Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!

He kaumātua a Tame rāua ko Taika no tērā marae.
Tame and Taika are elders of that marae.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rina tōna matuakēkē.
Rina is his aunty.

Ko Koa te pāpā o Tawa.
Koa is Tawa's father.

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

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

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

Ko Manu tōna matuakēkē.
Manu is his uncle.

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

Ko Niko rāua ko Moana ōku hungarei.
Niko and Moana are my inlaws.

Ko Te Waipounamu te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in the South Island.

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

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

No Ahuriri ā koutou irāmutu.
Your nieces are from Napier.

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

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

Ko Manu tō rāua tungāne.
Manu is their cousin.

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

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

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

Ko Amaru tōna hoa tane.
Amaru is her husband.

Ko Aria te hoa wahine o Pāora.
Aria is the wife of Pāora.