Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 1
Asking who - Ko wai...?

We ask "who?" with either ko wai? ("who is?" - singular) or ko wai mā? ("who are?" - plural).

Ko wai pāpā?
Who is your Dad?

Ko wai kaiako pāngarau?
Who is your maths teacher?

Ko wai kei te haere?
Who are you going with?

Ko wai te whaea?
Who is the mother?

Ko wai ēnei?
Whose are these?

Ko wai kei te āwhina i te kaiako?
Who is helping the teacher?

Ko wai kōrua?
Who are you two?

Ko wai tērā ki korā?
Who is that over there?

Ko wai te pāpā?
Who is the father?

Ko wai e haere?
Who is to go?

Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What's your name?

Ko wai i tākaro i te papa tākaro?
Who played at the playground?

Ko wai tōu whaea?
Who is your mother?

Ko wai ingoa?
What is your name?

Ko wai te mea e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori?
Who is the one who knows te reo Māori?

Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro ?
What are your names, girls?

Ko wai tēnei?
Who is this?

Ko wai te mātāmua o whānau?
Who is the eldest in your family?

Ko wai ō hoa?
Who are your friends?

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

Ko wai te kaiwhakahaere? Ko au tonu!
Who is the orangiser? Actually, it's me!

Ko wai i whakaatu i te kiriata?
Who showed the movie?

Ko wai ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?

Ko Waiokura te marae.
The marae is Waiokura.

Ko wai tērā?
Who is that (over there)?

Ko wai e pōhiri?
Who should be invited?

Ko wai kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?

Ko wai kei te horoi i te rūma?
Who is cleaning the room?

Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?

Ko wai kei runga i te nohoanga?
Who is that on the sofa?

Ko wai te mātāmua?
Who is the oldest?

Ko wai ō hungarei?
Who are your parents in law?

Ko wai i haere?
Who (all) went?

Ko wai i hopu i te ika?
Who caught the fish?

Ko wai ōna hoa?
Who are his/her friends.

Ko wai te ingoa o pāpā?
What is the name of your mother?

Ko wai i hanga i te whare?
Who built the house?

Ko wai te ingoa o hoa?
What's the name of your friend?

Ko wai te tamāhine?
Who is the daughter?

Ko ngā aha ngā reta ra?
What are those letters?

Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.

Ko wai kei te tapahi i te mīti?
Who is chopping the meat?

Ko wai tōna ingoa?
What's her name?

Ko wai?
Who?

Ko wai koe?
Who are you?

Ko wai tana ingoa?
What's her name?

Ko wai te koroua?
Who is the grandfather?

Ko wai tērā?
Who is that?

Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei awa?
What is the name of this river?

Ko wai ngā mātua?
Who are the parents?

Ko wai te māmā?
Who is the mother?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga?
What is the name of that mountain?

Ko wai ia?
Who is he/she?

Ko wai te ingoa o whaea?
What's the name of your mum?

Ko wai te tuakana o Niko?
Who is the older sibling (same gender) of Niko?

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 kei te haere mai?
Who is coming?

Ko wai kei waho i te whare?
Who is that outside the house?

Ko wai atu ka haere?
Who else is going?

Ko wai ngā mea a ako ana i te reo Māori?
Who are the ones learning te reo Māori?

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?
Who is yours? (eg who is your father?).

Ko wai i kai i ngā āporo?
Who ate the apples?

Ko wai kei te moe?
Who is sleeping?

Ko wai te ingoa o whānau?
What's the name of your family?

Ko wai i te totohe?
Who were arguing?

Ko wai tāua manuhiri?
Who is our visitor?

Ko wai tino pēne?
Who is your favourite band?

Ko wai kei te whakahaere i te hui?
Who is running the meeting?

Ko wai kei te waiata i te waiata?
Who is singing the song?

Ko wai māmā?
Who is your Mum?

Ko wai kei roto i tana motukā?
Who is in her car?

Ko wai ka haere ki te taone ā te nei?
Who's going to town tonight?

Ko wai ka taraiwa i te nei?
Who will drive tonight?

Ko wai te iwi e pai ana ki te haka?
Who is the nation who is good at doing haka?

Ko wai te ingoa o matua?
What's the name of your dad?

Ko wai kei roto i te motokā?
Who is that in the car?

Ko wai a Rangi?
Who is Rangi?

Ko wai te pōtiki o te whānau?
Who is the youngest in the family?

Ko wai teina?
Who is your younger sibling?

Ko wai i i te kākahu?
Who packed the clothes?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine?
What's the name of that woman?

Ko wai kei waho i te kūaha?
Who is outside the door?

Ko wai kei te horoi?
Who is washing?

Ko wai kei te horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who is washing the dishes.

Ko wai i horoi i ngā rīhi?
Who did the dishes?

Ko wai te huatahi?
Who is the first born?

Ko wai te pāpā o Tama?
Whose Tama's dad?

Ko wai kei te haere ki te hui?
Who is going to the hui?

Ko wai i hoko i ngā pukapuka?
Who bought the books?

Ko wai tōna iwi?
What is his tribe?

Ko ngā aha?
What are?

Ko wai i tiki i ngā tamariki i te kura?
Who picked up the children from school?

Ko wai kei raro i te rākau?
Who is that under the tree?

Ko wai te ingoa o kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?

Ko wai te mea pai ki te kōrero Māori?
Whose good at speaking Māori?

Ko wai ngā tamariki koi ngā hinengaro?
Who are the children with sharp minds?

Ko wai kei te tunu i te kai?
Who is cooking the food?