Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Belonging to a place -

Kotirangi Ingarangi hoki ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland and England.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

Ngāti Raukawa tōku pāpā.
My father is from Ngāti Raukawa.

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

Ngāti Kahungunu tōku hoa.
My friend is from Ngāti Kahungunu.

Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

konei au.
I am from here.

Waikato tōna whaea.
His/Her mother is from Waikato.

Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

te rohe o Te Arawa a Hemi.
Hemi is from the Te Arawa region.

Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

Te Tai Tokerau tōku pāpā.
My dad is from the Northland region.

Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

Amerika māmā?
Is your mother from America?

Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

Te Tai Tonga tōku māmā.
My mum's from Southland.

te māra ēnei taewa.
These potatoes come from the garden.

Heretaunga toku whaea.
My mum's from Hastings.

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

Te-Tai-Tonga tōku māmā.
My mum's from the Southland region.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

te toa ēnei maika.
These bananas from from the shop.

whea ōu ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

Ko tēnei he reta Ingarangi mai.
This is a letter from England.

hea koe?
Where are you from?

Ehara au Tāmaki Makaurau.
I'm not from Auckland.

Ko Mary taku whaea. Ahitereiria ia.
Mary's my mum. She's from Australia.

hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?

Kotirangi Ingarangi hoki ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland and England.

Ko Niko taku pāpā. Ngāti Porou ia.
Niko is my dad. He's from Ngāti Porou.

hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

Whakatamacr;ne tōku whaea.
My mother is from Whakatamacr;ne.

Ko Pani ngā kaiwhakahaere. Te Kaha aua tāngata.
Pani and the others are the organisers. Those people are from Te Kaha.

hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?

Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

Te Tai Rāwhiti hoki ahau.
I'm also from the East Coast.

Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Gisborne.

Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

hea whaea?
Where is your mum from?

hea ia?
Where is she from?

whea ō ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

hea hoa?
Where is your friend from?

whea waka hou?
Where did you get your new car from?

hea pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

Raratonga a ia, Takapuna au.
He is from Raratonga, and I am from Takapuna.

Te Tai Rāwhiti tōku pāpā.
My Dad's from the Eastland region.

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

te toa hokorua ngā .
The shoes come from the second hand shop.

Ehara a Ataahua Whanganui.
Ataahua is not from Whanganui.

Tāmaki-makau-rau hoa?
Is your friend from Auckland?

tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

Te Tai Rāwhiti au.
I am from the Eastland region.

Te Tai Tokerau au.
I am from the Northland region.

whea tēnā tēpu?
Where did you get that table from?

te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

konei au.
I am from here.

whea ngā ?
Where are the shoes from?

hea a Ari?
Where is Ari from?

Kāpiti toku pāpā.
My dad's from Kāpiti.

Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

Waikanae ia.
S/he's from Waikanae.

Te Tai Tokerau tōku pāpa.
My Dad's from the Northland region.

te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

Ahuriri a ia, Whakatū au.
He came from Napier, and I came from Nelson.

hea whānau?
Where is you family from?