Section outline

  • Learning outcomes:

    Students will be able to:

    • ask and say where something is located in te reo Māori
    • recognise and use prepositions correctly (runga, raro, mua, muri, roto, waho, taha, taha māui, taha mātau, waenganui)
    • ask and say where something was located in the past

    Asking where something is?

    To ask where something is located we ask “Kei hea?” (where?) or some iwi use “Kei whea?”

    Kei hea tō kura?                           Where is your school?
    Kei Flat Bush taku kura                My school is in Flat Bush

    Kei hea taku pene?                       Where is my pen?
    Kei runga tō pene i te tēpu          Your pen is on the table


    Past Tense Location Sentences

    To say where something was (in the past) we use ‘I’ instead of ‘Kei’ at the beginning of the sentence 

    I hea taku pene?                          Where was my pen?
    I runga tō pene i te tēpu              Your pen was on the table