Māori Grammar
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We ask "who?" with either ko wai? ("who is?" - singular) or ko wai mā? ("who are?" - plural).
Ko wai e haere?
Who is to go?
Ko wai i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who picked up the children from school?
Ko wai mā kei te haere?
Who are you going with?
A question asked with ko wai must be answered using ko.
Ko wai e haere?
Who is to go?
CORRECT: Ko Rangi.
Rangi.
INCORRECT: Ka haere a Rangi.
Rangi will go.
Ko wai i kai i ngā āporo?
Who ate the apples?Ko wai te kaiwhakahaere? Ko au tonu!
Who is the orangiser? Actually, it's me!Ko wai te tangata e hīkoi mai nei?
Who is the person walking this way?Ko wai i haere?
Who (all) went?Ko wai tōu whaea?
Who is your mother?Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine?
What's the name of that woman?Ko wai kei te horoi?
Who is washing?Ko wai kei waho i te kūaha?
Who is outside the door?Ko wai ō hoa?
Who are your friends?Ko wai te pāpā o Tama?
Whose Tama's dad?Ko ngā aha ngā reta ra?
What are those letters?Ko wai te ingoa o tō kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?Ko wai te huatahi?
Who is the first born?Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.Ko wai te tamāhine?
Who is the daughter?Ko wai tō tāua manuhiri?
Who is our visitor?Ko wai tō kaiako pāngarau?
Who is your maths teacher?Ko wai tō tino pēne?
Who is your favourite band?Ko wai te pōtiki o te whānau?
Who is the youngest in the family?Ko wai kei te waiata i te waiata?
Who is singing the song?Ko wai i hoko i ngā pukapuka?
Who bought the books?Ko wai te mātāmua o tō whānau?
Who is the eldest in your family?Ko wai tō teina?
Who is your younger sibling?Ko wai te pāpā?
Who is the father?Ko wai te mātāmua?
Who is the oldest?Ko wai kei waho i te whare?
Who is that outside the house?Ko Waiokura te marae.
The marae is Waiokura.Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?Ko wai i hopu i te ika?
Who caught the fish?Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei awa?
What is the name of this river?Ko wai kei te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who is helping the teacher?Ko wai te ingoa o tō whānau?
What's the name of your family?Ko wai i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?Ko wai i tākaro i te papa tākaro?
Who played at the playground?Ko wai te koroua?
Who is the grandfather?Ko wai te ingoa o tō pāpā?
What is the name of your mother?Ko wai te tuakana o Niko?
Who is the older sibling (same gender) of Niko?Ko wai kei te moe?
Who is sleeping?Ko wai ngā mātua?
Who are the parents?Ko wai ngā tamariki koi ngā hinengaro?
Who are the children with sharp minds?Ko wai tōu?
Who is yours? (eg who is your father?).Ko wai kei te haere mai?
Who is coming?Ko wai mā ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?Ko wai kei te haere ki te hui?
Who is going to the hui?Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga?
What is the name of that mountain?Ko wai ka haere ki te taone ā te pō nei?
Who's going to town tonight?Ko wai i kī i te kākahu?
Who packed the clothes?Ko wai te ingoa o tō matua?
What's the name of your dad?Ko wai kei roto i tana motukā?
Who is in her car?Ko wai kei raro i te rākau?
Who is that under the tree?Ko wai kei te horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who is washing the dishes.Ko wai tērā ki korā?
Who is that over there?Ko wai ka taraiwa i te pō nei?
Who will drive tonight?Ko wai kei te tunu i te kai?
Who is cooking the food?Ko wai tō pāpā?
Who is your Dad?Ko wai tō māmā?
Who is your Mum?Ko wai te ingoa o tō whaea?
What's the name of your mum?Ko wai i horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who did the dishes?Ko wai mā i te totohe?
Who were arguing?Ko wai rā kei te tapahi i te mīti?
Who is chopping the meat?Ko wai te mea pai ki te kōrero Māori?
Whose good at speaking Māori?Ko wai te mea e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori?
Who is the one who knows te reo Māori?Ko wai kei runga i te nohoanga?
Who is that on the sofa?Ko wai te ingoa o tō hoa?
What's the name of your friend?Ko wai te whaea?
Who is the mother?Ko wai i whakaatu i te kiriata?
Who showed the movie?Ko wai te koroua nui tōna aroha ki tōna whānau?
Who is the old man who has a lot of love for his whānau?Ko wai tana ingoa?
What's her name?Ko wai ngā mea a ako ana i te reo Māori?
Who are the ones learning te reo Māori?Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?Ko wai te iwi e pai ana ki te haka?
Who is the nation who is good at doing haka?I kōrero a Ataahua ki a wai?
To whom did Ataahua speak?Ko wai kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?Ko wai te māmā?
Who is the mother?Ko wai atu ka haere?
Who else is going?Ko wai ōna hoa?
Who are his/her friends.Ko wai kei te whakahaere i te hui?
Who is running the meeting?Ko wai kei roto i te motokā?
Who is that in the car?Ko wai tōna iwi?
What is his tribe?Ko wai ō hungarei?
Who are your parents in law?