Māori Grammar

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

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

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

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

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

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

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

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

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

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

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

Nā Niko tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Niko.

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

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

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Nō Hēmi te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Hēmi.

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nō Ngāti Awa a Niko.
Niko belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.