Māori Grammar

Kei te ata ka eke mai ka patu.
In the morning they will arrive and attack.

Ka haere mai rātou a te Mane.
They will come on Monday.

Ka tae mai rāua ki Ōtautahi.
They arrived here in Christchurch.

Kua tae mai ngā manuhiri.
The guests have arrived.

Haere mai ki te kaukau.
Come for a bath.

Kua tae mai rātou i Rotorua.
They have arrived here from Rototua.

Kei te hiahia au kia whakarongo mai koe!
I want you to listen!

Kia tae mai pea ia.
I hope she comes.

Ki te tae mai a Haki mā, ka tere oti ngā mahi.
If Haki and the others arrive, then the work will be.

Ka rīngi mai ia a te awatea.
She'll ring in the middle of the day.

I tae mai ngā manuhuri.
The visitors arrived.

Tae tonu mai te ope ki konei, ka eke ki te marae.
As soon as the party got here, they went to the marae.

I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.

Kua hoki mai ia i te pahi.
She has come back from the bus.

Kei te whai mai koe i ahau.
Do you follow me?

I hoki mai koe inanahi?
Did you come bach yesterday?

I haere mai au ki te inu,.
I came here to drink.

E noho mai ana tāku tamāhine i Ōtautahi.
My daughter is living in Christchurch.

Mauria mai ngā toka ki tēnei taha o te whare.
Bring the stones to this side of the house.

Titiro mai, whakarongo mai, kōrero mai!
Look, listen and speak!

Kua hoki mai ia.
She has returned.

Tatari mai i konā, e te tau.
Wait there, my darling.

Kahore ia i whakawātea mai mua o te haka.
He didn't move away from the front of the haka.

Ka puta mai te Ao Mārama.
The world of light came forth.

Auē! E haere tonu mai ana te pūru!
Oh! The bull is still coming!

Tangohia mai ngā tūru.
Take the chairs down.

Ka hoki mai au āpōpō.
I will return tomorrow.

Pānuihia mai te whārangi tuarua.
Read me the second page.

Tēnā haria mai he āporo māku, e kō?
Can you bring me an apple please, dear?

Karanga mai, karanga mai, karanga mai!
Call me! Call me! Call me!

Haere mai, tamariki mā!
Come here children!

Āe, haere mai ki te kai.
Yes, come to eat.

Oma atu, tamariki mā!
Run away children!

Me kōmuhu mai koe ki a au.
You should whisper it to me.

Tokohia kē mai nei ngā tāngata e tae mai ana mō te kai!
What a lot of people are arriving for the food!

Tukuna mai mā te tuhinga kūkara.
Send it to me via google doc.

Kei te menemene mai te pēpi.
The baby is smiling at me.

Ka hoki mai au i te rua haora.
I'll be back in two hours.

Kia ora mai tātou katoa.
Greetings to all of us.

Ka haere mai ia āpōpō.
She is coming here tomorrow.

Kō ēnei waka e rua, i ū mai ki Hokianga.
These two canoes landed at Hokianga.

Me kōrero mai anō koe.
You'd better speak to me again.

I rere mai te kaipuke.
The ship sailed here.

Ka hoki mai au ākuanei.
I'll come back soon.

Tēnā koutou kua hui mai nei i tēnei rā!
Greetings to you who are gathered here on this day!

I tau mai te waka ki uta, me te karanga atu a te iwi e tatari ana.
The canoe came to shore while the people who were waiting called out.

Ka tū mai Aorangi, te tipuna maunga o Waitaha.
There stands Aorangi, the ancestral mountain of the Waikato people.

Whiua mai te pōro.
Throw me the ball.

Mihi mai ki a mātou.
Greet us.

E oma atu ana ngā tamariki.
The children are running away.

Kua tae mai a Aria.
Aria has arrived.

Haere mai ki konei!
Come here! (to this place/to where i am)

Ā, kua hoki mai taku mokopuna.
Ah, my grandchild has returned.

Tatari mai i konā, e te tau.
Wait there, my darling.