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Question 1Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te whakamāoritanga tika o te kupu 'kaitito' i roto i te horopaki o te tuhinga whakaari?
- te tangata e tiaki ana i te whare whakaari
- te tangata e tū ana ki te whakaari
- te tangata nāna i tuhi te tuhinga Correct answer.
- te tangata e hoko ana i ngā tīkiti
Explanation
Ko te kaitito te tangata nāna i tito, i tuhi rānei i te tuhinga. Ka mutu te mahi a te kaitito i te wā ka oti te tuhinga, kāore ia e tū ki te whakaari. Mā te whakamahi i te kūmua 'kai-' ka mōhio mātou he tangata e mahi ana i taua mahi.
Question 2Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Kei te pēhea te tuhi tika i te kupu 'whānau' mā te whakamahi i te tohutō, ina kōrero ana mātou mō te whānau whānui?
- whaanau
- whā nau
- whānau Correct answer.
- whanau
Explanation
Me mau te tohutō ki runga i te 'a' tuatahi o te kupu 'whānau', i te mea he oro roa tērā. Kāore e tuhia te tohutō ki runga i te 'a' tuarua, ā, kāore hoki e wehea te kupu ki ngā wāhanga. I te tikanga tuhi tohutō, ko te tuhi tika ko 'whānau'.
Question 3Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
E hia ngā wāhanga o te whakaari e kīia ana he 'whatanga' i roto i te tuhinga roa?
- te timatanga me te mutunga anake
- ngā wāhanga katoa e rima
- te whārangi tuatahi anake
- ngā wāhanga e toru: te whakamārama, te paheko, me te whakatau Correct answer.
Explanation
Ka wehewehea te whatanga ki ngā wāhanga matua e toru: te whakamārama i te horopaki, te paheko o te raruraru, me te whakatau i te mutunga. Ko ēnei wāhanga e toru e ārahi ana i te pakiwaitara o te whakaari. Kāore e tika kia rima ngā wāhanga, he rereke te roa o ia whatanga.
Question 4Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te mahi a te 'kupu ā-whakaahua' i roto i te tuhinga?
- ka whakaatu i te wera o te reo mā te whakataurite Correct answer.
- ka whakamārama i te tikanga o te kupu ki te pukapuka
- ka whakariterite i ngā rerenga kōrero
- ka whakaatu i te nama o ngā whārangi
Explanation
Ka whakamahia te kupu ā-whakaahua hei whakaatu i tētahi āhuatanga mā te whakataurite, mā te whakamārama rānei i te āhua o te mea. Mā tēnei ka kaha ake te wera me te mārama o te reo. Ko te whakataurite te mahi matua o te kupu ā-whakaahua.
Question 5Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te kīanga tika mō te whakamihi i tētahi tangata kua oti i a ia tētahi mahi nui?
- Kei te pēhea koe?
- Ka pai tō mahi, he mahi rangatira! Correct answer.
- Kāore he take o tāu mahi.
- Me aha koe?
Explanation
Ko te whakamihi me te whakanui i te mahi a te tangata te tikanga o te kīanga 'Ka pai tō mahi, he mahi rangatira'. Kei roto i te kīanga ngā kupu whakanui e tika ana mō tēnei horopaki. Ko ētahi atu kīanga he mihi noa, he pātai rānei, kāore he whakanui.
Question 6Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te take e whakamahia ai te 'ā' roa ki roto i te kupu 'whānau'?
- hei wehe i ngā kupu e rua
- hei tohu i te mutunga o te rerenga
- hei whakaatu i te oro roa Correct answer.
- hei whakaatu i te oro poto
Explanation
Ko te tohutō he tohu i te oro roa o te oropuare. I roto i te kupu 'whānau', ko te 'ā' he oro roa, ā, mā te tohutō e mārama ai te pānui. Kāore te tohutō e tohu i te mutunga o te rerenga, he mahi kē tā te tohu pātai, te tohu kī rānei.
Question 7Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Kei te tika te whakamahi i te 'ng' me te 'n' i roto i tēhea o ēnei kupu?
