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