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Pewhea - The many uses it has

Pewhea - The many uses it has

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This week we take a look the many uses of Pewhea/Pehea. Harlow says: [page 206, A Maori Reference Grammar]


Kei te pehea koe? - How are you?

I pehea te pēne? - What was the band like?

I titiro pehea atu ia ki a koe? - How did he look at you? (skeptically, suspiciously, in a friendly way, etc)

I peheatia nga tangata mau herehere e nga hoia? - How were the prisoners treated by the soldiers?

Me pehea e pai ake ai te ahua o ta tatou noho i Aotearoa nei? - How can our living conditions in New Zealand be improved?

Me pehea ta tatou whakatika i te whakahuatanga o nga kupu Maori? - How are we to correct the pronunciation of Maori word?

I pehea te tunu kai i nga wa o mua atu i te hiko? - How did people cook their food before there was electricity?

Kaore i taea te pehea? - Nothing could be done, there was no alternative.


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