Māori Grammar

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

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

Ka hoki mai au āpōpō.
I will return tomorrow.

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

Haere mai, tamariki mā!
Come here children!

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

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

I tae mai ngā manuhuri.
The visitors arrived.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kua tae mai a Pita.
Pita has arrived.

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

Kua tae mai ngā manuhiri.
The guests have arrived.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mihi mai ki a mātou.
Greet us.

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

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

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

Haere mai ki te kaukau.
Come for a bath.

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

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

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

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

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.

Kia tae mai pea ia.
I hope she comes.

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

Tangohia mai ngā tūru.
Take the chairs down.

Whiua mai te pōro.
Throw me the ball.

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

Oma atu, tamariki mā!
Run away children!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I rere mai te kaipuke.
The ship sailed here.

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

Kua hoki mai ia.
She has returned.