Rerenga tuarua

Question 1

Where were you today?

Answer 1

I hea koe I te rā nei

Question 2

What did you do today?

Answer 2

I aha koe i te rā nei?

Question 3

How did you get here?

Answer 3

Mā hea mai koe ki kōnei?

Question 4

What were you doing before this?

Answer 4

I te aha koe i mua i tēnei

Question 5

Who were you with today?

Answer 5

I tō wai taha koe I te rā nei?

Question 6

What did you have to eat today?

Answer 6

He aha ō kai i tēnei rā?

Question 7

Who is sitting next to you?

Answer 7

Ko wai kei tō taha e noho ana?

Question 8

Do you have a pet? (Pets)

Answer 8

He mōkau āu?

Question 9

Do you have a partner?

Answer 9

He hoa rangatira tōu?

Question 10

What are you doing on the weekend?

Answer 10

He aha koe ā te mutunga wiki nei?

Question 11

What do you do on the weekends?

Answer 11

Ka aha koe I ngā mutunga wiki?

Question 12

Why are you learning the Māori language?

Answer 12

He aha koe e ako ai i te reo Māori?

Question 13

Have you been to other countries?

Answer 13

Kua tae koe ki ētahi atu whenua?

Question 14

Do you like to cook?

Answer 14

Ka pai koe ki te tunu kai?

Question 15

Are you a good cook?

Answer 15

He pai koe ki te tunu kai?

Question 16

What is your favourite food?

Answer 16

He aha tō tino kai?

Question 17

What is your work/ job at the moment?

Answer 17

He aha tāu mahi inaianei?

Question 18

While you were growing up what did you want to do for a job?

Answer 18

I a koe e tamariki ana he aha tō pīrangi hei mahi?

Question 19

Was your homework written in a hurry? (Passive)

Answer 19

I tuhia wawetia tāu mahi kāinga?

Question 20

Can you still work? (Passive)

Answer 20

Ka taea mahia tōnutia e koe?

Question 21

What has happened to the house

Answer 21

Kua ahatia te whare?

Question 22

Answer these questions about your daily commute from home to work

Answer 22

Whakautu ēnei pātai e pā ana ki tō haere I te kāinga ki te mahi I ia rā.

Question 23

How long does it take to get from home to work?

Answer 23

E hia te roa o te haere I te kāinga ki te mahi?

Question 24

Close but no cigar

Answer 24

E ringi e

Question 25

In total ( 2 ways)

Answer 25

Tōpū katoa/ hui katoa

Question 26

From there we went to Rotorua

Answer 26

Atu i reira ki Rotorua

Question 27

The journey was more than 28 hours

Answer 27

Neke atu I te rua tekau mā waru te roa o te haerenga

Question 28

It was less that 2 minutes walk to school

Answer 28

Iti iho i te rua miniti o te hikoi ki te kura

Question 29

How long is the journey to that place (that we are talking about)?

Answer 29

E hia te roa o te haerenga atu ki reira!