Māori Grammar

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What? - He aha?
What is it that they are wanting?
What is it that they are wanting?
He aha?

He aha asks "what?"

He aha tērā?
What is that (over there)

He aha tēnei mea?
What is this thing?

A question that is asked with he aha should be answered with a sentence that starts with he:

He aha tērā?
What is that?
He keke tēnei.
This is a cake. 

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He aha te tae o tōu whare?
What is the colour of your house?

He aha tēnei?
What is this?

He aha te parakuihi pai ki a koe?
What breakfast do you like?

He aha te tae o tēnei?
What colour is this?

He aha te kai pai ki a koe?
What is your favorite food?

He aha tētehi pukapuka reo Māori kua pānui koe i tēnei wiki?
What Māori language book have you read this week?

He aha ngā rongonga kōrero?
What are the things you've heard?

He aha te tikanga o tēnā?
What does that mean?

He aha kei roto i te kāpata?
What's in the cupboard?

He aha ngā kōrero o te ?
What is the talk of the day?

He aha te kupu Māori hat?
What's the Māori word for hat.

He aha tāu e pīrangi ana?
What is it that you want?

He aha te whakautu?
What's the answer.

He aha tēnā?
What is that?

He aha tāu tūnga i tēnei wa?
What is your role at the moment?

He aha tino kai?
What is your favourite food?

He aha te utu o tēnei āporo?
What's the price of this apple?

He aha tāu i tēnei ata?
What did you do this morning?

He aha te kaimoana pai ki a koe?
What seafood do you like?

He aha te nama?
What's the number?

He aha ngā hākinakina pai ki a koe?
What sport do you like?

He aha māu?
What would you like?

He aha tērā?
What is that (over there)?

He aha te o tama?
What's wrong with your son?

He aha runga i ō hēki kaurori?
What would you like on your scrambled eggs?

He aha te taima?
What is the time?

He aha te ?
What is the time?

He aha tōu ā te wāhanga tuarua?
What do you have period two?

He aha kei runga i te tēpu?
What's on the table?

He aha te kupu Māori time?
What's the Māori word for time?

He aha te rahi o tēnei pane koti?
What size is this skirt?

He aha te take tēnei?
What is the purpose of this?

He aha runga, e tai?
What do you want on it friend?

He aha tēnei momo kai?
What type of food is this?

He aha te utu o tēnei kurī i roto i te matapihi o te toa?
What's the price of this dog in the shop window?

He aha te hapa pai ki a koe?
What dinner is good to you?

He aha runga i tōhi?
What do you want on your toast?

He aha hiahia? He pāreti māu, he panakeke rānei e moko?
What do you want? Porridge or pancakes, grandchild?

He aha ngā mea papai ki a koe?
What do you like doing?

He aha kei roto i te pēke?
What is inside the bag?

He aha taku kaupapa kōrero?
What is the theme of the conversation?

He aha Mia e kōrero ana?
What is Mia talking about?

He aha te wāhi pai ki a koe?
What place do you like?

He aha te mahi a te kurī inanahi nei?
What is the dog doing now?

He aha pirangi hei kaikai?
What do you want to eat?

He aha te kaupapa o tēnei akoranga?
What's the subject of this lesson?

He aha tāna?
What does s/he have?

He aha te tikanga o te raiti kākāriki?
What does the green light mean?

He aha te whakahoki tika?
What's the correct response?

He aha ēnei?
What are these?

He aha tēnei ?
What day is it?

He aha te ingoa o tōu huarahi?
What's the name of your street?

He aha te pukapuka pai hei pānui ngā tamariki?
What is a good book for the children to read?

He aha koe?
What are you?

He aha ērā?
What are those (over there)?

He aha tēnei?
What is this?

He aha?
What?

He aha te mea pai ake?
What's better?

He aha kei waenganui i te rūma noho?
What's in the middle of the lounge?

He aha tēnā haunga?
What's that smell?

He aha ō moemoeā?
What dreams did you have?

He aha tātou?
What do we want?

He aha te ingoa o tōu huarahi?
What's the name of your street?

He aha pīrangi hei kai?
What do you want to eat?

He aha te hākinakina pai ki a koe?
What sport do you like?

He aha te tāone pai ki a koe?
What town do you like?

He aha te tikanga o te raiti whero?
What does the red light mean?

He aha te tae o tēnā?
What colour is that?

He aha kei waenganui i te rūma noho?
What's in the middle of the lounge?

He aha ngā mea ngahau ki a koe?
What things do you find entertaining?

He aha ēnā?
What are those (by you)?

He aha te kai kāore e pai ki a koe?
What food do you dislike?

He aha kōrua mahi i Pōneke?
What did you two get up to in Wellington?

He aha Nikau?
What does Nikau have?

He aha kei waho i te matapihi?
What's outside the window?

He aha ērā tikanga?
What are those customs?

He aha te tae o ōna karu?
What colour are her eyes?

He aha ērā?
What are those (over there)?

He aha mahi?
What is your job?

He aha kei roto i te pouaka?
What is inside the box?

He aha hiahia?
What do you want?

He aha kei roto i ana ringaringa? He kiore?
What's that in his hands? A rat?

He aha te kupu Māori lollies?
What is the Māori word for lollies?

He aha te tina pai ki a koe?
What lunch do you like?

He aha Rangi e pīrangi ana?
What does Rangi want?

He aha te kupu Māori 'awesome'?
What's the Māori word for 'awesome'?