Māori Grammar

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nā Rangi tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Rangi.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

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

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

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

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

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

No Waikanae rāua.
They are from Waikanae.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

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

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

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

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

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

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nō Ngāti Awa a Niko.
Niko belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

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

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

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

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

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

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

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

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nō Hēmi te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Hēmi.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

Na Rangi and Rina.
They are Rangi's and Rina's.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.