- ngā kupu katoa
- ngā tāngata whenua katoa
- ngā tangata whenua katoa
- ngā tāngata whenua Correct answer.
Explanation
Me mau te tohutō ki te 'ā' o 'ngā' me te 'ā' o 'tāngata' i te mea he oro roa ērā. Ko 'whenua' kāore he tohutō. Ko te whakamahi i te 'ng' he mea tika mō te kupu 'ngā', ā, kāore e tika kia whakamahia te 'n' kotahi.
Question 8Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te hononga o te 'waiata' ki te 'whakaari' i roto i te ahurea Māori?
- Ka whakamahia te waiata hei whakakī i te wā
- Ka noho te waiata hei āwhina i te kaupapa o te whakaari Correct answer.
- Ka whakamahia te waiata hei whakakapi i te kōrero
- Ka noho motuhake te waiata, kāore he hononga
Explanation
I roto i te ahurea Māori, ka noho te waiata hei āwhina i te kaupapa o te whakaari, hei whakapuaki i te kare ā-roto, hei whakamārama hoki i te pakiwaitara. Kāore te waiata e noho motuhake noa; ka hono ki te kōrero me te mahi. Mā te waiata e kaha ake ai te pānga o te whakaari ki te hunga mātakitaki.
Question 9Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te take e whakamahia ai te reo whakataukī i roto i te tuhinga whaikōrero?
- hei whakariterite i ngā whārangi
- hei whakaatu i te mātauranga me te hononga ki ngā tūpuna Correct answer.
- hei whakamārama i te wetereo
- hei whakapoto i te tuhinga
Explanation
Ka whakamahia te whakataukī hei whakaatu i te mātauranga o te kaikōrero me tōna hononga ki ngā tūpuna me te ahurea. Mā te whakataukī e kaha ake ai te mana o te kōrero me te whakapā atu ki te hunga whakarongo. He maha ngā whakataukī e pā ana ki te whenua, ki te whānau, ki te manaaki tangata.
Question 10Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e whakamahi tika ana i te 'e...ana' mō te mahi e haere tonu ana?
- I haere ana au ki te kura.
- Ka haere ana au ki te kura.
- Kua haere ana au ki te kura.
- E haere ana au ki te kura. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ko te hanganga 'e...ana' e tohu ana i tētahi mahi e haere tonu ana i tēnei wā. Ko te 'e' kei mua i te kupumahi, ā, ko te 'ana' kei muri. Kāore e tika te whakamahi i te 'ka', te 'i', te 'kua' rānei me te 'ana' i roto i tēnei hanganga.
Question 11Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te tikanga o te whakataukī 'He kākano ahau i ruia mai i Rangiātea'?
- He uri ahau nō tētahi wāhi rongonui, ā, he hononga tōku ki ngā tūpuna Correct answer.
- Ka ngaro taku reo i te wā
- He tangata hou ahau ki tēnei whenua
- Kāore au e mōhio ki tōku whakapapa
Explanation
Ko te whakataukī nei e whakaatu ana i te hononga o te tangata ki ōna tūpuna me tōna whakapapa, arā, he uri ia nō Rangiātea. Mā te kupu 'kākano' e whakaatu te tipuranga me te hononga ki te whenua tupu. Ehara tēnei i te kīanga mō te noho hou ki te whenua, engari mō te whakapapa.
Question 12Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te mahi a te 'kaiwhakahaere' i roto i tētahi hui?
- ka hari i ngā kapu tī
- ka ārahi i te hui me te whakarite i te hōtaka Correct answer.
- ka tiaki i te whare o te hui
- ka tuhi i ngā meneti o te hui
Explanation
Ko te kaiwhakahaere te tangata e ārahi ana i te hui, e whakarite ana i te hōtaka, ā, e āwhina ana i te hunga kōrero kia tika te haere o te hui. Kāore ia e tuhi meneti; mā te kaituhi meneti tērā mahi e mahi. He mahi ārahi tōna, ehara i te mahi tiaki whare.
Question 13Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te rerenga 'Kei te ako au i te reo Māori' ki te reo Pākehā?
