On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Hera tōna ingoa.
Her name's Hera.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai te koroua nui tōna aroha ki tōna whānau?
Who is the old man who has a lot of love for his whānau?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai tōna iwi?
What is his tribe?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ka tuhituhi a Pita i te reta mō tōna hoa.
Pita will write the letter for his friend.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kei te moe ia i tōna moenga.
He's sleeping on his bed.
Sentences with i - i

I a ia e kai ana, ka kite ia i tōna hoa.
While he was eating, he saw his friend.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei Tokoroa tōnā matua e noho ana.
His father is living in Tokoroa.

Kei runga i tōna moengamoe ia e moe ana.
She's sleeping on her bed.

He rite a Rāwiri ki tōna māmā.
Rāwiri is like his mother.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu tērā tamaiti ki tōna matua.
That child is just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu a Mere ki tōna pāpā.
Mere is just like her dad.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite ia ki tōna tuakana.
She is just like her elder sister.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tāku irāmutu ki tōna pāpā.
My nephew is just like his like father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite a Rāwiri ki tōna māmā, he tangata kaha ki te mahi.
Rāwiri is like his mother, a man who is strong in work.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu ia ki tōna pāpā mō te mahi whenua.
He is just like his father when it comes to farming.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite ia ki tōna whaea.
She is just like her mother.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite a Hone ki tōna pāpā.
Hone is just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite te makawe o Aria ki ō tōna whaea.
Aria's hair is just like her mother's.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu tēnei kuri ki tōna pāpa.
This dog is just like its father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

He rite tonu te āhua o Tame ki tōna pāpā.
Tame looks just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Rite tinu a Ataahua ki tōna kuia.
Ataahua is just like her mother.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Kia ahatia. Ka hoki mai tēnā pōtae ā tōna wā anō e tika ana.
No worries/it's all good. That hat will return when the times is right.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

Nō Waikato tōna whaea.
His/Her mother is from Waikato.
Belonging to a place - nō

Mā Rina e hoko kai ki Peke te Pēke, koinā tōna tino.
Rina will buy food at Pak n Save, that's her favourite.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Homai tōna tīhāte.
Give me his t-shirt.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai tōna pātara.
Pass me his bottle.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kei roto tonu ia i tōna rūma moe.
He is still in his bedroom.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei roto ia i tōna rūma moe.
He is in his bedroom.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Kei te awhitia te pēpi e tōna māmā.
The girl is being hugged by her mother.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I horoia tōna waka e Pita.
His car was washed by Peter.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I tuhia tētahi reta e ia ki tōna hoa.
The letter was written by her to her sweetheart.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te kitea te kōtiro e tōna māmā.
The girl is being seen by her mother.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua tangohia nā hū e tōnā matua.
His shoes have been removed by his father.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kei te wetekia a Rangi e tona hoa.
Rangi is being untied by his friend.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua kōrerotia te tamaiti e tōna kaiako.
The child has been spoken to by his/her teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...

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

Kei tāwāhi tōna whānau.
His/Her family is overseas.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I tāwāhi tōna whānau.
His/Her family was overseas.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

He waka tōna, engari kua pakaru tōna waka.
He has a car, but his car is broken.
Conjunctions - but - engari

He rawe te kaitono tuatahi. He pai tōna āhua. Heoi anō, he pai ake te reo Māori o te kaitono tuarua.
The first applicant was great. He had a really nice way about him. On the other hand, the second applicant had better Māori language skills.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

Ka tōmuri a Ria, ki tō mōhio? Tērā tonu pea. E rongonui ana tōna tōmuri.
Do you think Ria might get here late? Quite possibly. Her tardiness is well-known.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea

Kei te kāinga tōna tuahine.
Her sister is at home.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Ka tino kaha rawa tōna tangi ki tōna mamae.
She mourned deeply for her pains.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kiriweti ia ki ngā mahi whakapātaritari a tōna tungāne.
She gets annoyed with the teasing antics of her brother.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kāore a Pita e tuhituhi i te reta mō tōna hoa.
Pita will not write the letter for his friend.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

He kōtiro aroha nui ki tōna kuikui.
She is a girl who loves her grandmother very much.

