Sentences / Phrases Flashcards
She is washing her clothes.
E horoi ana ia i ōna kākahu.
One of my golf clubs snapped!
I whati tētahi o āku rākau hau pōro!
My parents are still alive.
Kei te ora tonu ōku mātua.
Who are your (1) older siblings?
Ko wai ōu tuākana?
Our (2) pizza has run out!
Kua pau tā tāua parehe!
Our (2) boss is angry.
E riri ana tō tāua rangatira.
How many houses do we (2) have now?
E hia ō tāua whare ināianei?
Our work has ended. (dual; us, not you)
Kua mutu tā māua mahi.
Our friend has arrived. (dual; us, not you)
Kua tae mai tō māua hoa.
Do you two have one dog?
Kotahi tā kōrua kurī?
Do you two have three dogs?
E toru ā kōrua kurī?
Their grandmother has passed away. (dual)
Kua mate tō rāua kuia.
Mere has a pen.
He pene tā Mere.
Mere has got (some) pens.
He pene ā Mere.
They (2) have got a house.
He whare tō rāua.
They (2) have (some) houses.
He whare ō rāua.
My nephew has a hat.
He pōtae tō taku irāmutu.
My nephew has (some) hats.
He pōtae ō taku irāmutu.
Have you got (some) pens?
He pene āu?
Does she have a house?
He whare tōna?
Do you(1) have (some) hats?
He pōtae ōu?
I am watching Mere’s TV.
E mātakitaki ana ahau i te pouaka whakaata a Mere.
Do you(1) have some food?
He kai āu?
Do they (2) have some tickets?
He tikiti ā rāua?
How many fish have they (4) got?
E hia ā rātou ika?
Have you (6) got a strategy?
He rautaki tā koutou?
We (she and I, but not you) have a ball.
He pōro tā māua.
They (2) have a boat.
He waka moana tō rāua.
We (you and I) have a house.
He whare tō tāua.
Do we (all 6 of us) have some firewood?
He wahie ā tātou?
You have a cat.
He ngeru tāu.
I have shoes.
He hū ōku.
She has a bag.
He pēke tāna.
She has a house.
He whare tōna.
I have dogs.
He kurī āku.
I have an apple.
He āporo tāku.
Do you have a car?
He waka tōu?
Does she have some tickets?
He tīkiti āna?
Do I have a brain?
He roro tōku?
Do you have funds?
He pūtea āu?
How many hats does he have?
E hia ōna pōtae?
I have one cat.
Kotahi tāku ngeru.
Do those two have some cars?
He waka ō rāua?
How many books do you(1) have?
E hia āu pukapuka?
How many crayfish do you (pl) have?
E hia ā koutou kōura?
Does she have a good teacher?
He kaiako pai tōna?
How many children do I have?
Tokohia āku tamariki?
How many bosses do you all have?
Tokohia ō koutou rangatira?
Do you have a brain?
He roro tōu?
Choose the correct possessive.
Kōwhiria te pūriro tika.
Do you have relatives?
He whanaunga ōu?
They(4) have some food.
He kai ā rātou.
They(2) don’t have a boat.
Kāhore ō rāua waka moana.
She doesn’t have any dogs.
Kāhore āna kurī.
They(2) don’t have any funds.
Kāhore ā rāua pūtea.
He doesn’t have a car.
Kāhore ōna waka.
You (pl) don’t have any strategy.
Kāhore ā koutou rautaki.
We(2, not you) don’t have any snapper.
Kāhore ā māua tāmure
She doesn’t have any firewood.
Kāhore āna wāhie.
I don’t have any food.
Kāhore āku kai.
I don’t have any tickets.
Kāhore āku tikiti.
I don’t have a TV
Kāhore āku pouaka whakaata.
Do you(1) have some socks? I don’t have any socks.
He tōkena ōu? Kāhore ōku tōkena.
Do you have a dog? I don’t have any dogs.
He kurī tāu? Kāhore āku kurī.
Do I have any funds? You don’t have any funds.
He pūtea āku? Kāhore āu pūtea.
Do you have a car? I don’t have a car.
He waka tōu? Kāhore ōku waka.
Does she have a strategy? She doesn’t have any strategy.
He rautaki tāna? Kāhore āna rautaki.
Do we(2) have any houses? We don’t have any houses.
He whare ō tāua? Kāhore ō tāua whare.
Do you have some food? I don’t have any food.
He kai āu? Kāhore āku kai.
Does he have a taiaha? He doesn’t have a taiaha.
He taiaha tāna? Kāhore āna taiaha.
Do you(2) have children? We don’t have any children.
He tamariki ā kōrua? Kāhore ā māua tamariki.
I don’t have the energy. You DO have the energy!
Kāhore ōku kaha. He kaha tōu!
We(2) don’t have any food.
Kāhore ā tāua kai.
We(2) are walking to the beach.
E hīkoi ana tāua ki tātahi.
Ka mātua i tēnā!
That’ll do!
Ehara i te tī!
You only live once!
Kia ahatia!
