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Ehara tēnei mahi i te mahi ngāwari.
This work isn't easy work.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara a Ataahua i te tangata mahi kai.
Ataahua isn't a hunter-gatherer-grower of food.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara tēnei i te mahi uaua.
This is not a difficult task.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te mahi ngā tāne ki konā.
The men are working there near you.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te mahi ngā tāne ki korā
The men are working over there.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te mahi a Rangi i te whare.
Rangi is working at home.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te hoki ia ki te mahi i tēnei rā.
I am returning to work today.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kei te mahi ahau.
I'm working.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E mahi ana ia i Pōneke.
She works in Wellington.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E mahi ana au i te hōhipera.
I work at the hospital.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E whakamārama ana te kaiako i te mahi ki ngā tamariki.
The teacher is explaining the work to the children.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E tātaku ana tērā i ngā kauhau o nehe, me te kōrero i ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna i mahia i tēnei taha.
They recited the old recitations from ancient times, and talked about the deeds of the ancestors.
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 mahi kai mātou i mua i te hui.
We prepared food before the meeting.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I mahi poka noa au ki te keri i te whenua, ka kohete mai ia, 'E tama e! Me taki karakia i te tuatahi'.
I heedlessly started digging and she growled at me, 'Boy! You should do karakia first!'
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I te hanga te kaiako i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was preparing the work for the class.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te hoki mai a Rewi i te mahi i te ahiahi.
Rewi was returning from work in the evening.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Kua mutu tana mahi whakareri i ngā kai.
He has finished preparing the food.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua mutu tāku mahi i a au.
My work has been finished by me. (I've stopped working)
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua roa ake te mahi i tāku i whakaaro ai.
The job has taken longer than I thought.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua riro te mahi uaua i a au.
The hard work has been received by me.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua mahia te mahi pai e kōrua.
The good work has been done by you two
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me haere koe ki te mahi ākuanei.
You'd better go to work soon.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me tuhi a Aroha i ana mahi kāinga.
Aroha should write her homework.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mahi tāua, nē?
We should do some work, eh?
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mahi tahi tātou.
Let's all work together.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me tīmata tātau i ngā mahi ināianei.
We had better start the work now.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mahi koe i tō mahi kāinga.
You had better do your homework.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mutu ngā mahi i konei.
We should finish our work here.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kei te hōhipera au e mahi ana.
I am working at the hospital.
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Kei tāwāhi ia e mahi ana.
He's working overseas.
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Kei te tari kāwanatanga au e mahi ana.
I work in the public service.
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Kei Rangitīkei tāku pāpā e mahi ana.
My father is working in Rangitīkei.
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Kei hea tō pāpā e mahi ana?
Where is your father working?
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Kei te kāinga a Nikau e mahi ana.
Nikau is at home working.
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Kei roto rātou e mahi kai ana.
They are inside preparing food.
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Kei hea a Mia e mahi ana?
Where is Mia working?
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Kia mā te wāhi e mahi ai kōrua.
Your work area should be clean.
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...
Mai i tōku tamarikitanga pīrangi ai ahau ki te mahi nēhi.
Since childhood I have always wanted to be a nurse.
Habitual action - ai
Oma ai a Tame ki te mahi i ngā rā katoa.
Tame always runs to work every day.
Habitual action - ai
Mai i tōku tamarikitanga pīrangi ai au ki te mahi hei nēhi.
Since childhood I have always wanted to work as a nurse.
Habitual action - ai
Haere ai ia mā runga pahikara ki te mahi ia ata ia ata.
He always goes to work by bike every morning.
Habitual action - ai
He rite tonu ia ki tōna pāpā mō te mahi whenua.
He is just like his father when it comes to farming.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
He aha tāna e mahi ana?
What is it that s/he is working on?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha ngā mahi kua oti i a koe i ēnei wiki e rua?
What have you completed this fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha ngā mahi ka oti i a koe ā ngā wiki e rua?
What will you do next fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Kāti, he aha tā kōrua mahi i tēnei rā, e moko?
So, what are you two doing today, my grandchild?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
E taku tau, he aha nei ngā mahi mā tāua kia haere atu ki tātahi?
My love, what tasks do we have to do so we can go to the beach to holiday?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha tā koutou mahi inanahi nei?
