Māori Grammar

Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!

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

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

Ko Niko tōna matuakēkē.
Niko is his uncle.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa ā koutou irāmutu.
Your nieces are from Gisborne.

Ko Kauri tōna matuakēkē.
Kauri is his aunty.

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

Ko Tāmaki-makau-rau te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Auckland.

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

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 Honi tō rāua tungāne.
Honi is their cousin.

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

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

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

Ko Rangi tōna hoa tane.
Rangi is her husband.