Results for 'tāu'
tau - to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number
tāu - your (singular + one item)
Ehara tāu i tēnā.
That one is not yours.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te tika tāu whakautu.
Your answer is correct.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
I tērā tau i hūnuku tōku whānau ki ngā roto o Kai Iwi.
Last year, my family moved to the lakes of Kai Iwi.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I pīrangi a Tau ki te haere hei mema pāremata.
Tau wanted to become an MP.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kua whakamutu koe i tāu mahi?
Have you finished your work?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua mutu tāu mahi, ka haere tātou.
When your job's finished we shall go.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Nō te tau 1918 te rewharewha kino.
The deadly influenza struck in 1918.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō mua atu i tērā te hū o Tarawera - nō te tau 1886.
The Tarawera eruption happened before that - in 1886.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō tērā atu tau a Niko i tūtaki ai ki a Mia.
Niko met Mia the year before last.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te tau 1987, ka whakaturetia te reo Māori hei reo mana.
In 1987, Māori was made an official language by statute.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō tērā tau i tū ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena.
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te tau 1950 taku kitenga mutunga i a ia.
The last time I saw her was in 1950.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te korenga mahi i te tau 1972, ko ngā raruraru maha i puta.
The strike in 1972 causes many problems.
Belonging to the past - nō
Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te whakakākahu i a ia anō!
Help your sister to get herself dressed!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kainga tāu āporo!
Eat your apple!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Tikina atu tāu pukapuka!
Go and get your book!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te kuhu i ōna kākahu!
Help your sister put her clothes on!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Mā tāu rourou, mā tāku rourou ka ora te iwi.
Through your food basket and my food basket the people will be fed.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai
Ko Ataahuakei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.
Ataahua is in the Year 7 class, her younger sister is in the class beneath that, and her older sister is in the class above.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Kua hia ngā tau e tāria ana te whare tapere.
The community hall has been waited for for many years.
Be waited for - tāria
Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.
Be waited for - tāria
Ka tau ngā karoro, ka oma atu te kurī, ka rere. Ka tau anō, ka oma anō te kurī ki te hopū, ka taki rere anō ngā manu. Pēnei tonu ā pau noa te hau o te kurī.
The seagulls would land and the dog take off after them, whereupon they'd take flight. Then they'd land again, the dog would run off again to try to catch them, and they'd all take to the air again. It carried on like this until the dog finally ran out of puff.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...
I te tau ra, i hangaa te poutāpeta.
In that year the Post Office was built.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te tau 1984 ka haere au ki te whare wānanga.
In 1984 I went to university.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te tau 1996, ka tuhi ahau i tētahi pukapuka.
In 1996, I wrote a book.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te tau 1976, i whānau ai ia.
She was born in 1976.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Homai tāu pēpi, e Mei!
Pass me your baby, Mei!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Kainga tāu parakuihi!
Eat your breakfast!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He aha tāu hei kai paramanawa?
What have you got for morning tea?
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He aha tāu e pīrangi ana?
What is it that you want?
What? - He aha?
He aha tāu i tēnei ata?
What did you do this morning?
What? - He aha?
He aha tāu tūnga i tēnei wa?
What is your role at the moment?
What? - He aha?
I tērā tau ka rima tekau ia.
He will be fifty next birthday.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Ā tērā tau piki ai taku mātāmua ki te wharekura.
My oldest moves up to wharekura next year.
Last week, last month, last year - tērā
Ko tēhea kaupeka o te tau tēnei?
Which season of the year is this?
Which - Ko tēhea?
I tērā tau ka haere mātou ko aku hoa ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year me and my friends went to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I tau mai te waka ki uta, me te karanga atu a te iwi e tatari ana.
The canoe came to shore while the people who were waiting called out.
Towards - mai
Kua tau iho te kōtuku.
The white heron has landed.
Down - iho
Ki te rite tau ki taku, me hoki koe i a au.
If your feelings are the same as mine, you should return with me.
If using ki - ki
Te tau hoki o ngā putiputi!
How lovely the flowers are!
How... - Te... hoki...