So what!? What does it matter?
That’ll do!
Ka mātua i tēnā!
So what!? What does it matter?
Kia ahatia!?
You only live once!
Ehara i te tī!
Have your mother’s grandchildren arrived?
Kua tae ngā mokopuna a tō māmā?
I don’t have a map, but I know where it is.
Kāhore āku mahere, engari e mōhio ana ahau kei hea.
We’re walking to the beach.
E hikoi ana tāua ki tātahi.
What are we doing today?
He aha ana tāua i tenei rā?
Good, let’s go to my mother’s house.
Ka pai, ka haere tāua ki te whare o tōku māmā.
They(3) are watching our (us 3, not you) TV
E mātakitaki ana rātou i tā mātou pouaka whakaata.
S/he is washing their(3) plates.
E hōroi ana ia i ā rātou pereti.
Parihaka is our mountain.
Ko Parihaka tō mātou maunga.
Here is our mate! S/he has arrived.
Anei tō tātou hoa! Kua tae mai ia.
Rugby is their(3) favorite game.
Ko te whutupōro tā rātou tino tākaro
Hatea is their river.
Ko Hatea tō rātou awa.
We (all) have run out of food.
Kua pau ā tātou kai.
Look at your dirty clothes!
Titiro ki ō koutou kākahu paru!
Here are our friends! They have arrived.
Anei ō tātou hoa! Kua tae mae rātou.
Here is their cloak.
Anei tō rātou korowai.
Their(2) dog is playing.
E tākaro tā rāua kurī
Our(3) car has broken down.
Kua pakaro tō tātou waka.
Here is our(pl) food.
Anei ā tātou kai
Their(3) pet is a cat.
He ngeru tā rātou mōkai.
Wiremu is her husband.
Ko Wiremu tāna tāne.
I have four children.
Tokowhā āku tamariki.
These are my grandchildren.
Ko āku mokopuna ēnei.
My books are at school.
Kei te kura āku pukapuka.
Heta’s workers were late this morning.
I tōmuri ngā kaimahi ā Heta i te ata nei.
My relatives are here.
Kei konei ōku whanaunga.
That’s the family’s boat.
Ko te waka moana o te whānau.
Let’s go back to our place.
Me hoki ki tō tātou whare.
His arms are long!
He roa ōna ringaringa!
Feelings
Ngā kare-ā-roto
Our sorrow is overwhelming.
Ka nui tō mātou pōuri.
Put on your(4) warm clothing!
Me kuhu i ō koutou kākahu mahana!
Qualities, traits
Āhuatanga
You two are awesome at this game!
Ka nui hoki tō kōrua pai ki tēnei tākaro!
For whom is this food?
Mā wai tēnei kai?
This food is for the children.
Mā ngā tamariki tēnei kai.
For whom is this house?
Mō wai tēnei whare?
This house is for those two.
Mō rāua tēnei whare.
This car is for you (1).
Mōu tēnei waka.
This apple is for you (1).
Māu tēnei āporo.
This food is for them (2).
He kai tēnei mā rāua.
This feast is for all of us.
Mā tātou te hākari.
This new toy is for them (3)
Mā rātou te taputapu tākaro hōu.
Jason is baking a cake for us.
E tunu keke ana a Jason mā tātou.
That kete is for you (3)
Mā koutou tērā kete.
The blankets are for Hauata
Mō Hauata ngā paraikete.
Who is going with you (3) as a friend?
Ko wai hei hoa haere mō koutou?
Ei konā au!
I’m there with you on that, I agree!- an idiom used to show agreement or support.
Hoea tō waka!
Go for it, please yourself, you’re on your own - an idiom to support or criticise someone’s proposed action or idea. It sometimes implies that the person won’t listen to advice but will find out eventually from his/her mistakes.
Kāti te patu taringa!
Stop battering my ears!
The clothes are for the children.
The clothes are not for the children.
Mō ngā tamariki ngā kākahu.
Ehara i te mea mō ngā tamariki ngā kakahu.
The house is for the old man.
The house is not for the old man.
Mō te koroua te whare.
Ehara i te mea mō te koroua te whare.
The pencils are for Mere.
The pencils aren’t for Mere.
Mā Mere ngā pene rākau.
Ehara i te mea mā Mere ngā pene rākau.
Is the flute for them (3)?
The flute isn’t for them.
Mā rātou te kōauau?
Ehara i te mea mā rātou te kōauau.
The carvings were carved by experts.
I whakairotia ngā whakairo e ngā tohunga.
Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.
There are six people living at my house.
You will cut the flax in the morning.
Hei te ata, ka tapahi koe i te harakeke.
The flax has already been cut by me.
Kua tapahia kētia te harakeke e au.
The food was loaded onto the trolley by me.
I utaina e ahau ngā kai ki roto i te torore.
Locative preposition, past tense.
The potatoes were in the flax basket.
I
I te kōnae harakeke ngā rīwai.
Locative preposition, future tense
I will be there.
Hei
Hei korā ahau.
