Māori Grammar

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Tawa.
Tawa belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nā Rangi tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Rangi.

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

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

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

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

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

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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?

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

No Waikanae rāua.
They are from Waikanae.

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

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

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

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

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

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

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Na Taika and Aroha.
They are Taika's and Aroha's.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nō Ari te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Ari.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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