Tōna tikanga, me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa āpōpō, engari, taku aroha ki a koutou, e pai ana kia hōmai ā tērā wiki.
Strictly speaking, you should hand in your essays tomorrow, but out of the kindness of my heart, I'll let you do it next week.

Ko Tawa tōna matuakēkē.
Tawa is his uncle.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Aroha tōna matuakēkē.
Aroha is his aunty.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kua whakawātea tō mātou rangatira i tōna tūranga.
Our boss has returned from his position.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Hēmi tōna hoa tane.
Hēmi is her husband.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

I tupu tōna pukurir i roto i a ia.
His anger grew within him.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kāore te kōtiro i te kitea e tōna māmā.
The girl is not being seen by her mother.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kīhai i pīrangi tōna whaea ki a ia.
His mother did not want him.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Āe, he tuakana tōku, ko Manu tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have an older sibling, his name is Manu.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Āe, he tēina tōku, ko Amaru tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a younger sibling, his name is Amaru.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

He kurī tāku. Ko Auau tōna ingoa.
I have a dog, his name is Auau.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Ko te kihi o tōna waka tēnā.
That's the key of his car.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Ko ia te mea hangareka o rāua ko Riripeti, tōna tuahine.
She is the funny one between her and Riripeti, her sister.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kauri rāua ko tōna hoa.
Kauri and her friend.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Koa rātou ko tōna whanau.
Koa and his family.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Tokomaha i haere atu ki tōna tangihanga.
Many went to her funeral.
Away - atu

Ehara tōna whaea nō Waikato.
His/Her mother is not from Waikato.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

Kāore tōna tuahine i te kāinga.
Her sister is not at home.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kāore tōna whānau i tāwāhi.
His/Her family was not overseas.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

He pērā te āhua o Tawa, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Tawa's nature is like that, he has a kind heart.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Te reka hoki o tōna reo!
How sweet her language is!
*How... - Te... hoki...

Kua ngaro i a Hēmi tōna pōtae.
Hēmi has lost his hat. (His hat has been lost by Hēmi.)
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua oti kē i a Pou te Tārai tōna waka.
Pou had already finished adzing out his canoe.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kātahi ka mahara te koroheke rā ki te nuinga o tōna pai.
Then then old man began to thing about his abundant good fortune.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Kātahi ka whakaohoia e te tangata nei tōna mōkai ki roto ki tētahi puna.
Then this man placed his pet in a spring of water.
And then... - kātahi ka...

Tōna rere hoki!
How fast she is!
How... - tō... hoki, te hoki

Tōna pai hoki.
How good she is!
How... - tō... hoki, te hoki

Tōna ātaahua hoki.
How beautiful she is.
How... - tō... hoki, te hoki

Tōna tere hoki.
How fast she is.
How... - tō... hoki, te hoki

Ka tae a Māui ki te rua i rere iho rā tōna whaea.
Māui reached the pit down which his mother had fled.

Kāore te tamaiti i whakapono ki tā tōna hoa i kī ai.
The child didn't believe what his friend said.

He kahurangi rānei tōna kākahu?
Is her dress blue?

Ka whakatūpou ia, ko tōna upoko ki raro, ko ana waewae ki runga ki te pana i tōna pāpā i a Rangi.
He bent down and placed his head on the ground, and threw his legs up to the sky onto the body of his father, Rangi, so he could push.

I tupu tōna pukuriri i roto i a ia.
His anger grew within him.

Anei tōna whare
Here’s his house

I kite au i a Mea inapō. Pai tōna āhua.
I saw Thingy last night. S/he was looking good.

