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pātai - question; to ask a question
Pātai (i), v.t., with frequentative forms pātaitai and patapatai. 1. Question, inquire. Ka patai mai te tangata o te kupenga, “I haere mai koe ki te aha ?” (T. 141).
2. Provoke, challenge. Ka whakaturia e koe he kara, he patai riri tena. ‖ patari.
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3. Induce. He pataitai naku i te tangata kia whakatika ki runga.
4. Jeer, mock.
5. a. Provoking. Tetea mai nei o hanga patai (M. 214).
6. Trifling. Ehara i te mea patai.
whakapātai, v.t. Ask. Ka whak; pataia mai e te pakeha.
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Pātai (ii), n. 1. A kind of girdle or loin cloth for women.
2. A variety of taro.
Williams Dictionary
Ehara! Mōhio au ki te pātai, kāore au i te mōhio ki te whakautu!
On the contrary! I know the question, I don't know the answer!
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
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
Pāwhiritia te tohu tīwhiri ka whakautu ai i te pātai.
Click the clue symbol in each box to reveal the question.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Pātai atu ki tō hoa.
Ask your friend.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
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...
Kaua ngā tauira e pātaitia ngā pātai.
The students shouldn't ask the questions.
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...
Ka taea e koe te whakautu i taku pātai?
Can you answer my question?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Kāo, kāore e taea e au te whakautu i tō pātai.
No, I can't answer your 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...
Kāore koe i te mōhio ki taku pātai?
You don't know my question?
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...
Kāore ā ngā tauira he pātai.
The students don’t have any questions.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore ō pātai?
Don't you have any questions?
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore ā ngā tauira pātai.
The students don’t have any questions.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
Kāore āku pātai.
I don't have any questions.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
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
Pātai atu ki te kaihoko mō te utu.
Ask the salesperson for the price.
Away - atu
Pātai atu ki te pirihimana.
Ask the police officer.
Away - atu
Pātai atu ki a Matua Kūkara.
Ask Uncle Google.
Away - atu
Pātai atu ki te kaihoko mō te utu.
Ask the salesperson for the price.
Away - atu
Kāore e taea e Mia te pātai te whakautu.
Mia is unable to answer the question.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...
Kāore ā te tauira he pātai?
Does the student not have a question?
Do you not have any? - Kāore āu...
Kāore he pātai.
There aren't any questions.
Tōia te ingoa o te tangata ki te pouaka e hāngai ana ki te pātai.
Drag the name of the person to the box who fits the description.
Pātai ki a ia!
Ask him/her!
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.
Pātai atu ki te pirihimana.
Ask the police officer.
I pātai au.
I asked.
Ētahi pātai.
Some questions.
Pātai ki a ia!
Ask him/her!
He pātai anō?
Any other questions?
Kua mārama koe ki te pātai?
Have you understood the question?
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.
Pātai atu ki ngā tāngata kei te aha rātou.
Ask the people what they are doing.
Whakautua ngā pātai.
Answer the questions.
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 Hera, 'He aha tēnei?'
He is asking Hera, 'What is this?'.
Tēnā koe i tō pātai mai.
Thanks for you asking me.