Tō tau hoki ki te waiata!
How excellent you are at singing!
How... - Te... hoki...
Te tau hoki!
How neat! How cool!
How... - Te... hoki...
Te kaha hoki o tāu tamaiti!
How strong your child is!
How... - Te... hoki...
He nui ake tāu mea i tāku mea.
Your thing is bigger than my thing.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...
Kāore tāu he pukapuka?
Do you not have a book?
Do you not have any? - Kāore āu...
Nō te karahipi mō te kotahi tau anake i haere ai rātou ki Amerika.
A scholarship for a year has taken them to America.
Kua toruō tau ināianei!
You're three now!
Ā te tau tītoki.
See you sometime.
He tau tō tamaiti.
Your child is relaxed.
E toru tekau tau tōna pakeke.
She is thirty years old.
Ōna tau e toru tekau.
She is thirty years old.
Ki tō whakaaro, e hia ngā tau o Pāora?
How old do you think Pāora is?
Kua mutu i a koe tāu mahi?
Have you finished your work?
He tau tō pēpi.
Your baby is settled.
I roto i ngā tau, i tū taku whare ki kora.
In years gone past, my house stood there.
Kōrua ko tāu tāne.
You and your husband.
E whā tau tōna pakeke ake i a Rāhera, tōna hoa rangatira.
He is four years older than Rāhera, his significant other.
Kia tau ngā manaakitanga a te mea ngaro
Let the strength and life force of our ancestors
E hia ngā tau o tana mokopuna?
How old is her grandchild?
Kia tau kia tātou katoa.
May peace, love, and safety.
Ko tāu mahi, he hono i te rerenga ki tana whakamārama tika (tuhinga reo Ingarihi).
Your task is to connect the sentence to its correct translation (English language text).
Ko ia tāu irāmutu.
He is your nephew.
Ehara tāu irāmutu i a ia.
He is not your nephew.
Tekau mā toru tau te pakeke o Tīwana.
Tīwana is thirteen years old.
Tekau mā rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.
Riripeti is twelve years old.
I pēhea tāu kai?
What was your food like?
E hia ngā tau o tō tuahine?
How old's your sister?
E hia ngā tau o ō tuāhine?
How old are your sisters?
Ka tau kē tō mahi.
Your work is awesome.
Ka tau kē!
How neat!
Ka tau kē.
Awesome.
Kua maha kē hoki ngā tau e noho ana ki a au.
He has stayed with me for many years.
E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.
Kei runga tāu pene whero i tōu tēpu tari.
Your red pen is on your desk.
E whā tau ki muri.
Four years ago.
Tika tāu e hoa. I aha koe i te mutunga wiki?
You are right! What did you do in the weekend?
E ono tekau tau tōna pakeke, ka ū ia ki ngā tikanga Māori i a ia i te māra.
She is 60 years old. She is resolute in Māori customs in the garden.
E hia ngā tau o Tame?
How old is Tame?
Tonoa atu tāu īmēra ki te kaikomihana.
Send your email to the commissioner.
Kua rima tau tōna pakeke.
She has reached five years.
Kua rima tau ia i nāianei.
She has now reached five years.
I tērā tau i kauhau a Manu i Whakatū.
Last year Manu gave a lecture in Nelson.
Kua toruō tau ināianei!
You're three now!
E tūmanako ana au kia hoki mai taku tau ākuanei.
I am hoping my darling will return home soon.
Ā te tau e heke mai nei, ka tū te hui nui.
In the year ahead, the big meeting will be held.
He pai rawa atu tāu mahi.
Your work is very good.
Pai rawa atu tāu mahi!
Your work is terrific!
E toru tau te pakeke o Hūhana.
Hūhana is three.
Engari hei tāna, "i roto i ngā tau ka huri ake ki muri, kaare anō kia āta whakaritea mai tētahi rautaki e ngātahi atu ai te pounga waihoe o te reo Māori ki roto i te ao hauora".
But he said over the past few years, there has been a lack of preparation and plan for te reo Maōri use in the health sector.
Mō te kotahi tau anake te karahipi.
The scholarship is for just one year.