There are many different ways to ask and answer questions about where people or objects are or were, located. In this section we will work through the various question and answer structures for 'where'.
Before you complete the lessons below, copy the following location words (prepositions) into your book.
Note: these are only some of the location words in te reo Māori:
Roto - in/inside
Runga - on/on top
waho - outside/out
Raro - under/underneath
Mua - in front
Muri - behind
Taha - side/beside
Mauī - left
Matau/katau - right
Complete the lessons/sections below in the order they appear.
E.g Kei hea ngā tamariki? / where are the children
Kei roto ngā tamariki i te whare / the children are inside the house
Kei roto i te whare ngā tamariki / the children are in the house
Hei mahi:
'Kei hea te/ngā?' introduction slideshow.
Using the Te Mātāpuna textbook (or follow the links to use an electronic version of the textbook), study the examples in Te Whakamārama 2.4 on page 32 of simple 'kei hea' questions and answers. Note how the question word 'hea' is taken out of the answer sentence, and replaced with 'te/nga + location'.
Under the heading for this structure, copy the question and answer examples from Te Whakamārama 2.4 (page 32) into your book.
Copy the following notes into your book:
To ask where someone/something is, we use the structure 'kei hea' which means 'where' in the present tense. The 'kei' indicates present tense, and 'hea' is the question word, meaning 'where'.
Question structure:
Kei hea + te/ngā + object / where is the + object? E.g. Kei hea te pene? / where is the pen?
Kei hea + te/ngā + pronoun / where is the + who? E.g. Kei hea te kōtiro? / where is the girl?
Simple Answer Structure:
To answer a 'kei hea' question by using a simple answer that does not include a specific location word, we structure the answer like this:
Kei te/ngā + location + te/ngā + object/noun
E.g. Kei hea te Tama? Kei te kūaha te Tama / where is the boy? The boy is at the door
Kei hea te pene? Kei te papa tuhutuhi te pene / where is the pen? The pen is at the whiteboard.
Note that these answers do not require you to say if the item is on or under something, they just require you to say that the item/person is located 'at' a location.
4. Complete Hei Mahi on page 32 in your book (red section of page), then mark your answers with a classmate. The teacher will then go through the answers with the class.
5. In pairs, go around the room and ask each other 5 x 'kei hea' questions each about items or people in the room. You must answer your partners questions using the answer structure we have just covered.
Specific Location Answer Structures:
6. Copy the table from Te Whakamārama 2.5 into your book. This chart is explaining how to use the location words; runga, raro, roto and waho, to describe the location of the box (or any item).
7. Follow this link and watch the video (the first 3.30 minutes only) as an introduction/example of how to ask and answer this type of 'kei hea' questions.
8. In pairs, use the diagram to help you complete the Hei Mahi on page 33. To complete this activity, you need to add a phrase from column 1 to a phrase from column 2 to accurately describe what is happening in the picture. Once finished, the teacher will go through the answers with the class.
9. Now you will look at how to add a specific object to the location sentence. For this sentence, you will be learning how to say where an item is located in relation to another specific object.
10. Copy the table from Te Whakamārama 2.6 on page 43 into your book. This table is demonstrating how to add the object phrase to the sentence. As you will see from the table, to add an object to the sentence you simply add 'i + te/ngā + object' to the end of the sentence. Copy the following notes into your book:
Notes: To describe where an object/person is in relation to another specific object, use the following structure:
'kei location phrase + i te/ngā + object' e.g. 'Kei runga te pene i te tēpū' / 'the pen is on the table'
'Kei raro te pukapuka i te tēpū' / 'the book is under the table'
11. Complete the Hei Mahi on page 34 in your book. To complete this task you need start with a phrase from column 1, then add a phrase from column II and column III to accurately describe what is happening in the picture.
12. Look at the question and answer examples in Te Whakamārama 2.7 on page 35, and copy 2 of the examples into your book. Then, complete the Hei Mahi on page 35-36 in your book. Once you have finished, check your answers with the teacher.
13. Using the Reo Māori o Nāianei 1 textbook (link also provided), complete Mahi 39 on page 35, as well as Mahi 40 & 41 on page 36. Once finished, mark your work using the answers at the back of the book.
14. Add any new words for classroom items that you have come across during this lesson, to your Kupu Hou booklet now. Try to learn your new vocab by next week.
Answer using 'left' or 'right'
15. Copy the following notes into your book:
To say that something is located to the 'left' or 'right' of something else, you say - 'kei te + taha mauī/matau + o te/ngā + object
E.g. Kei te taha matau o te whare te kuri / The dog is on the right side of the house
Kei te taha mauī o te ruma ako ngā tamariki / The children are on the left side of the classroom
16. In your book, write 8 x 'kei te taha' sentences in Māori, then swap your book with a classmate, and translate each other sentences.
Note: You can also use 'Kei' with a specific place, for example: Kei Rotorua rātou / They are in/at Rotorua.
Extension task:
Follow this link and read through the notes, focus particularly on the second lot of notes that helps to explain adding an object. Then, complete the translation tasks below the notes.
Textbook pages for notes:
Using the Te Mātāpuna homework book, compete the activities on pages 17-21 (starting from exercise 7.2 on page 17).
Te Kākano page 29-30 (notes and examples)
E.g. Kei hea tō kāinga? / where is your home? Kei Whitianga tōku kāinga / my home is in Whitianga
Kei hea a Mere? / where is Mere? Kei Papakura a Mere / Mere is in Papakura
Hei mahi:
To ask or answer where someone/something is using a place, you use the same question structure that we have followed for the other 'kei hea' questions, and once again, you replace the question word with the answer, which in this case, is a place.
