Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

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

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.

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