Māori Grammar

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

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

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

Mātou ko Hata.
Hata and the rest of us.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Hana rāua ko Jacob
Harnah and Jacob

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

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

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

Ko Ari rāua ko Koa kei te haere ki te tāone.
Ari and Koa are going to town.

Mātou ko tōku whānau.
Me and my family.

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

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

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

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

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

Māua ko Kauri.
Kauri and me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nō Te Waipounamu, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From the South Island, but my family and I are staying here.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Mia rāua ko Rangi.
Mia and Rangi.

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

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

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

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

Ko Manu rāua ko Ataahua ngā hoa o Taika rāua ko Aria.
Manu and Ataahua are the friends of Taika and Aria.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Aidan rāua ko Liam
Aidan and Liam

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

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

Ko Ani rāua ko Mere.
Ani and Mere.

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

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

Ko Tanya rāua ko Sarah
Tanya and Sarah

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Ataahua te tamāhine a Koa rāua ko Aria.
Ataahua is the daughter of Koa and Aria.

Ko Koa rātou ko Taika ko N3 āku tamariki.
Koa, Taika and N3 are my children.

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

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

Ko Pita te mokopuna a Pāora rāua ko Kauri.
Pita is the grandchild of Pāora and Kauri.

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

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

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

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 Nikau rāua ko Moana ngā mokopuna o Rangi rāua ko Ani.
Nikau and Moana are the grandchildren of Rangi and Ani.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Kei te haere a Nikau rāua ko Honi.
Nikau and Honi 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.

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