Kupu: Question Words Flashcards

1
Q

What?

A
aha?
Kei te aha ia?
What is he/she doing?
Kei te aha koe?
Kei te aha ngā tama?
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2
Q

What’s this?

A

He aha tēnei?

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3
Q

What’s this?

A

He aha

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4
Q

What colour is the pen.

Red

A

He aha te tae o te pene?

He whero te tae o te pene.

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5
Q

What are these (here by me)?

They are pens

A

He aha ēnei?

He pene ēnei

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6
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What is this (here by me)?

A

He aha tēnei?

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7
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What is that (by you)?

A

He aha tēna?

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8
Q

Where?

A

Hea?
Nō hea koe?
Nō Tauranga au

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9
Q

What are you doing?

A

Kei te aha koe?

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10
Q

What is your mother doing?

A

Kei te aha tō māmā?

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11
Q

To where?

A

Ki hea?

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13
Q

Where is the pen?

A

Kei whea te pene?

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14
Q

Who?

A

Wai?
Ko wai tō ingoa?
Ko Lianne tōku ingoa.

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15
Q

Who are you?

A

Ko wai koe?

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16
Q

Where is Mere?

Mere is in the Whare.

A

Kei whea a Mere?

Kei roto a Mere I te whare.

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17
Q

How many? (Not people)

A

E hia
E hia ngā āporo?
E rua ngā āporo

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18
Q

How many things?

How many of those things?

A

E hia ngā mea?

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19
Q

What are the boys doing?

A

Kei te aha ngā Tama?

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20
Q

Generally take the question word out of the question

A

And replace with the answer, and change koe to au

21
Q

There are two of them

A

E rua ngā mea
E iwa ngā mea
Tekau ngā mea

21
Q

The bird is singing.

A

Kei te waiata te manu

23
Q

Like, how

A

Pēhea

24
Q

How are you?

A

Kei te pehea koe?

25
Q

What was your food like?

A

I pēhea tāu kai?

26
Q

how? how about? what about? of what sort? of what nature? treat in what way? act in what way? - an interrogative which can be used as an adjective or an ordinary verb

A

Pehea ?
Kei te pehea koe?
Kei te pai au.

28
Q

I am listening

A

Kei te whakarongo au

29
Q

I am laughing

A

Kei te kata au.

E kata ana au.

30
Q

The duck is swimming

A

Kei te tāhoe te rakiraki

31
Q

It is raining

A

Kei te heke te ua.

32
Q

Are you hiding?

A

Kei te huna koe?

33
Q

The boys are playing

A

Kei te tākaro ngā tama

34
Q

She is going

She is not going.

A

Kei te haere ia.

1) ia kei te haere. (Rearrange)
2) ia i te haere (change kei to i)
3) kāore ia i te haere. (Put kāore in front).

Or
E haere ana ia
Becomes
Kāore ia haere ana.

35
Q

I am talking

I am not talking

A

Kei te kōrero au
Kāore au i te kōrero

E kōrero ana au
Kāore au e kōrero ana

35
Q

She is running

She is not running

A

Kei te oma ia
Kāore ia i te oma

E oma ana ia
Kāore ia e oma ana

36
Q

Is this a pen?
Yes
No

A

He pene tēnei?
Ae, he pene tëna.
Kāore, he tēpu tēnā

37
Q

When?

A

Nōnahea

Āhea

38
Q

Which

A

Tēhea

Ēhea

39
Q

What’s the name of that woman?

A

Ko wai te ingoa ō tera Wahine?

40
Q

What is she doing?

A

Kei te aha ia?

41
Q

Where is my waka?

A

Kei hea tōku waka?

42
Q

From where have you returned?

A

Kua hoki mai koe i hea?

43
Q

Where are you from?

A

Nō hea koe?

44
Q

When’s the game?

A

Āhea te kēmu?

45
Q

How many fish are in your kete?

A

E hia ngā ika kei roto i tōu kete?

45
Q

How many people are coming?

A

Tokohia ngā tangata e haere mai?

46
Q

Which cup do you like?

A

Ko tēhea te kapu pai ki a koe?

47
Q

Which books have you read?

A

Ko ēhea ngā pukapuka kua pānuitia e koe?