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Question 1Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

E whai ake nei ētahi kupu e toru: 'tāne', 'wahine', 'tamariki'. He aha te ingoa o tēnei momo kupu i roto i te wetereo Māori?

  1. He kupu āhua
  2. He kupu ingoa Correct answer.
  3. He kupu pūhono
  4. He kupu mahi

Explanation

Ko te kupu ingoa te momo kupu e tohu ana i tētahi mea, i tētahi tangata rānei, pērā i a 'tāne', 'wahine', 'tamariki'. Ka noho ēnei kupu hei kaupapa, hei whakautu rānei mō te pātai 'ko wai?' me te pātai 'he aha?'. Ko te kupu mahi e tohu ana i te mahi, ko te kupu āhua e whakaahua ana i te āhua o tētahi mea.

Question 2Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

E hia ngā pū o te taumata o te reo Māori e kīia ana ko ngā pū o te reo?

  1. Tekau mā rima Correct answer.
  2. Rua tekau
  3. Rua tekau mā rima
  4. Tekau mā waru

Explanation

E tekau mā rima ngā pū o te reo Māori: e rima ngā oro pūare (a, e, i, o, u) me te tekau ngā oro āpiti (h, k, m, n, ng, p, r, t, w, wh). Ka mutu, ka tāpirihia te tohutō hei tohu i te oro roa, engari kāore e kīia he pū motuhake.

Question 3Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea o ēnei e whakaatu ana i te kupu kotahi anake mō te wāhi noho, me te tohutō tika hei tohu i te oro roa o te 'a'?

  1. Kāinga Correct answer.
  2. Kāinga noa iho te katoa
  3. Kāinga me te kore tohutō
  4. Kainga

Explanation

Ka whakamahia te tohutō ki runga i te oro pūare hei tohu he oro roa tērā, pērā i te 'ā' o te kupu 'kāinga'. He mea nui tēnei ki te tuhi tika i te kupu, ā, ka rerekē te tikanga o ētahi kupu ki te kore te tohutō. Ko te kupu 'kāinga' e tohu ana i te wāhi e noho ana te tangata.

Question 4Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

E hia ngā tangata o te kupu 'mātou'?

  1. Tokotoru neke atu, ka uru ko au engari kāore ko koe Correct answer.
  2. Tokorua, ko au me tētahi atu
  3. Tokotoru neke atu, ka uru ko koe engari kāore ko au
  4. Tokorua, ko koe me tētahi atu

Explanation

Ko te 'mātou' te kupu tūpou mō te tokomaha e toru neke atu, ā, ka uru ko te kaikōrero engari kāore ko te tangata e kōrerotia ana. He mea nui te wehewehe i waenga i te 'mātou' (kaore koe) me te 'tātou' (ka uru koe). Ko te 'māua' te kupu mō te tokorua e uru ana ko au engari kāore ko koe.

Question 5Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

E hāngai ana te 'kua' ki tēhea wā o te mahi?

  1. Kāore anō te mahi kia tīmata
  2. Kua oti kē te mahi Correct answer.
  3. Kei te haere tonu te mahi
  4. Ka tīmata te mahi ā tōna wā

Explanation

Ko te 'kua' te tohu i te mahi kua oti kē, arā, kua mutu te mahi i mua i te wā e kōrerotia ana. He rerekē tēnei i te 'keite' e tohu ana i te mahi e haere tonu ana i taua wā tonu. Ko te 'ka' e tohu ana i tētahi mahi ka tīmata ā tōna wā.

Question 6Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te kīanga e tika ana mō te mihi ki tētahi tangata e tū ana ki te kōrero ki te minenga?

  1. Tēnā kōrua
  2. Tēnā māua
  3. Tēnā koe
  4. Tēnā koutou Correct answer.

Explanation

Ka whakamahia te 'koutou' ina mihi atu ki te tokomaha, pērā i te minenga e tū ana ki te whakarongo. Ko te 'koe' mō te tangata kotahi, ko te 'kōrua' mō te tokorua. Nō reira ko te 'tēnā koutou' te kīanga tika mō te minenga tokomaha.

Question 7Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

He aha te mahi a te 'e' i roto i te rerenga 'E rua ngā kurī'?

