Sentence structures

Question 1

greeting with a Māori name

Answer 1

greeting + e + name
e.g. kia ora, e Tai

Question 2

greeting with a pākehā name

Answer 2

greeting + name
e.g. kia ora, Ella

Question 3

describing an object

Answer 3

positional particle + noun + adjective
e.g. tēnei tēpu pango

Question 4

describing an object (long way)

Answer 4

He + noun + adjective + positional particle
e.g. he pene kākāriki ēnā

Question 5

Referring to one something when starting a sentence

Answer 5

Kotahi + te + object (+ positional particle)
e.g. Kotahi te tēpu rā

Question 6

multiple objects

Answer 6

E + number (2 based - 9 based) + te/ngā + noun
e.g. E whā ngā āporo

Question 7

asking how many objects there are

Answer 7

e hia + ngā/ō + object/s
e.g. E hia ngā āporo?

Question 8

saying how many objects there are

Answer 8

E + number + te/ngā/aku + object/s
e.g. E iwa aku pene

Question 9

asking where someone is going

Answer 9

Kei te + haere + subject/s + ki hea?
e.g. kei te haere koe ki hea

Question 10

asking where someone is going 2.0

Answer 10

E + haere + ana + subject + ki hea?
e.g. E haere ana koe ki hea?

Question 11

saying where you are going

Answer 11

kei + te + haere + actor/s + ki + location
e.g. Kei te haere mātou ki te moana

Question 12

asking where someone/thing is going, using a verb instead of going and a name

Answer 12

kei + te + verb + a + name + ki + hea
e.g. kei te hīkoi a Pita ki hea? - where is Pita walking to
OR
e + verb + ana + a + name + ki + hea
e.g. E hīkoi ana a Pita ki hea? - where is Pita walking to

Question 13

saying where someone/thing is going using a verb and a name

Answer 13

kei te + verb + a + name + ki + location
e.g. kei te hīkoi a Pita ki Ōtepoti - Pita is walking to Ōtepoti

Question 14

asking where someone is going in past tense

Answer 14

I haere koe ki hea

Question 15

asking where someone is going in future tense

Answer 15

ka haere koe ki hea?

Question 16

asking where something is

Answer 16

kei hea + possessive/te/ngā/a + actor/pronoun/object
e.g. kei hea taku inu? - where is my drink?

Question 17

asking where something was

Answer 17

I hea + possessive/te/ngā/a + actor/pronoun/object
e.g. I hea taku inu? - where was my drink?

Question 18

asking what the time is

Answer 18

He aha te tāima/wā

Question 19

saying what the time is - to the hour

Answer 19

kotahi/e rua - tekau mā rua + karaka
e.g. kotahi karaka - 1 o’clock

Question 20

saying what the time is - half past

Answer 20

hāwhe pāhi i te + time
e.g. hāwhe pāhi i te tekau karaka - half past 10 o’clock

Question 21

saying what time it is - quarter past/to

Answer 21

koata + pāhi (if past) + i te/ki te (to) + time
e.g. koata pāhi i te iwa karaka - quarter past 9 o’clock
koata ki te ono karaka - quarter to 6 o’clock

Question 22

saying what time it is - minutes past/to

Answer 22

number + meneti + (pāhi) + i te (past)/ki te (to) + hour + karaka
e.g. tekau mā whā meneti pāhi toru karaka - 14 minutes past 3 o’clock
E rua tekau mā rima meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - 25 minutes to 11 o’clock

Question 23

saying what time it is in the A.M. or P.M.

Answer 23

time + I te + ata/ahiahi/pō
e.g. hāpāhi i te waru karaka I te ata - half past 8 o’clock in the morning

Question 24

asking what time something happened

Answer 24

he aha te tāima + I + action + ai + actor
e.g.
he aha te tāima i oho ai koe? - when did you wake up
he aha te tāima I haka ai ngā tamariki - when did the children perform?

Question 25

saying when something happened 2.0

Answer 25

Nō/I + te + hour(number) + karaka
e.g. Nō te whitu karaka - 7 o’clock
Nō te ata nei - this morning