Māori Grammar


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

2. ā - ā to indicate the future

3. A and o categories intro - a, o

4. A chair to sit on is o category, if you make the chair is it a category - a, o

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

6. ā to indicate the future - ā

7. a, o - A chair to sit on is o category, if you make the chair is it a category

8. a, o - Sentences with two possessives

9. a, o - A and o categories intro

10. About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

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

12. ai - Habitual action

13. And then... - kātahi ka...

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

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

16. Asking who - Ko wai...?

17. au, ahau - Pronouns - singular

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

19. Because - he... nō...

20. Categorizing sentences - he

21. Command with e! - e!

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

23. Commands without any verb signs - Haere!

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

25. Conjunctions - but - engari

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

27. Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

28. e - e as a particle of address

29. e - The use of 'e'

30. e as a particle of address - e

31. e or e ka - if and when

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

33. e! - Command with e!

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

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

36. ehara... - Negations of identity sentences

37. engari - Conjunctions - but

38. For the purpose of - hei

39. Future agent emphatic - māku

40. Future locative - hei

41. Habitual action - ai

42. Haere! - Commands without any verb signs

43. Has just... - kātahi anō...

44. he - Categorizing sentences

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

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

47. he mea... - The pseudo-passive

48. he... nō... - Because

49. hei - For the purpose of

50. hei - Future locative

51. hei aha? - What is this for?

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

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

54. i - Sentences with i

55. i - Simple sentences: past tense

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

57. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

58. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

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

60. ia - Intensifier

61. Identity sentences - ko...

62. if and when - e or e ka

63. If... (using me) - me

64. In order to - kia... ai

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

66. Intensifier - ia

67. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

68. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

69. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

70. Kāore... e... - Negating passive sentences

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

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

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

74. kātahi anō... - Has just...

75. kātahi ka... - And then...

76. kātahi te... - What a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

85. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

86. kia... ai - In order to

87. Ko wai...? - Asking who

88. ko... - Identity sentences

89. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

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

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

92. māku - Future agent emphatic

93. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

94. me - If... (using me)

95. me - Simple sentences: you should

96. mōku, mōu, mōna... - About someone

97. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

98. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

99. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

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

101. Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

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

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

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

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

106. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

107. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

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

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

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

111. Passive sentences - tikina...

112. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

113. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

114. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

115. rata - To like

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

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

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

119. Sentences with i - i

120. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

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

122. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

123. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

124. Simple sentences: past tense - i

125. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

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

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

128. Simple sentences: you should - me

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

130. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

131. Taihoa... e - Don't... just yet!

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

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

134. te, ngā, he - The article

135. tēnei, te nei - This

136. The article - te, ngā, he

137. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

138. The use of 'e' - e

139. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

140. This - tēnei, te nei

141. tikina... - Passive sentences

142. To like - rata

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

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

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

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

147. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

148. waiata, kai - Words that are both verbs and nouns

149. What a... - kātahi te...

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

151. What is this for? - hei aha?

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

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

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

155. Words that are both verbs and nouns - waiata, kai

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