Māori Grammar

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

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

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

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

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

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

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

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

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

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

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

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nō Ngāti Awa a Rangi.
Rangi belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

No Ahuriri rāua.
They are from Napier.

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

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

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

Nā Nikau tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Nikau.

Nō Ataahua te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Ataahua.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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