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 kei te haere?
Who are you going with?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko wai ngā mātua?
Who are the parents?

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

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

Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.

Ko wai atu ka haere?
Who else is going?

Ko wai te huatahi?
Who is the first born?

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

Ko ngā aha?
What are?

Ko wai kei te māuiui?
Who is sick?

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

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

Ko wai kei te moe?
Who is sleeping?

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

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

Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?

Ko wai tana ingoa?
What's her name?

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

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

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

Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What's your name?

Ko wai māmā?
Who is your Mum?

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

Ko wai tāua manuhiri?
Who is our visitor?

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

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

Ko wai ia?
Who is he/she?

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

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

Ko wai te tamāhine?
Who is the daughter?

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

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 teina?
Who is your younger sibling?

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

Ko wai te pāpā?
Who is the father?

Ko wai tērā?
Who is that?

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

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

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

Ko wai ō tāua manuhiri?
Who are our visitors?

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

Ko wai a Pita?
Who is Pita?

Ko wai tōna ingoa?
What's her name?

Ko wai te whaea?
Who is the mother?

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

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

Ko wai kōrua?
Who are you two?

Ko wai kei te haere mai?
Who is coming?

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

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

Ko wai kaiako pāngarau?
Who is your maths teacher?

Ko Waiokura te marae.
The marae is Waiokura.

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

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

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 tino pēne?
Who is your favourite band?

Ko wai kei te horoi?
Who is washing?

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

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

Ko wai ō hoa?
Who are your friends?

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

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

Ko wai tōu whaea?
Who is your mother?

Ko wai tōna iwi?
What is his tribe?

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

Ko wai te mātāmua?
Who is the oldest?

Ko wai koe?
Who are you?

Ko wai e pōhiri?
Who should be invited?

Ko wai e haere?
Who is to go?

Ko wai pāpā?
Who is your Dad?

Ko wai te tangata e hīkoi mai nei?
Who is the person walking this way?

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

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

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

Ko wai te koroua?
Who is the grandfather?

Ko wai kei te tākaro i te kēmu?
Who is playing the game?

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

Ko wai tēnei?
Who is this?

Ko wai ēnei?
Whose are these?

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

Ko wai te māmā?
Who is the mother?

Ko wai ingoa?
What is your name?

Ko wai tōu?
Who is yours? (eg who is your father?).

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

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

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

Ko wai?
Who?

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

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

Ko wai i te totohe?
Who were arguing?

Ko wai i haere?
Who (all) went?

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