Māori Grammar

Nō Ngāti Kahungunu tōku hoa.
My friend is from Ngāti Kahungunu.

Nō Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

Nō Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

Nō Kotirangi nō Ingarangi hoki ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland and England.

Nō Waikato tōna whaea.
His/Her mother is from Waikato.

Nō Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Nō tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

Nō Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

Nō tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

Nō Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

Nō Amerika tō māmā?
Is your mother from America?

Nō Te Tai Tokerau tōku pāpā.
My dad is from the Northland region.

Nō te rohe o Te Arawa a Hemi.
Hemi is from the Te Arawa region.

Nō Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

Nō konei au.
I am from here.

Nō Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

Nō Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

Nō Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

Nō Ngāti Raukawa tōku pāpā.
My father is from Ngāti Raukawa.

Nō hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

Nō hea tō hoa?
Where is your friend from?

Nō Raratonga a ia, nō Takapuna au.
He is from Raratonga, and I am from Takapuna.

Nō Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

Nō Taranaki tō hoa?
Is your friend from Taranaki?

Nō Rakiura toku pāpā.
My dad's from Stewart Island.

Nō Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

Nō Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

Nō tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

Ehara au nō Tāmaki Makaurau.
I'm not from Auckland.

Nō whea tēnā tēpu?
Where did you get that table from?

Nō whea ōu hū?
Where did you get your shoes from?

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti tōku māmā.
My mum's from the Eastland region.

Nō tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

Nō hea tō whānau?
Where is you family from?

Nō Te-Tai-Tonga tōku māmā.
My mum's from the Southland region.

Nō Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

Nō whea ō hū?
Where did you get your shoes from?

Ehara a Honi nō Whanganui.
Honi is not from Whanganui.

Nō hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?

Nō hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

Nō te toa hokorua ngā hū.
The shoes come from the second hand shop.

Nō Te Tai Tonga toku whaea.
My mum's from Southland.

Ko tēnei he reta nō Ingarangi mai.
This is a letter from England.

Nō Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

Nō te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

Nō whea tō waka hou?
Where did you get your new car from?

Nō Te Tai Tokerau tōku pāpa.
My Dad's from the Northland region.

Nō hea ia?
Where is she from?

Nō Whakatū tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Nelson.

Nō Kotirangi nō Ingarangi hoki ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland and England.

Nō hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

Nō hea tō pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

Nō hea koe?
Where are you from?

Nō whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

Nō whea ngā hū?
Where are the shoes from?

Ko Mary taku whaea. Nō Ahitereiria ia.
Mary's my mum. She's from Australia.

Nō te māra ēnei taewa.
These potatoes come from the garden.

Nō Te Tai Tokerau au.
I am from the Northland region.

Nō Whakatamacr;ne au.
I am from Whakatamacr;ne.

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti tōku pāpā.
My Dad's from the Eastland region.

Nō hea tō whaea?
Where is your mum from?

Nō hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

Nō Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

Nō hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

Nō hea a Pāora?
Where is Pāora from?

Nō whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

Nō Te Waipounamu tōku whaea.
My mother is from the South Island.

Nō konei au.
I am from here.

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti hoki ahau.
I'm also from the East Coast.

Ko Pani mā ngā kaiwhakahaere. Nō Te Kaha aua tāngata.
Pani and the others are the organisers. Those people are from Te Kaha.

Nō te toa ēnei maika.
These bananas from from the shop.

Nō Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

Nō tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

Nō Kirikiriroa ia.
S/he's from Hamilton.

Nō whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

Nō te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

Nō Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

Nō Kāpiti a ia, nō Ahuriri au.
He came from Kāpiti, and I came from Napier.

Nō Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

Nō te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

Nō hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

Nō Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

Nō Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

Nō Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

Nō hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

Ko Taika taku pāpā. Nō Ngāti Porou ia.
Taika is my dad. He's from Ngāti Porou.

Nō hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

Nō hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?