Māori Grammar

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Who will dance all night?

Nā wai i...? ? Wai e...?

The agent emphatic uses nā...i... in the past and mā... e... in the future to indicate that a person will do something:

Nāku i tiki te kai.
It was me who fetched the food.

Mā ngā tauira e waiata.
The students will sing.

A question about who will do something can be asked with mā wai?

See also:

• Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

Mā wai e horoi ngā pereti?
Who will wash the plates?

Mā wai te papa e muku?
Who will mop the floor?

Mā wai ngā rihi e horoi?
Who will wash the dishes?

Mā wai a Kayte e āwhina?
Who will help Kayte?

Mā wai te karakia e taki?
Who will recite the karakia?

Mā wai ahau e āwhina?
Who will help me?

Mā wai e tiki atu taku kopa moni?
Who will fetch my purse?

Mā wai ngā putiputi e kato?
Who will pick the flowers?

Mā wai ngā kurī e whāngai?
Will will feed the dogs?

Mā wai tō rātou kakahu e haenga?
Who will iron our clothes?

Mā wai ngā rīhi e horoi?
Who will wash the dishes?

Mā wai e kato te pūhā?
Who will pick the pūhā?

Mā wai te tēpu e whakarite?
Who will be the one to clear the table?

Ma wai koe e āwhina.
Who will help you?

Mā wai e?
Who will?

Mā wai te pūhā e kato?
Who will pick the pūhā?

Mā wai te whare e whakatika?
Who will fix the house?

Mā wai e horoi?
Who will wash?

Mā wai ngā tamariki e tiki?
Who will fetch the children?

Mā wai ngā tamariki e āwhina?
Who is to help the children?

Mā wai tēnei hui e whakahaere?
Who will run this meeting?

Mā wai e taraiwa?
Who is going to drive?

Mā wai e horoi ngā rīhi?
Who will wash the dishes?