On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Nō reira, kia whā atu anō.
So we need four more.
Let there be... - kia...

Ka pai taku wehe ā te whā i tēnei ahiahi?
Is it okay if I leave at four this afternoon?
Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?

Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.
Belonging to the past - nō

Tīkina kia whā ngā hēki.
Get four eggs
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Ā te whā o Ōketopa a Taika mā haere mai ai.
Taika and the others are coming on the 4th of October.
Direction - ...ai

I te whā karaka i te atu ai i wehe atu ai ki Waikanae.
I left for Waikanae at 4 in the morning.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Ka hokona e ua te koti rā mō te whā rau tāra.
She bought that coat for four hundred dollars.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

E whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are four televisions.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Telling time - kara

Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.
Telling time - kara

E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests.
Counting over ten -

Kāore e whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are not four televisions.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

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

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

E whā ngā kurī.
There are four dogs.

E whā tau ki muri.
Four years ago.

Ā whā tau.
In four years.

Kia whā pea.
Four maybe.

E whā ngā manu kei waho.
There are four birds outside.