Māori Grammar


1. ā - ā to indicate the future

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

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 and o categories intro

8. a, o - Sentences with two possessives

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

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. atu - Away

18. au, ahau - Pronouns - singular

19. Away - atu

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

21. Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

22. Because - he... nō...

23. Belonging to a place -

24. Categorizing sentences - he

25. Command with e! - e!

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

27. Commands without any verb signs - Haere!

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

29. Conjunctions - but - engari

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

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

32. e - e as a particle of address

33. e - The use of 'e'

34. e as a particle of address - e

35. e or e ka - if and when

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

37. e! - Command with e!

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

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

40. ehara... - Negations of identity sentences

41. engari - Conjunctions - but

42. Established possession - nāku, nōku...

43. For the purpose of - hei

44. Future agent emphatic - māku

45. Future locative - hei

46. Habitual action - ai

47. Haere! - Commands without any verb signs

48. Has just... - kātahi anō...

49. he - Categorizing sentences

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

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

52. He aha? - What?

53. he mea... - The pseudo-passive

54. he rite tonu - This is just like that

55. he... nō... - Because

56. hei - For the purpose of

57. hei - Hei for future location in time

58. hei - Future locative

59. Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@ - Never mind the... No worries!

60. hei aha? - What is this for?

61. Hei for future location in time - hei

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

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

64. i - Sentences with i

65. i - Simple sentences: past tense

66. i a, i te, i ngā - Statives with 'i'

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

68. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

69. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

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

71. ia - Intensifier

72. Identity sentences - ko...

73. if and when - e or e ka

74. If... (using me) - me

75. In order to - kia... ai

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

77. Intensifier - ia

78. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

79. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

80. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

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

82. Kāore... e... - Negating passive sentences

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

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

85. kātahi anō... - Has just...

86. kātahi ka... - And then...

87. kātahi te... - What a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

96. ki - Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something

97. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

98. kia... ai - In order to

99. kia... kei... - Be careful... lest!

100. Ko wai...? - Asking who

101. ko... - Identity sentences

102. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

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

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

105. mā runga - Travelling by means of

106. māku - Future agent emphatic

107. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

108. me - If... (using me)

109. me - Simple sentences: you should

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

111. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

112. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

113. nāku, nōku... - Established possession

114. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

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

116. Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

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

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

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

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

121. Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

122. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

123. - Belonging to a place

124. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

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

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

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

128. ō, tōku... - Possessives - 'o' class

129. Passive sentences - tikina...

130. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

131. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

132. Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

133. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

134. rata - To like

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

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

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

138. Sentences with i - i

139. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

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

141. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

142. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

143. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

144. Simple sentences: past tense - i

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

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

147. Simple sentences: you should - me

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

149. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

150. Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

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

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

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

154. te, ngā, he - The article

155. tēnei, te nei - This

156. The article - te, ngā, he

157. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

158. The use of 'e' - e

159. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

160. This - tēnei, te nei

161. This is just like that - he rite tonu

162. tikina... - Passive sentences

163. To like - rata

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

165. Travelling by means of - mā runga

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

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

168. Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

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

170. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

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

172. What a... - kātahi te...

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

174. What is this for? - hei aha?

175. What? - He aha?

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

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

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

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

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