  1. He tohu i te pātai
  2. He tohu i te tau e whai ake ana Correct answer.
  3. He tohu i te kore o te mea
  4. He tohu i te mahi e haere tonu ana

Explanation

I roto i te rerenga 'E rua ngā kurī', ko te 'e' he kupu tohu i te tau e whai ake ana, arā, ko te 'rua'. Ka whakamahia te 'e' i mua i ngā tau i te nuinga o ngā wā ina tatau ana i ngā mea. He rerekē tēnei i te 'e' e tohu ana i tētahi mahi kei te haere.

Question 8Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea o ēnei kupu e tohu ana i te wāhi e noho ana te tangata?

  1. Kai
  2. Kāinga Correct answer.
  3. Kaituhi
  4. Kaipuke

Explanation

Ko te 'kāinga' te kupu mō te wāhi e noho ana te tangata, te papakāinga rānei. He kupu motuhake tēnei kāore e hāngai ana ki te mahi kai, ki te kaipuke, ki te kaituhi rānei. Ka tāpirihia te 'kai-' ki ētahi atu kupu hei tohu i te tangata e mahi ana i tērā mahi.

Question 9Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I te reo Māori tuhituhi paerewa, ko tēhea o ēnei kīanga whai 'ngā' e hē ana te tuhi?

  1. Ngā wahine Correct answer.
  2. Ngā whare
  3. Ngā tāne
  4. Ngā tamariki

Explanation

Ka whakamahia te 'wāhine' mō te tokomaha, me te tohutō ki te 'a'. Nō reira, ko 'Ngā wāhine' te tuhinga tika. He tika te 'ngā' hei tohu i te tokomaha; ko te kore tohutō i te kupu 'wahine' te hapa. Kāore he hē o 'Ngā whare'.

Question 10Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te rerenga 'Kua tae mai te manuhiri'?

  1. Kāore anō te manuhiri kia tae mai
  2. Kei te haere mai te manuhiri
  3. Kua tae kē mai te manuhiri Correct answer.
  4. Ka tae mai te manuhiri āpōpō

Explanation

Ko te 'kua' e tohu ana kua oti kē te mahi, arā, kua tae kē mai te manuhiri. Ko te 'kei te' e tohu ana i te mahi e haere tonu ana, ko te 'ka' e tohu ana i te mahi ā muri ake. Nō reira ko te whakamāoritanga e mau ana i te 'kua oti kē' te mea tika.

Question 11Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ka kōrero te kuia ki te mokopuna', ko tēhea te kaupapa o te rerenga?

  1. Te 'ka'
  2. Te kuia Correct answer.
  3. Te mokopuna
  4. Te kōrero

Explanation

Ko te kaupapa o te rerenga ko te tangata e mahi ana i te mahi, arā, ko te kuia e kōrero ana. Ko te mokopuna te mea e whai wāhi ana ki te mahi, engari kāore ia i te mahi i te mahi. Ko te 'kōrero' te kupu mahi, ā, ko te 'ka' he tohu wā.

Question 12Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te kupu e tika ana hei whakakī i te āputa: 'E hia ō ______?' (kia pātai mō te pukapuka a tētahi tangata)

  1. pukapuka Correct answer.
  2. pukapukas
  3. ngā pukapuka
  4. te pukapuka

Explanation

I muri i te 'ō', ka noho te kupu ingoa me te kore kupu tohu, arā, ka tuhi noa iho i te 'pukapuka'. Kāore e whakamahia te 'ngā', te 'te' rānei i muri tika i te 'ō' i roto i tēnei momo pātai. Nō reira ko te 'pukapuka' anake te whakakī tika.

Question 13Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

He aha te rerekētanga matua i waenga i te 'tātou' me te 'mātou'?

  1. Kāore he rerekētanga, he kupu ōrite
  2. Ko te 'tātou' mō te tokorua, ko te 'mātou' mō te tokomaha
  3. Ko te 'tātou' mō ngā wāhine anake
  4. Ka uru te tangata e kōrerotia ana ki te 'tātou', kāore ia e uru ki te 'mātou' Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te rerekētanga matua kei te urunga o te tangata e kōrerotia ana: ka uru ia ki te 'tātou' (au, koe, tētahi atu), engari kāore ia e uru ki te 'mātou' (au, tētahi atu, engari kāore ko koe). He mea nui tēnei wehewehenga i te reo Māori. Ka noho te 'māua' me te 'tāua' mō te tokorua.

