Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mātihe a Niko.
Niko sneezed.

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

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 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 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 mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.

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

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

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

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

Ka kitea au.
I am seen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.

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

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

Ka haere a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.

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

Ka haere a Mere.
Mary goes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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