Māori Grammar

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rangi rāua ko Ani ngā hoa o Niko rāua ko Aria.
Rangi and Ani are the friends of Niko and Aria.

Ko Taika te mokopuna a Ari rāua ko Moana.
Taika is the grandchild of Ari and Moana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kei te katakata a Tame rāua ko Manu.
Tame and Manu are laughing.

Māua ko Honi.
Honi and me.

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

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

Mātou ko tōku whānau.
Me and my family.

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

Ko Tanya rāua ko Sarah
Tanya and Sarah

Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.

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

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

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.

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

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.

E tākaro ana a Niko rāua ko Nikau.
Niko and Nikau are playing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Kauri rātou ko Hēmi ko N3 āku tamariki.
Kauri, Hēmi and N3 are my children.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Hana rāua ko Jacob
Harnah and Jacob

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

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

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

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

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

Ehara a Hēmi rāua ko Ataahua i te mātua.
Hēmi and Ataahua are not parents.

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

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

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

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

Ko Koa rāua ko Amaru ō tāua hoa.
Koa and Amaru are our friends.

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

Ko Amaru rāua ko Kauri ngā mokopuna o Taika rāua ko Ani.
Amaru and Kauri are the grandchildren of Taika and Ani.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Manu rāua ko Aria ngā mātua o Pāora.
Manu and Aria are the parents of Pāora.

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

Ko Moana te tamāhine a Tawa rāua ko Mia.
Moana is the daughter of Tawa and Mia.

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 Tawa rāua ko Taika.
Tawa and Taika.

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

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

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

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

Mātou ko Hata.
Hata and the rest of us.

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

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

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

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

Ko Aidan rāua ko Liam
Aidan and Liam

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Niko rāua ko Nikau kei te haere ki te tāone.
Niko and Nikau are going to town.

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

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

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

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

Ko Ani rāua ko Mere.
Ani and Mere.

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

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

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

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

Kei te haere a Rangi rāua ko Rangi.
Rangi and Rangi are going.

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.