Māori Grammar

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

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

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

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

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

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

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

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

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Ari.
Ari belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

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

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nā Mia tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Mia.

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

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nō Kauri te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Kauri.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

No Te Tai Rāwhiti rāua.
They are from the Eastland region.

Na Niko and Aroha.
They are Niko's and Aroha's.

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.