Māori Grammar

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.

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

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

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.

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

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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