Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

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

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

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

Ngāti Awa a Tame.
Tame belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nāku te rakuraku .
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Niko tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Niko.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Pāora te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Pāora.

Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nōku te motopaika .
That motorbike over there is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

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

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

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

wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nāku ngā kura !
Those feathers belong to me!

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

Nāku ngā .
The keys are mine.

rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

wai te whare ?
Who does that house belong to?

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

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

wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

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

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

No Heretaunga rāua.
They are from Hastings.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nōku ēnei Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

No wai ēnei ?
Who do these shoes belong to?

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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

Nōku ēnā .
Those shoes are mine.