Results for 'tātou'
tātou - we, us, inclusive, three or more people
E haere ana tātou ki te hui raranga.
We are going to the weaving meeting.
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 mutu tōmua tātou i tēnei rā.
We finished early today.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Ka kai tahi tātou i te hākari.
We will eat the feast together.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka kai tahi tātou i te hākari.
We will eat the feast together.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka kai tātou i tētahi ika nui.
We will eat a big fish.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka hoki tātou ki te mahi.
We will return to work.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka wehe tātou ā te 2 karaka ā tēnei ahiahi.
We (3 + incl) will leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka haere tātou ki te tāone i te pō nei.
We (3+you) will go to town tonight.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka tūtaki tātou ki te pāmu ā te 3 karaka.
We will meet at the farm at 3 o'clock.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka hoki tātou ki te marae.
We all will return to the marae.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua tae mai tā tātou manuhiri.
Our visitors have arrived.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me haere tātou mā raro.
We should go by foot.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me inu wai tātou i ngā wā katoa.
We should drink water all of the time.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me whakatika tātou i te akomanga.
We should tidy the classroom.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga.
We (3+ inclusive) should return (go back) home.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me oma tātou ki te awa.
We (3+ including listener) should run to the river.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me kōrero tātou i te reo Māori i te kāinga.
We (3/+inclusive) should speak the Māori language at home.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Ka kai tātou i tētahi ika nui.
We will eat a big fish.
Sentences with i - i
Katia ngā matapihi, kei mākū tātou i te marangai.
Close the windows, lest we get wet from the rainstorm.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Turituri! Kei kohetengia tātou e te kaiako.
Be quiet or else we might get told off by the teacher.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Katia te wini, kei mate tātou i te makariri.
Shut the window, or we'll die of cold.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Me hoki tātou ki te kāinga, kei hē au.
We should return home, lest I get into trouble.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Taihoa tātou e whakatau me aha.
Let us not decide what to do just yet.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Taihoa tātou e īnoi kia horahia ngā kai katoa.
Hold off on karakia until all of the food is laid out.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Ehara mā tātou tēnei kai.
This food is not for us.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Nā te ua tātou i kore ai e haere.
It was because of the rain that we didn't go.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā tātou te waiata i waiata.
We were the ones who sang the song.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā Pāpā tātou e taraiwa atu ki Te Ao Hou.
Pāpā will drive us to New World.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā tātou ngā rīhi e horoi.
We will wash the dishes.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā ā tātou tamariki ā tātou ngeru e whāngai.
Our kids will feed our cats.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku tā tātou hapa e tunu a tēnei pō.
I will be the one to cook our dinner tonight.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā te hita tātou e whakamahana.
The heater will warm us up.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā tātou e horoi ō tātou kākahu.
We will be the ones to clean the room.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kei waenga ō tātou manuhiri i a tātou.
Our visitors are among us.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Mā runga i tō waka tātou haere ai.
We are travelling by your car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Kaua e wareware tā tātou hui ā tēnei Rātapu.
Don't forget our meeting this Sunday.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kaua tātou e pakipaki.
We shouldn't clap.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
Kaua tātou e noho ngū.
Let's not stay silent.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
Kaua tātou e pakipaki.
We shouldn't clap.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
Me hoko e tātou he koha mā Māmā, me te tākai anō kia ātaahua.
We should buy Mum a present, and wrap it nicely too.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
Kua whakapukapukakangia ā tātou kōrero.
Our talk has been turned into a book.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kia tae atu tātou ki Te Tairāwhitio, ka pōhiritia tātou.
When we get to the East Coast we will be welcomed.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua inumia ā tātou waireka.
Our fizzy drinks have all been drunk.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua inumia ā tātou waireka e ngā pakeke.
Our soft drinks have been drunk by the adults.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ko Papatūānuku te aorangi tuatoru mai i te rā. Kei waho atu i a tātou ko Matawhero, ā, kei waho atu i a ia, ko Pareārau. Ā, ko Kōpū, ko Whiro kei roto atu.
