Verbs Flashcards
To be lazy
Māngere
To be noisy
Turituri
To beat/hit, kill
Patu(a)
To bite
Ngau (a)
To buy, sell, trade
Hoko (a, na)
To call
Karanga (hia, tia)
To catch
Hopu (kia)
To chase
Aru (mia)
To chew
Ngaungau (a)
To climb
Piki (tia)
To crash, fall
Hinga (ia)
To cry
Tangi (hia)
To dive
Ruku (hia)
To drink
Inu (mia)
To eat
Kai (nga, ngia)
To finish, cease
To forgive
Mutu (a)
To fly OR to swim (as a fish)
Rere (a)
To go
Haere (a, hia)
To go back, return
Hoki (a)
To hear
Rongo (rangona, hia)
To hurry
Horo
To jump
Peke (a, hia)
To know
Mōhio (hia, tia)
To laugh
Kata (ina)
To learn, teach
Ako (na)
To lift up
Hiki (tia)
To listen
Whakarongo (hia)
To load on
Uta(ina)
To look at, view
Titiro (tirohia)
To meet, gather
Hui (a)
To paddle, push away
Hoe (a)
To pull
Kume (Kūmea)
To push
Pei (a)
To rise up, begin
Maranga
To run
Oma (kia)
To search, look for
Kimi (hia)
To see
Kite (a)
To send, request
Tono (a)
To sign
Haina (tia)
To sit
Noho (ia, nōhia)
To sleep, to marry, have sex
Moe (a, but not for sleep)
To tell, say, speak
Kōrero (hia)
To turn
Huri (a)
To wait
Tatari (tāria)
To wake
Ara (hia)
To walk
Wake
To wash
Horoi (a)
To work
Mahi (a, ngia)
To crawl
Ngaoki
To carry
Kawe (a) or Hari (a)
To be slow
Pōturi
To be hidden/lost
Ngaro (mia)
To be a young man
Taitama
To be young
Taitamariki
To be early
Moata
To like, approve
Pai (ngia)
To be good
Pai
To lean to one side
Tītaha (tia)
To be strong
Kaha
To search for
Pōrangi
To milk
Miraka (tia)
To lift
Hiki (tia)
To close
Kati (a)
To bring (when followed by mai), take up
Mau (ria)
To buy, sell
Hoko (a)
To take off, be left
Mahue (tia)
To be relaxed
Mauritau
To treat, apply medicine
Rongoā
To cut off, chop down
Pōuto (a, kia)
Take away, grasp
Tango (hia)
To swim, bathe
Kaukau (ria)
To rent, lease
Rīhi
To be quick, fast
Tere
To be cold
Mātao
To give
Homai (hia)
To arrive
Tae (a)
To give away, hand over
Hoatu (hia)
To have breakfast
Parakuihi (tia)
To enslave
Mōkai (tia)
To carve, sculpt
Whakairo (hia)
To make laws
Ture (tia, a)
To break (rigid things like sticks)
Whati (a)
To break
Pākuru (a, tia)
To paint
Peita (hia)
To give away
Hoatu (hia)
To flood, inundate
Waipuke (hia)
To seek, look for
Rapu (a, hia)
To steal, rob
Tāhae (tia)
To take back, return, give back
To answer
Whakahoki (a)
