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