Māori Grammar

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

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

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

Nō Pāora te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Pāora.

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

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

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Na Tawa and Ani.
They are Tawa's and Ani's.

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Nā Kauri tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Kauri.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

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

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

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

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

No Te Waipounamu rāua.
They are from the South Island.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

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

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

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

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

Nō Ngāti Awa a Ari.
Ari belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

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.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.