pātai - question; to ask a question
Me pātai ngā tauira i ngā pātai.The students should ask the questions.Simple sentences: you should - me
Nāku te pātai i pātai.It was me who asked the question.Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kaua e pātai atu ki tō hoa.Don't ask your friend.Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kaua koe e pātai mai.You shouldn't ask me.Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
Ka taea e Pita te pātai te whakautu.Pita is able to answer the question.I am able... - Ka taea e...
Kāore au i te mōhio he aha he pātai māku.I don't know what to ask.Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
He pātai ā kōrua?Do you two have any questions?Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He pātai tā kōrua?Do you two have a question?Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He pātai tā koutou?Do you have a question?Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
He pātai tāku.I have a question.Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pātai ā te tauira?Does the student have a question?Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pātai ā ngā tauira.The students have questions.Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pātai ā ngā tauira.The students have a question.Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pātai tāu?Do you have a question?Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pātai ā koutou?Do you have any questions?Do you have any...? - He... ?
He pātai pai tēnā.That's a good question.That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Kāore e taea e Ataahua te pātai te whakautu.Ataahua is unable to answer the question.To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Me whakautu ēnei pātai ki te reo Māori.These questions are to be answered in Māori.
Whakautua ngā pātai i roto i te reo Māori.Answer the questions in Māori.
I pātai au.I asked.
He pātai anō?Any other questions?
He kaha a Tīwana ki tana whiu pātai nanakia me te whakapātaritari i tōna tuahine me tōna kuikui.Tīwana is good at asking tricky questions and teasing her sister and grandmother.
Nāku te pātai i pātai.It was me who asked the question.
He pātai tōu koutou?Do you (3 or more) have a question?
Kei te pātai ia ki a Amaru, 'He aha tēnei?'He is asking Amaru, 'What is this?'.
Tēnā koe i tō pātai mai.Thanks for you asking me.