Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.

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 a Pita i te kōrua.
Pita saw the crayfish.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 haere a Mere.
Mary goes.

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

Ka mātihe a Aria.
Aria sneezed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.

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

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

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

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 mataku ngā kararehe i te whatitiri.
Thunder frightens animals.

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

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka kitea au.
I am seen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ka maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.

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

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

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

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

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

Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.

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 tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.

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

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

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

Ka pangaa atu to pāoro e Pāora ki a Hēmi.
Pāora passes the ball to Hēmi.

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

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

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

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 a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.

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

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

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 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.

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