Māori Grammar

Those (near you) - ēnā

Ka āhua pai ahau.
I will be somewhat good.

Kei mua koe i a au.
You are in front of me.

Ko Ponga i kōhuru i a au.
Ponga treated me maliciously.

I pai ahau.
I was good.

Kāore i a au te waka.
I don't have the car.

Nā Ponga tēnā, ēhara i a au.
Ponga is the cause, not me.

Kāo, kāore te rimurimu i te kai pai ki a au.
No, seaweed is not the food that I like.

Kāore āku kī i ngaro i ahau. I ngaro ēnā i a koe.
I didn't lose my keys. You lost them.

Ka riro i a au tētahi kutarere hei taonga kirihimete.
I got a scooter for chirstmas.

Ka whakamahana au i te kai.
I will warm the food.

Ākuanei koutou i a au! Taki puta!
You kids had better cut that out right now. Outside – the lot of you!

Ki a au nei,.
In my opinion.

He kaimahi ahau ki ANZ ki Pōneke.
I am a worker at ANZ, in (or at) Wellington.

Ākene koe i a au!
Watch it or else!

Ko koe hei muri, hei whakataki i a au.
You will be behind, to safeguard me.

E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.

Aī! I wareware i a au.
Woops! I forgot.

Ākuanei kōrua i a au! Whakamutua tēnā mahi.
You had better stop that right now or you'll be in big trouble.

E mataku ana ia ki a au?
Is she afraid of me?