Māori Grammar

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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

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

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

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

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

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

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

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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

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

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

Nā Hera tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Hera.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

Nō Ngāti Awa a Ari.
Ari belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

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

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

No Tāmaki-makau-rau rāua.
They are from Auckland.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nō Aroha te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Aroha.

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