Nō mua tata atu i tōna matenga, ka puta tana ōhākī ki tana whānau.
Shortly before his passing, he made his dying speech to his family.

Ka puta ake te taniwha i roto i tōna rua.
The taniwha came forth from inside his den.

ko Hana tōna ingoa
her name is Hana

Kua whakatāea tō mātou rangatira i tōna tūranga.
Our boss has retired from his position.

I moe ia i runga i te papa raakau naa wai ka mamae tona tuaraa
He slept on the bare boards and so he got a sore back

He pai tōna ngākau.
He has a good/kind heart.

Mā Nani e hoko kai ki Peke te Pēke, koinā tōna tino.
Nanny will buy food at Pak n Save, that's her favourite.

I horoi a Hēmi i tōna waka.
Hēmi washed his car.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia.
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among.

He pouaru tēnā, nō reira i kākahu ai i tōna pare.
She is a widow; therefore she wears her (widow’s) circlet.

Nā te tama tōna tuahine i tangi ai.
The boy was the reason his sister cried.

He whāiti, he kōtiti ngā ara ki tōna takiwā.
The roads to her district are narrow and winding.

Kāore tōna motokā e haere.
His car doesn’t go.

Horomia ana te kuia rā, ngaro atu ana ki tōna puku.
The grandmother was swallowed and disappeared into his stomach.

Nō reira ka tangi a Ue-roa ki tōna iwi.
It was taken right away, out to the fishing ground at Karanga-tū. Then Te Awa-riki sent

Wē! Te tere hoki o tōna motukā.
Wou! How fast his car is!

Tae rawa atu te whānau ki te hōhipera, kua hoki kē te koroua ki tōna kāinga.
By the time the family arrived at the hospital, the old man had already gone home.

Ko Hata tōna hoa tāne.
Hata is her husband.

E 86 tōna pakaka.
His age is 86.

Ko wai tōna ingoa?
What is her name?

E toru tekau tau tōna pakeke.
She is thirty years old.

He iti iho tōku whare i tōna.
My house is smaller than hers.

E aru kōrua i a ia ki tōna whare.
You will follow him to his house.

Kua mate tōna pāpā
His father has died

Tērā kōrua e aru i a ia ki tōna whare.
You will follow him to his house.

Ko Rangi tōna matua kēkē.
Rangi is his uncle.

Ko Hēra tōna matua kēkē.
Hēra is his aunt.

Rite tonu ia ki tōna kuia ki te karanga.
She's just like her grandmother at doing the karanga.

Rite tonu tērā tauira ki tōna kaiako ki te kōrero Māori.
That student is just like their teacher at speaking Māori.

He whare nui tōna.
She has a big house.

Whitu tekau mā waru tōna pakeke.
She is seventy-eight years old.

I tuhi ia i tētahi reta ki tōna hoa.
She wrote a letter to her sweetheart.

Nā tōna mate i kore ai a ia e kai.
It was his illness which caused him to abstain from food.

Kua tino ora tōna tinana.
He is very fit.

Mā tōna reo whakahau ka kori te whare ki te mahi.
Through her commanding voice, the house gets to work.

Haere ai a Pōhutukawa ki te awa kia kite i tōna hoa ..
Pōhutukawa would go down to the river to see her mate ..

E rima tekau mā whā tōna pakeke.
She is fifty-four years old.

I kōrero kaha ia kia rangona ai tōna reo.
He spoke loudly so that his voice could be heard.

Rite tonu ia ki tōna kuia te riri.
She is just as bad-tempered as her grandmother.

Tērā tētehi kōhine, ko Mia tōna ingoa.
There once was a young girl, Mia was her name.

E whā tau tōna pakeke ake i a Rāhera, tōna hoa rangatira.
He is four years older than Rāhera, his significant other.

Rite tonu tērā tauira ki tōna kaiako te koretake.
That student is just as useless as their teacher.

Ko Riripeti te kuku o tōna manawa.
Riripeti is the darling of his heart.

