EPISODE · Jun 12, 2025 · 14 MIN
Pewhea - The many uses it has
from A Maori Podcast · host Ihira
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!
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