On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko ā matou kurī ngā toa ki te tiaki hipi.
Our dogs are the champion sheep-musterers.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko koe taku toa!
You're my star player!
Identity sentences - ko...

E kāia ana hoki he tino toa koe ki taua mahi.
It is also said that you were a real champion at that job.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E haere ana ngā wāhine ki te toa.
The women are going to the shop.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E haere ana tātou ki te toa āpōpō.
We will be going to the store tomorrow.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I haere koe ki te toa?
Kāore koe i haere ki te toa?
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I pānui a Toa i tērā pukapuka.
Toa read that book.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te mutunga wiki i haere au ki te awa,te kura, te toa hoki.
On the weekend I went to the river, to the school and also to the shop.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te haere au ki te toa ki te hoko kai.
I was going to the shop to buy food.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka haere au ki te toa āpōpō ki te hoko kai.
I will go to the shop tomorrow to buy food.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka haere ngā tamariki ki te toa.
The children will go to the shop.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kua hoki mai rāua i te toa.
They have returned from the shop.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua haere ia ki te toa ki te hoko hikareti.
She's gone to the store to buy cigarattes.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me toa!
You should be determined!
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere koe ki te toa!
You should go to the shop!
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me haere koe ki te toa ki te hoko miraka.
You should go the shop and buy milk.
Simple sentences: you should - me

He maha ngā moni kua pau i a ia i te toa.
She has spent lots of money at the shop.
Sentences with i - i

Kei raro te toa o Te Kaha e putu ana.
The Te Kaha champion is spread out on the ground.

Kia ahatia, ehara te toa i te mea nui.
Never mind, winning isn't everything.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

Nō te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te toa hokorua ngā hū.
The shoes come from the second hand shop.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō te toa ēnei maika.
These bananas from from the shop.
Belonging to a place - nō

Nō Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?
Belonging to a place - nō

Mā ngā kaiako e whiriwhiri te toa.
The teachers will pick the winner.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Mā ngā kaiako te toa e whiriwhiri.
The teachers will pick the winner.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

E kōrero pākiwaha mai ana ia ānō nei ko ia te toa o te kēmu.
He was boasting as if he won the game.
It was as if - ānō nei

Kei waenganui i te whare kori tinana me te toa kākahu.
It's between the gym and the clothing store.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

I pōwhitritia mātou e Ngāti Toa.
We were welcomed by Ngāti Toa.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I tomokia te pā e ngā toa.
The pā was entered by the warriors.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E tirohia ana ngā taonga tākaro ki te toa e ngā tamariki.
The toys in the shop are being looked at by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Nō whea e toa tērā kōtiro i te tauwhāingaroa?
How can that girl possibly win the marathon?
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Kāore e kore ka toa te kapa Ōpango.
The All Blacks will almost certainly win.
Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore

Kei te haere ahau ki te kura mā runga pahi, engari kei te haere koe ki te toa mā raro.
I'm going to school by bus but you're walking to the shop.
Conjunctions - but - engari

I haere au ki te toa hoko kai ai.
I am going to the ship in order to buy food.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

I haere au ki ngā toa hoko kai ai.
I went to the shops to buy food.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Ka haere au ki te toa hoko tītī ai.
I will go to the shop to buy muttonbird.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kāore anō rāua kia hoki mai i te toa.
They have not returned from the shop yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Tērā tonu pea ia e toa.
Perhaps she'll win.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Ka āhei rāua te haere ki te toa.
They (two) are allowed to go to the store.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kei te kaha ngā toa.
The warriors are strong.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kei te toa au.
I'm at the shop.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kei te toa ngā āporo.
The apples are at the shop.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore ngā toa i te kaha.
The warriors are not strong.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I te toa.
At the store.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

I konei te toa.
The shop used to be here.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Kāore au e haere ki te toa āpōpō ki te hoko kai.
I will not go to the shop tomorrow to buy food.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Ka kaha ake taku hāereere haere mā raro, ka iti ake hoki taku haere ki ngā toa.
I walk more, and I go to the shops less.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kāore ngā wāhine e haere ana ki te toa.
The women are not going to the shop.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

Ngā mihi ki a koutou mo ā koutou toa ki te hī ika!
Compliments to you on your fishing skills!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

He aha te utu o tēnei kurī i roto i te matapihi o te toa?
What's the price of this dog in the shop window?
What? - He aha?

Kāore au i te haere ki te toa ki te hoko kai.
I was not going to the shop to buy food.
Describing how an action is done - I tere tā mātou haere; He pai tana mahi

Ka kitea ia e Tawa i ngā toa.
Tawa saw him at the shops.
Using 'i' to mean 'in', 'by' or 'at' - i

Hei te toa a Hemi.
Hemi will be at the shop.
Future locative - hei

Ehara koe nō Ngāti Toa?
Are you not from Ngāti Toa?
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore te toa i konei.
The shop wasn’t here.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore ngā āporo i te toa.
The apples are not at the shop.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore mātou i hinga i a rātou. I toa mātou
We didn't lose to them. We won.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I hinga katoa i a ia ngā toa o tērā whenua.
All the champions of that country were defeated by him.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kātahi anō ahau ka hoki mai i te toa.
I finally comeback from the shop.
Has just... - kātahi anō...

Inahea koe i haere ai ki te toa?
When did you go to the shop?
Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki mātou ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka mātou hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

I haere mātou ki te toa, kātahi ka hoki ki te kāinga.
We went to the shop and then we returned home.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kātahi ka tirotiro atu mātou i ngā toa mō te ahiahi.
We then had a look around the shops for the afternoon.
And then... - kātahi ka...

