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Kua tae mai tā tātou manuhiri.
Our visitors have arrived.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua oti tā māua mahi.
Our (two people) work is done.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua kaha tā mātou mahi.
We have worked hard.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kei te rapu tā mātou ngeru i tāna kai.
Our cat is searching for his food.
Sentences with i - i
He rite tonu tāku kitā ki tā tōku tuakana.
My guitar is just like my older sibling's.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
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?
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 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 tā rātou mahi āpōpō?
What is their task tomorrow?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Ka pai tā kōrua whakahoki mai i taku tama ina mutu te whakawai?
Would you mind dropping my son off here after practice?
Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?
Nō tētahi rangi o Nōema, ka whakamōhiotia mai kua whakaaetia tā mātou tono.
One day in November, we were informed that our application had been successful.
Belonging to the past - nō
Mō tā rāua tama ērā hū.
Those shoes are for their son.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
Māku tā tātou hapa e tunu a tēnei pō.
I will be the one to cook our dinner tonight.
Future agent emphatic - māku
I pēwhea tā kōrua hararei?
How was your (you two) holiday?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?
Kaua e wareware tā tātou hui ā tēnei Rātapu.
Don't forget our meeting this Sunday.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
E ai ki tā Pita, i nui te inanga i ēnei kōawa i mua.
According to Pita, there used to be heaps of whitebait in these streams.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Kei te piki haere anō te utu o ngā whare, e ai ki tā te niupepa.
House prices are on the rise again, according to the newspaper.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Ki tā te pānui, hei te pō nei te kōnohete.
According to the flyer, the concert's tonight.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Ki tā te tākuta, kāore ia e hemo i tōna mate.
According to the doctor, her illness isn't terminal.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
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
Ki tā te pukapuka.
According to the book.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Kua tuhi pūrongo rāua mō tā rāua haere.
They've written a report about their trip.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kāore anō tā māua mahi kia oti.
Our work is not done yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore tā mātou ngeru i te tatari ki tāna kai.
Our cat is not waiting for his food.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Ka mutu tā tātou mahi āpōpō.
Our work will be finished tomorrow.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka herea e ia tā tāua kurī.
He tied up our dog.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Nō tā māua tama tērā whare.
That house belongs to our son.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
He karaka tā māua hunaonga.
Our daughter-in-law is a clerk.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Me whakarongo koutou ki tā tātou tohutohu.
You had better listen to our instructions.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He mea whakamīharo te pikinga a Tā Edmund Hillary i Everest.
Sir Edmund Hillary's climbing of Everest was a noteworthy achievement.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He tino ora tā rāua pāmu.
Their farm is very productive.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Ko Pere te ingoa o tā rāua ngeru.
Their cat's name is Pere.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Kāore anō tā rātou kurī kia hoki mai i te pāmu.
Their dog has not yet returned from the farm.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
I moe tā tāua pēpi i te moenga o tā rāua pēpi.
Our baby slept in their baby's bed.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He pātai tā kōrua?
Do you two have a question?
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He pātai tā koutou?
Do you have a question?
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He wātakirihi tā Koa?
Does Koa have any watercress?
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He wātakirihi tā Honi.
Honi has watercress?
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He kai tā ngā tuna.
The eels have food.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He motokā tō Hōne.
Hōne has a car.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He waea tā Hine.
Hine has a phone.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pukapuka tā Hine.
Hine has a book.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He tamaiti tā tāua.
We have a child.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He aha tā Kauri?
What does Kauri have?
What? - He aha?
He aha tā Aroha e kōrero ana?
What is Aroha talking about?
What? - He aha?
He aha tā Ari e pīrangi ana?
What does Ari want?
What? - He aha?
He aha tā tātou?
What do we want?
What? - He aha?
Ko tā rātou kurī tērā e auau ana.
That is their dog barking.
That (over there) - tērā
Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā
Te kakara hoki o tā tātou kai.
Our food smells great.
How... - Te... hoki...
I a rātou e waiata ana i tā rātou waiata ka whakarite kai ngā ringawera mā rātou.
While they were singing their song, the cooks prepared food for them.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...
Heoi anō tā tātou, he noho, he whakarongo.
All we have to do it sit and listen.
All we have to do... - heoi anō tā tātou... he...
Kāore te tamaiti i whakapono ki tā tōna hoa i kī ai.
The child didn't believe what his friend said.
Ki tā te Awara, ko Hei te pāpā o Waitaha.
According to Te Arawa, Hei was the father of Waitaha.
Kua oti tā rātou peita.
Their painting is finished.
He tama tā Pita.
Pita has a son.
Ki tā te Māori titiro...
In the Māori viewpoint...
He rorohiko hou tā Manu.
Manu has a new computer.
Pēhea ai tā te ngeru tangi? Miao ai!
What kind of sound do cats make? They meow!
Me tā tātou whai i ngā tikanga a rātou mā.
as well as in our pursuit of our ancestral traditions.
He hui tā Rangi.
Rangi has a meeting.
He pūrākau tā Hera e kōrero ana.
Hera is talking about an ancient narrative.
Āpōpō, ka ea i te iwi tā rātou whakataunga.
Tomorrow, the tribe will settle their decision
Haere koe hei kaituki i tā tātou waka.
Go and be the chanter for our canoe.
Kua tutuki i a tātou tā tātou whāinga.
We've achieved our goal.
E tā!
By jingoes!
Ko au tā rāua tamāhine.
I am their daughter.
He uri a ia nō Tā Apirana Ngata.
He is a descendant of Apirana Ngata.
He tāne tā mātou ngeru.
Our cat is a male.
E tūmanako ana mātou kia whakaāe mai te Kawanatanga ki tā mātou pitihana.
We are hoping the Government will agree to our petition.
Kua kai tā rāua tamāhine i āna rīwai.
Their daughter has eaten her potatoes.
Ngā pukapuka ā tā rāua tamaiti.
Their children's books.
E tā Ataahua, he pai ake tēnei momo paihikara.
According to Ataahua, this type of bike is better.
He tūpara tā Rōpata,.
Rōpata has a shotgun.
Ko tā Hannifin anō, he tuku whakamoemiti ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i tā rātou tautoko kia whai oranga ai tēnei kaupapa
Hannifin says Countdown is grateful to Te Taura Whiri for their tautoko in bringing the project to life.
He pai tā te koroua mihi.
The elderly man's greeting was excellent.