Māori Grammar

Kei te tangi a Mereana rāua ko Paul.
Mereana and Paul are crying.

Ka kōrero ia ki a māua ko Mere.
He spoke to Mere and me.

Kua mate māua ko taku teina.
My younger sibling and I are sick.

Ko Hera rāua ko Honi ō tāua hoa.
Hera and Honi are our friends.

Kei te moe a Angie rāua ko Raiha.
Angie and Raiha are sleeping.

Ko Aroha rāua ko Kauri ōku tuāhine.
Aroha and Kauri are my sisters.

I tērā tau ka haere mātou ko aku hoa ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year me and my friends went to Wellington to look around.

Ko Jacob rāua ko Hana āku tamariki.
Harnah and Jacob are my children

Ko Jim rāua ko Doug aku taokete.
Jim and Doug are my brother in laws.

Ko ia te mea hangareka o rāua ko Riripeti, tōna tuahine.
She is the funny one between her and Riripeti, her sister.

Ko Pita rātou ko Paul, ko Mere.
Peter, Paul and Mere.

Ko Val te tamāhine a Una rāua ko Vic.
Val is the daughter of Una and Vic.

Ko Rangi rāua ko Ani ngā mokopuna o Pāora rāua ko Rina.
Rangi and Ani are the grandchildren of Pāora and Rina.

Ko Aroha rāua ko Timi ana mātua.
Aroha and Timi are her parents.

Ko Koa rāua ko Moana ngā hoa o Manu rāua ko Mia.
Koa and Moana are the friends of Manu and Mia.

Ko Rāhera rāua ko Hone ōku tūpuna.
Rāhera and Hone are my ancestors.

Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.

Ko Raureka rāua ko Tūhawaiki ngā mātua.
Raureka and Tāhawaiki are the parents.

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku hungawai.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents-in-law.

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako ōku tungāne.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my brothers.

Mā mātou koutou e manaaki.
We (3+ exclusive) will take care of you.

Kei te haere a Raureka rāua ko Te Naera.
Raureka and Te Naera are going.

Ko Chris te tama a Richard rāua ko Gin.
Chris is the son of Richard and Gin.

Ko Rongomai rāua ko Moana ōku mātua.
Rongomai and Moana are my parents.

E tākaro ana a Rangi rāua ko Kauri.
Rangi and Kauri are playing.

Nō muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa, the children were born.

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako aku tama.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my sons.

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.

Ko Pita rātou ko Niko ko N3 āku tamariki.
Pita, Niko and N3 are my children.

Ko Mia rāua ko Rangi kei te haere ki te tāone.
Mia and Rangi are going to town.

Ko Isaac te tama a Phill rāua ko Angie.
Isaac is the son of Phill and Angie.

I roto rāua ko Mere i te whare.
He and Mere were in the house.

I hea a Miti rāua ko Auau?
Where were Miti and Auau?

Ko Tīwana rāua ko Riripeti aku irāmutu.
Tīwana and Riripeti are my nieces/nephews.

Ka haere māua ko Ataahua ki te hokomaha tiki ai.
Ataahua and I are going to the supermarket to shop.

Ehara ngā rangatira i a Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa.
Moki and Tū-te-kawa were not the chiefs.

Kua tūtaki au ki a Niko rāua ko tana hoa wahine, ko Ataahua.
I have met Niko and his girlfriend, Ataahua.

I haere mātou ko aku hoa mā runga i te waka o Betsy ki te takutai, ki Te Māhia.
Me and my friends went on Betsy's car to the beach, to Māhia.

Kei te waiata a Peter, rātou ko Paul ko Mary.
Peter, Paul and Mary are singing.

Ākuanei ka haere māua ko Aria ki te tiki i a Pāora.
Soon Aria and I will go to fetch Pāora.

Ko Rāwiri rātou ko Tūmanako, ko Rongomai, me tana tāne a Moana, aku mokopuna.
Rāwiri, Tūmanako, Rongomai, and Moana, her husband, are my grandchildren.

I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.

Ko Manu te tamaiti kei waenganui i a Amaru rāua ko N3.
Manu is the child between Amaru and N3.

Ko Aria te tamāhine a Taika rāua ko Aroha.
Aria is the daughter of Taika and Aroha.

Kei te haere a Riria rāua ko Larisa ki konā
Riria and Larisa are going there (by you the listener).

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.

Nō mua i te piringa ki a Rangi, ka moe a Papa rāua ko Tangaroa.
Before the union with Rangi, Papa was in a relationship with Tangaroa.

Kei te haere atu rātou ko Hone, ko Hōhepa, ko Tai.
Hone, Hōhepa and Tai are going.

Ko Tanya rāua ko Sarah
Tanya and Sarah

Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.
At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.

Kei Pōneke māua ko Sarah.
Sarah and I are in Wellington.

Ehara a Tame rāua ko Kauri i te mātua.
Tame and Kauri are not parents.

Ko Liam te mokopuna a Beverley rāua ko Denis.
Liam is the grandchild of Beverley and Denis.

Māua ko Koa.
Koa and me.

Kei te ako a Hēmi rāua ko Tame i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Hēmi and Tame are learning Māori 'family' words.

