Māori Grammar

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

Nō Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

Nō tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

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

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

Nō Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

Nō Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

Nō Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

Nō Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

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

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

Nō Amerika tō māmā?
Is your mother from America?

Nō Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

Nō tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

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

Nō konei au.
I am from here.

Nō Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

Nō Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

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

Nō whea ngā hū?
Where are the shoes from?

Nō Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa tōku whaea.
My mother is from Gisborne.

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

Nō Kirikiriroa toku whaea.
My mum's from Hamilton.

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

Nō te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

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

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

Nō hea ia?
Where is she from?

Nō hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?

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

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

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

Nō Te Tai Hauāuru au.
I am from the Westland region.

Nō Kawatiri a ia, nō Heretaunga au.
He came from Westport, and I came from Hastings.

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

Nō hea a Mia?
Where is Mia from?

Nō Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

Nō hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

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

Nō hea koe?
Where are you from?

Nō Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

Nō Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

Nō hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

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

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

Nō Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

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

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

Nō Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

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

Nō tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

Nō hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

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

Nō tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

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

Nō Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

Nō Ahuriri ia.
S/he's from Napier.

Nō whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

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

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

Nō konei au.
I am from here.

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

Nō hea tō hoa?
Where is your friend from?

Nō Waikanae toku pāpā.
My dad's from Waikanae.

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

Nō Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

Nō Te Tai Rāwhiti tō hoa?
Is your friend from the Eastland region?

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

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

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

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

Nō tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

Nō Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

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

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

Nō Kāpiti tōku māmā.
My mum's from Kāpiti.

Nō hea tō whānau?
Where is you family from?

Nō hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

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

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

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

Nō hea tō whaea?
Where is your mum from?

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

Nō Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

Nō Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

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