Māori Grammar

Ko Isaac te tama a Phill rāua ko Angie.
Isaac is the son of Phill and Angie.

Kei roto a Mia rāua ko Nikau i tō rāua whare.
Mia and Nikau are inside their (2x) house.

Ko Pāora te tamaiti kei waenganui i a Pita rāua ko N3.
Pāora is the child between Pita and N3.

Kua mate māua ko taku teina.
My younger sibling and I are sick.

Ko Ani rāua ko Mere.
Ani and Mere.

Ko Sally rāua ko Tīmoti ōku mātua.
My parents are Sally and Timoti.

Mātou ko tōku whānau.
Me and my family.

Ko Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa ngā rangatira.
Moki and Tu-te-kawa were the chiefs.

I hararei mātou ko aku hoa.
My friends and I had a holiday.

Ko Tame rāua ko Moana ngā hoa o Niko rāua ko Mia.
Tame and Moana are the friends of Niko and Mia.

Māua ko Koa.
Koa and me.

Mā mātou koutou e manaaki.
We will take care of you.

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako ōku taokete.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my twins.

Nō mua i te piringa ki a Rangi, ka moe a Papa rāua ko Tangaroa.
Before the union with Rangi, Papa was in a relationship with Tangaroa.

I muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa the children were born.

E whakarongo ana māua ko Paora ki te tumuaki.
Paora and I are listening to the head-master.

I haere mātou ko aku hoa mā runga i te waka o Betsy ki te takutai, ki Te Māhia.
Me and my friends went on Betsy's car to the beach, to Māhia.

Ko Jacob rāua ko Hana āku tamariki.
Harnah and Jacob are my children

Ko Val te tamāhine a Una rāua ko Vic.
Val is the daughter of Una and Vic.

Ko Liam te mokopuna a Beverley rāua ko Denis.
Liam is the grandchild of Beverley and Denis.

Ko Aria rāua ko Aroha ōku tuāhine.
Aria and Aroha are my sisters.

He mātua a Pani rāua ko Hata,.
Pani and Hata are parents.

Ko Tanya rāua ko Sarah
Tanya and Sarah

I hiahia a Kauri rāua ko Tawa ki te tūtaki i a rāua anō.
Kauri and Tawa wanted to meet each other.

Ko Rongomai rāua ko Moana ōku mātua.
Rongomai and Moana are my parents.

I hea a Miti rāua ko Auau?
Where were Miti and Auau?

Ko Aroha rāua ko Timi ana mātua.
Aroha and Timi are her parents.

Ko Barry rāua ko Lynne ōku mātua.
Barry and Lynne are my parents.

Ko Piripi rāua ko Miriama ōku mātua.
Piripi and Miriama are my parents.

Nā wai a Papa rāua ko Rangi i whakawehe?
Who separated Papa and Rangi?

Ka kōrero māua ko Mere ki a ia.
Mere and I spoke to him.

Ko Tai, ko Moana rātou ko Rangi.
Tai, Moana and Rangi.

Kei te haere a Raureka rāua ko Te Naera.
Raureka and Te Naera are going.

Kei te katakata a Aria rāua ko Rangi.
Aria and Rangi are laughing.

Ko Manu rāua ko Hēmi.
Manu and Hēmi.

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.

Ko Flo rāua ko Rāwiri ōku kaumātua.
Flo and Rāwiri are my grandparents.

Ko Timi rāua ko Jen aku mātua.
Timi and Jen are my parents.

Ko Amaru rāua ko Ataahua ngā mokopuna o Hēmi rāua ko Ani.
Amaru and Ataahua are the grandchildren of Hēmi and Ani.

Kei te hui a Amaru rāua ko Ataahua ki te pātaka kōrero.
Amaru and Ataahua are meeting in the library.

He hoa piritahi rāua ko Rāwiri.
He and Rāwiri are best friends.

Mātou ko Hata.
Hata and the rest of us.

Ko Tame te mokopuna a Ari rāua ko Rina.
Tame is the grandchild of Ari and Rina.

Ko Chris te tama a Richard rāua ko Gin.
Chris is the son of Richard and Gin.

E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.

Ko Rangi rātou ko Ari ko N3 āku tamariki.
Rangi, Ari and N3 are my children.

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.

Kua tūtaki au ki a Pāora rāua ko tana hoa wahine, ko Kauri.
I have met Pāora and his girlfriend, Kauri.

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa.
Me and my friend drove.

Nō muri noa mai ka whānau mai ngā tamariki a Manu rāua ko Moana.
The children of Manu and Moana were born much later.

Ko Mia te tamāhine a Rangi rāua ko Aria.
Mia is the daughter of Rangi and Aria.

Ko Koa rāua ko Aroha ngā mātua o Tawa.
Koa and Aroha are the parents of Tawa.

Kei Pōneke māua ko Sarah.
Sarah and I are in Wellington.

Ko Jim rāua ko Doug aku taokete.
Jim and Doug are my brother in laws.

Ko Mere rāua ko Lennon āku tamariki.
Mere and Lennon are my children.

Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.
At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana ā māua tamariki.
Riripeti and Tīwana are our children.

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.

Kei te tangi a Mereana rāua ko Paul.
Mereana and Paul are crying.

Ko Pita rātou ko Paul, ko Mere.
Peter, Paul and Mere.

Ko Taika rāua ko Aroha ō tāua hoa.
Taika and Aroha are our friends.

