Kia ora ano!
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.
Kia ora!