Question 14Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te rerenga e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'kei te'?

  1. Kei te haere au ki te kura ināianei Correct answer.
  2. Kei te haere au ki te kura āpōpō
  3. Kei te kua haere au ki te kura
  4. Kei te haere au ki te kura inanahi

Explanation

Ko te 'kei te' e tohu ana i te mahi e haere tonu ana i taua wā tonu, arā, 'ināianei'. Kāore e hāngai ana ki te wā āpōpō, ki te wā inanahi rānei. Ka mutu, kāore e tika te whakamahi tahi i te 'kei te' me te 'kua', nō te mea he tohu wā rerekē ērā.

Question 15Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te kīanga 'te whare nui', he aha te mahi a te 'nui'?

  1. He kupu mahi e tohu ana i te mahi
  2. He kupu tohu e tohu ana i te tokomaha
  3. He kupu āhua e whakaahua ana i te whare Correct answer.
  4. He kupu pūhono e hono ana i ētahi rerenga

Explanation

Ko te 'nui' he kupu āhua e whakaahua ana i te āhua o te whare, arā, he whare nui. Ka whai te kupu āhua i muri i te kupu ingoa i roto i tēnei momo kīanga. Ko te kupu mahi e tohu ana i te mahi, ā, ko te kupu tohu e tohu ana i te mea kotahi, i te tokomaha rānei.

Question 16Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te 'Kāore au e kai ana'?

  1. Kei te kai au
  2. Ka kai au āpōpō
  3. Kua kai au
  4. Kāore au i te kai i tēnei wā Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te 'kāore ... e ... ana' te hanga kupu whakakore mō te mahi e haere tonu ana, arā, kāore te mahi i te haere i tēnei wā. Ko te 'kei te kai au' te ritenga whakaaē o te rerenga. Nō reira ko te whakamāoritanga e mau ana i te 'kāore i te kai i tēnei wā' te mea tika.

Question 17Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

He aha te take e whakamahia ai te 'h' i te tīmatanga o te kupu 'hoki' i roto i te rerenga 'Ka haere au ki te kura, ā, ka hoki mai au'?

  1. He kupu pūhono e hono ana i ētahi mahi e rua Correct answer.
  2. He kupu tohu i te wā
  3. He kupu ingoa mō te tangata
  4. He kupu āhua mō te kura

Explanation

Ko te 'hoki' i konei he kupu pūhono e hono ana i ngā mahi e rua, arā, te haere ki te kura me te hoki mai. Ka whakamahia te 'ā' me te 'hoki' hei hono i ētahi kīanga, i ētahi rerenga rānei. Kāore tēnei 'hoki' e tohu ana i te wā, i te āhua rānei.

Question 18Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Kei te hē te tuhi o tēhea o ēnei kupu?

  1. Whare
  2. Whānau
  3. Whaa Correct answer.
  4. Whakapapa

Explanation

Ka tuhia te oro roa ki te tohutō, arā, ko te 'ā' te tuhi tika mō te oro roa o te 'a'. Ko te 'whaa' e whakamahi ana i te 'aa' hei tohu i te oro roa, engari ko te tohutō te tikanga o te reo Māori. Nō reira ko te 'whaa' te tuhi hē.

Question 19Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te kīanga e tika ana hei whakamārama i te 'kupu ingoa motuhake'?

  1. He kupu mō tētahi mea motuhake, pērā i a 'Aotearoa' Correct answer.
  2. He kupu mō tētahi āhua
  3. He kupu mō tētahi tau
  4. He kupu mō tētahi mahi

Explanation

Ko te kupu ingoa motuhake he kupu mō tētahi mea motuhake, pērā i tētahi wāhi, i tētahi tangata rānei, pērā i a 'Aotearoa'. Ka tīmata ēnei kupu ki te pū matua i te reo Māori. He rerekē tēnei i te kupu ingoa noa pērā i te 'whenua', i te 'tangata' rānei.

Question 20Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te rerenga 'Me haere tāua ki te moana'?

