Māori Grammar

Ka mea atu a Kupe ki a Hotu,
Kupe said to Hotu, "We must return".

Ka puta te iwi rā i te pā.
The tribe emerged from the pā.

Ka kite a Tū i te mamaha e puta ake ana i mua o te tereina.
Tū saw the steam rising from the front of the train.

Ka waiho tonu tātou hei tinihangatanga mā tō tātou whaea.
We are always left cheated by our mother.

Ka kite mātou i te Wind Wand, ā, ka hīkoi i te ara moana.
We saw the Wind Wand, and walked on the beach walkway.

Ka rite i te tokomaha te whakataāe te rā hei hokinga mō rātou.
The many young people reached agreement on the day for their return.

Ka tū atu anō he wahine.
Another woman stood up.

Ka noho ia i tētahi rākau e noho rā he tāngata i raro.
[He] came to rest in a tree under which some people sat.

Ka karakia ia i ngā karakia mō ngā taniwha moana.
He chanted the incantations for the taniwha of the sea.

Ka kīa e te taitamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.

Ka mātihe a Rangi.
Rangi sneezed.

Ka mau anō te kōtiro rā i te ipu.
That girl picked up the calabash again.

Ka kīa e te tatamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.

Ka mea atu a Kupe ki a Hotu...
Kupe said to Hotu...

Ka hoki atu ngā tamariki ki te kura āpōpō.
The children are returning to school tomorrow.

Ka takaia, ka kawea, ka whakairia ki runga ki te kauere.
They wrapped him up and took him and suspended him in a puriri tree.

Ka haere a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.

Ka kite a Rangi i te kōrua.
Rangi saw the crayfish.

Ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru.
The Pleiades had descended to the west from its highest point.

Ka pangaa atu to pāoro e Manu ki a Koa.
Manu passes the ball to Koa.

Ka mau ana te ururoa ka kaha whawhai ia kia ora ake anō.
Whenever a shark was caught it put up a terrific fight to survive and personifies the epitome of striving.

Ka mīharo rātou, me te tino whakamihi.
They were all full of admiration, and very grateful.

Ka kōrero ia ki tētahi atu āpiha.
He talked to another officer.

Ka hoe mai whaka te tauranga waka i Onehunga.
They rowed through the canoe anchorage at Onehunga.

Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.

Ka kuhu mai te hoa o Mere.
Mere's friend comes in.

Ka rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi.
His mother listened to his question about scented oil.

Ka nui taku hiahia kia kite i a koe!
I greatly desire to see you.

Ka puta mai te mate moe ki a Te Tahi.
Te Tahi became sleeopy.

Ka pōwhiri ki ana ringaringa.
She beckoned with her hands.

Ka pupihi te hau, ha hingahinga ngā rākau, ka rere ngā tīni o te whare.
The wind blew, the trees blew over and roofing iron blew off.

Ka kite au i a ia, ka aroha atu.
When I saw her I was moved.

Ka kiriweti ia ki ngā mahi whakapātaritari a tōna tungāne.
She gets annoyed with the teasing antics of her brother.

Ka tū ngā tamāhine i te mataihi katau o te marae.
The daughters stood at the front right of the marae.

Ka rongo a Ataahua i te whakapū ahi.
Ataahua heard the fire siren.

Ka whakatika te ope tamariki nei, ka tātou i a rātou mō te haere.
The group of young people got ready and girded themselves for the journey.

Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.

Ka puta katoa ki waho ngā tāngata o te pā ki te tahu kai.
All the people of the pā came outside to cook food.

Ka tātua i a rātou mō te haere.
They girded themselves for the journey.

Ka mea atu te kotiro rā ki tana whaea...
That girl said to her mother...

Ka rere mai ngā waka i tai ki uta.
The canoes came from the sea to the shore.

Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.

Ka whāngaia ngā manu e ia.
The birds were fed by her.

Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā.
One of those women stood up.

Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.

Ka pahemo te awa o Tōrere.
He passed Tōrere's stream.

Ka tūpeke a ia i reira.
He jumped into the air there.

Ka mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.

Ka titiro a Koa ki te parani i runga i te pounamu.
Koa looked at the brand on the bottle.

Ka hoki ake anō te kotiro rā ki te pā.
The girl returned once more to the pā.

Ka haere ki Zealandia mō te kawhe.
I went to Zealandia for a coffee.

Ka hapū anō hoki ia i muri iho i a Kōpako.
She conceived again after Kōpako.

Ka hoki mai nā roto i te nehenehe.
They returned by way of the patch of bush.

Ka mahana haere te kaimoana i te rā.
The seafood is getting warm in the sun.

Ka puta taua tini rā ki waho o te pā.
That group went out of the pā.

Ka rongo ahau i tētahi waiata pai i tēnei rā.
I heard a nice song today.

Ka nui taku aroha ki a koe.
My love for you knows no bounds.

Ka mutu tonu te kōrero ki konei.
The story finishes right here.

Ka hoki te ope rā ki tana pā.
That group returned to its pā.

