Māori Grammar

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Nō Ngāti Awa a Hēmi.
Hēmi belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nō Aroha te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Aroha.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

No Te Tai Tonga rāua.
They are from Southland.

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

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

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

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

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

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

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

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

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

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

Nā Ataahua tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Ataahua.

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!