  1. Kāore e tika kia haere tāua ki te moana
  2. Me haere tāua ki te moana ā tōna wā
  3. E tika ana kia haere tāua ki te moana Correct answer.
  4. Kua haere tāua ki te moana

Explanation

Ko te 'me' i te tīmatanga o te rerenga he tohu i te whakahau, i te whakaaro rānei e tika ana kia mahia tētahi mea, arā, 'e tika ana kia haere tāua'. Kāore te 'me' e tohu ana i te mahi kua oti kē, i te mahi ā muri ake rānei. Nō reira ko te whakamāoritanga e mau ana i te 'e tika ana' te mea tika.

Question 21Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Nā te kuia te kai i tunu', ko wai te tangata nāna i tunu te kai?

  1. Te mokopuna
  2. Kāore e mōhiotia
  3. Te tangata e kōrero ana
  4. Te kuia Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te 'nā' e tohu ana i te tangata nāna i mahi te mahi, ā, ko te kuia tērā e whai mai ana i te 'nā'. Ko te 'i tunu' te tohu i te mahi kua oti kē. Nō reira ko te kuia te tangata nāna i tunu te kai.

Question 22Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te 'i' me te 'ki' i roto i ngā rerenga 'I haere au ki te kura' me te 'I kai au i te āporo'?

  1. Kāore he rerekētanga, he kupu ōrite
  2. Ko te 'ki' mō te wāhi e haere ana te tangata, ko te 'i' mō te mea e mahia ana e te mahi Correct answer.
  3. Ko te 'i' mō te wāhi, ko te 'ki' mō te mea e mahia ana
  4. Ko te 'ki' mō te wā kua pahure, ko te 'i' mō te wā ā muri ake

Explanation

Ka whakamahia te 'ki' hei tohu i te wāhi e anga ana te tangata, pērā i te 'ki te kura'. Ka whakamahia te 'i' hei tohu i te mea e pā ana ki te mahi, pērā i te 'i te āporo' e kainga ana. He mea nui te wehewehe i ēnei kupu e rua ina hanga rerenga kōrero.

Question 23Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te rerenga e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'ai' hei hono i ētahi mahi e rua?

  1. Ka haere au ki te kura ai te kaiako
  2. Kei te haere ai au ki te kura
  3. Kua haere ai au ki te kura
  4. Ka kōrero te kuia ki te mokopuna, ā, ka whakarongo te mokopuna ki a ia Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te 'ai' he kupu e hono ana i ētahi mahi e rua, ā, ka whai i muri i te mahi tuarua hei tohu i te hononga o ngā mahi. I roto i te rerenga tika, ka kōrero te kuia, ā, ka whakarongo te mokopuna, arā, he hononga kei waenga i ngā mahi e rua. Kāore te 'ai' e tika ana i te mutunga o tētahi mahi kotahi noa iho.

Question 24Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te take e whakamahia ai te 'ō' i roto i te rerenga 'Kei te tāone te whare o te kuia'?

  1. He tohu i te mahi a te kuia
  2. He tohu i te mea e pā ana ki te tangata, arā, ko te whare nō te kuia Correct answer.
  3. He tohu i te tokomaha o ngā whare
  4. He tohu i te wāhi e noho ana te kuia

Explanation

Ko te 'o' (me tōna tohutō i konei) he kupu e tohu ana i te mea e pā ana, i te mea nō tētahi tangata rānei, pērā i te 'whare o te kuia', arā, nō te kuia te whare. Ka wehewehea te 'o' me te 'a' i runga i ngā tikanga o te whanaungatanga. Kāore te 'o' e tohu ana i te wā, i te mahi rānei.

Question 25Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Kāore te tamaiti i te kōrero, engari kei te whakarongo ia', he aha te mahi a te 'engari'?

  1. He tohu i te tokomaha o ngā tamariki
  2. He tohu i te mahi e haere tonu ana
  3. He hono i ētahi whakaaro e rua e rerekē ana Correct answer.
  4. He tohu i te wā kua pahure

Explanation

Ko te 'engari' he kupu pūhono e hono ana i ētahi whakaaro e rua e rerekē ana, e whakahē ana tētahi i tētahi. I konei, kāore te tamaiti i te kōrero, engari kei te whakarongo ia, arā, he rerekē ngā mahi e rua. Kāore te 'engari' e tohu ana i te wā, i te tokomaha rānei.

Question 26Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te kīanga e tika ana mō te whakamihi i tētahi tangata kua oti i a ia tētahi mahi nui mō te hapori?

