Māori Grammar

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

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

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

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Koa.
Koa belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

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

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nō Rangi te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Rangi.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

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

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

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

Nā Pāora tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Pāora.

No Te Tai Tokerau rāua.
They are from the Northland region.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

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

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

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.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

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

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

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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