Māori Grammar

Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o taua hui?
Do you know who the organiser of the hui is?

Ka kite mātou i a Nikau. Kua mate taua koroua.
We saw Nikau. That old man is ill.

I tētahi taha ake o taua pā tētahi ngāherehere.
On the far side of the fort there was a patch of bush.

E kāia ana hoki he tino toa koe ki taua mahi.
It is also said that you were a real champion at that job.

E kore taua puna e mimiti i te raki of te raumati.
That spring would never dry up in the drought of summer.

Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauraro.
The pā's water source was a spring on the north side.

Kāhore kau ana tū taonga nei i whakawhiwhia ki te taitamariki i aua rā.
These kinds of treasures were not given to the young in those days.

Haere ake i aua ope nei he tamariki kau.
Only young people went in those groups.

Ka pai te waiata a aua kōtiro.
Those girls sang well.

Kei te mahara au ki taua hui?
Do you remember that hui?

Ko Ngāti-Kahukoka e mea ana nā rātou taua wāhi moana.
Ngāti-Kahukoka said that part of the sea belonged to them.

Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.

He kai tino reka aua kai.
That food is sweet as.

Tau kē! Kei hea taua wharekai?
Awesome! Where is that restaurant?

He pai rawa atu taua pōwhiri ki a au.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.

Ko te tino tangata o taua marae, ko Hapi.
The leading person of that marae is Hapi.

Nōna te waka. He koretake taua mea.
The car is his. It's a useless one.

Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.

He roa noa atu te kōrero a te iwi nei i taua pō.
The tribe's discussion that night lasted for a long time.

He pai rawa atu kia a au taua pōwhiri.
I really enjoyed that pōwhiri.

Ngā kanohi o taua kōtiro rā.
The eyes of that girl there.

Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.

E mau nei anō aua ingoa.
Those names remain the same.

Tokoiwa ngā tāngata i taua hui.
There were nine people at that (aforementioned) meeting.

Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.

He moumou tāima aua korikori.
Those exercise classes are a waste of time.

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

Kua pāngia taua wahine e te mate.
That woman has been touched by sickness.