He pai te tūru *a* tōku tūru
So the chair my father sits on is o - i could say tōna tūru, his chair, but the chair my father made is a - tāna tūru.

He wharau mō tōna kuia tāna e mahi ana.
She is working on a shed for her kuia.

Ko Tūmanako te toki hākinakina o tōna whānau.
Tūmanako is the sports champion of his family

He mārō tōna puku.
Her stomach is hard.

E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.

Ā, i tōna mōhiotanga no te rangatiratanga ia o Hērota ka tonoa ia ki a Hērota i Hiruhārama hoki ia i aua rā.
And, when he (Pilate) was informed that he (Jesus) belonged to Herod’s province he (Jesus) was sent to Herod as he (Herod) was in Jerusalem in those days.

He kākariki, he pangi hoki tōna pōtai.
Her hat is green and black.

He tangata whakatika waka i te rā, ā, he pene whakangahau tōna mō ngā huihuinga whakahirahira.
He is a person who fixes cars during the day, and he has an entertaining song for important gatherings.

Ka hoki te māia nei ki tōna kāinga, ki Waiaua, i.te.mea kua hari tōna ngākau.
This champion returned to his home at Waiaua because his heart rejoiced.

Katahi ia ka haere ki te whare o tōna hoa.
Then he went to his friend’s house.

Ko Rita tōna ingoa
Rita is her name or Her name is Rita.

Ko Manawatū tōna ingoa.
Its name is Manawatū.

He whero, he mā hoki tōna tīhate.
Her t-shirt is red and white.

He whakahīhī ia ki tōna mōhio ki te reo Māori
She is proud of her knowledge of Māori

He pāpura, he kōwhai hoki tōna tarau.
Her trousers and brown and yellow.

He kaha a Tīwana ki tana whiu pātai nanakia me te whakapātaritari i tōna tuahine me tōna kuikui.
Tīwana is good at asking tricky questions and teasing her sister and grandmother.

I tēnei tau, ko Sarah te tuatahi o tōna akomanga uku i Aotearoa katoa.
This year, Sarah was first in her ceramics class in all of new Zealand.

E ōrite tōna āhua ki a Mick Jagger.
He looks like Mick Jagger.

Anei tōna whare.
Here's his house.

I mua o tōna taenga mai, me whakapaipai tātou i te whare.
Before he or she arrives, we should tidy the house.

He tere tōna hōiho
His horse was fast

Nā te mate o tōna whaea i hoki ai ia ki tōna kāinga.
It was because his mother was sick that he returned home.

Kāore i roa ka mauru tōna riri, ka hoki ia ki rō whare ki te whakapāha ki ōna hoa.
Before long his anger subsided, and he went back inside to apologise to his mates.

Riyte tonu ia ki tōna kuia.
She is juts like her nan.

Rite tou tērā tauira ki tōna kaiako
That student is just like her teacher.

I rongo au ki tōna reo kua tino pāpōuri ia i te take rā
I heard in his voice that he was very much saddened by the matter

Nā te mea ka haere tōna whaiāipo ki tawhiti ka tangi a Tina.
Because her sweetheart went far away Tina lamented.

Kua koroua tōna papa
Her father has aged

Kei roto a Hine i tōna rūma, e moe ana.
Hine is in her room, sleeping.

I ahau tōna kākahu
I had his coat

I tōna tikanga ko Pita tana ingoa.
It is her intention that his name will be Peter.

kō ,konei, tonā, korā
Line 104: here, there by you with ko...

I te pō kua tārore te tāne i a ia i roto i tōna rūma.
At night the man locked her in her room.

Kei te mokemoke tōna māmā ki a ia
Her mother misses him

Kei reira tōna ake reo, ana ake tikanga.
That part has its own language and its own customs.

Ko te kīhi o tōna waka tēnā.
That’s the key of his car.

Ānō tōna tangi me he pēpi.
His crying was like a baby's.

