Māori Grammar

Me piri koe ki tōu ope.
You must stick to your party.

Kei te haere tō māua hoa ki te whare o tō rāua whaea.
Our friend is going to their mother's house.

Ko Ōtautahi te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Christhurch.

He tatou tō tō rātou whare.
Their house has a door.

Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihuku i tērā ray tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.

Haere mai ki te mihi ki tōku whanau!
Come and meet my family!

Ko Nikau tōna matuakēkē.
Nikau is his uncle.

Kei hea ngā uri o Te Rangihiroa? Kāore ōna uri.
Where are the descendants of Te Rangihiroa? He had none.

He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.

No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine.
Your grandmother is from the South Island.

He tatau tō te whare.
The house has a door.

Kua mate rawa ō tātou koroua katoa.
All our old men are dead.

Kāore tō tāua matua i haere ki tāna hui.
Our father did not go to his meeting.

Ko Ingarangi pea te kīnga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.

Ko Mia tōna matuakēkē.
Mia is his aunty.

Hoake tātou ki tō rāua whare.
Let's go to their house.

Ko Koa rāua ko Kauri ōku hungarei.
Koa and Kauri are my inlaws.

Ko Ari te pāpā o Manu.
Ari is Manu's father.

Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.

He aha ngā whainga o tō koutou rōpū?
What are the objectives of your organisation?

He kaumātua a Niko rāua ko Tawa no tērā marae.
Niko and Tawa are elders of that marae.

No Whakatamacr;ne ā koutou irāmutu.
Your nieces are from Whakatamacr;ne.

Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!

Ko Rina te whaea o Taika.
Rina is the mother of Taika.

Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.

He hū ō ā māua tamariki.
Our children have shoes.

Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera to ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe is Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.

Kei hea ō koutou kamapūtu, tamariki mā?
Where are your gumboots, children?

Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Marama's and Tamahae's cousin.

Ko Rangi tōna hoa tane.
Rangi is her husband.

E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.

Ko Ataahua tō rāua tungāne.
Ataahua is their cousin.

Ko Ataahua te hoa wahine o Amaru.
Ataahua is the wife of Amaru.