Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka haere a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.

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

Ka haere a Mere.
Mary goes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.

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

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

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

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

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

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 mātihe a Hera.
Hera sneezed.

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

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

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 tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.

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

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

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

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 maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.

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

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

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

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

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

Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka whakatika atu ētahi ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā.
Some stood to wave outside 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 rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi.
His mother listened to his question about scented oil.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.

Ka kitea au.
I am seen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.

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

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

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

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

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.