- I learnt Māori yesterday.
- I am learning the Māori language. Correct answer.
- I will learn Māori next year.
- I have forgotten the Māori language.
Explanation
Ko te 'kei te' e tohu ana i te mahi e haere tonu ana i tēnei wā, ā, ko te 'ako' te kupumahi mō te ako. Nō reira, ko te tikanga ko te tangata e ako ana i te reo Māori i tēnei wā tonu. Kāore e pā ana ki te wā kua hipa, ki te wā kei te heke mai rānei.
Question 14Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te 'whaikōrero' me te 'karanga'?
- Ko te whaikōrero he waiata, ko te karanga he haka
- Ko te whaikōrero he kōrero whānui, ko te karanga he karanga ki te hunga kua tae mai Correct answer.
- Ko te whaikōrero he mihi ki te atua anake, ko te karanga he mihi ki te tangata
- Ko te whaikōrero he tuhi, ko te karanga he pānui
Explanation
Ko te whaikōrero he kōrero whānui e kōrerohia ana i runga i te marae, ā, he maha ngā kaupapa ka kōrerohia. Ko te karanga he mahi motuhake e karanga ana i te hunga kua tae mai ki te marae. He rereke ngā mahi e rua, ahakoa ka hono tahi i runga i te marae.
Question 15Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te take e whakamahia ai te 'kupu whakatairite' i roto i te tuhinga?
- hei whakamārama i te nama o ngā kupu
- hei whakariterite i ngā whārangi
- hei whakaatu i te āhua o tētahi mea mā te whakarite ki tētahi atu Correct answer.
- hei whakamāori i te tuhinga
Explanation
Ko te kupu whakatairite e whakarite ana i tētahi mea ki tētahi atu hei whakaatu i tōna āhua, i tōna rahi, i tōna tere rānei. Mā tēnei ka mārama ake te whakaahua a te kaituhi ki te kaipānui. He mea nui te whakatairite kia kore ai e noho noa te whakaahua.
Question 16Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te kupu e tika ana hei whakakī i te wāhi: 'Ka ______ te manu ki runga i te rākau.'
- rerea
- reringa
- rere Correct answer.
- rerenga
Explanation
Ko te kupumahi 'rere' te mea tika i roto i tēnei rerenga, i te mea e whakaatu ana i te mahi a te manu. Kāore he take o te whakamahi i te 'rerea', i te 'reringa', i te 'rerenga' i konei. Me noho te kupumahi i muri i te 'ka' i roto i te rerenga kōrero.
Question 17Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te pānga o te 'kōrero ā-waha' ki te pupuri i te mātauranga Māori?
- Kāore he pānga o te kōrero ā-waha ki te mātauranga
- Ka pupuri te kōrero ā-waha i te mātauranga mā te tuku i te reo ki te reanga hou Correct answer.
- Ka ngaro te mātauranga i te mea kāore e tuhia
- Ka whakamahia te kōrero ā-waha mō ngā mahi hokohoko anake
Explanation
Mā te kōrero ā-waha e tuku ai te mātauranga, te whakapapa, me ngā tikanga ki te reanga hou, ahakoa kāore e tuhia. Ko te whānau me te hapū ngā kaitiaki o ēnei kōrero. Nō reira, he huarahi nui te kōrero ā-waha hei pupuri i te mātauranga Māori.
Question 18Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamārama tika mō te 'tohu pātai' i roto i te reo Māori?
- Ka whakamahia hei tohu i te wā o te mahi
- Ka whakamahia hei tohu i te oro roa
- Ka whakamahia hei tohu i te mutunga o te rerenga pātai Correct answer.
- Ka whakamahia hei tohu i te mutunga o te rerenga kōrero noa
Explanation
Ko te tohu pātai te tohu e whakamahia ana i te mutunga o te rerenga pātai, pērā i te reo Pākehā. Kāore e whakamahia i te mutunga o te rerenga kōrero noa, engari ko te tohu kī tērā. He mea nui kia tika te whakamahi i te tohu pātai kia mārama ai te kaipānui he pātai te rerenga.
