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