Māori Made Easy 1. Flashcards
(146 cards)
1
Q
How many fingers?
A
E hia ngā matimati?
2
Q
There is one horse
A
Kotahi te hōiho
3
Q
How many men went?
A
Tokohia ngā tāne i haere?
4
Q
164 old men
A
Kotahi rau, ono tekau mā whā ngā koroua.
5
Q
How many drinks do you want?
A
Kia hia ngā inu māu?
6
Q
Seven books for me
A
Kia whitu ngā pukapuka māku
7
Q
Give me 3 eggs
A
Hōmai kia toru ngā hēki māku
8
Q
Where are you from?
A
Nō hea koe?
9
Q
2 ways to say Where are you going?
A
Ki hea tō haere?
Kei te haere koe ki hea?
10
Q
Goodbye (you’re staying)
A
Haere rā
11
Q
Goodbye (youre going)
A
E noho rā
12
Q
Its a pleasure to meet you
A
Ka pai te tūtaki ki a koe
13
Q
Will he run tomorrow?
A
Ka oma ia āpōpō?
14
Q
What are you doing?
A
Kei te aha koe?
15
Q
He is not going
A
Kāore ia i te haere
16
Q
She is not going (e ana)
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Kāore ia e haere ana
17
Q
Will she run tomorrow?
A
Ka oma ia āpōpō?
18
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She will arrive tomorrow
A
Ka tae mai ia āpōpō
19
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Mere will not be sad
A
Kāore a Mere e pōuri
20
Q
She bought food
A
I hoko kai ia
21
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The dog did not die
A
Kāore te kuri i mate
22
Q
Have the children slept?
A
Kua moe ngā tamariki?
23
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The boy has not yet climbed the tree
A
Kāore anō te tama kia piki te rākau
24
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Are we (you & I) playing?
A
Kei te tākaro tāua
25
We (me and him) are talking
Kei te kōrero māua
26
They are washing clothes
Kei te whakamau kākahu rāua
27
We (you & i) are eating
Kei te kai tāua
28
Lets (us all) go and buy some food
Me haere tātou ki te hoko kai
29
No, us guys haven’t spoken
Kāore anō mātou kia kōrero
30
Are we all going to go to the party
Kei te haere tātou ki te ngahau
31
You guys’ hats
He pōtae ō kōrua
32
Their grandmother has died
Kua mate tō rāua kuia
33
Mere has a pen
He pene tā Mere
34
His nephew has got a hat
He pōtae tō tōna irāmutu
35
She’s got houses
He whare ōna
36
Is this our (us not you) car?
He waka tō mātou?
37
Do you have a cat?
He ngeru tāu?
38
Do you guys have a good teacher?
He kaiako pai tō koutou?
39
Thats the boy of Mere and of Māka
Koia te tama a Mere rāua ko Māka
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Theres their cat
Ko tā rāua ngeru tērā
41
I don’t have a pen
Kāore āku pene
42
They (2) dont have a sea-boat
Kāore ō rāua waka moana
(Always pleural when negating)
43
Thats all of our food
Arā tā tātou kai
44
Has our (not your) dog been inside the house?
Kua kuhu tā mātou kuri ki roto i te whare?
45
Ruapehu is our (not your) mountain
Ko Ruapehu tō mātou maunga
46
I am going to your(pl) house
Kei te haere au ki tō koutou whare
47
Here is our food
Anei ā tātou kai
48
Ko Wiremu tāna tāne
Wiremu is her husband
49
My books are at school
Kei te kura āku pukapuka
50
My relatives are here?
Kei konei ōku whanaunga
51
That’s tge family’s boat
Ko te waka moana o te whānau
52
Lets go back to our place
Me haere ki tō tātou whare
53
His arms are long
He roa ōna ringaringa
54
Put your warm clothes on
Me kuhu i ō koutou kākahu mahana
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Their pillows are these
ō rātou aupuru enei
Aupuru - I plug.
56
He is our prime minister
Koia tō tātou Pirimia
57
Mā wai tēnei kai
For whom is this food?