Question 19Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te tikanga o te kīanga 'Kia ora' i roto i te horopaki o te mihi?
- He mihi, he whakaatu hoki i te hiahia kia pai te oranga o te tangata Correct answer.
- He kīanga mō te pātai i te wā
- He kīanga mō te whakamihi i te kai
- He kīanga mō te poroporoaki anake
Explanation
Ko te 'Kia ora' he mihi e whakaatu ana i te hiahia kia pai te oranga o te tangata, ā, ka whakamahia i ngā wā maha. Kāore e herea ki te poroporoaki anake; ka whakamahia i te tīmatanga me te mutunga o te kōrero. He mihi ū noa tēnei ki te tangata.
Question 20Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'nā' me te 'mā'?
- Nā te kaiako te pukapuka i hoatu ki te ākonga. Correct answer.
- Mā te kaiako te pukapuka i tuhia e te ākonga.
- Mā te kaiako te pukapuka i hoatu ki te ākonga.
- Nā te kaiako te pukapuka i tuhia e te ākonga.
Explanation
Ko te 'nā' e tohu ana i te tangata nāna te mahi i mahi, ā, ko te 'mā' e tohu ana i te tangata māna te mahi e mahi. I roto i te rerenga tika, ko te kaiako nāna te pukapuka i hoatu, nō reira ka whakamahia te 'nā'. Ko te 'mā' e tika ana mō te mahi ka mahia e tētahi atu.
Question 21Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te take e whakamahia ai ngā 'kupu ā-ahurea' i roto i te tuhinga Māori?
- hei whakamārama i te wetereo
- hei whakaatu i te mātauranga me te tuakiri Māori o te tuhinga Correct answer.
- hei whakapoto i te tuhinga
- hei whakariterite i ngā whārangi
Explanation
Mā ngā kupu ā-ahurea e whakaatu ai te mātauranga me te tuakiri Māori o te tuhinga, ā, ka hono te kaipānui ki te ao Māori. He maha ngā kupu ā-ahurea e kore e taea te whakamāori tika ki te reo Pākehā. Nō reira, ko te pupuri i ēnei kupu he mea nui mō te mana o te tuhinga.
Question 22Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te rerenga 'Kua tae mai te manuhiri ki te marae'?
- The visitor will arrive at the marae.
- The visitor has arrived at the marae. Correct answer.
- The visitor is on the way to the marae.
- The visitor did not arrive at the marae.
Explanation
Ko te 'kua' e tohu ana i tētahi mahi kua oti, kua tae rānei. Nō reira, ko te tikanga kua tae kē te manuhiri ki te marae. Kāore e tohu ana i te wā kei te heke mai, i te wā kua hipa roa rānei.
Question 23Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te 'pūrākau' me te 'kōrero tuku iho'?
- Ko te pūrākau he kōrero tūpuna e mau ana i ngā akoranga, ko te kōrero tuku iho he whānui ake, ka uru ngā pūrākau katoa Correct answer.
- Kāore he rerekētanga, he kupu taurite
- Ko te pūrākau he kōrero paki noa, ko te kōrero tuku iho he kōrero pono
- Ko te pūrākau he waiata, ko te kōrero tuku iho he haka
Explanation
Ko te pūrākau he kōrero tūpuna e mau ana i ngā akoranga me ngā tikanga, ā, ka tukuna i te reanga ki te reanga. Ko te kōrero tuku iho he whānui ake, ā, ka uru ngā pūrākau, ngā whakataukī, me ngā kōrero o te hapū ki roto. Nō reira, he wāhanga te pūrākau o te kōrero tuku iho.
Question 24Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'ki te... ka...' mō te whakapae?
- Ki te ua ana, ka noho au ki te kāinga.
- Ki te ua, kua noho au ki te kāinga.
- Ki te ua, e noho ana au ki te kāinga.
