Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Belonging to a place -

Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

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

Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

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

Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

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

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Amerika māmā?
Is your mother from America?

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

Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

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

Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

konei au.
I am from here.

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

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

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

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

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

Taranaki au.
I am from Taranaki.

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

whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

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

hea pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

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

te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

Poneke tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Wellington.

tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

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

Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

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

Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

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

hea ia?
Where is she from?

konei au.
I am from here.

hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

whea ō ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

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

Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa hoa?
Is your friend from Gisborne?

hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

hea whānau?
Where is you family from?

hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?

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

Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

Ahuriri tōku māmā.
My mum's from Napier.

Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

Tāmaki-makau-rau tōku whaea.
My mother is from Auckland.

hea whaea?
Where is your mum from?

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

Te Tai Tokerau toku pāpā.
My dad's from the Northland region.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

hea a Pita?
Where is Pita from?

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

hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?

whea ōu ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

whea ngā ?
Where are the shoes from?

Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

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

whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

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

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

hea koe?
Where are you from?

Kawatiri toku whaea.
My mum's from Westport.

Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

Ehara a Manu Whanganui.
Manu is not from Whanganui.

hea hoa?
Where is your friend from?

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

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

hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.