Māori Grammar

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He koretake taua pikitia.
That movie was useless.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.