Exercise Four
Asking distance and length
Pēhea te roa atu i Kirikiriroa ki Pōneke?
Asking distance and length.
Revision module – for help with this revision please see module 4.
I roto i tēnei mahi, ka parakitihi anō koe me pēwhea te pātai, te whakautu hoki i roto i te reo Māori e pā ana ki te tawhiti o tētahi wāhi, o tētahi mea ki tētahi atu, me te roa hoki o te wā i waenga i aua mea.
Ko tāu mahi he pānui i ngā rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei. Tohua te pouaka tika, ā, hei te mutunga o ngā rerenga kōrero, pāwhiritia te pātene kia kite mehemea kei te tika, kei te hē rānei koe.
Tirohia te Kōwae 5 hei āwhina i a koe.
Anei he tīwhiri: roa = time; tawhiti = distance
In this exercise you will revise how to ask and answer questions about distance between places and also the length it takes someone to do something or go somewhere.
Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).
Pēhea te roa o Hone e haereere haere ana?
How long has John been travelling?
Pēhea te tawhiti ki Hamutana?
How long has the group been going to Hamilton?
Pēhea te roa atu i Tokomaru ki Pōneke?
How far is it from Tokomaru to Wellington?
Pēhea te tawhiti o Ākarana ki Hamutana?
How far is it from Auckland to Hamilton?
Pēhea te roa o te kapa Ōpango e tākaro ana i Ahitereiria?
How long have the All Blacks been playing in Australia?
Pēhea te roa o Ōtepoti ki Ōtautahi?
How far is Dunedin from Christchurch?
Pēhea te tawhiti o Whāingaroa ki Rāhui Pōkeka?
How far is Raglan from Wellington?
Pēhea te roa atu i Ōtautahi ki Pōneke?
How long does it take to get from Christchurch to Wellington?