He aha tātau i kore ai e toa?
Why didn't we win?
*Why didn't? - he aha i kore ai e?

Nā te aha tātau i kore ai e toa?
Why didn't we win?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Kāore a Hemi hei te toa.
Hemi will not be at the shop.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...

Kāore rāua e āhei te haere ki te toa.
They are not allowed to go to the store.
Not allowed - kāore... e āhei

Kei hea te toa?
Where is the shop?

Kei te haere au ki te toa ki te hoko kai *ai*.
I am going to the shop to buy food.

I whawhai te toa ki te taniwha.
The hero fought the monster.

Ko ngā toa ēnā.
Those ones (by you) are the champions.

Kāhore he tangata i te toa.
There is no one at the shop.

Kāore au i te haere ki te toa.
I was not going to the shop.

Ko tēhea tīma i toa?
Which team won?

Me haere koe ki te toa.
You had better go to the shop.

Ko ngā toa me ngā kaumātua nohopuku ai.
The warriors and the elders usually remained silent.

Haere mai, e ngā toa o te Tai Tokerau.
Welcome, champions of North Auckland.

He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.

Koia nei te wāhi haere ai ngā hokowhitu ki.te whakatapu i ngā toa.
That was the place where armies went to acquire special powers so that they would not be killed in battle.

Kua toa rātou
They have won

Kua tino toa rātou!
They have won well!

Haere ai ngā hokowhitu ki.te whakatapu i ngā toa ki taua wāhi.
The army always went to that place to be consecrated as warriors.

Kia kaha, kia toa, kia manawanui!
Be strong, brave and steadfast.

Kia toa!
Be determined!

Pahure atu te whare pukapuka, ko te toa hua rākau.
The fruit shop is past the library.

Kei te haere ahau ki te toa hei hoko i tētahi kakau.
I am going to the shop in order to buy some clothes.

Kei raro te toa o Te Kaha e putu ana
The Te Kaha champion is spread out on the ground

I tatari te toa ki te tomokanga.
The warrior waited at the gate.

Kia toa kia ora ai koutou!
Be brave, that you may live!

I tītiro ia ki ngā kākahu ātaahua i roto i te matapihi o te toa.
She looked at the beautiful dresses in the shop window.

Kua haere rātou ki te toa?
Has she arrived?

He rārangi roa kei te toa.
It is a long queue at the shop.

Kei te haere au ki tēnei toa.
I am going to this shop.

He tama toa ia.
He's a brave boy.

Kei te haere au ki te toa nei.
I am going to this shop.

He tawhiti te toa, nō reira ka haere mā runga pahi mātou.
The shop is far, so we’ll go by bus.

Kia tū toa!
Let's be strong!

Kei te whakapau moni ia, me te mea nei kua toa ia i te Lotto.
He is spending money as if he has won Lotto.

Kia toa koe e hoa.
Be strong friend.

Ka haere a Mere ki te toa.
Mere is going to the shop.

Kei.te oma te toa.
The warrior is running.

I toa koutou?
Did you win your game?

Ki te tihi o te maunga i piki ai ngā toa.
It was to the top of the mountain that the warriors climbed.

Ki te tihi o te maunga e piki ai ngā toa.
It will be to the top of the mountain that the warriors will climb.

Ka mate → he toa, ka whānau anō → he toa. (he whakataukī)
A champion dies, another is born. (a proverb)

He toa taua, mate taua,
A warrior dies in battle,

He toa piki pari, mate pari,
A cliff-climber dies by the cliff;

He toa ngaki kai, ma te huhu teenaa.
But a gardener is food for the worms.

I haere ahau ki te toa ki te hoko kai.
I went to the shop to buy food.

Ko ā mātou kurī ngā toa ki te tiaki hipi.
Our dogs are the champion sheep-musterers.

Ko ngā Ōpango ka toa, nē rā?
The All Blacks will win, wont they?

Ki te toa i haere ai ahau.
It is to the shop that I went.

Ko rātou ka toa.
They will win.

Kua tino toa rawa atu rātou!
They have won convincingly!

I mua ia i te toa.
He was in front of the shop.

Nō whea e toa te poroheahea i te pōtitanga?
How could a nutter possibly win an election ! OR How on earth did a nutter win the election?

Kei te haere ngā tama ki te toa kākahu i te tāone matua o Kirikiriroa.
The sons are going to the clothing shop in the important town of Hamilton

Ko tēnei te wāhi i patua ai te toa rongonui
this is the place at which (where) the famous warrior was killed

Ka kitea ia e Hōne i ngā toa.
Hone saw him at the shops.

Kāore a Hēmi i te toa.
Hēmi is not in the shop.

Kua haere ia ki te toa ki te hoko hikareti
S/he’s gone to the store to buy cigarettes

Ka mate he toa, ka whānau anō he toa.
A champion dies, another champion is born.

Kei te toa a Rangi.
Rangi is at the shop

Ka rongo tētahi wahine nō runga i te rangi ki te toa o Tāwhaki.
A certain woman in the sky heard about Tāwhaki’s bravery.

Kua hoki mai ngā kōtiro i te toa.
The girls have returned from the shop.

Hei te toa te māmā.
My mother will be located at the shop.

He toa ia ki te tunu kai
He is a magnificent cook

Ko Koutu te pā i manākitia ai ngā toa rongonui.
Koutu was the pā whereat the famous warriors were entertained.

I haere au ki te toa, a, ka hoko au i te kai.
I went to the shop and subsequently i bought food.

I toa anō ahau meina i whēke ahau.
I could have won if I'd tried.

E kōrero pākiwaha mai ana ia ānō nei ko ia te toa o te kēmu.
He was boasting as if he won the game.