  1. Homai te wai māku
  2. Kei te pēhea koe i tēnei ata
  3. Kua tae mai te pahi
  4. Ka nui te mihi ki a koe mō tō mahi Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te whakamihi me te whakapuaki i te maioha te mahi a te kīanga 'Ka nui te mihi ki a koe'. Ka whai mai te take o te mihi, arā, te mahi i oti i te tangata. Ko ngā kīanga e rua e tohu ana i te pātai, ko tētahi e tohu ana i te tono noa iho, kāore he mihi.

Question 27Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Kua tae mai ngā manuhiri ki te marae', he aha te āhua o te mahi e whakaaturia ana e te 'kua'?

  1. Ka mahia te mahi ā te wā e heke mai ana
  2. Kei te mahia tonutia te mahi ināianei
  3. Kua oti kē te mahi i mua i te wā e kōrerotia ana Correct answer.
  4. Kāore rawa te mahi e mahia

Explanation

Ko te 'kua' te tohu i te āhua kua oti kē te mahi, arā, kua tutuki i mua i te wā o te kōrero. Kāore e kōrerotia ana te mahi e haere tonu ana, e heke mai rānei. He mea nui tēnei āhuatanga o te 'kua' i te wetenga o ngā rerenga.

Question 28Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea o ēnei kīanga e tika ana mō te inoi atu ki tētahi tangata kia hoatu he kōrero āwhina māu?

  1. Kua mutu taku mahi i tēnei rā
  2. He nui te ua i te pō nei
  3. Kei te noho au ki te taha o te awa
  4. Tēnā koa, āwhinatia mai ahau ki te whakamārama i tēnei take Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te 'Tēnā koa' te kupu whakaōno i mua i te tono, ā, ka whai mai te tono āwhina. Mā te 'mai' e tohu te ahunga o te āwhina ki te kaikōrero. Ko ētahi atu kōwhiringa he kōrero noa iho, kāore he tono.

Question 29Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'E kore au e wareware ki a koe', he aha te mahi a te 'e kore ... e'?

  1. Ka whakakāhoretia te mahi, arā, kāore te mahi e puta Correct answer.
  2. Ka pātaihia te mahi a tētahi atu
  3. Ka whakamāramahia te wā o te mahi
  4. Ka whakapūmautia te mahi, arā, ka puta tonu

Explanation

Ko te hanganga 'e kore ... e' te āhua o te whakakāhoretanga o te mahi, arā, kāore e puta te mahi. Ko te kupu mahi ka noho ki te āhua 'e ... ' i muri i te 'e kore'. He mea nui kia mōhiotia te hanganga nei i te wetenga rerenga.

Question 30Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ka nui taku aroha ki te reo Māori', he aha te mahi a te 'taku'?

  1. E tohu ana i te mea nō tētahi atu
  2. E tohu ana i te mea nō te kaikōrero ake Correct answer.
  3. E tohu ana i te mea nō te tangata e kōrerotia ana
  4. E tohu ana i te maha o ngā mea

Explanation

Ko te 'taku' he kupu āriki e tohu ana i te rangatiratanga o te kaikōrero, arā, nōna ake te mea. He rerekē tēnei i te 'tō' e tohu ana i te tangata e kōrerotia ana, me te 'tōna' mō tētahi atu.

Question 31Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te rerenga 'He pai ki a au te waiata'?

  1. I like singing Correct answer.
  2. The song is good for the singer
  3. Sing me a song
  4. I am a good singer

Explanation

Ko te hanganga 'He pai ki a au' te āhua o te whakapuaki i te hiahia, i te pai rānei o tētahi mea ki te tangata. Ko te 'waiata' te mahi e paingia ana e te kaikōrero. Kāore te rerenga e kī ana he kaiwaiata pai te tangata, engari e kī ana he pai ki a ia te waiata.

Question 32Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Mā te kuia e tunu te kai', ko wai ka tunu i te kai?

  1. Kāore he tangata e tunu
  2. Ko te kuia Correct answer.
  3. Ko te kaikōrero
  4. Ko te tangata e kōrerotia ana

Explanation

Ko te 'mā' te kupu e tohu ana i te tangata nāna te mahi e mahi, ā, ko te kuia tērā. Ka whai mai te 'e' me te kupu mahi 'tunu'. Kāore te kaikōrero e tunu ana i te kai.

