Māori Grammar

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

Ka haere a Mere.
Mary goes.

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.

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

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

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

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

Ka haere a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka kitea au.
I am seen.

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

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

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

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 mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.

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

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

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

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

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

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 kite a Tame i te kōrua.
Tame saw the crayfish.

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

Ka maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mātihe a Niko.
Niko sneezed.

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

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

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