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 - A and o categories intro

8. a, o - Sentences with two possessives

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

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 - e as a particle of address

29. e - The use of 'e'

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. ehara... - Negations of identity sentences

37. engari - Conjunctions - but

38. Established possession - nāku, nōku...

39. For the purpose of - hei

40. Future agent emphatic - māku

41. Future locative - hei

42. Habitual action - ai

43. Haere! - Commands without any verb signs

44. Has just... - kātahi anō...

45. he - Categorizing sentences

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

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

48. He aha? - What?

49. he mea... - The pseudo-passive

50. he rite tonu - This is just like that

51. he... nō... - Because

52. hei - Future locative

53. hei - For the purpose of

54. hei aha? - What is this for?

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

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

57. i - Simple sentences: past tense

58. i - Sentences with i

59. i a, i te, i ngā - Statives with 'i'

60. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

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

62. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

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

64. ia - Intensifier

65. Identity sentences - ko...

66. if and when - e or e ka

67. If... (using me) - me

68. In order to - kia... ai

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

70. Intensifier - ia

71. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

72. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

73. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

74. Kāore... e... - Negating passive sentences

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

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

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

78. kātahi anō... - Has just...

79. kātahi ka... - And then...

80. kātahi te... - What a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

89. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

90. ki - Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something

91. kia... ai - In order to

92. Ko wai...? - Asking who

93. ko... - Identity sentences

94. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

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

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

97. māku - Future agent emphatic

98. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

99. me - If... (using me)

100. me - Simple sentences: you should

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

102. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

103. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

104. nāku, nōku... - Established possession

105. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

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

107. Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

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

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

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

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

112. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

113. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

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

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

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

117. Passive sentences - tikina...

118. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

119. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

120. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

121. rata - To like

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

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

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

125. Sentences with i - i

126. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

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

128. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

129. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

130. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

131. Simple sentences: past tense - i

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

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

134. Simple sentences: you should - me

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

136. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

137. Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

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

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

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

141. te, ngā, he - The article

142. tēnei, te nei - This

143. The article - te, ngā, he

144. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

145. The use of 'e' - e

146. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

147. This - tēnei, te nei

148. This is just like that - he rite tonu

149. tikina... - Passive sentences

150. To like - rata

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

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

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

154. Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

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

156. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

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

158. What a... - kātahi te...

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

160. What is this for? - hei aha?

161. What? - He aha?

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

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

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

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

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