58
This house is for who?
Mō wai tēnei whare
59
This apple is for you
Māu tēnei āporo
60
A house is for the family
He whare mō te whānau
61
The bags for me
Māku te peke
62
The cup of tea is for her
Māna te kapu tī
63
Jason is baking a cake for us
Kei te tunu keke a jason mā tātou
64
The water’s for me
Mōku te wai
65
The clothes are not for the children
Ehara i te mea mō ngā tamariki ngā kākahu
66
The food is not for you
Ehara i te mea māu te kai
67
This car is not for Rewi & Hemi
Ehara i te mea mō Rewi rāua ko Hemi te waka
68
This food belongs to the visitors
Nā ngā manuhiri te kai
69
The cup of tea is his
He has a cup of tea
Nāna te kapu ti
He kapu ti tāna
70
This new toy belongs to those 3
Nā rātou te taputapu tākaro hōu
71
That book is mine
Nāku tēra pukapuka
72
The car doesnt belong to the school
Ehara i te kura te waka
Beginner way: Ehara nō te kura te Whare.
73
I have 2 younger brothers
Tokorua aku tēina
74
Mere will take me back to Rotorua
Mā Mere ahau e whakahoki ki Rotorua
75
Mere (emphatic) will not shoot the dog (2)
Ehara i te mea mā Mere te kuri e patu
Kaua mā Mere te kurī e patu
76
The blankets belong to us 2 (emphatic)
Nō māua Ngā paraikete
77
Who took me back to Rotorua?
Nā wai ahau i whakahoki ki Rotorua?
78
The kids didnt foldthe clothes
(Agent emphatic)
Ehara i te mea Nā ngā tamariki ngā kākahu i whātui
Dont use kaua
79
Their hats were on the roof (2 people)
I runga ō rāua pōtae i te tuanui
80
The bird is not on the roof of the house
Kāore te manu i runga i te tuanui o te whare
Both present & past use i
81
Who is in the car
Ko wai kei roto i te waka?
82
The birds are on top of the house singing
Kei runga ngā manu i te whare e waiata ana.
83
They were in the forest walking
I roto rātou i te ngahere e hikoi ana
84
The bird is not on the house singing
Kāore te manu i runga i te whare e waiata ana.
85
Your children have got your shoes
Kei āu tamariki ōu hū
86
You don’t have my wallet do you?
Kāore tāku honae i a koe, nē?
Kei a koe but negative
87
What are those types of drinks by you?
He aha ēnā momo inu
Momo - types/varirties
88
He/she is not an influential person
Ehara ia i te tangata whai mana
89
This is not a beautiful treasure
Ehara tēnei i te taonga ātaahua
90
He doesn’t have a black car
Kāore ōna waka pango
N.b. Statement saying the thing is beautiful is ehara. Statement saying they dont have is kāore and pleural.
91
We are expert canoe builders
He tohunga mātou ki te hanga waka
Certificated?
92
Your team are unskilled at catching
He ninipa tō kapa ki te hopu pōro
Ninipa - unskilled
Whores catch poo
93
Kiri is faster than those kids
He tere ake a Kiri i ērā tamariki
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Hemi is better than all of us at caring for guests
He pai ake a Hemi i te katoa o tātou ki te tiaki manuhiri
95
You are right
He tika tāu
96
If you had tackled (rutu) him we would have won.
Mēnā i rutu koe i a ia, kua toa tātou
Pēnā
Mehemea
Work for all tenses. Ki te only for future.
97
If you go in Mere’s car you’ll be late
Ki te haere koe mā runga te waka o Mere, ka tōmuri koe.
98
If i am absent for 2 days my girlfriend will cry.
Ki te ngaro au mō ngā rā e rua, ka tangi taku wahine.
99
If you don’t go i will not cry
Ki te kore koe e haere, ka kore au e tangi.
Can use kāore on second half
100
When will you guys learn? (2)
Āhea koutou ako ai? (Expert)
Āhea ka ako koutou?
