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