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