Māori Grammar

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

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

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

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

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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

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

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Tame.
Tame belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

No Te Tai Rāwhiti rāua.
They are from the Eastland region.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nā Manu tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Manu.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

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

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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

Nō Honi te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Honi.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.