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Māori Grammar

1. a - Use of 'a' as a personal article

2. ā - ā to indicate the future

3. ā - Conjunctions - and

4. A and o categories intro - a, o

5. A chair to sit on is o category, if you make the chair is it a category - a, o

6. ā hea... ai? - Asking 'when' with ai

7. A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

8. ā to indicate the future - ā

9. a, o - A and o categories intro

10. a, o - Sentences with two possessives

11. a, o - A chair to sit on is o category, if you make the chair is it a category

12. ā, tāku... - Possessives - 'a' class

13. About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...

14. Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

15. ai - Habitual action

16. ake - Up

17. Alike in what way? - rite pēwhea nei?

18. And then... - kātahi ka...

19. ānō nei - It was as if

20. Asking 'when was?' When did something happen? - Nōnahea, inahea

21. Asking 'when' with ai - ā hea... ai?

22. Asking who - Ko wai...?

23. atu - Away

24. au, ahau - Pronouns - singular

25. Away - atu

26. Āwhea? Āhea? - When? (in the future)

27. Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...

28. Because - he... nō...

29. Belonging to a place - nō

30. Belonging to the past - nō

31. Categorizing sentences - he

32. Command with e! - e!

33. Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

34. Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

35. Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

36. Conjunctions - and - ā

37. Conjunctions - but - engari

38. Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

39. Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e

40. Down - iho

41. e - The use of 'e'

42. E hia? Tokohia? - How many are there?

43. E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea? - How is...?

44. e! - Command with e!

45. e... ana - Sentences with a subclause

46. e... ana - Simple sentences: present tense

47. Ehara i... - Negating nāku possessives

48. ehara i... - Negating the past agent emphatic

49. ehara mā.. - Negating the future agent emphatic

50. ehara... - Negations of identity sentences

51. engari - Conjunctions - but

52. Established possession - nāku, nōku...

53. For the purpose of - hei

54. Future agent emphatic - māku

55. Future locative - hei

56. Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

57. Habitual action - ai

58. Has just... - kātahi anō...

59. he - Categorizing sentences

60. He aha... i kore... ai e - Why didn't...

61. He aha... i... ai? - Why did?

62. He aha? - What?

63. he mea... - The pseudo-passive

64. he rite tonu - This is just like that

65. he... nō... - Because

66. hei - Future locative

67. hei - For the purpose of

68. hei - Hei for future location in time

69. hei - The reason for an action

70. Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia! - Never mind the... No worries!

71. hei aha? - What is this for?

72. Hei for future location in time - hei

73. Homai! Whakarongo! - Commands without e or the passive

74. How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?

75. How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

76. i - Simple sentences: past tense

77. i - Using 'i' to mean 'in', 'by' or 'at'

78. i - Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i

79. i - Sentences with i

80. i a, i te, i ngā - Statives with 'i'

81. I am able... - Ka taea e...

82. i te - Simple sentences: past tense

83. i te - Locatives - past (something was somewhere)

84. i te - Past - specifying a particular time

85. I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...

86. i, ki - Verbs that take 'i' or 'ki'

87. Identity sentences - ko...

88. If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

89. If... (using me) - me

90. iho - Down

91. In order to - kia... ai

92. In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

93. It was as if - ānō nei

94. It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

95. ka - Simple sentences: future tense

96. ka - Ka used to indicate the past

97. Ka taea e... - I am able...

98. Ka used to indicate the past - ka

99. ka... ka; kia... ka - When...

100. Kāore ano... kia... - Negations of kua (I haven't yet...)

101. kāore e roa...; kāori i roa... - It won't be long before...

102. kāore i... i ahau... - Negating statives

103. kāore... - Negation of locatives

104. Kāore... e... - Negations of the future (I will not go)

105. Kāore... e... - Negating passive sentences

106. kāore... e... ana... - Negations of e... ana... sentences

107. Kāore... i te... - Negations of the present tense (I am not working)

108. Kāore... i te... - Negations of the past tense

109. Kāore... i... - Negations of the past tense

110. kara - Telling time

111. kātahi anō... - Has just...

112. kātahi ka... - And then...

113. kātahi te... - What a...

114. Kaua e..., kāti... - Negative active commands - Don't!

115. ...kaua ki... - Not to, not with, not against

116. Kaua... (passive) e... - Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't...

117. kei runga... - In, on, by, under...

118. kei te - Simple sentences: present tense with a verb

119. kei te - Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective

120. kei te - Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere)

121. kei te aha? - What is happening at the moment?