Question 33Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te kupu e tika ana hei whakakī i te āputa: 'Kei ______ au e noho ana?' (mō te wāhi)

  1. wai
  2. hea Correct answer.
  3. hēa
  4. aha

Explanation

Ko te 'hea' te kupu pātai mō te wāhi, ā, ka whakamahia ki te hanganga 'kei hea'. Ko te 'wai' mō te tangata, ko te 'aha' mō te mea. Ko te 'hēa' he kupu kāore i te tika te tuhi i tēnei horopaki.

Question 34Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Kāore te tamaiti i te moe, engari kei te oho ia', he aha te mahi a te 'engari'?

  1. Ka tohu i te wā o te mahi
  2. Ka whakapūmau i te kōrero tuatahi
  3. Ka whakahē i te kōrero tuatahi, ka whakaatu i tētahi āhuatanga rerekē Correct answer.
  4. Ka pātai mō te take o te mahi

Explanation

Ko te 'engari' te kupu hono e whakaatu ana i te rereketanga o ngā kōrero e rua, arā, ka whakahē i te kōrero tuatahi. I konei, kāore te tamaiti i te moe, engari kei te oho. Kāore te 'engari' e whakapūmau ana, e tohu wā ana rānei.

Question 35Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Nā te mea kua ua, kāore au i haere ki te marae', he aha te mahi a te 'nā te mea'?

  1. Ka whakaatu i te wā o te mahi
  2. Ka whakaatu i te tangata nāna te mahi
  3. Ka whakaatu i te take o te mahi Correct answer.
  4. Ka whakaatu i te wāhi o te mahi

Explanation

Ko te 'nā te mea' te kīanga e whakaatu ana i te take, arā, ko te ua te take i kore ai te kaikōrero i haere. Ka honoa e ia te take ki te hua. Kāore ia e tohu ana i te wā, i te wāhi, i te tangata rānei.

Question 36Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Te nui o te ua, ka kore te hui e tū', he aha te mahi a te hanganga 'Te ... o te ...'?

  1. Ka whakaatu i te take, ā, ka whai mai te hua o tērā take Correct answer.
  2. Ka whakaatu i te wāhi o te hui
  3. Ka whakaatu i te tangata e kōrero ana
  4. Ka whakaatu i te wā e tū ai te hui

Explanation

Ko te hanganga 'Te ... o te ...' he hanganga reo e whakaatu ana i te take i mua i te hua. I konei, ko te nui o te ua te take, ā, ka kore te hui e tū te hua. He hanganga tino whaihua tēnei i te reo Māori.

Question 37Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te rerenga e tika ana te whakamahi i te 'kia' mō tētahi whakahau ki tētahi atu?

  1. Kia koe te tū ki konei
  2. Kia tū mai koe ki konei Correct answer.
  3. Kei te tū mai koe ki konei
  4. I tū mai koe ki konei

Explanation

Ko te 'kia' e whakamahia ana hei whakahau, hei whakaahei rānei, ā, ka whai mai te kupu mahi i mua i te kaipatu. Ko te hanganga tika ko 'Kia + kupu mahi + koe'. Ko ngā kōwhiringa kē atu he hanganga hē, he kōrero noa rānei.

Question 38Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'He tangata kaha ia ki te mahi, ā, he tangata atawhai hoki', he aha te mahi a te 'hoki'?

  1. Ka pātai mō te kōrero tuarua
  2. Ka whakaatu i te wā o te kōrero tuarua
  3. Ka whakakāhoretia te kōrero tuarua
  4. Ka whakapūmau i te kōrero tuarua, arā, he āpitihanga anō tērā Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te 'hoki' te kupu e whakapūmau ana i tētahi āhuatanga anō, arā, e kī ana 'me tēnei hoki'. I konei, he tangata kaha ia, he tangata atawhai hoki. Kāore ia e whakakāhore, e pātai, e tohu wā rānei.

Question 39Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

Ko tēhea te whakamāoritanga tika o te rerenga 'Kāore i roa, ka tae mai te pōwhiri'?

  1. The welcome ceremony did not arrive
  2. How long until the welcome ceremony?
  3. The welcome ceremony was long
  4. It was not long before the welcome ceremony arrived Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te 'Kāore i roa, ka ...' te hanganga e tohu ana i te poto o te wā i mua i te putanga o tētahi mahi. I konei, kāore i roa, ka tae mai te pōwhiri. Kāore te rerenga e kī ana kāore te pōwhiri i tae mai.

