Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Established possession - nāku, nōku...

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Nāku ngā kura !
Those feathers belong to me!

Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Pāora te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Pāora.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

Amaru tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Amaru.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nōku ēnei Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Ngāti Awa a Tame.
Tame belongs to Ngāti Awa.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku te rakuraku .
That guitar belongs to me.

wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

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

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

No wai ēnei ?
Who do these shoes belong to?

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

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

Nōku te motopaika .
That motorbike over there is mine.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nōku ēnā .
Those shoes are mine.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

No Kirikiriroa rāua.
They are from Hamilton.

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

rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku ngā .
The keys are mine.

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

rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

wai te whare ?
Who does that house belong to?

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