1. Phrases/Misc words Flashcards
Who is this?
Who are they?
Ko wai tēnei?
Ko wai ēnā?
What
Aha
He aha
What is the time?
He aha te tāima/te wā
What is this?
He aha tēnei?
Next to or close by
Tata ki
My
Taku
Where is / where are
Kei whea te / kei whea nga
Do you know
Kei te mōhio koe
Friend
Hoa
Half past
Haurua mai i te
Quarter to
Hauwhā ki te
Isn’t it?
Ne ra?
No
Kāo - shortened form of kārore or kāhore
Yes
Āe
How
How are you?
Pēhea
Kei te pēhea koe?
Where
Hea or whea
Girl
Kōtiro
To go
Haere
Haere mai = come
Nō
Belonging to or ‘of’
Live
Noho
Hea
where? what place? - an interrogative which functions like a locative or location word and is used after prepositions, i.e. kei hea? where?; ko hea? where is?; ki hea? where to?; i hea? where were? from where?; nō hea? where from?; o hea? of what place?
Whea - dialect
How many
E hia or tokohia
Why?
He aha ai
why? - if there is a verb in the sentence, then the ai follows the verb.
Also - He aha [Also means what]
Thing
Mea
Also used when you would say one eg that one - tērā mea