What did you guys (3+) get up to yesterday?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha tā kōrua mahi i Pōneke?
What did you two get up to in Wellington?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha tō mahi i Te Wānanga o Raukawa?
What are you going to do at Te Wānanga o Raukawa?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha tā koutou mahi i te kura i tēnei rā?
What did you guys get up to at school today?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha tā koutou mahi i te marae i te Rāhoroi?
What were you guys doing at the marae on Saturday?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha te mahi a Tainui i te rā nei?
What is Tainui doing today?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha te mahi a ngā kuia i te marae?
What is the work of the elderly women at the marae?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha tō mahi ināianei?
What are you doing now?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha te mahi a te kurī inanahi nei?
What is the dog doing now?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Inanahi nei he aha te mahi a te ngeru?
What was the cat doing yesterday?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha te mahi a Pāpā i te Rātapu?
What does Dad do on Sunday?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha te mahi a te pēpi i te rā nei?
What is the baby doing today?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha tā rātou mahi āpōpō?
What is their task tomorrow?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
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.
Taihoa e hīanga kia oti te mahi kāinga.
No mischief until the homework is finished.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Taihoa e mahi tēnā mahi.
Don't do that yet.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Nō te korenga mahi i te tau 1972, ko ngā raruraru maha i puta.
The strike in 1972 causes many problems.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nā Pita i mahi te parāoa.
Pita made the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nāu te mahi uaua i mahi.
You did the hard work.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā wai i mahi te parāoa?
Who made the bread?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Māku te mahi e oti.
I will finish the work.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māu e mahi kaputī māna?
Can you make a cup of tea for her?
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā te mīhini e mahi ngā mea katoa.
The machine will do everything.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku e mahi ngā kai.
I'll get the kai ready.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā Honi e mahi te parāoa.
Honi will make the bread.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Whakatikahia ngā mahi i te whare mō te hui.
Prepare the work at the house for the meeting.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Me he mahi kei te haere, ka oma!
If there's work to be done, he runs!
If... (using me) - me
Te reka hoki! Hei, titiro ki muri i a koe, ki te taha matau, kei te kīhini taku hoa e mahi ana.
Delicious! Hey, look behind you, to the right, my friend is working in the kitchen.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Mā te mahi tahi te kaupapa e tū ai.
Through cooperation the kaupapa will get off the ground or be realised.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai
Me mahi tiakareti wera, me te ruirui anō i ngā maihimero ki runga.
Make a hot chocolate and sprinkle marshmallows on top.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
Mahia ai tēnei mahi i ngā rā omua.
This work was carried out in former times.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua mahia te mahi e ngā tamariki.
The work was done by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I ngā rā o mua, kāore tēnei mahi e mahia ana e ngā Māori o Te Kaha.
Formerly, this activity was not performed by the Māori people of Te Kaha.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua whakamāramatia te mahi e te kaiako ki ngā tamariki.
The work has been explained to the children by the teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kāre e taea a au te haere ki te mahi āpōpō.
I can't go to work tomorrow.
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka taea e koe te mahi toi?
Can you do art?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka taea rāua te mahi tahi.
They (two) are able to work together.
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Kāore anō tā māua mahi kia oti.
Our work is not done yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
He tangata pai tonu ia ki a au, ahakoa āna mahi hē i ētahi wā.
I think he's an okay guy, in spite of the fact that he stuffs up sometimes.
Conjunctions - although - ahakoa
Kia oti i a koe tēnei mahi a te wā e hoki mai ana ahau.
This job should be finished by you at the time when I return.
When - Kia
Kia oti te mahi ka hoki tātou.
When the work is done, we will go home.
When - Kia
Kei te mahi ia.
She is at her place or work. OR: She is working.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kāore a Rangi i te mahi i te whare.
Rangi is not working at home.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
I te marae, he aha te mahi a ngā koroua?
At the marae, what is the work of the elders?
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
I te pō i kai hapa au, ā, i mahi au.
At night I had dinner and worked.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Ka mutu tā tātou mahi āpōpō.
Our work will be finished tomorrow.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka mutu te mahi inanahi, ka haere mātou ki te tāone.
When yesterday's work was finished, we went to town.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka kiriweti ia ki ngā mahi whakapātaritari a tōna tungāne.
She gets annoyed with the teasing antics of her brother.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka kīa e te taitamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka kīa e te tatamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He uaua tēnei mahi nō reira kei te pōuri ahau.
This work is hard, therefore I am sad.
Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira
He māmā tēnei mahi nō reira kei te harikoa ahau.
This work is easy, therefore I am happy.
Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira
Kua oti taku mahi nō reira kei te koa ahau.
My work is finished, therefore I'm happy.
Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira
Manaakittia ngā mahi a ngā tīpuna.
Respect the work of the ancestors.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Ko ēnei ngā mahi o te hui.
These things are the work of the meeting.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāore te mahi i mahia e ngā tamariki.
The work was not done by the children.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua tū mea nei.
The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko tēhea te mahi kua oti?
Which is the work which has been completed?
Which - Ko tēhea?
Kāore te kaiako i te hanga i ngā mahi mō te akomanga.
The teacher was not preparing the work for the class.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...
Kāore a Rewi i te hoki mai i te mahi i te ahiahi.
Rewi was not returning from work in the evening.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...
I mahi māua ko tōku māmā.
My mother and I (us two, but not you the listener) worked.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
He wahine kaha ki te mahi a Rāhera.
Rāhera is a woman strong in work.
The article - te, ngā, he
Kaua e mahi pērā!
Don't work like that!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Kaua e whakatikahia ngā mahi i te whare mō te hui.
Don't prepare the work at the house for the meeting.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Kei te mahi māua āpōpō.
We will be working tomorrow.
Future locatives - kei te
Ngā mahi a tō mātou rōpū.
Our group's tasks.
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a
Ehara māku te mahi e oti.
I won’t finish the work.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Ko ngā mahi pai ki a ia, ko te mahi māra, me te ruku kai moana hoki.
She likes gardening and diving.
I like... - He pai ki a au...
Kāore rāua e taea te mahi tahi.
They are unable to work together.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Mā wai e mahi te parāoa?
Who will make the bread?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Ka mutu te mahi i te kāwanatanga.
The work was stopped by the government.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua oti i a ia te mahi a ngā tamariki katoa.
She has completed all of the children's chores.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua oti ngā mahi i a rātou.
The work has been finished by them.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua oti te mahi a te rōpū mahi taiepa.
The fencing gang has finished its work.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Inahea koe i mahi ai?
When did you work?
Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea
Ka mutu tō mahi, ka mohi mau au.
When your work is finished, I will return.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka
Ka mutu tāt tāau mahi, ka whakatā tātou.
When our work is finished, we will relax.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka
Te mahi a te tāngata.
There were heaps of people.
There were lots of... - te maha a te...
Te mahi a te waka.
There were heaps of cars.
There were lots of... - te maha a te...
Mahia te mahi ināianei.
Do the work now.
Ngā mahi ā ngā tūpuna.
The deeds of the ancestors.
Kua mahi he tamaiti i te pahi.
A child was left behind by the bus.
Kāore ano te mahi kia oti i āku tamariki.
My children have not yet completed the work.
Kia mutu rawa te mahi whakapaipai whare, ka wātea kōrua ki te haere.
Once the house decorating work is completely finished, you both will be free to go.
Kei te mahi ngā wāhine ki konei
The women are working here.
Kia haere tāua ki Kai Reka, kei reira taku hoa, a Koa, e mahi ana.
Let's go to Kai Reka, my friend, Koa, works there.
He tino mōhio ia ki te mahi kai i te moana.
He is very knowledgeable when it comes to getting food from the sea.
Tātou ka mahi i te tawa kia rua rau putu te roa.
Let us make a tower 200 feet high.
He tino mōhio ia ki te mahi māra.
She's very knowledgeable when it comes to gardening/growing veges.
I mahi au.
I worked.
Engari, kei te mahi tonu. Koia kei a ia ki te mahi!
But he is still working, what a champ!
He mātanga a Raimona ki te mahi kai.
Raimona is a master at preparing food.
He kuia kaha ki te kōrero i ngā mahi o tana tamarikitanga.
She is an elderly woman who is good at talking about her childhood.
He mahi pārekareka tēnei.
This is fun work.
He wahine kaha ki te mahi ahakoa te mahi.
