Results for 'tōku'
Ko Mere tōku māmā.
Mere is my mother.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rangi tōku ingoa
Rangi is my name.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Wid Vella tōku tipuna.
Wid Vella is my ancestor.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko tōku kuia tērā!
That's my nanna!
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Ngāti Hāmua tōku hapū.
Ngāti Hāmua is my sub-tribe.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Brian tōku pāpā.
Brian is my father.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Kuikui tōku whaea. Ko Tahu tōku matua.
Kuikui is my mother. Tahu is my father.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Pania tōku teina
Pania is my younger sister.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Raimona tōku tino hoa.
Raimona is my best friend.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine.
Rongomai is my sister.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ehara tōku whaea i te kuia.
My mother is not an elder.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara tōku pāpā i te rangatira.
My father is not a leader.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
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 haere au ki to awa ki to hīkoi, i toro auto ki tōku hoa, ā, i kai tahi hoki me tōku whānau.
I went to the river to go walking, I visited my friend and I are together with my family.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kua mamae tōku kakī.
My neck is sore.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Ka hanga a Ari i tōku whare.
Ari will build my house.
Sentences with i - i
Tokoono ngā tāngata e noho ana kei tōku whare.
There are six people living at my house.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Mai i tōku tamarikitanga pīrangi ai ahau ki te mahi nēhi.
Since childhood I have always wanted to be a nurse.
Habitual action - ai
Mai i tōku tamarikitanga pīrangi ai au ki te mahi hei nēhi.
Since childhood I have always wanted to work as a nurse.
Habitual action - ai
He rite tonu au ki tōku māmā.
I am like my mother.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
He rite tonu tāku teina ki tōku pāpā.
My younger sibling is just like my father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
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
He rite a Rangi ki tōku māmā.
Rangi is just like my mother.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
He rite tonu au ki tōku pāpā.
I am just like my father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
Kāore ia i rata mai ki tōku pōtae hou.
She didn't like my new hat.
To like - rata
Nō Rakiura tōku māmā.
My mum's from Stewart Island.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Te Tai Tokerau tōku pāpa.
My Dad's from the Northland region.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti tōku pāpā.
My Dad's from the Eastland region.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Te-Tai-Tonga tōku māmā.
My mum's from the Southland region.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Tāmaki-makau-rau tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Auckland.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Te Tai Tokerau tōku pāpā.
My dad is from the Northland region.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Ngāti Raukawa tōku pāpā.
My father is from Ngāti Raukawa.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Ngāti Kahungunu tōku hoa.
My friend is from Ngāti Kahungunu.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Heretaunga tōku whaea.
My mother is from Hastings.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Te Whanganui-a-Tara toku whaea.
My mum's from Wellington.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Kirikiriroa toku pāpā.
My dad's from Hamilton.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nā te kaitāmoko tōku moko i hoahoa.
It was the tattooist who designed my tattoo.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā tōku hoa te kai i tunu.
My friend was the one who cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Ehara i tōku hoa te kai i tunu.
It wasn't my friend who cooked the food.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Pita tōku whare i hanga.
It was Pita who built my house.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā Manu tōku whare e hanga.
Manu will build my house.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kei runga tāku rorohiko i tōku tēpu tari.
My computer is on my desk.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Ka haere mātou mā runga i te motokā o tōku matua.
We (but not you) will go in my father's car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Kei te whakatikangia tōku waka e taku pāpā.
My car is being fixed by my father.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Hāponotia tōku hē!
Prove me wrong!
Passive sentences - tikina...
I herua ōku makawe e tōku hoa.
My hair was combed by my friend.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I nukuhia e au ngā ahi wera mai i ngā kōhatu ki te pouaka ki tōku hawera.
The hot ashes were moved by me from the stones to the box with my shovel.
Passive sentences - tikina...
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...
Ka taea ekoe tōku waka te whakatika?
Are you able to fix my car?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Ka tunu keke ia hei whakanui i tōku rā huritau.
She will bake a cake in order to celebrate my birthday.
