Māori Grammar

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

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

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

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

Pita te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Pita.

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

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

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

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

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāku te rakuraku .
That guitar belongs to me.

Nōku ēnā .
Those shoes are mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

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

Nāku ngā kura !
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōku te motopaika .
That motorbike over there is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

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

Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

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

Nāku ngā .
The keys are mine.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

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

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

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

No wai ēnei ?
Who do these shoes belong to?

Ngāti Awa a Ari.
Ari belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nōku ēnei Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

wai te whare ?
Who does that house belong to?

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

Amaru tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Amaru.

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

wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.