No Te Kaha mātou ko Hata mā.
Hata and I and the rest are from Te Kaha.

Ko Rāhera rāua ko Hone ōku tūpuna.
Rāhera and Hone are my ancestors.

Ehara a Nikau rāua ko Ataahua i te mātua.
Nikau and Ataahua are not parents.

Kei te kura rātou ko Hata ko Pani ko Mere.
They and Hata, Pani and Mere are at the school.

Kei mua a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are in front of the bus.

Kei te moe a Angie rāua ko Raiha.
Angie and Raiha are sleeping.

Nō Whakatamacr;ne, engari kei konei mātou ko tōku whānau e noho ana.
From Whakatamacr;ne, but my family and I are staying here.

I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.

Mā mātou koutou e manaaki.
We (3+ exclusive) will take care of you.

Ko rātou ko ō rātou hoa ngā mea ngaro.
They and their friends are the missing ones.

Kei te haere a Hera rāua ko Honi mā runga i te motukā.
Hera and Honi are travelling by car.

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako aku tama.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my sons.

Ko Rāwiri rātou ko Tūmanako, ko Rongomai, me tana tāne a Moana, aku mokopuna.
Rāwiri, Tūmanako, Rongomai, and Moana, her husband, are my grandchildren.

E tākaro ana a Niko rāua ko Mia.
Niko and Mia are playing.

Ko Kayte rāua ko Denis, ko Beverley
Kayte and Denis and Beverley

Ko Brian rāua ko Fran ōku mātua.
Brian and Fran are my parents.

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana āku irāmutu.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my nieces/nephews.

Kei roto a Kahurangi rāua ko Hōhepa i tō rāua whare.
Kahurangi and Hōhepa are inside their house.

Ko Brian rāua ko Fran ōku mātua
Brian and Fran are my parents

Ko Raureka rāua ko Tūhawaiki ngā mātua.
Raureka and Tāhawaiki are the parents.

Ko māua ko Mere ngā kaiāwhina.
Mere and I are the helpers.

I roto rāua ko Mere i te whare.
He and Mere were in the house.

I mahi māua ko tōku māmā.
My mother and I (us two, but not you the listener) worked.

Kei te waiata a Peter, rātou ko Paul ko Mary.
Peter, Paul and Mary are singing.

Ko Tīwana rāua ko Riripeti aku irāmutu.
Tīwana and Riripeti are my nieces/nephews.

Ko Rāhera rāua ko Tipene ōna hoa.
Her friends are Rāhera and Tīpene.

Ākuanei ka haere māua ko Nikau ki te tiki i a Pāora.
Soon Nikau and I will go to fetch Pāora.

Ka haere māua ko Pita ki te hokomaha tiki ai.
Pita and I are going to the supermarket to shop.

Ehara ngā rangatira i a Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa.
Moki and Tū-te-kawa were not the chiefs.

Kei te ako a Koa rāua ko Kauri i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Koa and Kauri are learning Māori 'family' words.

Nō muri i te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka whānau mai ngā tamariki.
After the union of Rangi and Papa, the children were born.

He mātua pai a Taika rāua ko Ani.
Taika and Ani are good parents.

Ko Aidan rāua ko Liam
Aidan and Liam

I āwhinatia rātou e mātou ko aku tēina.
They were helped by me and my younger siblings.

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Tūmanako ōku tungāne.
Rāwiri and Tūmanako are my brothers.

Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my brother.

Ko Brooklyn te mokopuna a Lynne rāua ko Barry.
Brooklyn is the grandchild of Lynne and Barry.

Ko Hana rāua ko Jacob
Harnah and Jacob

Ko Tai rāua ko Moana ngā ingoa o ōku hoa.
The names of my friends are Tai and Moana.

I hea a Retitia rāua ko Mihinui?
Where were Retitia and Mihinui?

Kei te haere a Riria rāua ko Larisa ki konā
Riria and Larisa are going there (by you the listener).

Ka kōrero ia ki a māua ko Mere.
He spoke to Mere and me.

I tērā tau ka haere mātou ko aku hoa ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year me and my friends went to Wellington to look around.

Ko Tawa rāua ko Aria kei te haere ki te tāone.
Tawa and Aria are going to town.

Ko Billy rāua ko Bob ā rāua māhanga.
Their twins are Billy and Bob.

Ko ia te mea hangareka o rāua ko Riripeti, tōna tuahine.
She is the funny one between her and Riripeti, her sister.

Kei te oma a Mere rātou ko Hariata, ko Matiu, ko Ropata.
Mere, Hariata, Matiu and Ropata are running.

Rātou ko ōna hoa.
She and her friends.

Kei muri a Miriama rāua ko Rehutai i te pahi.
Miriama and Rehutai are behind the bus.

Kei te haere atu rātou ko Hone, ko Hōhepa, ko Tai.
Hone, Hōhepa and Tai are going.

Ko Aidan rātou ko Kaia, ko Liam
Aidan and Kaia and Liam

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku hungawai.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents-in-law.

Kei te kanikani a Rangi rāua ko Manu.
Rangi and Manu are dancing.

Arā, ko au te tama a Hone rāua ko Rāhera.
That is, I am the child of Hone and Rāhera.

I te ata o te Rāhoroi ka haere mātou ko taku whānau ki Taranaki ki te whakatā.
On Saturday morning my family and I went to Taranaki for a holiday.

Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.

Kei te haere a Hēmi rāua ko Amaru.
Hēmi and Amaru are going.