- Ki te ua, ka noho au ki te kāinga. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ko te hanganga 'ki te... ka...' e whakamahia ana mō te whakapae i tētahi mahi ka mahia i te wā ka pā tētahi āhuatanga. Ko te 'ki te' kei mua i te kupumahi, ā, ko te 'ka' kei mua i te mahi ka mahia. Kāore e tika te whakamahi i te 'ana', i te 'e...ana', i te 'kua' i roto i tēnei hanganga.
Question 25Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te take e whakamahia ai te 'kupu whakangahau' i roto i te tuhinga pakiwaitara?
- hei whakaoho i te kata me te ngahau o te kaipānui Correct answer.
- hei whakariterite i ngā whārangi
- hei whakapoto i te tuhinga
- hei whakamārama i te wetereo
Explanation
Ko te kupu whakangahau e whakaoho ana i te kata me te ngahau o te kaipānui, ā, mā tēnei ka kaha ake te pānga o te pakiwaitara. He mea nui te whakangahau kia kore ai te kaipānui e hōhā. Kāore te kupu whakangahau e whakapoto noa i te tuhinga.
Question 26Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea o ēnei rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'kei te' hei tohu i tētahi mahi e haere tonu ana i tēnei wā tonu?
- Kei te kōrero a Hine ki tana whaea. Correct answer.
- Kei te kōrero a Hine ki tana whaea inanahi.
- Kei te kōrero a Hine ki tana whaea āpōpō.
- Kei te kōrero a Hine ki tana whaea ā tērā wiki.
Explanation
Ko te 'kei te' he tohu i tētahi mahi e haere tonu ana i te wā e kōrerohia ana, arā, i tēnei wā tonu. Nō reira me noho te mahi i roto i te wā o nāianei, kāore e hono ki ngā tohu wā o mua, o muri rānei.
Question 27Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te kupu e tika ana hei whakakī i te wāhi: 'Kua ______ te tamaiti i te pukapuka.'
- e pānui
- pānui ana
- pānuitia Correct answer.
- pānui
Explanation
Ka whai te 'kua' i te kupu mahi kua oti kē te mahi, ā, ka whakamahia te momo 'pānuitia' (kupu mahi whakawhiti) ki te whai i te 'i' me te mea e pāngia ana. Ko te 'kua pānuitia e te tamaiti te pukapuka' te hanganga tika.
Question 28Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamārama tika mō te 'kupu āhua' i roto i te wetereo Māori?
- He kupu e tohu ana i te āhua, i te āhuatanga rānei o tētahi mea. Correct answer.
- He kupu e tohu ana i te wāhi o tētahi mea.
- He kupu e tohu ana i te mahi a te tangata.
- He kupu e tohu ana i te nama o ngā mea.
Explanation
Ko te kupu āhua he kupu e whakamārama ana i te āhua o tētahi mea, pērā i te 'nui', te 'pai', te 'whero'. Ka taea te whakamahi hei whakakī i muri i te 'he' i roto i te rerenga kōrero.
Question 29Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea o ēnei rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'he' me te 'te'?
- Te he whare nui.
- He whare te nui.
- He whare nui tērā. Correct answer.
- He te whare nui.
Explanation
Ko te 'he' he kupu e tohu ana i tētahi mea kāore i te mōhiotia, kāore rānei e hāngai ana ki tētahi mea motuhake, ā, ka whai i te kupu ingoa. Ko te 'te' he kupu e tohu ana i tētahi mea motuhake kua mōhiotia kē.
Question 30Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te kupu e tika ana hei whakakī i te wāhi: 'E ______ ana te tamaiti i te waiata.'
- waiatahia
- waiata Correct answer.
- e waiata
- waiatatia
Explanation
I roto i te hanganga 'e ... ana', ka noho te kupu mahi taketake i waenganui, arā, 'e waiata ana'. Kāore e whakamahia te momo whakawhiti i konei nā te mea kāore he mea e pāngia ana e te mahi.
Question 31Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te tikanga o te kupu 'whakapapa' i roto i te horopaki o te reo Māori?
- He waiata mō te haere.
- He hononga tuku iho mai i ngā tūpuna ki te tangata. Correct answer.
- He mahi whakairo i te rākau.
