Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

No Te Tai Tonga ā koutou irāmutu.
Your nieces are from Southland.

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

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

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

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

Ko Kauri tōna matuakēkē.
Kauri is his aunty.

Ko Ari tōna matuakēkē.
Ari is his uncle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Moana te whaea o Tawa.
Moana is the mother of Tawa.

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

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

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

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

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

He kaumātua a Rangi rāua ko Hēmi no tērā marae.
Rangi and Hēmi are elders of that marae.

Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!

Ko Rangi tō rāua tungāne.
Rangi is their cousin.

Ko Niko tōna hoa tane.
Niko is her husband.

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

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

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

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

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