Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Belonging to a place -

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

tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

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

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

Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

konei au.
I am from here.

Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

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.

Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

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

Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

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.

Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

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

Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

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

Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

hea a Aroha?
Where is Aroha from?

Ōtautahi hoa?
Is your friend from Christhurch?

Ehara a Kauri Whanganui.
Kauri is not from Whanganui.

te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

hea pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

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

Kawatiri tōku māmā.
My mum's from Westport.

whea ō ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

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

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

Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

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

hea ia?
Where is she from?

hea koe?
Where are you from?

whea ōu ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

whea ngā ?
Where are the shoes from?

tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

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

Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

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

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?

hea whaea?
Where is your mum from?

Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

Tāmaki-makau-rau ia.
S/he's from Auckland.

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

Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

Taranaki toku whaea.
My mum's from Taranaki.

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

Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa toku pāpā.
My dad's from Gisborne.

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

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

Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

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

te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

Kirikiriroa tōku whaea.
My mother is from Hamilton.

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

hea whānau?
Where is you family from?

Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

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

hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

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

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

Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

hea hoa?
Where is your friend from?

whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

konei au.
I am from here.

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

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

hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?