Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Belonging to a place -

Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

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

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

Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

Amerika māmā?
Is your mother from America?

Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

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

konei au.
I am from here.

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

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

Rakiura tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Stewart Island.

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

Ōtautahi au.
I am from Christhurch.

Kawatiri tōku whaea.
My mother is from Westport.

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

Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

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

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

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

whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

konei au.
I am from here.

hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

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

hea hoa?
Where is your friend from?

hea pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

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

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.

whea ngā ?
Where are the shoes from?

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

hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?

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

whea ō ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

Te Tai Tokerau a ia, Heretaunga au.
He came from the Northland region, and I came from Hastings.

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

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

hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?

Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara tōku māmā.
My mum's from Wellington.

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

Ehara a Manu Whanganui.
Manu is not from Whanganui.

hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

hea ia?
Where is she from?

Ahuriri toku pāpā.
My dad's from Napier.

hea a Rangi?
Where is Rangi from?

hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

Tāmaki-makau-rau toku whaea.
My mum's from Auckland.

Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

hea koe?
Where are you from?

whea ōu ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

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

Whakatū ia.
S/he's from Nelson.

Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

Te Tai Tonga hoa?
Is your friend from Southland?

te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

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

Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

hea whānau?
Where is you family from?

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

hea whaea?
Where is your mum from?

te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.