Māori Grammar

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

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

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

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

No Whakatamacr;ne rāua.
They are from Whakatamacr;ne.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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

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.

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

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

Nā Pāora tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Pāora.

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

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

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

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

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nō Hera te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Hera.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

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

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

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

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.