Māori Grammar

1. Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

2. And then... - kātahi ka...

3. Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?

4. Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

5. Asking who - Ko wai...?

6. Because - he... nō...

7. Categorizing sentences - he

8. Command with e! - e!

9. Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

10. Commands without any verb signs - Haere!

11. Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

12. Conjunctions - but - engari

13. Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

14. For the purpose of - hei

15. Future agent emphatic - māku

16. Future locative - hei

17. Habitual action - ai

18. Has just... - kātahi anō...

19. Identity sentences - ko...

20. if and when - e or e ka

21. If... (using me) - me

22. In order to - kia... ai

23. In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

24. Intensifier - ia

25. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

26. Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

27. Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

28. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

29. Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

30. Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

31. Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

32. Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

33. Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

34. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

35. Not to, not with, not against - ...kaua ki...

36. Passive sentences - tikina...

37. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

38. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

39. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

40. Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

41. Sentences with i - i

42. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

43. Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

44. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

45. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

46. Simple sentences: past tense - i

47. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

48. Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

49. Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

50. Simple sentences: you should - me

51. So something can happen... - ...e taea ai hoki tērā...

52. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

53. Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

54. The article - te, ngā, he

55. The use of 'e' - e

56. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

57. This - tēnei, te nei

58. Use of 'a' as a personal article - a

59. Using 'i' to mean 'in', 'by' or 'at' - i

60. Verbs that take 'i' or 'ki' - i, ki

61. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

62. What a... - kātahi te...

63. What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

64. What is this for? - hei aha?

65. When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

66. Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

67. Why didn't... - He aha... i kore... aib e

68. Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a