Māori Grammar

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

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

Nōku tēnā.
That is mine.

Nō Mere tēnei tūru.
This chair belongs to Mere.

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

Nāu tēnei kuri.
This dog belongs to you.

Nōku ēnei hū Nike.
These Nike shoes are mine.

Nāu ēnā?
Are they yours?

Nāku te wāti nei,
This watch is mine.

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

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

Nō Hine tēnei whare.
This house belongs to Hine.

Nōku ēnā hū.
Those shoes are mine.

Nā tātou ēnei hēki.
These eggs belong to us.

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

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

Nōna ēnei tīpuna.
These ancestors are his.

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

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.

Nā Pita tēnei kāmera.
This camera belongs to Pita.

Nāku tēnei pouaka whakaata.
This television is mine.

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

Nō rāua tērā waka.
That car belongs to them.

Nāu tēnei kapu.
This cup belongs to you.

Nōku tēnei motokā.
This car is mine.

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

Nāku te moni nei.
This money is mine.

Nōku tērā waka.
That car belongs to me.

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

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

Nāku te rakuraku nā.
That guitar belongs to me.

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house belongs to me.

Nāku tēnei pukapuka.
This book belongs to me.

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

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

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

Nāku ngā kī.
The keys are mine.

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

Nōku tēnei motopaika.
This motorbike is mine.

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

Nā Mere tēnei rāpeti.
This rabbit belongs to Mere.

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

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

No Kāpiti rāua.
They are from Kāpiti.

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

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

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

Nōku tēnei whare.
This house is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

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

Nōku te koti nei.
This coat is mine.

Mā wai ērā rahopūru?
Who are those avocados for?

Nōku tēnei hāte.
That shirt belongs to me.

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

No Ngāti Whātua ia.
She belongs to Ngāti Whātua.

Nōku te whare iti.
The small house is mine.

Nōku tēnei waka rererangi.
This airplane is mine.

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

Nāu tēnei rorohiko.
This computer belongs to you.

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

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

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

Nō Ngāti Awa a Hēmi.
Hēmi belongs to Ngāti Awa.

Nā Tawa tēnēi pene.
This pen belongs to Tawa.

Nōku tēnei waka ātea.
This spaceship is mine.

Nāku ērā pene.
Those pens belong to me.

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

Nōu tērā whare.
That house belongs to you.

Nō Manu te paihikara.
The bike belongs to Manu.

No Paikea ia.
He is descended from Paikea.

Nāku ngā kura rā!
Those feathers belong to me!

Nāna tērā kapu.
That cup belongs to him.

No Hawaiki tātou katoa.
We are all from Hawaiki.

Nōku tēnei motoka.
This car is mine.

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.

Nāku tēnei.
This belongs to me.

Nāku tēnā.
That is mine.

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

Nāhau tēnei?
Does this belong to you?

Nā mātou ngā taputapu.
The tools belong to us.

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

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

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

Nōu tēnei motokā.
This car is yours.