Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

ō tātou manuhiri pea?
Perhaps they belong to our guests?

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nōku te motopaika .
That motorbike over there is mine.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

No rātou tēnei poupou.
This house-post belongs to them.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

No tōku tuahine ngā waka whero.
The red car belongs to my older sibling.

No ngā tāngata i roto i te whare nui.
They belong to all the people in the meeting house.

Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

No Āhia pea te ritenga Māori.
Māori culture may have originated in Asia.

Nōku ēnei Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nāku tērā waea pūkoro.
Ehara i a au tērā waea pūkoro.

te marae ēnei tūru.
These chairs belong to the marae.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nāku tērā waea pūkoro.
That's my mobile phone.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper belongs to the students.

wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Na wai te waka whero?
Who does the red car belong to?

te whānau tēnei whenua.
This land belongs to the family.

te kurī te whare .
That house belongs to the dog.

Koa te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Koa.

Mia tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Mia.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

ngā tauira tēnei paihikara.
This bicycle belongs to the students.

Na wai ēnei taputapu katoa?
Whose is all this gear?

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

No Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa rāua.
They are from Gisborne.

Nāku te rakuraku .
That guitar belongs to me.

wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

ngā tauira ēnei pene.
These pens belong to the students.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

ngā tamariki te papa tākaro.
The playground belongs to the children.

No te iwi whānui te whare nui, a Mataatua.
The meeting house Mataatua belongs to the whole tribe.

wai te whare ?
Who does that house belong to?

Na Ataahua taua waka whero.
That red car belongs to Ataahua.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nāku ngā .
The keys are mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Na Koa and Ani.
They are Koa's and Ani's.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

No wai ēnei ?
Who do these shoes belong to?

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

ngā tamariki ēnei pukapuka.
These books belong to the children.

ngā kaiako ngā pukapuka.
The books belong to the teachers.

Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

ngā tamariki tēnei tāwhiri.
This kite belongs to the children.

Nōku ēnā .
Those shoes are mine.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nāku ngā kura !
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

te whānau tēnei whare.
This house belongs to the family.

Nāku tēnei maika, nāu tēnei ārani, nāna tērā tōtiti.
This banana is mine, this orange is yours, that sausage is his.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

māua tama tērā whare.
That house belongs to our son.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Na wai tēnei tamaiti?
Who does this child belong to?

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books belong to them.

Nōu tērā, nōna tēnā, nōku tēnei.
That belongs to you, that belongs to her, this belongs to me.

Ngāti Awa a Pāora.
Pāora belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Na wai ēnā kōtiro mōhio?
Whose are those clever girls?