Māori Grammar

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

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nāku te rakuraku .
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

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

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

Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

No wai ēnei ?
Who do these shoes belong to?

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

wai te whare ?
Who does that house belong to?

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

Nōku ēnā .
Those shoes are mine.

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

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

rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

Hera te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Hera.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nāku ngā kura !
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

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

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Tame tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Tame.

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nōku te motopaika .
That motorbike over there is mine.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

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

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

Nāku ngā .
The keys are mine.

rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Ngāti Awa a Pāora.
Pāora belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nōku ēnei Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.