122. ki - Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something

123. ki - Verbs that take 'ki'

124. Ki a wai te...? - Who is going to...

125. kia - Kite takes kia rather than ki

126. kia - Mild imperatives (You should be...)

127. kia... - Let there be...

128. kia... ai - In order to

129. kia... kei... - Be careful... lest!

130. Kite takes kia rather than ki - kia

131. Ko tēhea? - Which

132. Ko wai...? - Asking who

133. ko... - Identity sentences

134. kua - Simple sentences: past completed tense

135. Let there be... - kia...

136. Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

137. Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

138. Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

139. mā runga - Travelling by means of

140. mā wai? - Who will?

141. mā, māku - Unrealised possession

142. mā... e... ai - The reason why something will happen

143. mai - Towards

144. māku - Future agent emphatic

145. mate, ngaro, mau... - Statives

146. me - Simple sentences: you should

147. me - If... (using me)

148. mehemea, mehe, mēnā - If (using mehemea)

149. Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

150. mōku, mōu, mōna... - About someone

151. nā - agent emphatic - Past agent emphatic

152. nā reira, nō reira - Therefore

153. nā... e... nei - The reason why something is happeneing

154. nā... i... ai - The reason why something happened

155. nāku, nōku... - Established possession

156. Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...

157. Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

158. Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

159. Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

160. Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

161. Negation of locatives - kāore...

162. Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

163. Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

164. Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

165. Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

166. Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

167. Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

168. Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

169. Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

170. Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

171. Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!

172. -nga - Nominaliztion, noun endings

173. nō - Belonging to a place

174. nō - Belonging to the past

175. Nō hea ma? - Where is something from?

176. Nō hea, nō whea - A strong or emphatic negative.

177. Nominaliztion, noun endings - -nga

178. Nōnahea, inahea - Asking 'when was?' When did something happen?

179. Not to, not with, not against - ...kaua ki...

180. Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

181. o, a - Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories

182. ō, tōku... - Possessives - 'o' class

183. Or... - ...rānei

184. Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...

185. pai ake... - Comparatives (better than...)

186. Passive sentences - tikina...

187. Past - specifying a particular time - i te

188. Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

189. Pēnei au... - I thought mistakenly

190. pēnei, pēna, pēra - Like this, like that

191. Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

192. Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

193. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau

194. ...rānei - Or...

195. rata - To like

196. ...rāua ko..., rātou ko... - Talking about more than one person

197. rite pēwhea nei? - Alike in what way?

198. runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu - Above, underneath, outside of

199. Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

200. Sentences with i - i

201. Sentences with two possessives - a, o

202. Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

203. Simple sentences: future tense - ka

204. Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

205. Simple sentences: past tense - i

206. Simple sentences: past tense - i te

207. Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

208. Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

209. Simple sentences: you should - me

210. Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

211. Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

212. Taihoa... e - Don't... just yet!

213. Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

214. Tāpirihia, Tīkina... - Commands using the passive

215. taua, aua - That aforementioned thing

216. te, ngā, he - The article

217. Te... nei, te... nā, te... rā - This and that thing over there

218. Telling time - kara

219. tēnā, te... nā - That (near you)

220. tēnei, te nei - This

221. tērā - That (over there)

222. That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

223. That (over there) - tērā

224. That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

225. The article - te, ngā, he

226. The pseudo-passive - he mea...

227. The reason for an action - hei

228. The reason why something happened - nā... i... ai

229. The reason why something is happeneing - nā... e... nei

230. The reason why something will happen - mā... e... ai

231. The use of 'e' - e

232. Therefore - nā reira, nō reira

233. This - tēnei, te nei

234. This and that thing over there - Te... nei, te... nā, te... rā

235. This is just like that - he rite tonu

236. tikina... - Passive sentences

237. To like - rata

238. tokorua, tokotahi... - Numbering people

239. tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai... - Direction markers with adverbs

240. Towards - mai

241. Travelling by means of - mā runga

242. tuatahi, tuarua... - Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...)

243. tunu parāoa... - Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...)