Question 40Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ka kōrero te koroua ki te mokopuna, ka whakarongo te mokopuna', he aha te mahi a te 'ka' tuarua?

  1. Ka tohu i te mahi e hiahiatia ana kia mahia
  2. Ka tohu i te mahi kāore e mahia
  3. Ka tohu i te mahi e whai mai ana i te mahi tuatahi, arā, he raupapa mahi Correct answer.
  4. Ka tohu i te mahi kua oti kē i mua

Explanation

Ko te 'ka' e tohu ana i te raupapa o ngā mahi e whai mai ana tētahi i tētahi. I konei, ka kōrero te koroua, kātahi ka whakarongo te mokopuna. Kāore te 'ka' tuarua e tohu ana i te mahi kua oti kē, i te hiahia rānei.

Question 41Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Kei te taha o te awa te whare o taku kuia', he aha te mahi a te 'o'?

  1. Ka tohu i te hononga rangatiratanga i waenga i te whare me te kuia Correct answer.
  2. Ka tohu i te mahi a te kuia
  3. Ka tohu i te maha o ngā whare
  4. Ka tohu i te wāhi o te whare

Explanation

Ko te 'o' i roto i te 'te whare o taku kuia' e tohu ana nō te kuia te whare, arā, he hononga rangatiratanga. Kāore ia e tohu ana i te wāhi, i te mahi, i te maha rānei. Ko te 'kei te taha o te awa' kē te wāhi.

Question 42Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ahakoa te ua, i haere tonu te hui', he aha te mahi a te 'ahakoa'?

  1. Ka pātai mō te hui
  2. Ka whakaatu i te take o te hui
  3. Ka whakaatu i tētahi āhuatanga e whakahē ana i te hua, engari ka puta tonu te hua Correct answer.
  4. Ka whakaatu i te wā o te hui

Explanation

Ko te 'ahakoa' te kupu e tohu ana i tētahi āhuatanga e kore e aukati i te hua, arā, ahakoa te ua, i haere tonu te hui. He kupu whakaae-whakahē tēnei. Kāore ia e tohu ana i te take, i te wā, i te pātai rānei.

Question 43Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ko te reo Māori te reo e kōrerotia ana e te iwi', he aha te mahi a te 'e ... ana'?

  1. Ka tohu i te mahi kua mutu
  2. Ka tohu i te tangata nāna te mahi
  3. Ka tohu i te mahi ā muri ake
  4. Ka tohu i te mahi e haere tonu ana, ā, kua whakawhitia ki te āhua whakapā Correct answer.

Explanation

Ko te hanganga 'e ... ana' e tohu ana i te mahi e haere tonu ana, ā, i konei kua whakawhitia ki te āhua whakapā kia tika ai te hono ki te kaupapa. Ko te 'e kōrerotia ana' te mahi e mahia ana ki te reo. Kāore ia e tohu ana i te mahi kua mutu, i te mahi ā muri ake rānei.

Question 44Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'He nui te mahi, nā reira kāore au i okioki', he aha te mahi a te 'nā reira'?

  1. Ka whakaatu i te wāhi o te mahi
  2. Ka whakaatu i te hua o te take i kōrerotia i mua Correct answer.
  3. Ka whakaatu i te take o te mahi
  4. Ka whakaatu i te wā o te mahi

Explanation

Ko te 'nā reira' e hono ana i te take ki tōna hua, arā, he nui te mahi, nō reira kāore i okioki. Kāore ia e tohu ana i te take, i te wā, i te wāhi rānei. He kupu hono tēnei e whakaatu ana i te hua.

Question 45Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ko Tāne te tangata nāna i hiki te rākau', he aha te mahi a te 'nāna'?

  1. Ka tohu ko ia te wā i mahia ai te mahi
  2. Ka tohu ko ia te tangata nāna te mahi i mahi Correct answer.
  3. Ka tohu ko ia te tangata i pāngia e te mahi
  4. Ka tohu ko ia te wāhi i mahia ai te mahi

Explanation

Ko te 'nāna' te kupu e tohu ana ko ia te tangata nāna te mahi i mahi, arā, ko Tāne. He whakakotahitanga o te 'nā' me te 'ia'. Kāore ia e tohu ana i te tangata i pāngia, i te wāhi, i te wā rānei.

