Māori Grammar

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

No Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

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

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Amaru.
Amaru belongs to Ngāti Awa.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nā Hera tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Hera.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

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

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

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

Nō Ataahua te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Ataahua.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?