The Earth is the third planet from the sun. Farther out from us is Mars, and out from Mars is Jupiter. Further in from us our Venus and Mercury.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Me kōpaki e tātou ā tātou mea katoa, ka hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We should wrap our things up and then head home.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Kaua tātou e tatari kia pari haere te tai, ka haere ai. Me haere ināianei.
Let's not wait until the tide starts coming in and then go. We should go now.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Kia oti katoa ngā mahi, kātahi tātou ka haere ai ki te pārekareka.
When all the jobs are done, then we will go and have some fun.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Nō whea tātou i mōhio ai!
We couldn't possibly have known!
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea
Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don't actively look after those children of Tāne, they'll become extinct in no time at all.
All of a sudden - Mea ake
Kia tae atu tātou ki te Whanganui a Tara, ke hīkoi ki te taha o te moana.
When we get to Wellington, we will work on the side of the ocean.
When - Kia
Kia tae mai rātou ka haere tātou ki te marae.
When they arrive we will go the marae.
When - Kia
Ka mutu tā tātou mahi āpōpō.
Our work will be finished tomorrow.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka whakatika te ope tamariki nei, ka tātou i a rātou mō te haere.
The group of young people got ready and girded themselves for the journey.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka waiho tonu tātou hei tinihangatanga mā tō tātou whaea.
We are always left cheated by our mother.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kāore tātou e harirū, ka hongi kē.
We won't shake hands, we'll press noses instead.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Kāore tātou e haere ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā hēki.
We are not going to the supermarket to buy eggs.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Kāore tātou e whai wā ki te haere ki te awa.
We're not going to have time to go to the river.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Me haere tātou ki tua o tēnei maunga.
We've got to go over this mountain.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Kāore tātou e haere ana āpōpō.
We will not be going tomorrow.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...
Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Nā ō tātou manuhiri pea?
Perhaps they belong to our guests?
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Me whakarongo koutou ki tā tātou tohutohu.
You had better listen to our instructions.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Ko ia tētahi o tō tātou rōpū.
She is one of our group.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kua mate rawa ō tātou koroua katoa.
All our old men are dead.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Niko rāua ko Ataahua ō tātou tumuaki.
Niko and Ataahua are our leaders.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Hoake tātou ki tō rāua whare.
Let's go to their house.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He tatou tō tō rātou whare.
Their house has a door.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kua oma ato ō tātou hōiho.
Our horses have escaped.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ka roa tō tātou haerenga.
Our journey is long.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Tēnā tātou kua huihui mai nei i tēnei pō.
Thanks for coming tonight.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...
Ā tērā wiki ka hui tātou ki Papaioea.
Next week we will meet in Palmerston.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Ā tērā marama tātou hui ai.
We are meeting next month.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Ka haere tātou ki te papatākaro ā tērā wiki.
We will go to the playground next week.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Kia ora mai tātou katoa.
Greetings to all of us.
Towards - mai
Ka kai tātou ā te whitu karaka.
We'll eat at seven o'clock.
Telling time - kara
A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.
Telling time - kara
He kaha ngā wāhine o tō tātou iwi.
The woman of our tribe are stong.
The article - te, ngā, he
Kāore tō tātou huihuinga ki reira.
Our meeting will not be there.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Kei reira tō tātou hihuinga a te marama ka heke mai nei.
That's where our meeting will be next month.
Future locatives - kei te
Ngā rākau a ō tātou rangatira.
Our chief's weapons.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o
E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests.
Counting over ten -
Ki te tīmata te ua, ka noho tātou ki te kāinga.
If the rain starts, we will stay home.
If using ki - ki
Te ātaahua hoki o tō tātou wharenui!
Our meeting house is extremely beautiful!
How... - Te... hoki...
Te kakara hoki o tā tātou kai.
Our food smells great.
How... - Te... hoki...
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Mā rātou tātou e pōwhiri?
Who will greet us today?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Ā hea tātou hui ai?
When are we meeting?
Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?
Ka oma tātou ki korā, kātahi ka whakatā.
Went ran over there and then rested.
And then... - kātahi ka...
Me haere wawe tātou kia pai ai tō tātou tirohanga atu.
Let's go early so that we can get a good view.
In order to... - kia... ai...
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...
Ka kai tātou, ka tae mai ana rātou.
