Friday, April 4, 2014

Kei te haere koe ki hea? (Asking where someone is going?)

When you want to ask someone where she or he is going, say

Kei te haere koe ki hea? (kay tear high-rear queer key here?)

If koe is not appropriate, one of the personal pronouns, shown in the table below, could be used instead.
 
PERSONAL
PRONOUNS
Includes the speaker and listener(s)
Excludes the listener/s
Excludes the speaker
Neither the speaker or the listener/s

One
person


    

     au / ahau
     I, me

     koe
     you

    ia
    he, she,
    him, her

Two
people


     tāua
     we, you
     and I
    
     māua
     we, us, but
     not you


      kōrua
      you two

    rāua
    they, them


Three or
more
people


     tātou
     we, us, including
      you


     mātou
     we, us, but
     not you


      koutou
      you


     rātou
     they, them
 NGĀ PATAI
1.Kei te haere kōrua ki hea? (Kay tear high-rear core-roo-ar key here?)

  Where are you two going?

2.Kei te haere koutou ki hea? (Kay tear high-rear coe-toe key here?)
  Where are you(3+) going?

3.Kei te haere rātou ki hea? (Kay tear high-rear core-roo-ar key here?)
  Where are they(3+) going?

NGĀ URUPARE
1a. Kei te haere māua ki Ōtautahi. (Kay tear high-rear mar-oo-ar key
      We(2) are going to Christchurch.  Or-toe-tar-he.) 

2a. Kei te haere mātou ki te tari. (Kay tear high-rear core-roo-ar key     
      We(3+) are going to the office.   here?) 

3a. Kei te haere rātou ki whare pikitia. (Kay tear high-rear core-roo-ar  
      They(3+) are going to the movies.       key here?)
 

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