Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka kitea au.
I am seen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.

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

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

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

Ka haere a Mere.
Mary goes.

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

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

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

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

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

Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.

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

Ka haere a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.

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

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

Ka pangaa atu to pāoro e Niko ki a Taika.
Niko passes the ball to Taika.

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

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.

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

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

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

Ka mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.

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

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

Ka mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka hoki ake anō te kotiro rā ki te pā.
The girl returned once more to 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 whakawhanaunga koe ki a ia?
Do you relate to him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mātihe a Mia.
Mia sneezed.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.