Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Belonging to a place -

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

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

Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

konei au.
I am from here.

Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

Amerika māmā?
Is your mother from America?

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

Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

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

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

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

tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

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

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

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

Te Whanganui-a-Tara tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Wellington.

Kawatiri tōku whaea.
My mother is from Westport.

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

te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

hea a Pāora?
Where is Pāora from?

hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

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

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

hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

hea whānau?
Where is you family from?

hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

Tāmaki-makau-rau toku pāpā.
My dad's from Auckland.

Ehara a Taika Whanganui.
Taika is not from Whanganui.

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

konei au.
I am from here.

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

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

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

hea whaea?
Where is your mum from?

Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

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

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

Ōtautahi tōku māmā.
My mum's from Christhurch.

Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

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

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

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

hea hoa?
Where is your friend from?

whea ō ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

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

hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?

hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

Taranaki toku whaea.
My mum's from Taranaki.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

hea ia?
Where is she from?

whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

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

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

Te Tai Tokerau hoa?
Is your friend from the Northland region?

whea ngā ?
Where are the shoes from?

Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa au.
I am from Gisborne.

hea pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

hea koe?
Where are you from?

whea ōu ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

Rakiura ia.
S/he's from Stewart Island.

Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

Heretaunga a ia, Te Tai Rāwhiti au.
He came from Hastings, and I came from the Eastland region.

hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?