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 and o categories intro

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. atu - Away

18. au, ahau - Pronouns - singular

19. Away - atu

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

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

22. Because - he... nō...

23. Belonging to a place -

24. Categorizing sentences - he

25. Command with e! - e!

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

27. Commands without any verb signs - Haere!

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

29. Conjunctions - but - engari

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

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

32. e - The use of 'e'

33. e - e as a particle of address

34. e as a particle of address - e

35. e or e ka - if and when

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

37. e! - Command with e!

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

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

40. ehara... - Negations of identity sentences

41. engari - Conjunctions - but

42. Established possession - nāku, nōku...

43. For the purpose of - hei

44. Future agent emphatic - māku

45. Future locative - hei

46. Habitual action - ai

47. Haere! - Commands without any verb signs

48. Has just... - kātahi anō...

49. he - Categorizing sentences

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

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

52. He aha? - What?

53. he mea... - The pseudo-passive

54. he rite tonu - This is just like that

55. he... nō... - Because

56. hei - For the purpose of

57. hei - The reason for an action

58. hei - Hei for future location in time

59. hei - Future locative

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

61. hei aha? - What is this for?

62. Hei for future location in time - hei

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

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

65. i - Sentences with i

66. i - Simple sentences: past tense

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

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

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

70. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

71. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

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

73. ia - Intensifier

74. Identity sentences - ko...

75. if and when - e or e ka

76. If... (using me) - me

77. In order to - kia... ai

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

79. Intensifier - ia

80. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

81. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

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

83. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

84. Kāore... e... - Negating passive sentences

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

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

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

88. kātahi anō... - Has just...

89. kātahi ka... - And then...

90. kātahi te... - What a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

100. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

101. kia... ai - In order to

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

103. Ko wai...? - Asking who

104. ko... - Identity sentences

105. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

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

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

108. mā runga - Travelling by means of

109. māku - Future agent emphatic

110. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

111. me - Simple sentences: you should

112. me - If... (using me)

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

114. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

115. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

116. nāku, nōku... - Established possession

117. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

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

119. Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

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

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

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

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

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

125. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

126. - Belonging to a place

127. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

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

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

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

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

132. Passive sentences - tikina...

133. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

134. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

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

136. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

137. rata - To like

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

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

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

141. Sentences with i - i

142. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

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

144. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

145. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

146. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

147. Simple sentences: past tense - i

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

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

150. Simple sentences: you should - me

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

152. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

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

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

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

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

157. te, ngā, he - The article

158. tēnei, te nei - This

159. The article - te, ngā, he

160. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

161. The reason for an action - hei

162. The use of 'e' - e

163. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

164. This - tēnei, te nei

165. This is just like that - he rite tonu

166. tikina... - Passive sentences

167. To like - rata

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

169. Travelling by means of - mā runga

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

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

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

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

174. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

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

176. What a... - kātahi te...

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

178. What is this for? - hei aha?

179. What? - He aha?

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

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

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

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

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