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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 Amaru te pātai te whakautu.
Amaru 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...

E tāria ana tō 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 Niko te pātai te whakautu.
Niko is unable to answer the question.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

He tamaiti rānei e mōhio ana ki te whakautu?
Does any child know the answer?

Rite tonu tērā whakaputa mōhio ki a koe ki te whakautu pātai.
That know-it-all is just like you at answering questions.

E taea ai tēnei pātai te whakautu, me mātua mārama ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o te take.
In order to answer this question, one must first understand all aspects of the matter.

Me mutu tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu i te toru karaka
Their writing of their answers must stop at three o’clock (i.e., they must stop writing their answers at three o’clock)

Tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu.
Their writing of their answers.

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

Me mutu tā rātou tuhituhi i ā rātou whakautu i te toru karaka.
They must stop writing their answers at three o’clock.

Kua pātāi koe, nō reira, ka whakautu ahau.
You have asked, therefore I will answer.

Ka whakautu ahau nā te mea kua pātāi koe.
I will answer because you have asked.

#115: The and, but, although, however game
#196: Kia... ai with passives
#70: What is it that they are wanting?
#81: What has happened to cause you to cry now?
#33: I am going, I was going, I went.
#8: I'm tired
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