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Lesson 50 - Pronoun recap

This week is a recap on the use of pronouns that we have been covering over the last few sessions.  

To ask someone:

'Where are you going?' we say:
Kei te haere koe ki hea?
 
Where he or she is going:

Kei te haere ia ki hea?

Where we (two of us) are going:

Kei te haere tāua ki hea? - (including the person being spoken to)

Kei to haere māua ki kea? - (not including the person being spoken to)

Where we (three or more of us) are going?:

Kei te haere tātou ki hea? - (including the person being spoken to)

Kei to haere mātou ki kea? - (not including the person being spoken to)

Where they (those two) are going?:

Kei te haere rāua ki hea?


Where they (three or more) are going?

Kei te haere rātou ki hea?

Lesson 49 - Asking where we three (or more) people are going

Last week we looked at the question 'Where we (two of us) are going?'

Kei te haere tāua ki hea?

Kei to haere māua ki kea?

This week we will look at another variation on the theme, this time asking where we (three or more of us) are going?:

Kei te haere tātou ki hea? - Where are we all (including the person being spoken to) going?

Kei to haere mātou ki kea? - Where are we all (not including the person being spoken to) going?

 

To answer the question we:

replace 'hea' (where) with the place that we going - 'te toa' (the shop):

Kei te haere tātou ki te toa - We (including the person being spoken to) are all going to the shop

Kei te haere mātou ki te toa - We (not including the person being spoken to) are all going to the shop

Lesson 48 - Asking where we (two people) are going

Last week we looked at the question 'Where is he/she going?'

Kei te haere ia ki hea?

This week we will look at another variation on the theme, this time asking where we (two of us) are going:

Kei te haere tāua ki hea? - Where are we (including the person being spoken to) going?

Kei to haere māua ki kea? - Where are we (not including the person being spoken to) going?

 

To answer the question we:

replace 'hea' (where) with the place that we going - 'te toa' (the shop):

Kei te haere tāua ki te toa - We (including the person being spoken to) are going to the shop

Kei te haere māua ki te toa - We (not including the person being spoken to) are going to the shop

Lesson 47 - Asking where he or she is going

Last week we looked at the question 'Where is (a specific person) going?', e.g. 'Where is Hone going?'

Kei te haere a Hone ki hea?

This week we will look at a slight variation, this time asking where he or she is going:

Kei te haere ia ki hea?

 

To answer the question we:

replace 'hea' (where) with the place that he or she is going - 'te toa' (the shop):

Kei te haere ia ki te toa - He/she is going to the shop

Please note; 'ia' is used for he or she.

Lesson 46 - Asking where a specific person is going

Last week we looked at the question 'Where are you going?'

Kei te haere koe ki hea?

This week we will look at a slight variation, this time asking where a specific person is going; for example, 'Where is Hone going?'

Kei te haere a Hone ki hea?

To answer the question we:

replace 'hea' (where) with the place that Hone is going - 'te toa' (the shop);

Kei te haere a Hone ki te toa - Hone is going to the shop

Lesson 45 - Where are you going?

To ask someone 'Where are you going?' we say:

Kei te haere koe ki hea?

To answer the question we:

replace 'koe' (you) with 'au' (I)
replace 'hea' (where) with the place the we are going; for example:

Kei te haere au ki te toa - I am going to the shop