We will all eat when they arrive.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
Ka haere tātou, ka mutu ana te hui.
We will go when the hui finishes.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
He aha tātou e kore ai e kai i puaa āpōpō?
Why won't we be eating pork tomorrow?
Why won't... - He aha... e kore ai e...
Mō tātou tēnei whare.
This house is for us.
Ka kai tātou ā te poupoutanga o te rā.
We'll eat at midday.
Mō tātou katou te reo Māori.
The Māori language is for all of us.
Ka haere tātou ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā hēki.
We are going to the supermarket to buy the eggs.
Enei ka haere tātou ki tātahi.
When we're finished, we'll go to the beach.
Ka tūtaki tātou ki te teihana tereina.
We'll meet at the train station.
Ka hui tātou ki te marae.
We will meet at the marae.
Ohorere tātou i tō rātou hokinga mai i te kaha o te kōpeke.
We were surprised at their return on account of the cold.
Kei te mōhio tātou katoa ki a Timoti.
We all know Timoti.
Kei te haere tātou ki te hui raranga.
We (3+ exclusive) are going to the weaving meeting.
I mua o tōna taenga mai, me whakapaipai tātou i te whare.
Before their arrival, we should tidy up the house.
Āpōpō ka hui tātou ki Papaiea ki te ako i te reo Māori.
Tomorrow we will meet in Palmerston North to learn the Māori language.
Kua mate tō tātou mea kahurangi.
Our precious one has passed away.
Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.
Ko ā tātou reta ērā.
They're our letters.
Whakatikatikangia tō tātou rūma.
Tidy up our room.
Kia rongo tātou i ngā kōrero katoa
[Wait] until we hear all of the relevant information.
Kei te haere tātou ki te hui raranga.
We (3+ inclusive) are going to the weaving meeting.
Hai ārahi i ā tātou mahi.
To guide us in our work.
Me tā tātou whai i ngā tikanga a rātou mā.
as well as in our pursuit of our ancestral traditions.
Kei te haere tātou ki hera?
Where are we going?
Kia tau kia tātou katoa.
May peace, love, and safety.
Kei te ako tātou i te kupu 'poaka'.
We are learning the word 'pig'.
Haere koe hei kaituki i tā tātou waka.
Go and be the chanter for our canoe.
Āpōpō ka haere tātou ki te marae.
Tomorrow we will go to the marae.
Kua tutuki i a tātou tā tātou whāinga.
We've achieved our goal.
I mahi tahi tātou katoa.
We all worked together.
Tā tātou karakia.
Our karakia.
Arā tō tātou pahi.
There is our bus.
Hei kai mā tātou āpopo.
For us to eat tomorrow.
Ko tātou pea!
Maybe us!
Apōpō, ka haere tātou ki te kāinga o Pita.
Tomorrow we are going to Pita's home.
Tēnā tātou kua huihui mai nei i tēnei rā.
Thanks for coming today.
Tēnā tātou kua huihui mai nei i tēnei ahiahi.
Thanks for coming this afternoon.
Ka haere tātou ākuanei.
We'll go soon.
Āhea tātou haere atu ai?
When are we leaving?
Titiro, kei a Hēmi mā ā tātou peke.
Look, Hēmi and the others have our bags.
Hoake tātou ki tātahi!
Let's go to the beach!
tā tātou karaihe
our (3+ inclusive) class
ā tātou karaihe
our (3+ inclusive) classes
Kotahi tō tātou maunga, ko Aorangi.
We have one mountain, Aorangi.
E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.
A te Rātapu, ka haere tātou ki te karakia.
On Sunday we will go to church.
Tō tātou rangatira.
Our chief.
Tēnā tō patu, hei koha māu ki ō tātou ariki i Āwhitu.
Here is young weapon, for you [to give] as a gift for our leaders in Āwhitu.
He tupuhi rawa atu tātou katoa.
We are all so thin.
Kautengia ā tātou moni.
Count out money.
Kia mutu tātou i te wā tika, nei?
Please let's try to finish on time, shall we?
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.
Hei huarahi mā tātou i te rangi nei.
A pathway for us all this day.
Aroha atu, aroha mai, tātou i a tātou katoa.
Let us show love for each other, for one another.