Locative preposition, present tense
There are trees in the forest
The paper is on the left-hand side of the computer.
Kei
Kei roto ngā rākau i te wao.
Kei te taha mauī o te rorohiko te pepa.
He is going to the supermarket to buy food. (ki, ai)
E haere ana ia ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā kai.
E haere ana ia ki te hokomaha hoko kai ai.
I will turn on the television. (agent emphatic)
Māku te pouaka whakaata e whakakā.
I’m at home.
Kei te kāinga au.
Collect, gather
He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son’s illness.
Kohikohi (-a)
I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā mō te māuiui o tāna tama.
There are six people living at my house.
Tokoono ngā tāngata kei tōku whare e noho ana.
Maru grew the kumara. (agent emphatic)
Nā Maru te kūmara i whakatipu.
Maru grew the kumara. (active sentence)
I whakatipu a Maru i te kūmara.
The grass is being grown by Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
E whakatipua ana te pātītī e Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
What a lot of beautiful flowers this spring.
E hia kē mai nei ngā putiputi ātaahua i tēnei kōanga.
Spring (season)
Kōanga
heaps! goodness knows how many!
e hia kē (mai) (nei)!
e hia kē (mai) (nei)!
heaps! goodness knows how many!
We should speak Maori at home.
Me kōrero tātou i te reo Māori i te kāinga
I’m on the side of the people of the marae this time.
Kei te taha o te tangata whenua au i tēnei wā.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.
Kei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
I wake up at six o’clock in the morning.
Oho ai ahau i te ono karaka i te ata.
What a lot of people are arriving for the food!
Tokohia kē mai nei ngā tāngata e tae mai ana mō te kai!
What a lot of crayfish!
E hia kē mai nei ngā kōura!
The kumara are in the oven.
Kei roto ngā kūmara i te umu.
The food is ready.
Kua reri te kai.
Stative sentence. i.e. the food has entered the state of readiness.
This is not something they are used to.
Kāhore rātou e waia ana ki tēnei.
The tekoteko is the carving at the top of the meeting house.
Ko te tekoteko te whakairo kei te tāuru o te wharenui.
My icecream is yummier than yours.
He reka ake tāku aihikirimi i tāu.
There is one chair.
There is one person.
Kotahi te tūru.
Kotahi te tangata.
There are four birds outside.
There are four strong men here.
E whā ngā manu kei waho.
Tokowhā ngā tāne kaha kei kōnei.
We will eat a big fish.
Ka kai tātou i tētahi ika nui.
Paddle towards the land!
Hoea ki uta!
Hold on! The fish are towards land.
Taihoa! Kei uta ngā ika.
The people will paddle from the shore towards the sea.
Ka hoe atu ngā tāngata i uta ki tai.
The children bathed (swam) in the bay.
Do you know how to swim?
I kaukau ngā tamariki i te whanga.
E mōhio ana koe ki te kaukau?
Pursue education!
(a command in simple passive form)
Whāia te mātauranga!
To whom do these pink shoes belong?
Nō wai ēnei hū māwhero?
Does this purple coat belong to you?
Nōu tēnei kōti waiporoporo?
The woman singing has brown hair.
He makawe pākākā ō te wahine e waiata ana.
His house is sky blue.
He kikorangi tōna whare.
Come here, son, and dive for the paua belonging to Tangaroa.
Haere mai e tama, rukuhia ngā paua a Tangaroa nei.
- this is an example of a passive sentence
- this is an example of using “a” possession
The fish hooks and fishing line were loaded by him onto the waka in order to fish.
Kua utaina ngā matau me te aho e ia ki runga i te waka kia hī ika ai.
- this is an example of a passive sentence
- this example uses “ai” to indicate purpose
She really like seafood.
Literally “seafood is best to her”
He pai rawa atu te kaimoana ki a ia.
The spider is hiding in the mailbox.
E huna ana te pungāwerewere i te pouaka rēta.
My credit card is in my wallet.
Kei roto tāku kāri nama i tāku pāhi.
I paid with my credit card.
I hokona e au ki tāku kāri nama.
She will buy the drink.
Ka hoko ia i te inu.
She looked at the beautiful dresses in the window of the shop.
I tītiro ia ki ngā kākahu ātaahua i roto i te matapihi o te toa.
The shoes were tried on by me.
I whakamaua ngā hū e au.
May I try on these shoes?
Ka whakamau ahou i ngā hū?
Kahurangi and Hōhepa are inside their house.
Kei roto a Kahurangi rāua ko Hōhepa i tō rāua whare.
The cat is under the tōtara tree.
Kei raro te ngeru i te tōtara.
Your red pen is on your desk.
Kei runga tāu pene whero i tāu tēpu tari.
I will go to work by bicycle.
Ka haere ahau ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
He arrived on foot.
I tai mai ia mā raro.
This book was behind the chair.
I muri tēnei pukapuka i te tūru.
After the meeting, I spoke with Manu.
I muri i te hui, i kōrero ahau ki a Manu.
The cat is outside.
Kei waho te ngeru.
