Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 1
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He ō ā māua tamariki.
Our children have shoes.

Ko Mia tōna matuakēkē.
Mia is his aunty.

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

Ko Rangi rāua ko Aria ōku hungarei.
Rangi and Aria are my inlaws.

No Tāmaki-makau-rau ā koutou irāmutu.
Your nieces are from Auckland.

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

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

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

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

Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!

Ko Niko tōna matuakēkē.
Niko is his uncle.

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

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

He tatou rātou whare.
Their house has a door.

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

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

He kaumātua a Pāora rāua ko Manu no tērā marae.
Pāora and Manu are elders of that marae.

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

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

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

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

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

He tatau te whare.
The house has a door.

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

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

Ko Rina te whaea o Koa.
Rina is the mother of Koa.

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

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

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

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 Amaru tōna hoa tane.
Amaru is her husband.

Ko Hera rāua tungāne.
Hera is their cousin.