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There are a few questions that you can ask
Who what why when and how
Who is that woman?
What is she doing?
Why is she doing it?
When does she do it?
And
How is she doing it?
In te reo Māori we ask the question who with ko wai?
Ko wai tērā wahine?
Who is that woman?
And we ask the question what? With he aha?
He aha tēnei l?
What is this?
He aha tērā?
What is that?
He aha ērā?
What are those?
Now, when we answer a ko wai question we keep the same sentence structure, we use ko and we replace "wai" with the answer.
Ko wai tērā?
We keep the ko
Replace the wai
And can say
Ko Rangi tērā
That person is Rangi.
The same thing happens weren't we want to answer a He aha question
We keep the same structure. We keep the word he but we replace the word aha with the answer.
For example
He aha tēnei?
We keep the he, replace the aha...
He pukapuka tēnei.
This is a book.
He aha ērā?
He manu ērā
Those are birds.
So we can ask
He aha tō mahi?
What is your work?
And a person might reply
He kaiako ahau.
I am a teacher.
Or
He pirihimana ahau
I am a police officer.
He aha te tāima?
What is the time?
He aha ērā kararehe?
What are those animals (over there)?
He aha tā rātou e hiahia ana?
What is it that they are wanting?
He aha te utu o tōu motukā hōu?
What was the cost (price) of your new car?
But one thing you can't say is
He aha tō ingoa?
What is you name?
That is incorrect.
We have to use ko wai...
Ko wai to ingoa?
What is you name?
But we can say
He aha tāna mahi?
What is her job?
And
He aha te kara o ana makawe?
What is the colour of his hair?’
What is the colour of his hair?
He aha te mahi a Rangi?
What is Rangi doing?
Like, seriously, what is he doing?