For the purpose of - hei
Nō Ōtautahi, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From Christhurch, but my family and I are staying here.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I pakeke ake au i Poneke, engari ko Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa kē tōku ake kāinga.
I grew up in Wellington but Gisborne is my real home.
Conjunctions - but - engari
E āhei ana au ki te kawe i ētehi tamariki tokorima i tōku waka.
I can transport five kids on my car.
Allowed to do something - āhei
Kāore tōku pāpā i te hoko i tētahi rorohiko.
My father isn't buying the computer.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
I tōku tari au.
I was in my office.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
I tōku tari au.
I was in my office.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
Kua whati tōku waewae.
My leg has been broken.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Kua kī tōku puku.
My tummy is full.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Kāore i tua atu i tōku pāpā mō te kaukau.
There's no one better than my father for swimming.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...
Kāore i tua atu i tōku māmā mō te tunu keke.
There's no one better than my mother for baking cakes.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...
Kāore he tangata i kō atu i tōku koroua ki ahau.
There's no one better than my grandad in my opinion.
There's no one better than... - Kāore i...
He kuia tōku whaea.
My mother is an elder.
Categorizing sentences - he
He rangatira tōku pāpā.
My father is a leader.
Categorizing sentences - he
Haere ki tōku tari tatari ai.
Go to my office and wait.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Kāore tōku kāinga e tawhitei i te pāka.
My house is not far from the park.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Ka nui taku aroha ki tōku whānau.
I have a lot of love for my family.
No tōku tuahine ngā waka whero.
The red car belongs to my older sibling.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Haere mai ki te mihi ki tōku whanau!
Come and meet my family!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko ia tōku teina.
She is my younger sister.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko tēnei tōku hoa pai rawa.
This is my best friend.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kōrero ki tērā wahine e whakamau ana i tōku pōtae.
Speak to that woman wearing my hat.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Whakahokia tōku heru!
Give back my comb!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ka koa tōku ngākau ki āna kupu.
My heart raced at her words.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ka mihi ahau ki tōku kara, arā te kara hui o te Kuini.
I greet my flag, the great flag of the Queen.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He pai ki a koe tōku tūru hou?
Do you like my new chair?
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ka roa noa atu tōku rerenga i roto i tōku rererangi.
I can go for miles in my airplane.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Moana tōku whaea kēkē, koia te tuahine o tōku pāpā.
Moana is my aunty, she is my father's sister.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Fran tōku whaea.
Fran is my mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Mereana tōku whaea.
Mereana is my mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Hēni tōku whaea.
Hēni is my mum.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko tōku whaea te tuara whānui o tō mātou whānau.
My mother is the (broad back) anchor of our family.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ko Ataahua tōku tuakana.
Ataahua is my older sister. (spoken by a female)
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko ia tōku tuakana.
He is my older brother / she is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Rēwi tōku teina.
Rewi is my younger brother.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Aroha tōku teina.
Aroha is my younger sister. (spoken by a female)
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine, ko Tūmanako tōku teina.
Rongomai is my sister, Tūmanako is my younger sibling.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
He nauhea iti tōku pōtiki!
My youngest child is a little rascal.
Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki
Mātou ko tōku whānau.
Me and my family.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Māua ko tōku hoa.
My friend and I.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I mahi māua ko tōku māmā.
My mother and I (us two, but not you the listener) worked.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kotahi tōku tungāne.
I have one brother.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Hei roto au i tōku tari.
I will be in my office.
Future locative - hei
Ehara na tōku hoa Pākehā ēnei tamariki.
These children do not belong to my Pākehā friend.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara ēnei tamariki i tōku hoa.
These are not the children of my friend.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara tōku pāpā nō Te Tai Tokerau.
My dad is not from the Northland region.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara tōku hoa nō Kirikiriroa.
My friend is not from Hamilton.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara tōku pāpā nō Ngāti Raukawa.
My father is not from Ngāti Raukawa.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara tōku hoa nō Ngāti Kahungunu.
