Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.

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 a Mere.
Mary goes.

Ka maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mātihe a Mia.
Mia sneezed.

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

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

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.

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

Ka haere a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.

Ka mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka kitea au.
I am seen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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