Māori Grammar

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

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.

No Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa rāua.
They are from Gisborne.

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

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nō Pita te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Pita.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

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

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

Nō Ngāti Awa a Manu.
Manu belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

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

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Na Hēmi and Aria.
They are Hēmi's and Aria's.

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

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

Nā Ari tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Ari.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.