Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Māua ko Rangi.
Rangi and me.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Ataahua te tamāhine a Tame rāua ko Ani.
Ataahua is the daughter of Tame and Ani.

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

Ko Niko rāua ko Rina ngā mokopuna o Hēmi rāua ko Kauri.
Niko and Rina are the grandchildren of Hēmi and Kauri.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Ani rāua ko Mere.
Ani and Mere.

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

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

Mātou ko tōku whānau.
Me and my family.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Taika rāua ko Niko.
Taika and Niko.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kei te katakata a Pita rāua ko Pāora.
Pita and Pāora are laughing.

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.

Ehara a Ari rāua ko Moana i te mātua.
Ari and Moana are not parents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.

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

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

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

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

Ko Hana rāua ko Jacob
Harnah and Jacob

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.

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

Ko Tanya rāua ko Sarah
Tanya and Sarah

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Aidan rāua ko Liam
Aidan and Liam

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

E tākaro ana a Ari rāua ko Aroha.
Ari and Aroha are playing.

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

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

Mātou ko Hata.
Hata and the rest of us.

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

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

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

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.

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

Ko Ataahua rāua ko Ani ōku tuāhine.
Ataahua and Ani are my sisters.

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

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

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

Ko Honi te mokopuna a Rangi rāua ko Rina.
Honi is the grandchild of Rangi and Rina.

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

Kei te kanikani a Rangi rāua ko Mia.
Rangi and Mia are dancing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Amaru rāua ko Kauri ngā hoa o Koa rāua ko Aroha.
Amaru and Kauri are the friends of Koa and Aroha.

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

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

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

He mātua pai a Pāora rāua ko Moana.
Pāora and Moana are good parents.

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

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

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 ako a Manu rāua ko Aria i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Manu and Aria are learning Māori 'family' words.

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

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 Rangi rāua ko Tawa.
Rangi and Tawa are going.

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