Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Belonging to a place -

Ingarangi a Rangi.
Rangi is from England.

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

Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.

Tauranga a Rangi.
Rangi is from Tauranga.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which iwi are you from?

Ngāti Porou a Mere.
Mere is from Ngāti Porou.

Ngāpuhi rāua.
They are from Ngāpuhi.

Ngāti Toa koe?
Are you from Ngāti Toa?

Ōtautahi a Hemi.
Hemi is from Christchurch.

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

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

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

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

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

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

Taranaki rāua.
They are from Taranaki.

Amerika māmā?
Is your mother from America?

konei au.
I am from here.

Kirikiriroa tōku hoa.
My friend is from Hamilton.

tēhea rohe koe?
Which region are you from?

Ahitereiria tēnei reta.
This letter is from Australia.

Te Tai Rāwhiti ia.
S/he's from the Eastland region.

whea ēnei taewa?
Where do these potatoes comes from?

Waikanae a ia, Taranaki au.
He came from Waikanae, and I came from Taranaki.

Ahitereiria tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Australia.

whea ēnei maika?
Where do these bananas come from?

hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?

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

hea hoa?
Where is your friend from?

Te Tai Tokerau toku whaea.
My mum's from the Northland region.

hea tēnei wātakirihi?
Where is this watercress from?

hea whānau?
Where is you family from?

hea tana pāpā?
Where's his dad from?

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

hea koe?
Where are you from?

hea a Pāora?
Where is Pāora from?

hea tērā ākonga?
Where is that student from?

whea ngā ?
Where are the shoes from?

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

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

Whakatamacr;ne tōku pāpā.
My dad's from Whakatamacr;ne.

hea pāpā?
Where's your dad from?

Ngāpuhi rāua.
The're from Ngāpuhi.

te toa hokorua.
From the second-hand shop.

te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.

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

Kāpiti ahau.
I am from Kapiti.

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

Kirikiriroa tōku whaea.
My mother is from Hamilton.

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

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

te Tairāwhiti rātou.
They are from the east coast.

whea ōu ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

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

Poneke au.
I am from Wellington.

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

Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.

tēhea iwi koe?
Which ethnicity are you from?

Amerika ahau.
I'm from America.

Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?

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

Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.

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

hea tērā koroua?
Where's that elder from?

tēhea tāone koe?
Which town are you from?

hea koe e hoa?
Where are you from mate?

Whanganui a Tamāhua.
Tamāhua was from Whananui.

Ahitereiria au.
I am from Australia.

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

whea tēnei reta?
Where is this letter from?

hea tēnei pāua?
Where did this pāua come from?

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

hea ia?
Where is she from?

Ahuriri hoa?
Is your friend from Napier?

whea ō ?
Where did you get your shoes from?

hea whaea?
Where is your mum from?

Ehara a Aroha Whanganui.
Aroha is not from Whanganui.

Ahitereiria tōku māmā.
My mum's from Australia.

Waikato ahau.
I'm from Waikato.

hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?

konei au.
I am from here.

hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?

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

hea te ope?
Where is the travelling party from?

Ōtautahi tōku māmā.
My mum's from Christhurch.

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

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

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