahau i te kai.
I will cook food.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua oti i taku pāpā te kai te tunu.
My father has finished cooking.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me tunu a pāpā i te kai.
Dad should cook the food.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tunu kai koe!
You should cook!
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me tunu te kai.
The food should be cooked.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ka tunu au i te parāoa ā tēnei pō.
I'll bake the bread tonight.
Sentences with i - i

Kei te kāuta a Aroha e tunu kai ana.
Aroha is in the cook house cooking dinner.
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Tunu kai ai ahai i a pō, i a pō.
I always cook food every night.
Habitual action - ai

Ia rā, ia rā, tunu ai au i te hapa.
Every day, (each day) I always cook dinner.
Habitual action - ai

Ia rā, ia rā, tunu ai au i te hapa.
Every day I always cook dinner.
Habitual action - ai

Tunu rēwena ai ia i ia Rātapu.
She always bakes bread every Sunday.
Habitual action - ai

Pēnei a Māmā e tunu ana koe i te parakuihi.
Mum thought you were cooking breakfast.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Pēnei a Pāpā e tunu ana koe i te tina.
Dad thought you were cooking dinner.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

Ka tino rata ia ki te keke ka tunua ki te kāinga.
They really like the cake that is baked at home.
To like - rata

Nāku i tunu te kai.
I cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Rangi ngā keke nā i tunu.
Rangi cooked those cakes (near you).
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna i tunu te keke.
It was him/her who baked the cake.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai tō kai i tunu inapō
Who was the one who cooked your food last night?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai te kai i tunu?
Who cooked for food?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku te kai i tunu.
I was the one who cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna te kai i tunu.
He cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā tōku hoa te kai i tunu.
My friend was the one who cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ehara i tōku hoa te kai i tunu.
It wasn't my friend who cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Koa ngā kai i tunu.
It was Koa who cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku te keke i tunu.
I was the one who cooked the cake.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāu te keke i tunu.
You were the one who baked the cake.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna te keke i tunu.
She was the one who baked the cake.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Taika te keke i tunu.
Taika was the one who baked the cake.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku te keke tunu.
I was the one who cooked the cake.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna te parāoa i tunu.
He baked the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā mātou te kai i tunu.
We cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māku e tunu te hapa.
I will cook dinner.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku pea e tunu, nē?
Shall I perhaps cook, right?
Future agent emphatic - māku

Mā Pita te kai e tunu.
Pita will cook the food.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māna e tunu te hapa.
He will cook dinner.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku e tunu.
I will cook it.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku tā tātou hapa e tunu a tēnei pō.
I will be the one to cook our dinner tonight.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Nā wai te keke i tunu?
Who baked the cake?
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kaua e tunu i te kina!
Don't cook sea-eggs!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e tunua te ika.
Don't cook the fish.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua te ika e tunua.
Don't cook the fish.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e tunua te kai.
The food shouldn't be cooked.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

E tunu keke ana a Māmā me te whakapai whare anō.
Mum cooked a cake whilst cleaning the house.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Ka tunua te keke.
The cake will be cooked.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te tunua te kai ki te ahi.
The food is being cooked by fire.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E tunu parāoa ana a Niko.
Niko's baking bread.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

I taea e Rāwiri te hāngī te tunu.
Rāwiri was able to cook the hāngī.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

I taea e Hera te kai te tunu.
Hera was able to cook food.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ka taea e koe te kai te tunu?
Are you able to cook dinner?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ka taea e koe te tunu keke?
Can you bake cakes?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ka tunu keke ia hei whakanui i tōku rā huritau.
She will bake a cake in order to celebrate my birthday.
For the purpose of - hei

He mea hoko kē pea te keke nei. Tērā tonu pea. Ehara ia i te tangata tunu keke, ki taku mōhio.
I think this cake might have been bought. Probably. As far as I know he's not a cake-maker.
Perhaps - Tērā pea

Kāore ia i tunu i te kai.
He didn't cook the food.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore i tua atu i tōku māmā mō te tunu keke.
There's no one better than my mother for baking cakes.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

Kāore a Mere e tunu i te kai mō te whānau ā te pō.
Mere will not cook dinner for the family tonight.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Kāore a Mere e tunu ana i te kai.
Mere is not cooking the food.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

Kāore a Hana i te tunu i te keke mō te hui.
Hana was not baking the cake for the meeting.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.
Telling time - kara

Ehara mā Pita te kai e tunu.
Pita won’t cook the food.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

Mēnā ka haramai koe, ka tunu kai au mā tāua.
If you come over, I will cook food for us.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

Tō pai hoki ki te tunu keke!
How good you are at baking cakes!
How... - Te... hoki...

Kāore i taea e Rāwiri te hāngī te tunu.
Rāwiri was unable to cook the hāngī.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Kāore i taea e Mia te kai te tunu.
Mia is unable to cook food.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Ehara i a ia te keke i tunu.
He/She didn’t bake the cake.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i ahau te kai i tunu.
It was not me who cooked the food.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i a koe te kai i tunu.
You were not the one who cooked the food.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i a ia te kai i tunu.
She was not the one who cooked the food.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i a koe te kai i tunu inapō.
You didn't cook our food last night.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara i tō māua pāpā tēnei keke i tunu.
Our father didn't cook this cake.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Nōnahea koe i tunu ai i tēnei keke?
When did you cook the cake?
Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

Ko wai kāore i te tunu i te kai?
Who isn’t cooking the food?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

Ka tunu ia i te kai.
He will cook food.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia.
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among.

Mā Amaru te kai e tunu?
Will Amaru cook the food?

Kei te tunua te kai i te ahi.
The food is being cooked on the fire.

tunu tina.
cook dinner.

pae tunu
oven tray

He koretake a Tīwana ki te tunu keke.
Tīwana is useless at baking cakes.

Ehara i a māua te kai i tunu. Nā tō rāua irāmutu i tunu.
It wasn't us two who cooked the food. It was their nephew.

I tunu au.
I cooked.

Kāore e taea e au te kai te tunu.
I can't cook the food.

I tunu parakuihi au.
I cooked breakfast.

Āe ana mai, haere ana, noho ana ia, tunu manu ana nāna.
She agreed and went off, he stayed and cooked birds for himself.

Kāore au mō te tunu.
I'm not into cooking.

Kei te haere ia ki te marae ki te tunu i ngā kai mō te hui.
He is going to the marae to cook food for the meeting.

Kei te tunu a Mere i te kai.
Mere is cooking the food.