Watch the first 2 minutes of this video as an introduction to this type of 'kei hea' sentence.
Copy the following notes and examples into your book:
Notes: To ask and answer questions using a 'place/location' you use the same structure as the other 'kei hea' sentences we have looked at. If you are including a persons name, make sure you include an 'a' before their name.
Here are some examples:
Q: Kei hea tō kāinga? / where is your home? A: Kei Whitianga tōku kāinga / my home is in/at Whitianga
Q: Kei hea te kāinga o Aroha? / Where is Aroha's home? A: Kei Pakuranga te kāinga o Aroha / Aroha's home is in Pakuranga
Q: Kei hea a Sarah? / where is Sarah? A: Kei Ruatoria a Sarah / Sarah is in/at Ruatoria
Q: Kei hea tōna marae? / where is her marae? A: Kei Te Rawhiti tōna Marae / her marae is in Te Rawhiti
3. Follow this link and read the notes on 'kei hea' sentences. Add any helpful notes or examples from the web page, to the notes in your book.
4. Complete the translation activity below the notes (on the web page), then copy 3 x completed question and answers from the activity into your book, and translate them into English.
5. Follow this link and complete the translation activity below the notes for further practice.
6. In your book, write 4 x 'kei hea + place' questions that could be answered by other students in our class. Once your questions are written, get into a group with the other students in your year level and collect a mini-whiteboard and whiteboard pen each. In your group, take turns at writing one of your questions on your whiteboard and showing it to your group, each of your group members will then need to write an answer to your question on their whiteboard. Once everyone has written their answer, show your boards to each other, then go around the group and together, translate aloud each of the answers. If there are any mistakes, help each other to correct the mistakes. Once everyone has had a turn of writing all of their questions on their whiteboard, in your own book, write one of the answers that your group came up with for each of your questions.
E.g. I hea te kai? / where was the food?
I te kīhini te kai / the kai was in the kitchen or I roto i te kāpata
Hei Mahi:
Using page 29 of the Te Kākano textbook (can also use this link for examples and short explanation), study the examples of 'I hea' sentences, and note how they are different to 'kei hea' sentences, in that the refer to past tense ('kei' is present tense).
Copy these notes into your book:
I hea....? - where was/were...?
E.g. I hea ngā tamariki? I te kura ngā tamariki / Where were the children? The children were at school.
I hea taku waea pūkoro? I tō ruma moe / Where was my cell phone? In your bedroom.
3. Using page 29 of Te Kākano, copy 3 more examples (Māori and Englsih) of 'I hea' sentences into your book.
4. Follow this link and complete the translation activity below the notes. Once finished, copy 2 of the sentences into your book with your notes.
5. In pairs, you need to write and record a news item about an event that has taken place in the past. One of you will interview the other about the event that they witnessed/attended. The event can be anything you chose (appropriate of course). Your interview needs to consist of a greeting and introduction from the interviewer at the beginning, then a minimum of 8 questions to the interviewee. Within your 8 questions, 4 of them must be 'I hea' questions. This factor will require you to be creative with your event choice and questions. At the end the interviewer must sum up the story, and farewell the interviewee and the audience. You have 25 minutes to decide on your event and write your script, then 15 minutes to record it. By the end of this lesson you need to have recorded your entire interview. You will then have until our next lesson, to edit your news item and upload it to our google classroom for viewing. Note: your entire interview must be in te reo Māori.
E.g. Nō hea koe? / Where are you from?
Nō hea rātou / Where are they from? Nō Rotorua rātou / They are from Rotorua
Nō hea a Wiremu? / Where is Wiremu from? Nō Taupō a Wiremu / Wiremu is from Taupō
Nō hea te kaiako? / Where is the teacher from? Nō Tāmaki te kaiako / the teacher is from Auckland.
Hei mahi:
To ask where someone is from, you use the sentence structure 'nō hea + who?'
Copy the following notes into your book:
Notes:
To ask where someone is from, use the following strictute: ' Nō hea + who'
The question word is 'hea' while the 'nō' indicates the 'from' in this context.
You can add a noun or pronoun to as the 'who'. Remember that a noun needs to have an 'a' before it.
E.g. Nō hea a Hemi? / where is Hemi from
To answer this question, you remove the question word 'hea' and replace it with the location
E.g. Nō Ōtautahi a Hemi / Hemi is from Christchurch
3. Watch this video (first 1.50 minutes only) on how to ask and answer 'nō hea' questions. As you watch the video, pause it and copy 4 of the examples from the video (the Māori and English translations) into your book.
4. Using the Reo Māori o Nāianei 1 textbook, complete Mahi 34 on page 30. Once you have translated all of the sentences, mark them using the answers at the back of the book.
5. Using the Te Mātāpuna textbook, complete the Hei Mahi on page 18 in your book. The teacher will then go through the answers with the class.
6. Follow this link and read through the notes on 'nō hea' sentences. Then, complete the translation activity below the notes. Once you have completed the activity, copy 3 of the questions and answers into your book, and translate each sentence to English.
Te Mātāpuna Workbook Activity
Compete the short 'nō hea' translation task at the bottom of page 10.
Further 'kei hea' Questions and Answers
ALL WHERE
Reo Māori o Nāianei 1, page 33 onwards