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 - Sentences with two possessives

8. a, o - A and o categories intro

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 - The reason for an action

57. hei - Hei for future location in time

58. hei - Future locative

59. hei - For the purpose of

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

61. hei aha? - What is this for?

62. Hei for future location in time - hei

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

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

65. i - Sentences with i

66. i - Simple sentences: past tense

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

68. I am able... - Ka taea e...

69. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

70. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

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

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

73. Identity sentences - ko...

74. if and when - e or e ka

75. If... (using me) - me

76. In order to - kia... ai

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

78. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

79. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

80. Ka taea e... - I am able...

81. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

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

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

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

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

86. kātahi anō... - Has just...

87. kātahi ka... - And then...

88. kātahi te... - What a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

98. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

99. kia - Kite takes kia rather than ki

100. kia... ai - In order to

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

102. Kite takes kia rather than ki - kia

103. Ko wai...? - Asking who

104. ko... - Identity sentences

105. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

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

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

108. mā runga - Travelling by means of

109. mā, māku - Unrealised possession

110. mai - Towards

111. māku - Future agent emphatic

112. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

113. me - If... (using me)

114. me - Simple sentences: you should

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

116. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

117. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

118. nāku, nōku... - Established possession

119. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

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

121. Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

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

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

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

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

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

127. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

128. - Belonging to a place

129. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

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

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

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

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

134. Passive sentences - tikina...

135. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

136. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

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

138. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

139. rata - To like

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

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

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

143. Sentences with i - i

144. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

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

146. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

147. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

148. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

149. Simple sentences: past tense - i

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

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

152. Simple sentences: you should - me

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

154. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

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

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

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

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

159. te, ngā, he - The article

160. tēnei, te nei - This

161. The article - te, ngā, he

162. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

163. The reason for an action - hei

164. The use of 'e' - e

165. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

166. This - tēnei, te nei

167. This is just like that - he rite tonu

168. tikina... - Passive sentences

169. To like - rata

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

171. Towards - mai

172. Travelling by means of - mā runga

173. Unrealised possession - mā, māku

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

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

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

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

178. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

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

180. What a... - kātahi te...

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

182. What is this for? - hei aha?

183. What? - He aha?

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

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

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

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

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