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#86: You're eating what?!

kei te aha?
What is happening at the moment? — kei te aha?
Aha means “what” and appears in different question patterns. He aha? asks what something is. Kei te aha…? asks what someone is doing, with the answer replacing aha with a verb. Aha can also ask about objects (e.g., kei te kai koe i te aha?), meaning “what are you eating?”.

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Vocabulary

ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hōiho • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • ko wai • koe • koro • kōrua • koutou • kōwhai • kua • mā • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • ō • oma • ora • pai • pango • pēhea? • rā • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • taku • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tana • tātou • tāua • tere • tino • tō • wāhine • waiata • whaea • whero

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What is happening at the moment? — kei te aha?
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