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