Māori Grammar

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

No Rakiura rāua.
They are from Stewart Island.

Na Manu and Kauri.
They are Manu's and Kauri's.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nō Ngāti Awa a Tawa.
Tawa belongs to Ngāti Awa.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship 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.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nā Niko tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Niko.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

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

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

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

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

Nō Mia te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Mia.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

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

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

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.