Māori Grammar


1. ā - ā to indicate the future

2. a - Use of 'a' as a personal article

3. A and o categories intro - a, o

4. A chair to sit on is o category, if you make the chair is it a category - a, o

5. ā hea... ai? - Asking "when" with ai

6. ā to indicate the future - ā

7. a, o - Sentences with two possessives

8. a, o - A chair to sit on is o category, if you make the chair is it a category

9. a, o - A and o categories intro

10. About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

11. Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

12. ai - Habitual action

13. And then... - kātahi ka...

14. Asking "when" with ai - ā hea... ai?

15. Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

16. Asking who - Ko wai...?

17. au, ahau - Pronouns - singular

18. Āwhea? Āhea? - When? (in the future)

19. Because - he... nō...

20. Categorizing sentences - he

21. Command with e! - e!

22. Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

23. Commands without any verb signs - Haere!

24. Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

25. Conjunctions - but - engari

26. Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

27. Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

28. e - The use of 'e'

29. e - e as a particle of address

30. e as a particle of address - e

31. e or e ka - if and when

32. ...e taea ai hoki tērā... - So something can happen...

33. e! - Command with e!

34. e... ana - Sentences with a subclause

35. e... ana - Simple sentences: present tense

36. engari - Conjunctions - but

37. For the purpose of - hei

38. Future agent emphatic - māku

39. Future locative - hei

40. Habitual action - ai

41. Haere! - Commands without any verb signs

42. Has just... - kātahi anō...

43. he - Categorizing sentences

44. He aha... i kore... aib e - Why didn't...

45. He aha... i... ai? - Why did?

46. he mea... - The pseudo-passive

47. he... nō... - Because

48. hei - Future locative

49. hei - For the purpose of

50. hei aha? - What is this for?

51. Homai! Whakarongo! - Commands without e or the passive

52. i - Sentences with i

53. i - Using 'i' to mean 'in', 'by' or 'at'

54. i - Simple sentences: past tense

55. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

56. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

57. i te - Locatives - past (something was somewhere)

58. i, ki - Verbs that take 'i' or 'ki'

59. ia - Intensifier

60. Identity sentences - ko...

61. if and when - e or e ka

62. If... (using me) - me

63. In order to - kia... ai

64. In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

65. Intensifier - ia

66. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

67. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

68. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

69. Kāore... e... - Negating passive sentences

70. Kāore... e... - Negations of the future (I will not go)

71. Kāore... i te... - Negations of the present tense (I am not working)

72. Kāore... i te... - Negations of the past tense

73. kātahi anō... - Has just...

74. kātahi ka... - And then...

75. kātahi te... - What a...

76. Kaua e..., kāti... - Negative active commands - Don't!

77. ...kaua ki... - Not to, not with, not against

78. Kaua... (passive) e... - Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't...

79. kei runga... - In, on, by, under...

80. kei te - Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere)

81. kei te - Simple sentences: present tense with a verb

82. kei te - Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective

83. kei te aha? - What is happening at the moment?

84. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

85. kia... ai - In order to

86. Ko wai...? - Asking who

87. ko... - Identity sentences

88. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

89. Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

90. Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

91. māku - Future agent emphatic

92. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

93. me - Simple sentences: you should

94. me - If... (using me)

95. mōku, mōu, mōna... - About someone

96. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

97. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

98. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

99. Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

100. Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

101. Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

102. Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

103. Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

104. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

105. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

106. Nōnahea, inahea - Asking 'when was?' When did something happen?

107. Not to, not with, not against - ...kaua ki...

108. o, a - Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories

109. Passive sentences - tikina...

110. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

111. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

112. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

113. rata - To like

114. ...rāua ko..., rātou ko... - Talking about more than one person

115. runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu - Above, underneath, outside of

116. Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

117. Sentences with i - i

118. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

119. Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

120. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

121. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

122. Simple sentences: past tense - i

123. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

124. Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

125. Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

126. Simple sentences: you should - me

127. So something can happen... - ...e taea ai hoki tērā...

128. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

129. Taihoa... e - Don't... just yet!

130. Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

131. Tāpirihia, Tīkina... - Commands using the passive

132. te, ngā, he - The article

133. tēnei, te nei - This

134. The article - te, ngā, he

135. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

136. The use of 'e' - e

137. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

138. This - tēnei, te nei

139. tikina... - Passive sentences

140. To like - rata

141. tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai... - Direction markers with adverbs

142. Use of 'a' as a personal article - a

143. Using 'i' to mean 'in', 'by' or 'at' - i

144. Verbs that take 'i' or 'ki' - i, ki

145. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

146. waiata, kai - Words that are both verbs and nouns

147. What a... - kātahi te...

148. What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

149. What is this for? - hei aha?

150. When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

151. Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

152. Why didn't... - He aha... i kore... aib e

153. Words that are both verbs and nouns - waiata, kai

154. Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a