- He kai e kainga ana i te marae.
Explanation
Ko te 'whakapapa' e whakaatu ana i te hononga o te tangata ki ōna tūpuna, ki tōna whenua, ki tōna iwi hoki. He mea nui tēnei ki te tuakiri Māori, ā, ka takoto whakapapa ki roto i ngā whaikōrero me ngā mihi.
Question 32Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamārama tika mō te 'kupu mahi whakawhiti'?
- He kupu e tohu ana i te wāhi o te mahi.
- He kupu mahi e hiahia ana ki tētahi mea e pāngia ana e te mahi. Correct answer.
- He kupu e tohu ana i te wā o te mahi.
- He kupu mahi kāore he mea e pāngia ana.
Explanation
Ko te kupu mahi whakawhiti e hiahia ana ki tētahi mea e pāngia ana e te mahi, pērā i te 'kainga' i roto i te 'kainga te kai e te tangata'. Ka whai i te 'i' ki te tohu i te mea e pāngia ana.
Question 33Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'ā' roa i roto i te kupu?
- Kei te hīkoi te tangata ki te mārae.
- Kei te hikoi te tāngata ki te marae.
- Kei te hīkoi te tāngata ki te marae. Correct answer.
- Kei te hikoi te tangata ki te marae.
Explanation
Ko te 'ā' roa e tohu ana i te oro roa, ā, ka huri i te tikanga o ētahi kupu, pērā i te 'tāngata' (te tokomaha) me te 'tangata' (te takitahi). Me tika te whakanoho i te tohutō ki runga i te oro e tika ana.
Question 34Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te rerenga 'Ka haere au ki te kura āpōpō' ki te reo Pākehā?
- I went to school yesterday.
- I go to school every day.
- I am going to school now.
- I will go to school tomorrow. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ko te 'ka' he tohu i tētahi mahi ka mahia, ā, ko te 'āpōpō' e tohu ana i te wā kei te haere mai. Nō reira ko te whakamāoritanga tika e whakaatu ana i te mahi a muri ake nei.
Question 35Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'kia' hei tohu i te hiahia?
- I haere tātou ki te moana ā te Rātapu.
- Kua haere tātou ki te moana ā te Rātapu.
- Kei te haere tātou ki te moana ā te Rātapu.
- Kia haere tātou ki te moana ā te Rātapu. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ka whakamahia te 'kia' hei tohu i te hiahia, i te whakahau rānei mō tētahi mahi kia mahia. Ka whai i te kupu mahi, ā, ka noho hei rerenga e whakaatu ana i te wawata.
Question 36Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te mahi a te 'kaikōrero' i roto i tētahi hui Māori?
- Ko ia te tangata e waiata ana i te waiata tautoko.
- Ko ia te tangata e tiaki ana i te whare.
- Ko ia te tangata e whakaputa ana i te whaikōrero mō tōna taha. Correct answer.
- Ko ia te tangata e tiki ana i te kai.
Explanation
Ko te 'kaikōrero' te tangata e tū ana ki te whakaputa i te whaikōrero mō tōna taha, mō tōna iwi rānei, i runga i te marae. Ka whai i ngā tikanga o te whaikōrero, pērā i te mihi ki te hunga kua mate me te whakapapa.
Question 37Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'mā' hei tohu i te mea e mahia ai te mahi?
- Ki te waka e haere ki tērā motu.
- Nā te waka e haere ki tērā motu.
- Mō te waka e haere ki tērā motu.
- Mā te waka e haere ki tērā motu. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ko te 'mā' e tohu ana i te mea ka whakamahia hei whakatutuki i te mahi, arā, ko te waka te mea e haere ai. Ko te 'nā' e tohu ana i te mea kua oti kē te mahi.
Question 38Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamārama tika mō te 'reo o te marae'?
- He reo mō te takurua anake.
- He reo ōkawa e whakamahia ana i ngā hui, i ngā whaikōrero, i ngā karanga hoki. Correct answer.
- He reo mō ngā tamariki noa.
- He reo mō te hokohoko noa.