101
When will Hemi get a girlfriend
Āhea a Hemi whai wahine ai?
102
When the plane lands you will see Papa
Kia tau mai te waka rererangi ka kite koe i a Papa.
103
7.15pm
Hauwhā i te whitu karaka i te pō
104
When did Hemi buy his new car
Nōnahea/Inahea a Hemi i hoko ai i tōna waka hōu?
i before the verb. Not with future tense.
105
Recently mere arrived
Inakuanei a Mere i tae mai ai
(No i in future tense)
106
Rangi didnt marry jo last week
Kāore a Rangi i mārena i a jo i tērā wiki
107
When did you get up this morning?
Nōnahea koe i oho ai i te ata nei
108
When were you born?
Nōnahea koe i whānau ai?
109
There’s no cars here
Kāore he waka i konei
110
Every half hour the bus leaves
Ia haurua hāora, ka wehe te pahi
111
How much for bread
E hia te utu mō te parāoa
112
The cat killed the bird (passive)
I patua te manu e te ngeru
113
The children are not being awoken by the old ladt (passive)
Kāore ngā tamariki i te whakaohoa e te kuia
114
Who allowed those 2 to live together
Nā wai rāua i tuku kia noho tahi
Tuku many meanings
Kia - so that
115
If i was his/her boss i would talk to him/her
Mēnā ko au tana rangatira mahi, ka korero au ki ia.
116
It looks like….
Te āhua nei
117
Can you lift this box
Ka taea e koe tēnei pouaka te hiki
Able to
(māu better if asking to do something, mōhio better for know how to do it)
118
The family can bring the bird back to health
Ka taea e te whānau te manu te whakaora.
119
The girl is not able to climb the tree
Kāore e taea e te kōtiro te rakau te piki
120
You can’t
Kāore e taea e koe
121
Eat your toast (passive)
Kāinga ō tōhi
122
Dont look here
Kaua e titiro mai
123
Dont pursue knowledge
Kaua e whāia te mātauranga
124
Its just me
Ko au noa iho
125
The family departed overseas
I wehe atu te whānau ki tāwāhi
Tā
Place
126
Be determined
Kia toa
127
Make your beds properly
Start with kia
Kia tika tā koutou whakapai moenga
Like saying Kia tika tōu haere
128
The window has been broken by her
Kua pakaru i a ia te matapihi
129
My belly has been satisfied by many crayfish
Kua mākona taku puku i te maha o ngā kōura
130
The bird hasn’t been killed by the cat
Kāore anō te manu kia mate i te ngeru
131
The child hasnt finished the food
Kāore anō te kai kia pau i ngā tamariki
132
The hat won’t be lost by Mere
Kāore Tana pōtae e ngaro i a Mere
133
Why did you cry?
He aha koe i tangi ai?
134
Why did Dave throw the first snapper back in the ocean
He aha a Dave i whiu ai i te tāmure tuatahi ki te moana?
135
Why didnt the children eat the apples
He aha ngā tamariki i kore ai e kai i ngā āporo?
I kore ai e
Past tense
136
Because i was being lonely
Nā te mea i te mokemoke au
137
Because i will laugh
Nā te mea ka kata au
138
Because i like it (he . . . Nō style)
He rata nōku
Only can be used in the definite past tense.
139
When asked why you went in, you reply: so i can hear her song
Use ai
Kia rongo ai au i tana waiata
140
He aha rātou i rūkahu ai ki te kapa atu?
You answer so they wouldnt know what to do.
Kia kore ai rātou e mōhio me aha.
Me aha - should do
141
So that i won’t miss the rugby
(Use an ai)
Kia kore ai e mahue te whutupōro i a au.
Stative
142
Be alert, you will crash your car
Kia mataara, ka tuki tō waka
143
What’s the cost of the two beers?
E hia te utu o ngā pia e rua?
144
I have paid all my debts
Kua ea āku Nama I ahau
145
I have paid all my debts
Kua ea āku Nama I ahau
146
Now, I must get drunk
Inaianei, me poro haurangi au
