Māori Grammar

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

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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

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

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

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

Nō Rangi te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Rangi.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

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

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nā Kauri tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Kauri.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

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

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Amaru.
Amaru belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

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

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

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

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

No Te Whanganui-a-Tara rāua.
They are from Wellington.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.