244. Unrealised possession - mā, māku

245. Up - ake

246. Use of 'a' as a personal article - a

247. Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i

248. Using 'i' to mean 'in', 'by' or 'at' - i

249. Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

250. Verbs that take 'i' or 'ki' - i, ki

251. Verbs that take 'ki' - ki

252. waiata, kai - Words that are both verbs and nouns

253. What a... - kātahi te...

254. What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?

255. What is this for? - hei aha?

256. What? - He aha?

257. When... - ka... ka; kia... ka

258. When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?

259. Where is something from? - Nō hea ma?

260. Which - Ko tēhea?

261. Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

262. Who will? - mā wai?

263. Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

264. Why didn't... - He aha... i kore... ai e

265. Words that are both verbs and nouns - waiata, kai

266. Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a

501 Māori Grammar Rules

All 501 Grammar Rules

3. A sentence with no subject - kei te kai i te tina
7. About, approximately - tōna; āhua; pea
9. Absolutely don't - kaua rawa!
10. Absolutely! - ehara ehara!
11. According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
12. Accordingly, as a result - heoi (anō)
13. Achieved the state of... - kua...
14. Actually - kē
15. Adding another description of the same person or thing - ki … ki …; ko … ko …
16. Adectives after a noun
17. Adjectives (statives)
19. adjectives used as nouns - te pai
20. Adverbs - slowly, happily
21. After that... - i muri
22. Afterwards, shortly after, much later - nō muri mai, nō muri tata mai, nō muri noa mai
23. Again - anō
24. Agreeing, disagreeing with a negative question - āe, kao
25. Ai at the end of a sentence - ai
27. All - katoa
28. All of a sudden - Mea ake
29. All we have to do... - heoi anō tā tātou... he...
30. Allowed to do something - āhei
31. Almost/just about - kua/i tata...
32. Also - hoki
33. Ana without e - ana
34. And abrupt siggestion with tātoy in a reversed order sentence - tātou
35. And also, moreover - ...ka mutu
36. And others - mā
37. And so on, et cetera - ki hea, ki hea; ko wai atu
39. And then... - ka... ai
40. Another, a different - tētahi atu
42. Answering an 'āhea' question with ai - āhea, ai
43. Answering this with that (but not today) - tēnei -> tēna tēna -> tēnei tēnei rā -> tēnei rā
44. Answering when (in the future)
45. Answering when (in the past)
46. Anything in a negative sentence - … i te aha
47. As a result - me te aha
48. As though, as if - me te mea nei
49. Asking 'are you a...?' - He... ?
52. Asking who - i... wai? ka... wai?
54. Aspect markers
55. At least; better than nothing - mā te aha
57. Be careful! - Kia tūpato!
59. Be waited for - tāria
60. Because - nōnā
62. Because - nō te... ai
63. Because - i te...
64. Behold! - anā
65. Being afraid or worried that … - kei …
66. Being afraid something might not happen - kei kore … e …
67. Being in a resulting state - ma-
69. Belonging to a time with derived nouns - nō te...
71. Bigg's nucleus - *
72. By means of - ki
73. By what route or transport? - mā hea … ai
74. Called, named - hua, tapa, kī; ko, he
75. Carefully - āta
77. Certainly, almost certainly, no doubt - Kāore e kore
78. Colours
79. Combining words to make a new word (compounds) - wharenui; Rātapu; manawanui
82. Commands with body parts - titiro!
85. Complex phrases (the good woman; running quickly)
86. Complex sentences with multiple constituents
87. Complex sentences with subordinate clauses - nei, na, ra, ai
88. Complex stative sentences (the bread has all been consumed (by eating))
89. Conjuctions - because - nā te mea
92. Conjunctions - however - otirā
93. Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
94. Continuous agent emphatic - Nō... e...ana
95. Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
96. Counting 1-10
97. Counting over ten
98. Decimals - ira
99. Declarative sentences
100. Definitives - te, ngā, tā, tō, tēnei...
101. Describing classes of things (horses are swift) - te
102. Determiners intro (articles, possessive particles, t-class particles)
103. Did not - kore... ai
104. different - kē
105. Different from... - rerekē
106. Direct objects
107. Direction - ...ai
108. Direction markers - mai, atu, ake, iho
110. Discourse markers - although - ahakoa
111. Do you have any...? - He... ?
112. Do you not have any? - Kāore āu...
113. Does not have to; there is no obligation - ehara i te mea me …; hei aha … ai
114. Doing something a specified number of times - e toru aku haerenga
115. Doing something to one another - tau-
116. Doing something while going with haere - haere
117. Don't even think about... - kei noho... ka...
120. e as a particle of address - e
121. E without ena for future time - e
122. Each - ia
123. Each other, one another - tētahi ki tētahi; tētahi i tētahi; tētahi mō tētahi
