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whakautu - to reply, to respond, answer

whakautu. 1. v.t. Fondle, caress.

2. n. A term of endearment, used of a child.

Williams Dictionary

whakautu, v.t. Prepare (? dig out) an earth oven. Ka pae te ti, katahi ka waruhia, ko etahi ki te waru, ko etahi ki te whakautu i te umu.

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...

Kei te tika tāu whakautu.
Your answer is correct.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kua mārama au ki tōu whakautu.
I've understood your response.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

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...

Kaua e homai ngā whakautu.
Don't give me the answers.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Ka taea e Kauri te pātai te whakautu.
Kauri 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 pātai.
No, I can't answer your question.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

E tāria ana whakautu.
Your reply is being waited for.
Be waited for - tāria

He aha te whakautu?
What's the answer.
What? - He aha?

Kāore e taea e Hēmi te pātai te whakautu.
Hēmi is unable to answer the question.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Me whakautu ēnei pātai ki te reo Māori.
These questions are to be answered in Māori.

#175: Are you a man or a mouse?
#84: Why is the baby sleeping?
#130: Negative active commands - Don't!
#171: Is it really, really red or is it reddish.
#55: The chair my father made is good
#201: The reason why something will happen
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