Māori Grammar

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

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nō Ari te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Ari.

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

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

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

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

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

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

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

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

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

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

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

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

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

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

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

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

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

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

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

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

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

No Whakatamacr;ne rāua.
They are from Whakatamacr;ne.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

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

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Na Niko and Moana.
They are Niko's and Moana's.

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nā Mia tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Mia.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.