My friend is not from Ngāti Kahungunu.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ehara tōku kuia nō Tūhoe.
My grandmother is not from Tūhoe.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Kāore au i tōku tari.
I wasn’t in my office.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Kāore e taea e koe tōku waka te whakatika.
You are unable to fix my car.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Kāore i taea e koe tōku waka te whakatika.
You were unable to fix my car.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
He pai ake tō tīma i tōku tīma.
Your team is better than my team.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ehara i tōku hoa ō māua kākahu i horoi.
My friend didn't wash our clothes.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
I ahau i Pipiripi, ka tūtaki au ki tōku whanaunga.
While I was in Melbourne, I met with my cousins.
While - i... ka...
I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kite ai i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to see my family.
In order to... - kia... ai...
I hīkoi au ki te kāinga kia kore ai au e kite i tōku whānau.
I walked home in order to not see my family.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai
Kua hangaia tōku whare e te kāmura ki te rākau.
My house has been built with wood.
By means of - ki
He aha koe i kore ai e haere mai ki tōku whare?
Why didn't you come to my place?
Why didn't... - He aha... i kore... aib e
Kāore au hei roto i tōku tari.
I will not be in my office.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...
Ko Kui tōku tupuna whaea.
Kui is my ancestral mother or grandmother.
Ko Riripeti tōku tuahine.
Riripeti is my sister.
kua ngaro tōku kōti.
I've lost my coat.
Ko tōku motokā tēnei.
This is my car.
I mua atu i tōku hokinga mai ki konei.
Before I returned here.
I mua mai i tōku hokinga mai.
Before I return.
I muri mai i tōku hokinga mai.
After my return here.
He nui ake tōku whare i tō Hoani.
My house is bigger than Hoani's.
Ko Hēmi tōku matua.
Hēmi is my father.
Ehara nō tōku whaea te hē.
The blame isn't my mothers.
Ka nui tōku aroha mōu, e te tau!
I love you very much, my darling!
Ehara tēnei i tōku pōtae.
This is not my hat.
Āpōpō kā kōrero au ki tōku hoa.
Tomorrow, I will speak to my friend.
Āpōpō kā kōrero au me tōku hoa.
Tomorrow I will speak with my friend.
Ko tōku whanaunga!
It's my relation!
Kua kī tōku puku.
My tummy is full.
Ko Brian tōku matua.
Brian is my father.
Kia tino horo tōku ara a te ata.
I have to get up early in the morning.
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu tōku iwi.
Ngāti Kahungunu is my tribe.
Kei te pīrangi ahau ki te whakakaha i tōku reo Māori.
I want to strengthen my Māori language.
Kei te mahi au i taku taumahi, kei te whapai i tōku whare, ā, kei te haere hoki ki tōku marae.
I'm working on my assignment, I'm cleaning my house and I am going to my marae.
Ko Jeff tōku ingoa
My name is Jeff
Ko Rangi tōku pāpā.
My father is Rangi.
Kei hea tōku waka?
Where is my waka?
Ko Joan tōku māmā.
Joan is my mother.
Ā tōku kaumātuatanga.
When I am in my old age.
Ko Makareta tōku ingoa.
Makareta is my name.
Ko Mariano tōku tipuna.
Mariano is my ancestor.
Ko Piripi tōku pāpā.
Piripi is my dad.
Ko Miriama tōku māmā.
Miriama is my mum.
Ko James Tait tōku tipuna.
James Tait is my ancestor.
He pūngāwerewere kei roto i tōku whare horoi kākahu.
There are spiders in my laundry.
He pai tōku kura.
My school is good.
Tino nui tōku aroha mōu.
I love you very much.
He pai tōku kura.
My school is good.
He mamae tōku ringa.
My hand hurts.
Tēnā koe Tāne, ko Aroha tōku ingoa.
Hello Tāne, my name is Aroha.
Ko Hēmi tōku matua.
Hēmi is my father.
He kaha tōku tungāne.
My brother is strong.
