Māori Grammar


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

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

3. a, o - Sentences with two possessives

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

5. ai - Habitual action

6. And then... - kātahi ka...

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

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

9. Asking who - Ko wai...?

10. au, ahau - Pronouns - singular

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

12. Because - he... nō...

13. Categorizing sentences - he

14. Command with e! - e!

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

16. Commands without any verb signs - Haere!

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

18. Conjunctions - but - engari

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

20. e - e as a particle of address

21. e - The use of 'e'

22. e as a particle of address - e

23. e or e ka - if and when

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

25. e! - Command with e!

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

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

28. engari - Conjunctions - but

29. For the purpose of - hei

30. Future agent emphatic - māku

31. Future locative - hei

32. Habitual action - ai

33. Haere! - Commands without any verb signs

34. Has just... - kātahi anō...

35. he - Categorizing sentences

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

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

38. he mea... - The pseudo-passive

39. he... nō... - Because

40. hei - Future locative

41. hei - For the purpose of

42. hei aha? - What is this for?

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

44. i - Sentences with i

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

46. i - Simple sentences: past tense

47. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

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

49. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

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

51. ia - Intensifier

52. Identity sentences - ko...

53. if and when - e or e ka

54. If... (using me) - me

55. In order to - kia... ai

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

57. Intensifier - ia

58. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

59. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

60. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

61. Kāore... e... - Negating passive sentences

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

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

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

65. kātahi anō... - Has just...

66. kātahi ka... - And then...

67. kātahi te... - What a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

76. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

77. kia... ai - In order to

78. Ko wai...? - Asking who

79. ko... - Identity sentences

80. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

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

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

83. māku - Future agent emphatic

84. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

85. me - Simple sentences: you should

86. me - If... (using me)

87. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

88. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

89. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

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

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

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

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

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

95. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

96. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

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

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

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

100. Passive sentences - tikina...

101. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

102. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

103. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

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

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

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

107. Sentences with i - i

108. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

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

110. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

111. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

112. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

113. Simple sentences: past tense - i

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

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

116. Simple sentences: you should - me

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

118. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

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

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

121. te, ngā, he - The article

122. tēnei, te nei - This

123. The article - te, ngā, he

124. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

125. The use of 'e' - e

126. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

127. This - tēnei, te nei

128. tikina... - Passive sentences

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

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

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

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

133. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

134. What a... - kātahi te...

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

136. What is this for? - hei aha?

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

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

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

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