Māori Grammar

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

Nāku ngā .
The keys are mine.

Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nōku ēnei Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Taika tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Taika.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nāku ngā kura !
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōku ēnā .
Those shoes are mine.

tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

rātou ērā rīhi paru.
Those dirty dishes are theirs.

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

Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

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

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

No Te Waipounamu rāua.
They are from the South Island.

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

wai te whare ?
Who does that house belong to?

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

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

Nāku te rakuraku .
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

No wai ēnei ?
Who do these shoes belong to?

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Hera te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Hera.

wai tēnei pene?
Who does this pen belong to?

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

wai ēnei pene?
Who do these pens belong to?

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

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

Ngāti Awa a Tame.
Tame belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

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

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nōku te motopaika .
That motorbike over there is mine.

rāua māmā tēnei.
This belongs to their mother.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.