He nui rawa atu tōna mōhio ki taua take
His knowledge of that matter is very great, he knows a great deal about that matter

Ko Kōuraraka tōna ingoa.
Her name is Goldilocks.

He kikorangi tōna whare.
His house is sky blue.

He mā tōna panekoti.
Her dress is white.

Ke hongi te ihu ki te hauāuru; kua rongo i te haunga o tōna ariki.
He sniffed the winds of the west, and recognised the scent of his master.

He rite tonu tērā tamaiti ki tōna matua.
That child is just like his father.

He hōihio tōna.
He has a horse.

Ka ora ake a Rangi i tōna mate.
Rangi recovered from his illness.

Ko Tangiwai tōna whanaunga.
Tangiwai is his relation.

Kua noho tonu tōna whaiāipo ki konei
Her sweetheart has stayed on here

Ka whakahokia mai e ia te kōtiro ki tōna ana hei wahine māna
He took the girl back to his cave as his wife, to be a wife for him

I haere au i te taha o tōku pāpā ki tōna wāhi mahi.
I went with my father to his work.

Kei te moe tonu rāua ko tōna pera!
He's still sleeping with his pillow.

Oho rawa ake te kuia rā, kāore tōna maro.
By the time the woman got up, her skirt was gone.

I tukia tōna motukā.
His car was crashed into.

Ā tōna raro...
After some time...

Kei te arohaina te tamaiti e tōna whaea.
The child is loved by his mother. (passive)

Kei te mōhio a Pita kei hea tōna whaea e noho ana?
Does Pita know where his mother is living?

He waka tōna.
She has a car.

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 makariri tōna kāinga.
Her place is cold.

I kite ahau i a Mere i mua i tōna haerenga.
I saw Mere before she left.

tana, tāna, tōna ana, āna, ōna
Two people

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.

He tino nui te mahau o tōna whare.
The deck at her house is very big.

He pērā te āhua o Rangi, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Rangi's nature is like that, he has a kind heart.

Anā tō kai e hoa, me tūtaki au ki tō whaea ā tōna wā.
That's what you get mate, I should meet your mum sometime.

Ka kī mai ia kei Tauranga tōna tuakana.
He said that his brother is at Tauranga.

Tōna pai nei.
Sort of OK.

I kōhurutia tētahi tangata e tōna wahine i Poihākena.
A man was killed by his wife at Sydney.

E kore te kurī whai momo e ngōke ki tōna ruaki kai ai.
A healthy dog does not crawl into its own vomit to eat.

Tōna ora nei.
Sort of well.

Tōna wera nei.
Sort of hot.

E whitu marama tōna pakeke.
Seven months is her age.

Kua rima tau tōna pakeke.
She has reached five years.

Āe, he tuahine tōku, ko Moana tōna ingoa.
I do have a sister, her name is Moana.

Mere rāua ko tōna hoa
Mary and her friend

tōna tīhāte
her t-shirt

Ko Niko tōna ingoa.
His name is Niko.

Āe, he tungāne tōku, ko Pāora tōna ingoa.
I do have a brother, his name is Pāora.

He rite a Rangi ki tōna māmā.
Rangiis like his mother’.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among

tōna kopi
his nappy

I pōtitia a Hōne e tōna iwi hei mema pāremata mō rātou
Hōne was elected MP by his people

Tukua atu te Kawana kia hoki ki tōna kāinga!
Let the Governor go back to his own place!

Ehara tōna hoa i te tangata mōhio
his friend is not clever

Āe, he tamāhine tāku, ko Ani tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a daughter, her name is Ani.

Nā ka haere, ka tākai i ōna patunga, ringihia ki te hinu, ki te waina, ka whakanoho i a ia ki tōna ake kararehe —
And so, he proceeded, and bandaged his wounds, flushed them with oil, and with wine, and sat him on his own beast —

Āe, he tamatāne tāku, ko Taika tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a son, his name is Taika.

