Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Belonging to a place -

Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

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

Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

Amerika māmā?
Is your mother from America?

konei au.
I am from here.

Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

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

tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

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

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

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

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

Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?

Te Waipounamu tōku pāpā.
My dad's from the South Island.

konei au.
I am from here.

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

whea ngā ?
Where are the shoes from?

hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

hea pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

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

Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

Whakatū hoa?
Is your friend from Nelson?

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

tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

hea hoa?
Where is your friend from?

Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

Ōtautahi au.
I am from Christhurch.

Te Tai Hauāuru tōku whaea.
My mother is from the Westland region.

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

Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

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

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

Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

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

hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

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

hea whaea?
Where is your mum from?

hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

hea a Taika?
Where is Taika from?

whea ō ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

Te Whanganui-a-Tara toku pāpā.
My dad's from Wellington.

Kirikiriroa toku whaea.
My mum's from Hamilton.

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

Ehara a Aria Whanganui.
Aria is not from Whanganui.

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

hea whānau?
Where is you family from?

whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

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

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

whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

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

whea ōu ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

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

Heretaunga ia.
S/he's from Hastings.

Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

hea koe?
Where are you from?

hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?

hea ia?
Where is she from?

whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

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

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

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

Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

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

Kāpiti tōku māmā.
My mum's from Kāpiti.