Kei te aha koe? – What are you doing? (5 mins)

Are all your friends writers too?

Let’s talk about them:

Ahau – I

Koe – you

Ia – she/he

Kei te tuhituhi koe – you’re writing

Kei te inu ia – she’s drinking

Kei te pānui ia – he’s reading

There is one more word we need to know to wrap this topic up.

Aha – what

To ask what someone is doing, take the sentences you’ve already learned, and replace the verb with the word ‘aha’:

Kei te aha koe? – What are you doing?

Kei te tuhituhi ahau. – I’m writing.

Kei te aha ia? – What’s he doing?

Kei te pānui ia. – He’s reading