On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko wai i hopu i te ika?
Who caught the fish?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Kei te mau a Pani i te ika.
Pani is carrying the fish.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kua mau te ika i a Pani.
Pani has caught the fish.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Ka kai tātou i tētahi ika nui.
We will eat a big fish.
Sentences with i - i

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...

I hokona ngā ika e ia.
The fish were bought by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki ngā kaimātai pūtaiao, ehara te wēra i te ika, he whakangote kē.
According to the scientists, whales are not fish, they are mammals.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kua utaina ngā matau me te aho e ia ki runga i te waka kia hī ika ai.
The fish hooks and fishing line were loaded by him onto the waka in order to fish.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

He ruarua noa ngā ika i mau i a au i tēnei ata. Heoi anō, he pai ake te iti i te kore.
I only caught a few fish this morning. Still, a few is better than none.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Ka mau te ika.
The fish is caught.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ko Aotearoa to ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui's fish.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Mauria atu te ika nei!
Take this fish away!
Away - atu

Ngā ika o te moana.
The fish of the ocean.
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a

Te ika a Māui.
The fish of Māui.
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a

Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui
The head of the fish of Māui (a name for the Wellington region).
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a

Te nui hoki o tēnā ika!
How huge that fish is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

He ika me te maramara rīwai te kai pai ki a ia.
He likes fish and chips.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Homai koa kia toru ngā ika.
Please give me three fish.
Let there be a certain amount - kia

He hiahia nō Hāmi ki te kai i te fish 'n chips.
Because Hāmi wants to eat fish and chips.

Ko wai kāore i hopu i te ika?
Who didn’t catch the sh
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...

He momo ika.
A species of fish.

E ai ki ngā kaimātai pūtaiao, ehara te wēra i te ika, he whāngote kē
According to the scientists, whales are not fish; they are mammals

He ika tēnei.
This is a fish.

Māna e whakapiko te ara o te ika ki tāna wāhi e hiahia ai.
He could make a fish go wherever he wanted.

Ma rātou e unahi ngā ika.
They will scale the fish.

Nā te tangata rā i unahi ngā ika.
That man scaled the fish.

Nōna e unahi ana i ngā ika ka tīmata ki te ua.
While he was scaling the fish it began to rain.

Kia mahara ki ēnei tikanga ana haere ki te moana ki te mahi kai, hī ika rānei.
Remember these customs when you go to the sea to find food, or to fish.

Takoto tonu iho taua ika hai whenua.
That fish continues to lie here as land.

Ika me te maramara rīwai.
Fish and chips.

E hia ngā iki?
How many fish?

Rere ai ahau i ētahi wā ki a Tangaroa ruku ika ai.
I often go to sea to dive for fish.

E toru ngā ika.
There are three fish.

E hia ngā ika a mau i a koe?
How many fish did you catch?

Ko Aotearoa te ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui’s sh

Ka paatai a Hata kei whea ngaa ika
Hata asked where the fish were

Kia toru ngā ika!
Let there be three fish.

He aha tērā ika
What is that fish?

Kei whea ngaa ika?
Where are the fish?

He aha te ingoa o tērā ika
What is the name of that fish?

He kahawai tērā ika
That fish is a kahawai

Rite tonu koe ki te ika ki te kauhoe.
You are just like a fish when it comes to swimming.

Ka hoko hoki te hoki.
The fish will indeed return.

He hari hoki te hoki.
The fish is really happy.

Ka hoki hoki te hoki hari hoki.
The really happy fish will indeed return.

E hia ngā ika kei roto i tōu kete?
How many fish are in your kete?

Kei roto i te kēkē mauī he rāwaru anake ngā ika o reira.
Within (her) left armpit only the fish called rāwaru are there.

Kei te kēkē matu he tāmure anake ngā ika o reira.
In her right armpit, snapper only are the fish of that place.

Kei waenganui o ngā kūhā he hāpuku anake ngā ika o reira.
Between her thighs, hāpuku alone are the fish of that place.

I pōuri mātou i te mea kāore i mau i a mātou tētahi ika.
We were disappointed because we didn’t catch any sh

Kātahi tēnei ka karakia. Ehara, kua rere mai ngā ika ki roto i te waka.
Then this man prayed. Lo and behold, fish flew into the canoe.

Kua riro maa raatou e tango ngaa ika i ngaa taumanu
It had come to be the habit for them to take the fish (themselves) from the thwarts

Kāore te ika i mau i tana mātau.
The fish were not caught by his hook.

Mā Mere tēnei ika.
This fish is for Mere.

E hia ngā ika i te moana?
How many fish are in the sea?

Mā Niko tēnei ika.
This fish is for Niko.

Taihoa! Kei uta ngā ika.
Hold up! The fish are towards the land.

Kei tai ngā ika.
The fish are seaward.

He hiahia nōku ki te hi ika.
Because I wish to fish.

Kīhai te ika i mau ki te waha, i mau kē ki te hiku.
The fish was not caught by the mouth; it was caught by the tail instead.

Kātahi tēnei ka karakia. Ehara, kua rere mai ngā ika ki roto i te waka (Pōtatau 1991:10)
Then this man prayed. Lo and behold, fish flew (started to fly) into the canoe

Ka hao i te ika, ka keri i te roi.
[They] caught fish in nets, they dug up fern roots.

Tekau aku ika.
I have 10 fish.

Ka takatakahia e ia te one kia kinokino, kia maharatia ai nā te taua i tiki mai, i tāhae ngā ika.
She trampled the sand so that it was all disturbed, and people would think a war-party had stolen the fish.

Kei te kaukau te ika ki konā.
The fish is swimming over there.

Mā ngā iwi katoa e kai, kia mate ai ngā iwi katoa, kei ngā iwi o Tuere te mana, te atua.
at the(pl) bones of Tuere the power the supernatural They would all eat the fish, and all of them would die, slain by the supernatural power of the bones of Tuere.

Ka mahi te iwi i te kai, ka kawe maa Poroumaataa i te hinu, i te ika, me eeraa atu kai katoa
When the tribe procured food, they brought for Poroumata game, fish, and all other kinds of food