Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 1
Asking who - Ko wai...?

We ask "who?" with either ko wai? ("who is?" - singular) or ko wai mā? ("who are?" - plural).

Ko wai te tuakana o Pita?
Who is the older sibling (same gender) of Pita?

Ko wai kei te haere ki te hui?
Who is going to the hui?

Ko wai i i te kākahu?
Who packed the clothes?

Ko ngā aha ngā reta ra?
What are those letters?

Ko wai tōna iwi?
What is his tribe?

Ko wai ingoa?
What is your name?

Ko wai i kai i ngā āporo?
Who ate the apples?

Ko wai kei te haere mai?
Who is coming?

Ko wai kei te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who is helping the teacher?

Ko wai ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?

Ko wai te ingoa o whaea?
What's the name of your mum?

Ko ngā aha?
What are?

Ko wai ēnei?
Whose are these?

Ko wai e pōhiri?
Who should be invited?

Ko wai i te totohe?
Who were arguing?

Ko wai ngā mātua?
Who are the parents?

Ko wai kei te horoi?
Who is washing?

Ko wai te whaea?
Who is the mother?

Ko wai te ingoa o pāpā?
What is the name of your mother?

Ko wai i hopu i te ika?
Who caught the fish?

Ko wai i hoko i ngā pukapuka?
Who bought the books?

Ko wai ngā tamariki koi ngā hinengaro?
Who are the children with sharp minds?

Ko wai i tākaro i te papa tākaro?
Who played at the playground?

Ko wai te huatahi?
Who is the first born?

Ko wai tino pēne?
Who is your favourite band?

Ko wai tērā?
Who is that (over there)?

Ko wai te ingoa o matua?
What's the name of your dad?

Ko wai ngā mea a ako ana i te reo Māori?
Who are the ones learning te reo Māori?

Ko wai ka taraiwa i te nei?
Who will drive tonight?

Ko wai te tamāhine?
Who is the daughter?

Ko wai kei te horoi i te rūma?
Who is cleaning the room?

Ko wai?
Who?

Ko wai kei raro i te rākau?
Who is that under the tree?

Ko wai māmā?
Who is your Mum?

Ko wai kei te moe?
Who is sleeping?

Ko wai ka haere ki te taone ā te nei?
Who's going to town tonight?

Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.

Ko wai te ingoa o kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?

Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What's your name?

Ko wai pāpā?
Who is your Dad?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine?
What's the name of that woman?

Ko wai kei roto i te motokā?
Who is that in the car?

Ko wai kei te tunu i te kai?
Who is cooking the food?

Ko wai tōna ingoa?
What's her name?

Ko wai tōu whaea?
Who is your mother?

Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro ?
What are your names, girls?

Ko wai te koroua?
Who is the grandfather?

Ko wai kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?

Ko wai te tangata e hīkoi mai nei?
Who is the person walking this way?

Ko wai kei waho i te whare?
Who is that outside the house?

Ko wai te iwi e pai ana ki te haka?
Who is the nation who is good at doing haka?

Ko wai i haere?
Who (all) went?

Ko wai te mea pai ki te kōrero Māori?
Whose good at speaking Māori?

Ko wai kei te tapahi i te mīti?
Who is chopping the meat?

Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei awa?
What is the name of this river?

Ko wai koe?
Who are you?

Ko wai te mea e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori?
Who is the one who knows te reo Māori?

Ko wai te ingoa o hoa?
What's the name of your friend?

Ko wai ō hoa?
Who are your friends?

Ko wai e haere?
Who is to go?

Ko wai tāua manuhiri?
Who is our visitor?

Ko wai te pōtiki o te whānau?
Who is the youngest in the family?

Ko wai ō hungarei?
Who are your parents in law?

Ko wai i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who picked up the children from school?

Ko wai tērā ki korā?
Who is that over there?

Ko wai kei roto i tana motukā?
Who is in her car?

Ko wai te ingoa o whānau?
What's the name of your family?

Ko wai i whakaatu i te kiriata?
Who showed the movie?

Ko wai kei te whakahaere i te hui?
Who is running the meeting?

Ko wai te pāpā o Tama?
Whose Tama's dad?

Ko wai ia?
Who is he/she?

Ko wai te mātāmua o whānau?
Who is the eldest in your family?

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 i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?

Ko wai tērā?
Who is that?

Ko wai kei te tākaro i te kēmu?
Who is playing the game?

Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?

Ko wai tana ingoa?
What's her name?

Ko wai atu ka haere?
Who else is going?

Ko wai kōrua?
Who are you two?

Ko Waiokura te marae.
The marae is Waiokura.

Ko wai tēnei?
Who is this?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga?
What is the name of that mountain?

Ko wai teina?
Who is your younger sibling?

Ko wai a Tawa?
Who is Tawa?

Ko wai kei te horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who is washing the dishes.

Ko wai kei runga i te nohoanga?
Who is that on the sofa?

Ko wai te pāpā?
Who is the father?

Ko wai te kaiwhakahaere? Ko au tonu!
Who is the orangiser? Actually, it's me!

Ko wai i horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who did the dishes?

Ko wai te mātāmua?
Who is the oldest?

Ko wai kaiako pāngarau?
Who is your maths teacher?

Ko wai kei te waiata i te waiata?
Who is singing the song?

Ko wai kei te haere?
Who are you going with?

Ko wai te māmā?
Who is the mother?

Ko wai tōu?
Who is yours? (eg who is your father?).

Ko wai ōna hoa?
Who are his/her friends.

Ko wai kei waho i te kūaha?
Who is outside the door?

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?