I pēhea? What was it like?

I pēhea? What was it like?

You have previously learnt how to ask how one or more people is or are by saying “Kei te pēhea kōe/kōrua/koutou? The sentence structure you are about to learn builds on this. You have just learnt that I is used to denote the past tense, therefore, I pēhea is used to ask how something was. Look at the following examples:

I pēhea tō moe?	How was your sleep?
I pēhea te kanikani?	How was the dance?
I pēwhea te kēmu?	How was the game?

When answering this type of question there are many different answers you could reply with. Look at the following examples:

I pēhea te kēmu?	How was the game?
He tino pai.	Very good.

I pēhea te kanikani?	How was the dance?
He ngahau.	Entertaining.

I pēwhea tō whakamātautau?	How was your test?
Āhua pai tonu.	Quite good.

I pēwhea tō rā, inanahi?	How was your day, yesterday?
Te mutunga kē mai o te koretake.	It couldn't have been worse.

Further explanations and examples: Te Kākano p.32

Pātai atu ki ngā tāngata o Te Whanake, “I pēhea tō ...?” Ka puta mai te pātai Pākehā.
Ask the Te Whanake characters “How was your...?” The question to ask will appear under the character.

Kei wareware i a koe ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā ira kati me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.