Ko Aidan rātou ko Kaia, ko Liam
Aidan and Kaia and Liam

Kei te kanikani a Taika rāua ko Ari.
Taika and Ari are dancing.

Ko Barry rāua ko Lynne ōku mātua.
Barry and Lynne are my parents.

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa.
Me and my friend drove.

Kei roto a Kahurangi rāua ko Hōhepa i tō rāua whare.
Kahurangi and Hōhepa are inside their house.

Ko Flo rāua ko Rāwiri ōku kaumātua.
Flo and Rāwiri are my grandparents.

Mā mātou koutou e manaaki.
We will take care of you.

Ko Tawa rāua ko Ani ngā mātua o Hēmi.
Tawa and Ani are the parents of Hēmi.

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako ōku taokete.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my twins.

Mātou ko tōku whānau.
Me and my family.

Mātou ko Hata.
Hata and the rest of us.

Arā, ko au te tama a Hone rāua ko Rāhera.
That is, I am the child of Hone and Rāhera.

Ko Tawa te mokopuna a Nikau rāua ko Rina.
Tawa is the grandchild of Nikau and Rina.

Ko Sally rāua ko Tīmoti ōku mātua.
My parents are Sally and Timoti.

I mahi māua ko tōku māmā.
My mother and I (us two, but not you the listener) worked.

Nō Whakatū, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From Nelson, but my family and I are staying here.

Ko Brian rāua ko Fran ōku mātua
Brian and Fran are my parents

Ko Tai, ko Moana rātou ko Rangi.
Tai, Moana and Rangi.

Ko Aroha rāua ko Nikau.
Aroha and Nikau.

E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.

Nō muri noa mai ka whānau mai ngā tamariki a Ari rāua ko Moana.
The children of Ari and Moana were born much later.

Nā wai a Papa rāua ko Rangi i whakawehe?
Who separated Papa and Rangi?

Ko māua ko Mere ngā kaiāwhina.
Mere and I are the helpers.

Kei roto a Hera rāua ko Honi i tō rāua whare.
Hera and Honi are inside their (2x) house.

Ko Timi rāua ko Jen aku mātua.
Timi and Jen are my parents.

Ko Brooklyn te mokopuna a Lynne rāua ko Barry.
Brooklyn is the grandchild of Lynne and Barry.

Kei te hui a Rangi rāua ko Kauri ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rangi and Kauri are meeting in the library.

Kei te haere a Pita rāua ko Niko mā runga i te motukā.
Pita and Niko are travelling by car.

I hiahia a Mia rāua ko Rangi ki te tūtaki i a rāua anō.
Mia and Rangi wanted to meet each other.

Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my brother.

Kei te kura rātou ko Hata ko Pani ko Mere.
They and Hata, Pani and Mere are at the school.

Ko Mere rāua ko Lennon āku tamariki.
Mere and Lennon are my children.

Ko Tai rāua ko Moana ngā ingoa o ōku hoa.
The names of my friends are Tai and Moana.

Ko Brian rāua ko Fran ōku mātua.
Brian and Fran are my parents.

Kei te katakata a Ataahua rāua ko Aria.
Ataahua and Aria are laughing.

I hea a Retitia rāua ko Mihinui?
Where were Retitia and Mihinui?

He hoa piritahi rāua ko Rāwiri.
He and Rāwiri are best friends.

I muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa the children were born.

Ko rātou ko ō rātou hoa ngā mea ngaro.
They and their friends are the missing ones.

Kei muri a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are behind the bus.

Ka kōrero māua ko Mere ki a ia.
Mere and I spoke to him.

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana āku irāmutu.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my nieces/nephews.

He mātua pai a Amaru rāua ko Mia.
Amaru and Mia are good parents.

Ko Piripi rāua ko Miriama ōku mātua.
Piripi and Miriama are my parents.

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana ā māua tamariki.
Riripeti and Tīwana are our children.

Ko Billy rāua ko Bob ā rāua māhanga.
Their twins are Billy and Bob.

Kei te oma a Mere rātou ko Hariata, ko Matiu, ko Ropata.
Mere, Hariata, Matiu and Ropata are running.

Ko Rāhera rāua ko Tipene ōna hoa.
Her friends are Rāhera and Tīpene.

Ko Hana rāua ko Jacob
Harnah and Jacob

No Te Kaha mātou ko Hata mā.
Hata and I and the rest are from Te Kaha.

Ko Aidan rāua ko Liam
Aidan and Liam

Ko Kayte rāua ko Denis, ko Beverley
Kayte and Denis and Beverley

I hararei mātou ko aku hoa.
My friends and I had a holiday.

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.

E whakarongo ana māua ko Paora ki te tumuaki.
Paora and I are listening to the head-master.

Kei mua a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are in front of the bus.

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.

Ko Ani rāua ko Mere.
Ani and Mere.

Ko Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa ngā rangatira.
Moki and Tu-te-kawa were the chiefs.

I āwhinatia rātou e mātou ko aku tēina.
They were helped by me and my younger siblings.

He mātua a Pani rāua ko Hata,.
Pani and Hata are parents.

I te ata o te Rāhoroi ka haere mātou ko taku whānau ki Taranaki ki te whakatā.
On Saturday morning my family and I went to Taranaki for a holiday.

Kei te haere a Pāora rāua ko Manu.
Pāora and Manu are going.

Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.