Ngā Tohutohu
There have been two ways that questions have been structured:
1 using question words, or interrogatives,
| Kei hea aku kākahu? |
Where are my clothes? |
2 using a question intonation for sentences that don’t have interrogatives.
| Kei reira ō kākahu? |
Are your clothes there? |
With the second example, anō will often be introduced into the question pattern and also used for emphasis.
Hei tauira:
| I peke ake anō te tohorā i te moana? |
Did the whale actually jump out of the sea? |
| Kei te haere anō koe ki te kauhoe? |
Are you actually going for another swim? |
| He take anō tā koutou? |
Do you people actually have another matter? |
| Kei te rūkahu anō kōrua? |
Are you two actually lying? |
Further explanations and examples: Te Kākano p. 110.
Titiro ki ngā whakaahua ka whiriwhiri ai i te whakautu e tika ana mō ia pātai.
