For example; Kei te aha te wā? The literal translation into the English Language would be: What is the time doing? the correct English equivalent of course, would be: What is the time?
Another more commonly used way of asking the time would be: He aha te wā? Which translates into the direct English equivalent as What is the time?
It can be argued that the correct way of asking the time would be the first example Kei te aha te wā? however, many people use the second example He aha te wā? But many would argue that, that is a transliterated version to make it sound more correct in Te Reo Pākehā or the English Language.
In order to reply, one would say: Kei te ono karaka te wā or the time is six o'clock. Another response maybe; ono karaka te wā or it is six o'clock.
A quick answer test can be found on the link:
http://www.maori.org.nz/KoTeReo/tuatoru/wac.htm
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