Exercise Five
Location words
You have already learnt how to ask where something is using the question word hea?
Hei tauira:
Kei hea tō kāinga ināianei? | Where is your home now? |
Kei te tiriti o Ōwheo. | On Leith Street. |
Kei hea a Eruera? | Where is Eruera? |
Kei te whare pikitia. | At the picture theatre. |
Here is a list of words to show location:
roto | inside |
waho | outside |
runga | on top |
raro | underneath |
mua | in front |
muri | behind |
tātahi | the beach |
uta | the shore |
More words will be added to your list later but for now here are some examples using the words above.
Kei hea a Eruera? | Where is Eruera? |
Kei roto i te whare pikitia. | In the picture theatre. |
Kei hea te ngeru? | Where is the cat? |
Kei runga i te tuanui o te whare. | The cat is on the roof of the house. |
Kei hea ngā tamariki? | Where are the children? |
Kei mua i te kura. | In front of the school. |
Here are some more examples using the location words. Notice that the word order changes and how i is used in front of the object of the sentence and that these location words and all place names follow kei directly, unlike nouns which need a word like te to precede them when following kei.
Hei tauira:
Kei mua ngā kaumātua i ngā tamariki. | The elders are in front of the children. |
Kei waho ngā manuhiri i te kēti e tatari ana. | The visitors are waiting outside the gate. |
Kei muri ō hū i te kūaha. | Your shoes are behind the door. |
He kau kei roto i te māra. | There's a cow in the garden. |
He pirihimana kei waho i te whare. | There's a policeman outside the house. |
For further explanations and exercises see Te Kākano pp. 15-16 and Te Pukapuka Tātaki pp. 8-9.
Te wāhanga 1
Whakautua ngā pātai ki ngā whakautu poto.

Hei tauira:
Wiremu asks Tarati: Kei hea te ngeru?
Tarati replies: Kei roto i te whare.
Kei wareware i a koe ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā ira kati me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.

1. Kei hea te manu?
Whakautu :

Kei hea te pahi?
Whakautu:

Kei hea te kurī?
Whakautu:

Kei hea te pukapuka?
Whakautu:

Kei hea te kuia?
Whakautu:

Te wāhanga 2
Whakautua ngā pātai ki ngā whakautu roa.
Answer the questions with the full answer.
Hei tauira:
Wiremu asks: Kei hea te ngeru?
Tarati replies: Kei roto te ngeru i te whare.
Te wāhanga 2
Whakautua ngā pātai ki ngā whakautu roa.
Hei tauira:
Wiremu asks: Kei hea te ngeru?
Tarati replies: Kei roto te ngeru i te whare
Kei hea te manu?
Whakautu:
Kei hea te pahi?
Whakautu:

Kei hea te pahi?
Whakautu:

Kei hea te pukapuka?
Whakautu:

Kei hea te kuia?
Whakautu: