Results for 'nā'
nā - Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of
E kōwhiti ana te tamaiti nā i ngā kuku.
The mussels are being shelled by that child by you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E mōhio ana au ki te tangata e kōrero nā koe.
I know the person you're talking about.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ko te hapu e noho ana i Maungawhau e mea ana nā rātou taua moana.
The sub-tribe living at Maungawhau said that that sea was theirs.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Nō nā tata nei.
Just recently.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nā Niko ngā keke nā i tunu.
Niko cooked those cakes (near you).
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Ko te whakaaro na te mea tika.
That idea is the right one.
Conjuctions - because - nā te mea
Kua tangohia nā hū e tōnā matua.
His shoes have been removed by his father.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Auē, kua rakahia te whare? Nā wai i raka te whare? Ehara i a au.
Oh no! Has the house been locked? Who locked the house? It wasn't me.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ki tā Kahu mā, nā rātou kē taua taonga.
According to Kahu and them, that taonga belongs to them.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
E ruku pāua ana au nā te mea e haere mai ana tōku hungarei.
I'm going pāua diving because my mother-in-law is coming.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kāore e kore nā Hema ia i kōrero.
It was doubtless Hema who told him.
Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore
Ehara māku e taki te karakia, nā te mea he iti taku kete pāpaku taku kete karakia.
I will not be the one to recite the prayer because my kete is shallow.
Conjunctions - but - engari
He pai ki ahau te mahita, nā te mea, he humarie ia.
I like the teacher, because he's handsome.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Kāore e pai ki ahau te mahita, na te mea, he haunga ia.
I don't like the teacher because he smells.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Tērā tonu pea nā Amaru te papawīra rā. I mea mai ia he papawīra hou tāna.
That skateboard might well belong to Amaru. He said he had a new skateboard.
Perhaps - Tērā pea
Ka hoki mai nā roto i te nehenehe.
They returned by way of the patch of bush.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ko Ngāti-Kahukoka e mea ana nā rātou taua wāhi moana.
Ngāti-Kahukoka said that part of the sea belonged to them.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Ehara na tōku hoa Pākehā ēnei tamariki.
These children do not belong to my Pākehā friend.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
He mea hanga nā te Atua.
God created.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...
Ehara nāku te karakia i taki, nā Mia kē.
I was not the one who recited the prayer, it was Mia.
He mokopuna au nā Amaru.
I am a mokopuna/grandchild of Amaru.
He ākonga au nā Ari.
I am one of Ari's students.
Ehara nā ngā tamariki i horoi te motokā.
The kids did not wash the car.
He hunaonga ia nā Mia.
She's Mia's daughter-in-law.
He tamaiti atawhai ia nā Kauri.
He's Kauri's adopted child.
Ahakoa he iti kete, he iti nā te aroha.
It is the thought that counts.
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.
He whakataukī tēnei nā ngā tūpuna Māori...
As the Māori ancestors said...
E iti noa ana nā te aroha.
A small thing given with love.
Kātahi nā te tamaiti mōhio, ko koe.
What a clever child you are.
Ka oti i a koe te mahi nā i te rā nei?
Will you finish that job today?
Ehara nā rātou te whare i hanga.
They didn't build the house.
Ehara nā Pita tēnei whakaahua.
This photograph does not belong to Pita.
Ehara nā Hōri te reta nei i tuku mai.
George didn't send this letter.
Ko te ingoa nei nā Te Aotakī i tapa.
This name was given by Te Aotakī.
Tangohia mai te mea nā i raro i te oko.
Peel off the thing from under the bowl.
He iti nā te aroha.
It's small but given with love (proverb).
Tēnā koe, e noho mai nā i Ākarana.
Hello to you who will in Auckland.
I oma rātou nā tua o ngā rākau.
They ran past beyond the trees.
He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.
A tÅtara split in two is food for the fire.
Pāpā, nāku kē i raka te whare, nā Nikau i whakaweto te hikohiko. Kua pai tātou.
Pāpā, I locked the house. Nikau turned the power off. We are fine.
Keo tōu kāinga pea te ngahau nā te tini o te uri ariki.
Perhaps at your home the young chiefs dance.
Oho rawa ake ia i te ata, ka tirotiro haere, kua ngaro kē `na hoa.
When he finally woke up in the morning, [he] looked all around, but his friends had disappeared.
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.
Kāore e taea e ahau te hīkoi nā raro.
I'm not able to work.
Ehara nā Aria ngā tamariki, nā Ani kē ngā tamariki.
The women are not Aria's, they are actually Ani's children.