Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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