125. Everything in the o category - o
126. exactly (with numbers) - pū ānō
127. Exclamations - Hā! Ēhara! Taihoa! Aue!
128. Expressing a wish with ki te and kia - hiahia ki te, hiahia kia
129. Family relationships - brother to a girl - tungāne
130. Family relationships - father - papa
131. Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
132. Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
133. Family relationships - oldest - mātāmua
134. Family relationships - parents - matua, mātua
135. Family relationships - sister to a boy - tamahine
136. Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
137. Family relationships - youngest - pōtiki
138. far side, near side - kō atu, kō mai
139. First - mātua
140. Food wanting, food sick - hiakai, hiamoe
141. For a period of time - mō te …
143. For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
144. Fortunately; thanks to someone being there - me kore ake …
145. Fractions - hau-; haurua; hauwhā
146. Freely - noa
147. Frequently, often - auau
149. Future categorising sentences - hei
152. Greetings - Tēnā koe, tēnā koutou
155. Have been doing something for a long time - kua roa … e … ana
156. Having something - whai; whairawa; whai tikanga
157. Having something with you - kei a …; i a …
158. He meaning a or some - he
160. here, there by you with ko... - kō ,konei, tonā, korā
161. Horses can be in the a or the o category - a, o
162. How are you? - Kei te pehea koe?
164. How long? - e hia tō … roa; pēhea te roa …
165. How many are needed? - Kia hia
167. How... - tō... hoki, te hoki
168. How? - Me pēhea?
170. i and e in active and passive sentences - i, e
171. I and ki overview - i, ki
172. I don't like... - Ehara... i te pai...
173. I have no... - Kāore aku...
174. I have... (possesion) - he... aku
175. I like... - He pai ki a au...
176. I thought mistakenly - pohēhē
178. I was forced to... - ...mate... ki...
179. Identifying the agent in a passive sentencre - e
181. Idioms of time - i te atapō...
182. Idioms with locatives - i muri iho, ki roto...
183. If - ka... ana
185. If and when - e or e ka
186. If not... - ki te kore...
187. If there were not - Mehemea kāore (he)
188. If using ki or mehemea - ki, mehemea
190. If... then.. - ko... ko...
191. In case... - kei
192. In order not to... - kia... kore ai
193. In order to - he aha ai
195. In order to - kia... (without ai)
197. Indeed - koa
198. Intensifier - rawa
199. intensifier - tino
200. Intensifier - ia
201. Intensives - 'anō’, ‘hoki’, ‘rā’, and ‘tonu'
202. Interjections - kātahi anō, e hoa! inana
203. Interrogatives (asking questions)
204. Into - ki roto
205. Intransitive verbs
206. Irregular adverbs that precede the verb - mātua, āta, āhua
207. Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?
208. Isn’t it? Don’t they? - nē; nē rā; nē hā
209. It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...
210. It is becoming... - E... haere ana
211. It is easy or difficult to do something - he māmā te …; he uaua te …
212. It is nothing; it does not matter - ehara i te aha
213. It looks as though - te āhua nei
216. Just that, nothing more - noa iho
218. Kāhore as a negation - kāhore
219. Kei te versus he (temporarl versus characteristic) - kei te, he
220. Kei... - Don't...
221. Ki before the second verb (to do something) - ki
222. Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
223. Kia... ai with passives - Kia ai
224. Kia... ai with statives - kia... ai
227. ko as a noun emphatic - ko
228. ko versus he - the difference between a ko a d a he sentence - ko, he
229. Last week, last month, last year - tērā
230. Let there be a certain amount - kia
233. Locatives - runga, raro, rōto, waho...
234. Locatives - kei, i, hei
237. Locatives as the subject preceeded by a - a waho (outside)
238. Locatives: in front and bedind, past and future - mua, muri
239. Locatives: left and right, above and under - raro, maui
240. Lucky, fortunate - nōku te whiwhi
241. Mau
242. Mea (so-and-so)
244. Mood
245. Mora
246. Negate anything - ehara i te mea...
247. Negating adjectives - kāhore, kore
248. Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...
249. Negating counting things - Kāore e...
250. Negating future categorising sentences - hei
251. Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...
252. Negating he with characteristic - Kāore
253. Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
256. Negating possession with ehara - Ehara
257. Negating possession with Kāhore - Kāhore
259. Negating t possessives - kāore i a...
261. Negating the inceptive tense with ka - e kore... e
264. Negations
265. Negations - kīhai
275. Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
276. Negative questions - Ehara rānei?
277. Negative tē - tē
278. Neutral plural possessives - aku, ō and ana
280. No i when using commands with the passive
281. No longer; not going to after all - kua kore … e …