She is a woman who is strong in work, no matter the task.
He tino mōhio ia ki te mahi kai i te moana, arā ki te ruku mātaitai me te hī ika.
He is very knowledgeable about gathering seafood, that is diving for shellfish and fishing.
Kei te mahi ai tāku taumahi āpōpō.
I'm working on my assignment tomorrow.
Ko ngā iwi o te uru, o te raki anō hoki, ka kaha mahi i te "e... ana".
The tribes of the west, and also the north, use "e... ana".
Kei te mahi au i taku taumahi, kei te whapai i tōku whare, ā, kei te haere hoki ki tōku marae.
I'm working on my assignment, I'm cleaning my house and I am going to my marae.
Ko ngā iwi o te rāwhiti, o te tonga hoki, ha mahi kē i te "kei te...".
The tribes of the east and the south, on the other hand, use "kei te...".
He wharau mō tōna kuia tāna e mahi ana.
She is working on a shed for her kuia.
I ēnei rā, mā te mīhini e mahi te nuinga o ngā mahi.
These days, machines do most of the work.
He mātanga hoki a Raimona ki te mahi kai, he kaha ki te kai!
Raimona is also an expert at cooking, he loves to eat!
He ringa rehe a Moana ki te mahi māra, ki te purei rakuraku hiko, ka mutu, he rōreka ki te waiata.
Moana is a dab hand at gardening, playing electric guitar, and she loves to sing.
I whakaaturia āna mahi toi.
Her work was exhibited.
Kāore he mahi kāinga i tēnei rā.
There's no homework today.
Mā te aha i te mahi kai.
What's better than providing food.
Kei whea kē mai te pai o te mahi nei.
What an excellent job.
Kua mutu te mahi a Rewi.
Rewi has finished working.
Kei te mahi huna koe?
Are you being sneaky?
He mahi hīanga hoki tēnā.
That is a naughty thing to do.
Ka oti i a koe te mahi nā i te rā nei?
Will you finish that job today?
I mahi toi au.
I did art.
Kua mahi au i taku taumahi.
I have completed my assignment.
I mahi māra au.
I did gardening.
I mahi kapahaka au.
I did kapahaka.
I mahi tahi tātou katoa.
We all worked together.
He koretake au ki te mahi pangarau.
I'm useless at maths.
E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.
I mua rā, ko tana mahi hoki he puhipuhi pūkeko.
He used to shoot pūkeko.
Ko te karanga te mahi a ngā kuia.
The call of welcome is the job of the elderly women.
He roa ngā haora mahi o te tūmau.
The working hours of the chef are long.
Kāore āku mahi nui, i whakatā, i whakapai whare, i āwhina i tōku whaea i tōna māra.
I didn't do much, I relaxed, cleaned the house, helped my mother 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.
He tangata i pai, he tangata i kino ki te mahi a Ponga.
Some said Ponga's action was good, and some said it was bad.
I reira, ka kitea tētahi mahi ātaahua rawa.
From there a beautiful project was seen.
Te mahi a te kai.
Lots of food.
Kāore e taea e au te haere ki te mahi āpōpō.
I am unable to go to work tomorrow.
E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whawhe ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.
Mea mahi ngā poi ki te kōrari.
Poi are made of flax.
"Katoa tō mātou kapa e tino manawanui nei i te āheinga a te hunga reo Māori ki te whakamutu i ā rātou mahi hoko kai i roto i te reo, i te āheinga hoki mā te whānui me te whāroa o ā mātou toronga, ka āwhina kia whakarauora i te reo, ā, kia whakamahia e ngā whakatipuranga kei te pihi ake."
"Our entire team is incredibly proud that not only can te reo Māori speakers now complete their shopping in their own language, but that we can use our scale and reach to help ensure te reo Māori is revitalised and used for generations to come."
He whakaako tana mahi i ngā tamariki o te kura o Te Kaha ki te tao kai.
Her job was to teach cooking to the children of the Te Kaha school.
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.
Koirā anake te mahi e pahawa i a koe!
That's all you're good for!
Nā te mahi rātou i hoki ai ki Pōneke.
They returned to Wellington because of the work.
E kore tāua e mahi tahi i te taumahi ākuanei.
We won't be working on the project together anymore.
E mahi ana rāua.
Those two are working.