OF INTERROGATION.
Maori has many particles which indicate interrogation, and which correspond, in some particulars, with the enclitic particles ne and num of Latin; e. g.,
- E pai ana? ne? are you inclined? are you?
- Ine, (Waikato,) differs but little in its use from the above.
Ranei, ianei, iana, and iara, are always incorporated into the sentence, and generally denote a question, e. g.,
- E pai ana ranei koe?
- Koia?[26] Indeed? (when used by itself).
- Oti, else.
- Na-te-aha? why?
- Me pehea? How must it be done?
Ranei is very frequently used in the sense of whether.
Ianei, iana, and iara, are sometimes pleonastic in Waikato.