Explanation
Ko te reo o te marae he reo ōkawa, he reo whai tikanga e whakamahia ana i runga i te marae, i roto i ngā whaikōrero, ngā karanga, ngā mihi hoki. He reo e whakaatu ana i te whakaute me te hononga ki ngā tūpuna.
Question 39Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te kupu e tika ana hei whakakī i te wāhi: 'Kāore ______ e tika kia haere koe?'
- rātou
- ahau
- au Correct answer.
- tāua
Explanation
I muri i te 'kāore' ka whakamahia te momo kupu tūpou poto, pērā i te 'au', i roto i te rerenga pātai. Ko te 'ahau' te momo roa e whakamahia ana i ngā horopaki ōkawa ake, engari ko te 'au' te momo e tika ana i konei.
Question 40Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te 'whakataukī' me te 'pepeha'?
- Ko te whakataukī he kōrero pakiwaitara, ko te pepeha he kōrero pūrākau.
- Ko te whakataukī he waiata, ko te pepeha he karakia.
- Ko te whakataukī he kōrero mō te iwi ake, ko te pepeha he kōrero mō te ao whānui.
- Ko te whakataukī he kīanga whai whakaaro nō ngā tūpuna, ko te pepeha he kīanga e whakaatu ana i tō tuakiri me tō whenua. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ko te whakataukī he kīanga whai whakaaro i tuku iho mai i ngā tūpuna, ā, ka whakamahia hei whakaatu i tētahi mātauranga. Ko te pepeha he kīanga e whakaatu ana i tō tuakiri, i tō maunga, i tō awa, i tō iwi hoki.
Question 41Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'tonu' hei tohu i te mahi e haere tonu ana?
- Ka ako tonu a Mere i te reo Māori inanahi.
- Kei te ako tonu a Mere i te reo Māori. Correct answer.
- Kua ako tonu a Mere i te reo Māori inanahi.
- I ako tonu a Mere i te reo Māori āpōpō.
Explanation
Ko te 'tonu' he kupu e tohu ana i te mahi e haere tonu ana, e kore e mutu. Me hāngai te wā o te rerenga ki te mahi e haere tonu ana, arā, ko te 'kei te' te wā tika.
Question 42Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te whakamārama tika mō te 'kupu whakatairite' i roto i te reo Māori?
- He kupu e whakarite ana i tētahi mea ki tētahi atu, pērā i te 'rite' me te 'pērā'. Correct answer.
- He kupu e tohu ana i te wāhi o tētahi mea.
- He kupu e tohu ana i te mahi a te tangata.
- He kupu e tohu ana i te nama o ngā mea.
Explanation
Ka whakamahia ngā kupu whakatairite pērā i te 'rite', te 'pērā', te 'ahua' rānei hei whakarite i tētahi mea ki tētahi atu. Ka āwhina ēnei kupu i te kaituhi ki te whakaatu i te āhua o tētahi mea mā te whakatairite.
Question 43Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'nō' hei tohu i te take?
- Nā te ua, ka noho mātou ki te kāinga.
- Nō te ua, ka noho mātou ki te kāinga. Correct answer.
- Mō te ua, ka noho mātou ki te kāinga.
- Mā te ua, ka noho mātou ki te kāinga.
Explanation
Ko te 'nō' e tohu ana i te take i puta ai tētahi mahi, ā, ka whai i te kupu ingoa. Ko te 'nā' e tohu ana i te mea i mahia ai te mahi, kāore i te take.
Question 44Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te tikanga o te kīanga 'Kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui'?
- He whakahau kia kaha, kia māia, kia ū ki te kaupapa. Correct answer.
- He whakahau kia kai i te kai.
- He whakahau kia haere ki tētahi wāhi.
- He whakahau kia noho puku te tangata.
Explanation
He kīanga whakahau tēnei e akiaki ana i te tangata kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui hoki i roto i ngā uauatanga. Ka whakamahia i ngā wā o te wero, pērā i te hui, i te tangihanga, i te whakataetae hoki.
Question 45Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'me' hei tohu i te hononga o ngā mea?
