Māori Grammar

No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine.
Your grandmother is from the South Island.

Hoake tātou ki tō rāua whare.
Let's go to their house.

Kei hea ngā uri o Te Rangihiroa? Kāore ōna uri.
Where are the descendants of Te Rangihiroa? He had none.

He kaumātua a Nikau rāua ko Koa no tērā marae.
Nikau and Koa are elders of that marae.

Kei te haere tō māua hoa ki te whare o tō rāua whaea.
Our friend is going to their mother's house.

Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihuku i tērā ray tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.

Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!

Ko Ari tōna matuakēkē.
Ari is his uncle.

Ko Rina tōna matuakēkē.
Rina is his aunty.

Me piri koe ki tōu ope.
You must stick to your party.

Ko Tame rāua ko Mia ōku hungarei.
Tame and Mia are my inlaws.

Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.

He aha ngā whainga o tō koutou rōpū?
What are the objectives of your organisation?

He tatau tō te whare.
The house has a door.

Kua mate rawa ō tātou koroua katoa.
All our old men are dead.

Ko Te Whanganui-a-Tara te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Wellington.

Ko Kauri te whaea o Amaru.
Kauri is the mother of Amaru.

He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.

Ko Ingarangi pea te kīnga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.

No Taranaki ā koutou irāmutu.
Your nieces are from Taranaki.

Ko Taika te pāpā o Rangi.
Taika is Rangi's father.

Haere mai ki te mihi ki tōku whanau!
Come and meet my family!

Kāore tō tāua matua i haere ki tāna hui.
Our father did not go to his meeting.

Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.

He hū ō ā māua tamariki.
Our children have shoes.

He tatou tō tō rātou whare.
Their house has a door.

Ko Niko tōna hoa tane.
Niko is her husband.

Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Marama's and Tamahae's cousin.

Ko Ataahua te hoa wahine o Tawa.
Ataahua is the wife of Tawa.

Ko Pāora tō rāua tungāne.
Pāora is their cousin.

Kei hea ō koutou kamapūtu, tamariki mā?
Where are your gumboots, children?

E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.

Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera to ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe is Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.