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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 Koa te pātai te whakautu.
Koa 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

He pātai pai tēnā.
That's a good question.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Kāore e taea e Taika te pātai te whakautu.
Taika 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 Mia, 'He aha tēnei?'
He is asking Mia, 'What is this?'.

Tēnā koe i tō pātai mai.
Thanks for you asking me.

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