Māori Grammar

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

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

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

4. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

5. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

6. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

7. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

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

9. Simple sentences: past tense - i

10. Command with e! - e!

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

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

13. The article - te, ngā, he

14. Some - tētahi, ētahi

15. The use of 'e' - e

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

17. Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

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

19. Sentences with i - i

20. Sentences with ki - ki

21. Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i

22. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

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

24. Identity sentences - ko...

25. Categorizing sentences - he

26. What? - He aha?

27. Asking 'are you a...?' - He... ?

28. What is this for? - hei aha?

29. Asking who - Ko wai...?

30. How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

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

32. Which - Ko tēhea?

33. This - tēnei, te nei

34. That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

35. That (over there) - tērā

36. These - ēnei

37. Those (near you) - ēnā

38. Those (over there) - ērā

39. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

40. Pronouns - singular - koe

41. Pronouns - singular - ia

42. Pronouns - plural, inclusive of listener - tātou

43. Pronouns - plural - koutou

44. Pronouns - plural - rātou

45. Family relationships - father - papa

46. Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

47. Family relationships - parents - matua, mātua

48. Family relationships - brother to a girl - tungāne

49. Family relationships - sister to a boy - tamahine

50. Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

51. Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

52. Counting 1-10 -

53. Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

54. Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

55. This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

56. Last week, last month, last year - tērā

57. Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

58. Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

59. Possessives - neuter - taku, tō...

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

61. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

62. Belonging to a place - nō

63. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

64. Simple sentences: you should - me

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

66. Future locatives - kei te

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

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

69. Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

70. Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

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

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

73. Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

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

75. What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?

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

77. Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?

78. Do you have any...? - He... ?

79. I have no... - Kāore aku...

80. Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

81. Let there be... - kia...

82. Established possession - nāku, nōku...

83. Unrealised possession - mā, māku

84. Belonging to the past - nō

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

86. Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

87. Towards - mai

88. Away - atu

89. Up - ake

90. Down - iho

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

92. Pronouns - dual, inclusive of listener - tāua

93. Pronouns - dual, exclusive of listener - māua

94. Pronouns - dual - kōrua

95. Pronouns - dual - rāua

96. Pronouns - plural, exclusive of listener - mātou

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

98. Family relationships - oldest - mātāmua

99. Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki

100. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

101. Passive sentences - tikina...

102. Transitive verbs -

103. Intransitive verbs -

104. Conjunctions - and - ā

105. Conjunctions - because - engari

106. Conjunctions - if - mēnā

107. Counting over ten -

108. Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

109. Telling time - kara

110. Travelling by means of - mā runga

111. Perhaps - Tērā pea

112. I like... - He pai ki a au...

113. The use of 'a' - a

114. Asking who - i... wai? ka... wai?

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

116. I am able... - Ka taea e...

117. To be unable - Kāore... taea...

118. Allowed to do something - āhei

119. If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

120. If using ki - ki

121. If... (using me) - me

122. If not... - ki te kore...

123. Habitual action - ai

124. Direction - ...ai

125. In order to... - kia... ai...

126. In order not to... - kia... kore ai

127. Specifically - ai

128. The reason for an action - ...ai.

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

130. Why? - He aha... ai?

131. Why not? - ha aha i kore ai e?

132. For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

133. Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?

134. Actually - kē

135. A certain amount - kia

136. Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

137. In case... - kei

138. Don't even think about... - kei noho... ka...

139. Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

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

141. Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...

142. Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

143. Negation of locatives - kāore...

144. Negating māku possessives - ehara... mō...; ehara... mā

145. Negating t possessives - kāore i a...

146. Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

147. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

148. That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

149. Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

150. For the purpose of - hei

151. Future locative - hei

152. How... - Te... hoki...

153. How... - tō... hoki

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

155. Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira

156. Conjunctions - however - otirā

157. Conjunctions - although - ahakoa

158. Conjuctions - because - nā te mea

159. Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō

160. And then... - kātahi ka...

161. And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

162. What a... - kātahi te...

163. Has just... - kātahi anō...

164. While - i... ka...

165. When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

166. The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...

167. Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

168. How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

169. How many are needed? - Kia hia

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

171. Answering when (in the past) -

172. Answering when (in the future) -

173. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

174. Who will? - mā wai?

175. Future agent emphatic - māku

176. Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

177. Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

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

179. While... - i... e... ana, ka...

180. Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

181. Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

182. Over there - āra

183. There's no one better than... - Kāore i...

184. That's the reason... - Koirā te take...

185. I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

186. This is just like that - he rite tonu

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

188. To like - rata

189. According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

190. A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

191. Be waited for - tāria

192. Serves you right! - kaitoa

193. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

194. Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

195. It was as if - ānō nei

196. You go on ahead - hoatu koe

197. It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

198. Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

199. Almost/just about - kua/i tata...

200. While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

201. Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

202. It is becoming... - E... haere ana

203. Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore

204. So that something can happen for someone else - kia

205. ...and also, moreover - ...ka mutu

206. there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

207. When I was young - I a e tamariki ana

208. All of a sudden - Mea ake

209. It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

210. You’d better watch it! - Ākuanei!

211. When - Kia

212. The pseudo-passive - he mea...