Question 46Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ka taea e koe te haere mēnā ka oti i a koe tō mahi', he aha te mahi a te 'mēnā'?

  1. Ka whakaatu i te wā o te mahi
  2. Ka whakaatu i te take kua puta kē
  3. Ka whakaatu i tētahi āhuatanga me puta kia taea ai te hua Correct answer.
  4. Ka whakaatu i te wāhi o te mahi

Explanation

Ko te 'mēnā' te kupu e tohu ana i tētahi āhuatanga me puta i mua kia taea ai te hua e kōrerotia ana. I konei, me oti te mahi kia taea ai te haere. Kāore te 'mēnā' e tohu ana i te take kua puta kē, i te wā, i te wāhi rānei.

Question 47Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Kāhore anō kia tae mai te kaiako, kua tīmata kē te akomanga', he aha te rerekētanga o ngā tohu wā 'anō' me te 'kē'?

  1. Ko te 'anō' e tohu ana kāore i tae mai i tēnei wā tonu, ko te 'kē' e tohu ana kua tīmata kē i mua Correct answer.
  2. Ko te 'anō' me te 'kē' he ōrite tonu te tikanga
  3. Ko te 'anō' e tohu ana kua mutu, ko te 'kē' e tohu ana kāore i mutu
  4. Ko te 'anō' e tohu ana kua tae mai, ko te 'kē' e tohu ana kāore i tīmata

Explanation

Ko te 'anō' i roto i te 'kāhore anō' e tohu ana kāore te mahi i puta i tēnei wā tonu, ā, tērā pea ka puta ā muri ake. Ko te 'kē' e tohu ana kua puta kē te mahi i mua, arā, kua tīmata kē te akomanga. He mea nui te wehewehe i ēnei tohu e rua.

Question 48Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Mehemea kua tae kē mai ia, kua mōhio kē mātou', he aha te āhua o te 'kua ... kua ...' e whakaaturia ana?

  1. He meka kua puta kē
  2. He whakaaro noa iho, arā, kāore i puta tēnei āhuatanga engari e whakaarohia ana Correct answer.
  3. He whakahau kia puta te āhuatanga
  4. He pātai mō te putanga o te āhuatanga

Explanation

Ko te hanganga 'mehemea kua ... kua ...' e tohu ana i tētahi āhuatanga kāore i puta, engari e whakaarohia ana mehemea kua puta. I konei, kāore te tangata i tae mai, engari mehemea kua tae mai, kua mōhio kē mātou. Kāore ia e kī ana kua puta kē te āhuatanga.

Question 49Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ko te tino take o te hui, ko te whiriwhiri i te kaupapa o te marae', he aha te mahi a te 'tino'?

  1. Ka tohu i te wā o te hui
  2. Ka whakakaha i te kupu ingoa e whai ana, arā, ko te take nui rawa Correct answer.
  3. Ka tohu i te maha o ngā take
  4. Ka whakaiti i te kupu ingoa e whai ana

Explanation

Ko te 'tino' he kupu whakakaha e noho ana i mua i te kupu ingoa hei tohu i te mea nui rawa, i te mea tino hirahira rānei. I konei, ko te take nui rawa o te hui ko te whiriwhiri kaupapa. Kāore ia e whakaiti ana, e tohu maha ana, e tohu wā ana rānei.

Question 50Te Reo Māori (content domain not enumerated in source)

I roto i te rerenga 'Ka kitea te hua o te mahi i te mutunga o te tau', he aha te mahi a te hanganga whakapā 'ka ... -tia'?

  1. Ka whakaatu i te tangata nāna te mahi
  2. Ka whakaatu i te mahi e mahia ana ki te kaupapa, kāore te kaupapa e mahi i te mahi Correct answer.
  3. Ka whakaatu i te kaupapa e mahi ana i te mahi
  4. Ka whakaatu i te wā o te mahi

Explanation

Ko te whakapā 'kitea' e tohu ana ko te kaupapa te mea e mahia ana, arā, ko te hua ka kitea, kāore ia e kite ana. He mea nui tēnei āhuatanga o te whakapā i te wetenga rerenga. Ko te kaupapa kē te mea e pāngia ana e te mahi.