Ko Margaret tōku tuahine.
Margaret is my sister. (spoken by a male)
Ko Aria tōku tuahine.
Aria is my younger sister. (spoken by a male)
Ko Tōmuri Te Awa tōku tipuna.
Tōmuri Te Awa is my ancestor.
Ko tōku kaihana tēnei.
This is my cousin.
I haere au i te taha o tōku pāpā ki tōna wāhi mahi.
I went with my father to his work.
Ko Elvis tōku tupuna rongonui.
Elvis is my famous ancestor.
Ko Tai tōku matua whakaangi.
Tai is my stepfather.
Ko Rosie tōku whaea whakaangi.
Rosie is my stepmother.
Kāore au e pai ki tōku taokete.
I don't like my sister-in-law.
Ko Kelly tōku wahine.
Kelly is my wife.
Kāore āku mahi nui, i whakatā, i whakapai whare, i āwhina i tōku whaea i tōna māra.
I didn't do much, I relaxed, cleaned the house, helped my mother in the garden.
He kuia hūmarie tōku kuia.
My nan is a humble kuia.
Ko Paora tōku tuakana whakaangi.
Paora is my step brother.
He nui taku aroha mō tōku whānau.
I have much love for my family.
Ko ia tōku tino hoa.
He is my best friend.
Ko Hōhepa tōku ingoa.
My name's Joseph.
No Kawatiri tōku pāpā.
My father is from Westport.
Ko Jeff tōku ingoa.
My name is Jeff.
Ko Hine tōku ingoa.
My name is Hine.
ko Fran tōku māmā
Fran is my mother
Ā te Mane, ka tīmata te hanga o tōku whare.
On Monday, the building of my house will begin.
Ko Una tōku kuia.
Una is my grandmother.
Homai tōku heru!
Give me your comb!
Kei te tū tāna irāmutu i runga i tōku kākahu mā.
His nephew is standing on my clean dress.
Kua oti tōku whare.
My house is complete.
Ko tōku hoa tēnei.
This is my friend.
Ko Nikau tōku ingoa.
My name is Nikau.
Ko Bob tōku ingoa.
My name's Bob.
Ko Tahu tōku hoa tāne.
Tahu is my husband.
Nō tōku māmā tēnei motoka.
This car is my mums.
Ko Rāhera tōku ingoa.
My name is Rāhera.
Ko Hone tōku hoa tāne.
Hone is my husband.
Ki tōku nei whakaaro, koinei te mea pai rawa.
In my opinion, this is the best one.
Ko Hone tōku ingoa.
My name is Hone.
Ko Rāhera tōku hoa wahine.
Rāhera is my wife.
Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.
There are six people living at my house.
Ka tū te pō whakangahau ki tōku whare, kaua ki tōna.
The party is at my place, not his.
Ko Kuikui tōku hungawai.
Kuikui is my mother-in-law.
Kei hea tōku koti?
Where's my coat?
Ko Kuikui tōku kuia.
Kuikui is my grandmother.
Ko Moana tōku hoa tāne.
Moana is my husband.
I hanga a Hera i tōku whare.
Hera built my house.
Ko Kui tōku tupuna kuia, arā, ko au te mokopuna a Kui.
Kui is my grandmother, that is, I am Kui's grandchild.
Kei Ōtaki tōku koti.
My coat's in ÅŒtaki.
Ko Hone tōku pāpā, ko Rāhera tōku māmā.
Hone is my father, Rāhera is my mother.
He iti ake tōku whare i tōna.
My house is smaller than hers.
Ko au te mōkai a Kui. Ko Tahu tōku koroua. Kua mate ia.
I am Kui's pet. Tahu is my grandfather. He has passed away.
He pūngāwerewere kei roto i tōku whare horoi kākahu.
There are spiders in my laundry.
He keke te kai pai ki tōku hoa.
Cake is what my friend likes.
Ko Moana tōku taokete.
Moana is my twin.
Ko Rongomai tōku hoa wahine.
Rongomai is my wife.