Māori Grammar

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

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

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nāku tēnei kāri nama.
This credit card is mine.

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

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

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

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

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

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

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

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

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

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

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

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

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

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

Nō Rangi te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Rangi.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

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

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

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

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

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

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

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

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

Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

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

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

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

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

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

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

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

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

Nā Nikau tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Nikau.

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.