Ka kitea kua puta i tētahi taha o te pā, kua haere whakatētahi taha o te pā.
They were seen emerging from one side of the pā, going towards the other side.

Ka mutu te kai, ka kī ia...
When the meal was over, he said...

Ka tū mai te tumuaki ki te mihi ki a rātou.
The headmaster stood up to greet them.

Ka kitea au.
I am seen.

Ka roa, ka haere atu ia.
After a while, he left.

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.

Ka tae ki te teihana, ā, ka hīkoi mātou i te taha moana ki Te Papa.
We arrived at the station and we walked by the sea to Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum.

Ka hoki te kōrero ki a Hotu i ruku rā i te punga o tō rāua waka.
The story returns to Hotu who had dived for the anchor of their canoe.

Ka mōhio taku hoa ki te tangata rā.
My friend knows that man.

Ka kite ia i te tīwaiwaka.
He sees the fantail.

Ka maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.

Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei.
A place was left open between the stone walls.

Ka karanga ki tana rōpā ki te wai ki a ia.
He called to his slave to get water for him.

Ka haere a Mere.
Mary goes.

Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.

Ka karanga atu te rōpū whakaeke ki ngā tangata whenua.
The group ascending onto the marae calls back to the people of the land/marae.

Ka tae te ope rā ki ā rātou mea i mahia mai rā i Āwhitu.
The group took their things which had been made in Āwhitu.

Ka mataku ngā kararehe i te whatitiri.
Thunder frightens animals.

Ka puta a Pihihuia me te wai.
Puhihuia appeared with the water.

Ka tangi ngā tamāhine ki tō rātou pāpā.
The daughters mourned for their father.

Ka kite atu ngā tāne o tēnei i ngā wāhine o tērā.
The men of this [tribe] saw the women of that [tribe].

Ka mau ki te kākahu o waho.
And took hold of her outer garment.

Ka kite o reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhihuia,.
The young chiefs from there was this girl, Puhihuia.

Ka mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.

Ka tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.

Ka noho au ki te moenga inu ai i taku kawhe.
I sat in bed and drank my coffee.

Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.

Ka pātōtō ia ki te kūaha.
She knocks on the door.

Ka pīrangi ia ki ngā mea katoa.
He wants all the things.

Ka mutu ōna tohu, ka noho ki raro.
When his instructions were ended, he sat down.

Ka māharahara te rōpā rā ki te mate whakamomori o tana ariki.
That slave was anxious that his master might commit suicide.

Ka whakawhanaunga koe ki a ia?
Do you relate to him?

Ka oma mai ngā tamariki i muri i te whare.
The children ran up from behind the house.

Ka haere te ope o Ngāti-Kahukoka i mua o ēnei.
The Ngāti-Kahukoka group went in front of them.

Ka riro i te hai hāte a Paki.
It was taken by Paki's ace of hearts.

Ka nui te mīti, te hēki me te tuna.
There's plenty of meat, eggs and eels.

Ka mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.

Ka haere mātou ki te tāone i nga Tāite.
We go to town on Thursdays.

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.

Ka whakatika atu ētahi ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā.
Some stood to wave outside the pā.

Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.

Ka aha koe i ngā hararei?
What do you do in the holidays?

Ka patua katoatia.
All [the people] were killed.

Ka oho te tini i roto i te whare manuhiri.
The party at the visitor's house woke up.

Ka tae mai te taraka o Nikau me ngā tēpu, me ngā tūru.
Nikau's truck arrived with the tables and the chairs.

Ka tono tonu ia i ngā turituri.
He kept hearing noises.

Ka tū mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.

Ka haere i te ara i runga i te rangitoto.
They went along the path over the coria.

Ka roherohea taua moana e rātou.
That sea was divided up by them.

Ka herea e ia tā tāua kurī.
He tied up our dog.

Ka tū ia, ā, ka kōrero.
He stood and spoke.

Ka heke iho ko ngā roimata.
The tears fall down (representing the rain).

Ka tae tētahi tauhou ki te kāinga.
A certain stranger came to the village.

Ka mamae aku turi, ngā wāhi katoa ōku, engari kāore e heke taku taumaha.
They hurt my knees, and every other part of me, yet I don't seem to lose any weight.

Ka whakatika te kōtiro rā, ka mua ki te kīaka.
The girl got up and took a calabash.

Ka kapo au i te pū.
I snatched the gun.

Ka mutu te mahi inanahi, ka haere mātou ki te tāone.
When yesterday's work was finished, we went to town.

Ka tū a ia, ka karanga mai i waho i te whare.
He stood and called from outside the house.

Ka pōwhiri ia i a Pongo.
She beckoned to Pongo.

Ka kauhoe ia i Rotorua ki Mokoia.
She swam from Rotorua to Mokia.

Ka mea atu te rōpā rā, 'He kai.'
The slave said, 'Food!'.

Ka tino kaha rawa tōna tangi ki tōna mamae.
She mourned deeply for her pains.

Ka hokona e ua te koti rā mō te whā rau tāra.
She bought that coat for four hundred dollars.

Ka piki puku atu hoki a Ponga i muri i a ia.
Ponga also climbed up silently behind her.