- Kei te noho a Tama me te Hine.
- Kei te noho a Tama rāua ko Hine.
- Kei te noho a Tama, me Hine.
- Kei te noho a Tama me Hine. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ka whakamahia te 'me' hei hono i ngā mea, i ngā tāngata rānei, ā, ka whai i te kupu ingoa. Ko te 'rāua ko' e whakamahia ana mō te rua, engari ko te 'me' te kupu hono noa.
Question 46Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te take e whakamahia ai te 'reo whakaari' i roto i ngā whakaari Māori?
- Hei whakaatu i te āhua o te tangata, o te wāhi rānei mā te reo. Correct answer.
- Hei whakamārama i ngā ture o te kura.
- Hei tuhi i ngā nama o te pūtea.
- Hei whakamārama i te huarere.
Explanation
I roto i te whakaari, ka whakamahia te reo hei whakaatu i te āhua o te tangata, i te wāhi, i te wā hoki. Ka āwhina te reo whakaari i te hunga mātakitaki ki te mārama ki te pūtake o te whakaari.
Question 47Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'kāore anō... kia...' mō te mahi kāore anō kia oti?
- Ka tae atu au ki te marae āpōpō.
- Kāore anō au kia tae atu ki te marae. Correct answer.
- Kua tae atu au ki te marae.
- Kāore au i tae atu ki te marae inanahi.
Explanation
Ko te hanganga 'kāore anō ... kia ...' e tohu ana i tētahi mahi kāore anō kia mahia, engari e tūmanakohia ana ka mahia. Ka whai i te 'kia' me te kupu mahi.
Question 48Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te pānga o te 'kupu whakarākei' ki te kounga o tētahi tuhinga Māori?
- Ka whakaiti i te kounga mā te whakapōrearea i te kaipānui.
- Ka whakaroa noa i te tuhinga, ā, kāore he pānga ki te kounga.
- Ka huri i te reo Māori ki te reo Pākehā.
- Ka whakapiki i te kounga mā te whakaatu i te āhua me te hōhonu o te kōrero. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ko ngā kupu whakarākei, pērā i te whakataukī, te kupu whakatairite, me te kupu āhua, ka whakapiki i te kounga o te tuhinga mā te whakaatu i te āhua me te hōhonu o te kōrero. Ka āwhina hoki i te kaipānui ki te kite i te ao o te kaituhi.
Question 49Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
Ko tēhea te rerenga kōrero e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'ahakoa' hei tohu i te whakahē?
- Ahakoa te ua, kāore mātou i te haere ki te hui.
- Ahakoa te ua, kua mutu te hui.
- Ahakoa te ua, kei te moe mātou.
- Ahakoa te ua, ka haere tonu mātou ki te hui. Correct answer.
Explanation
Ko te 'ahakoa' he kupu e tohu ana i tētahi āhuatanga e whakahē ana i te putanga, engari ka puta tonu te mahi. Nō reira me whai i tētahi mahi e puta tonu ana ahakoa te āhuatanga.
Question 50Te Reo Rangatira (Level 2) - official content domains not stated in source
He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te 'kupu ā-iwi' me te 'kupu ā-motu' i roto i te reo Māori?
- Ko te kupu ā-iwi he kupu nō te reo Pākehā, ko te kupu ā-motu he kupu nō te reo Māori.
- Ko te kupu ā-iwi he kupu nō tētahi iwi anake, ko te kupu ā-motu he kupu e whakamahia ana puta noa i te motu. Correct answer.
- Ko te kupu ā-iwi he kupu mō te wā, ko te kupu ā-motu he kupu mō te wāhi.
- Ko te kupu ā-iwi he kupu mō te nama, ko te kupu ā-motu he kupu mō te āhua.
Explanation
Ka whakamahia te 'kupu ā-iwi' mō ngā kupu e motuhake ana ki tētahi iwi, pērā i ngā kupu o te Kai Tahu, o Ngāti Porou rānei. Ko te 'kupu ā-motu' he kupu e mōhiotia ana, e whakamahia ana hoki puta noa i te motu.