Nō te tangi ka mātau ai a Rehua ko tōna teina tēnei.
Rehua knew from the lament that this was his junior relative.

He mā tōna panekoti.
Her dress is white.

Ko te tangata kua riro ki.te whakaatu ki ōna hoa i te ātaahua o tōna wahine.
That man had gone to tell his friends about the beauty of his wife.

Mā tōna wairua e haere mai ki.te whawhai?
Will his spirit come back to fight?

I ngā wā e huihui ana ngā hapū o Rotorua ki Mokoia ka kitea a Hinemoa i waenganui o tōna iwi.
While the tribes of Rotorua were assembling at Mokoia, Hinemoa was seen in the midst of her people.

Nā, i reira tētahi tangata, ko Haimona tōna ingoa.
Well, a certain man was there, named Haimona.

Ki tā te tākuta, kāore ia e hemo i tōna mate.
According to the doctor, her illness isn’t terminal.

Me koe anō tōna āhua.
He looks just like you.

Ka puta ake te taniwha i roto i tōna rua
The taniwha came forth from in his den

Kātahi ia ka hopu i tōna ringa matau ka whakaara ake i ā ia.
Then he caught hold of his right hand and raised him up.

Engari ko te painga, he mōhio ia ki te tiaki i te pakeke, i tōna kuia.
But on the good side, he's very good at looking after his elders.

Te pene ā tōna whaēa kē.
His aunt's pen.

He ngākau rauangi tōna.
He's got a sensitive heart.

Kīhai a Tūpai i mate, engari ko tōna hoa, ko Ruawhārō, i mate.
Tūpai didn’t suffer, but his companion Ruawhārō was afflicted.

Nō tōna kitenga i a Peta rāua ko Hoani meake tomo ki te temepara, ka tono ia i tētahi mea māna.
When he saw Peta and Hoani soon to enter the temple, he requested something for himself.

Ko tā te tāne mahi he haere ki te pakanga kia ora ai tōna iwi.
The man’s job was to go to war so that his people would be safe.

Kāorɛ a Hēmi ɛ taraiwa i tōna motokā i te pō.
Hēmi will not drive his car at night.

Ka tū te pō whakangahau ki tōku whare, kaua ki tōna.
The party is at my place, not his.

Kei te tangi te koroua i tōna tahu.
The old man is mourning his love.

E hia tōna pakeke?
How old is she?

He rite ia ki tōna tuahine.
He is like his sister.

He rite tonu ia ki tōna whaea kēkē.
She is just like her aunty.

Kei hea tōna tīhāte?
Where's her t-shirt?

Tōna rua rau pea.
About 200, perhaps.

Kei te moe ia i tōna moenga
He's sleeping on his bed.

I kawea kētia e ia tōna ingoa.
His name was changed by him.

I tanumia oratia a Te Heuheu rātou ko tōna iwi.
Te Heuheu was buried alive, together with his people.

He nui ake tōna whare i tōku.
Her house is bigger than mine.

Ko tōna kāinga i haere mai ai kei Te Ākau.
The village where he left from was Te Ākau.

He iti ake tōku whare i tōna.
My house is smaller than hers.

Kua noho tonu tōna whaiāipo ki konei.
Her sweetheart has stayed on here. — 1405

B. Tōna rua rau pea
About 200, perhaps

Ka ora ake a Tāwhaki i tōna mate.
Tāwhaki recovered from his illness.

I mua, kua haere a Rangi ki Taupō mā runga i te topatopa a tōna hoa.
In the past, Rangi has gone to Taupō on his friend's helicopter.

I waiatatia e tana wairua i runga i te whare i tōna mauranga ai i te tamaiti.
It was sung by his supernatural being on the roof of the house when it took a child.

Kotahi taku tama, ko Koa tōna ingoa.
I have one son. His name is Koa.

Ehara rānei koe i tōna tuakana?
Are you not his brother?

He rite tonu ia ki tōna pāpā.
He is just like his father. — 3627