Māori Grammar

Nō te kurī te whare rā.
That house belongs to the dog.

Nā ngā kaiako ngā pukapuka.
The books belong to the teachers.

Nōku te motopaika rā.
That motorbike over there is mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

No tōku tuahine ngā waka whero.
The red car belongs to my older sibling.

Nāku tērā waea pūkoro.
Ehara i a au tērā waea pūkoro.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nō tā māua tama tērā whare.
That house belongs to our son.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Na Nikau and Mia.
They are Nikau's and Mia's.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nō te whānau tēnei whare.
This house belongs to the family.

Na wai ēnei taputapu katoa?
Whose is all this gear?

No Āhia pea te ritenga Māori.
Māori culture may have originated in Asia.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nā tō rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nā Ataahua tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Ataahua.

Nō wai te whare rā?
Who does that house belong to?

No wai mā ēnei hū?
Who do these shoes belong to?

Nō ngā tauira tēnei paihikara.
This bicycle belongs to the students.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Na wai te waka whero?
Who does the red car belong to?

No ngā tāngata i roto i te whare nui.
They belong to all the people in the meeting house.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nāku tērā waea pūkoro.
That's my mobile phone.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nā ngā tamariki te papa tākaro.
The playground belongs to the children.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nā wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

No Poneke rāua.
They are from Wellington.

Na Tame taua waka whero.
That red car belongs to Tame.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nā ngā tamariki tēnei tāwhiri.
This kite belongs to the children.

No rātou tēnei poupou.
This house-post belongs to them.

Nā rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books belong to them.

Nā rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Na wai tēnei tamaiti?
Who does this child belong to?

Nā ō tātou manuhiri pea?
Perhaps they belong to our guests?

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Na wai ēnā kōtiro mōhio?
Whose are those clever girls?

Nā ngā tamariki ēnei pukapuka.
These books belong to the children.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nā wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nō te marae ēnei tūru.
These chairs belong to the marae.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Koa.
Koa belongs to Ngāti Awa.

No te iwi whānui te whare nui, a Mataatua.
The meeting house Mataatua belongs to the whole tribe.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nō te whānau tēnei whenua.
This land belongs to the family.

Nō Hera te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Hera.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāku tēnei maika, nāu tēnei ārani, nāna tērā tōtiti.
This banana is mine, this orange is yours, that sausage is his.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nōu tērā, nōna tēnā, nōku tēnei.
That belongs to you, that belongs to her, this belongs to me.

Nā ngā tauira ēnei pene.
These pens belong to the students.

Nā ngā tauira tēnei pepa.
This paper belongs to the students.