Māori Grammar

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

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

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nā rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

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

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nā wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

Nā wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

Nō Ngāti Awa a Pāora.
Pāora belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nā Ari tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Ari.

No wai mā ēnei hū?
Who do these shoes belong to?

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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

Nōku te motopaika rā.
That motorbike over there is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nā tō rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

No Kāpiti rāua.
They are from Kāpiti.

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nō Aroha te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Aroha.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

Nō wai te whare rā?
Who does that house belong to?

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?