282. No sweat to you... - Mō te... he painga i a koe...
284. Not allowed - kāore... e āhei
285. Not here - kāore i konei
286. Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
288. Not with someone, not at a place - kaua i...
289. Nothing could be done - kāore i taea te pēhea
290. Nouns
291. Now (interjection) - nā
293. Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
294. Numbers: taki the distributive prefix (in groups of) - taki-
295. o category for friends, a category for partners - a, o
296. o category: house and home - o
297. o category: parents and superiors - o
298. o category: things associated with the body - o
299. o category: water and medicine - o
300. Of using ā - waiata-ā-ringa = action songs
301. Of using nā/nō - nā, nō
302. On the other hand - Ke atu
303. One of, some of - tētahi o …; ētahi o …
304. Only - anake
307. Other - atu
308. Over there - āra
309. Particles in the postposed perophery - rawa, tonu, kē, noa, pea, koa
310. Particles overview
311. Passive agreement
315. Perhaps - Tērā pea
316. Personal Pronouns
317. Personals
318. Placenames - kei Pōneke
319. Plural possessive pronouns - a, o
322. Possessives - belong to him or her - tōna, tāna
323. Possessives - belonging to us, them, you all - tā rātou, tō mātou, tā koutou...
324. Possessives - m and n class overview - mā, nā, mō, nō
325. Possessives - neuter - taku, tō...
326. Prepositions - ko, me, ma, ki, i...
327. Price of things, money - He aha te utu o
328. Pronouns - dual - kōrua
329. Pronouns - dual - rāua
330. Pronouns - dual, exclusive of listener - māua
331. Pronouns - dual, inclusive of listener - tāua
332. Pronouns - plural - koutou
333. Pronouns - plural - rātou
334. Pronouns - plural, exclusive of listener - mātou
335. Pronouns - plural, inclusive of listener - tātou
337. Pronouns - singular - koe
338. Pronouns - singular - ia
339. Questions with intonation
340. Reduplication - mate, mamate, matamate
341. Reflexive pronouns - ake, ki a ia
342. Reflexive-Intensive Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns - anō, ake
343. Refusing to do something - Kāore a Hōne mō te haere
344. Reporting whether something is true - mehemea; āe rānei … kāore rānei
345. Reporting who, where or what someone asked - pātai; wai, hea, aha
346. Saying - kī, mea
347. Saying goodbye - Haere rā! E noho rā!
348. Seeing that (reason for an action) - inā hoki
350. Sentences with a subclause i or kua - i, kua
351. Sentences with a subclause kei te, i te - kei te, i te
353. Sentences with ki - ki
354. Sentences with parts missing in casual conversation
356. Serves you right! - kaitoa
357. Should with a passive 'e' - me... e...
358. Simple possessives - a and o
360. Simple sentences with a noun + adjectiive
361. Simple sentences with a subject
369. So something can happen... - ...e taea ai hoki tērā...
370. So that something can happen for someone else - kia
371. Some - tētahi, ētahi
372. Soon afterwards - muri iho
373. Specifically - ai
374. Stating and reaching an age - tau; pakeke; ka
377. Statives with whaka-
378. Stopping an activity - mutu …
379. Strong assertions - koia tērā! koia nei!
380. Subclause after a possessive - He aha tā rātou e hiahia ana?
381. t possessives - tāku, tōku
383. Talking about you and other poeple - māua ko, mātou ko
384. tātahi - at the beach as a locative - tātahi
386. Tense markers - ka, i, kua, kia, me, e kai
390. That is to say - arā
391. That's the reason... - koirā te take...
393. The causative prefix - whaka-
394. The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...
395. The predicate
396. The prefix kai- - kai
398. The reason for an action - ...ai.
404. There is no... - Kāhore he...
405. There is, there are - he …
406. There was - tērā
407. there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...
408. There were lots of... - te maha a te...
409. There's no one better than... - Kāore i...
410. There, at the previously mentioned place - reira
411. Thereat - e... ai (instead of e... ana) - e... ai
413. These - ēnei
415. This and that - tēnei, tēnā, tērā
417. This could have happened to you - Me... ai...
418. This here - nei
420. This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...
421. this, or that with e (instead of e... ana) - e... nei, e...nā, e.. rā
422. Those (near you) - ēnā
423. Those (over there) - ērā
424. Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai
425. through, by way of - rā
426. To achieve this, one must … - e … ai … me …
427. To be unable - Kāore... taea...
429. To see whether; in the hope that - me kore e …
430. To whom? - ki a wai
431. Together - tahi
432. Towards - whalamua, whakarunga...
434. Transitive verbs
436. Two adjectives for the same thing - he mea
438. Until - kia
440. Up to - tō
442. Uses of tonu - tonu
443. Using "ai" instead of ka - ai
445. Using 'i' to indicate location - i
446. Using 'i' to mark the object of the sentence - i
449. Using 'ki' to indicate location - ki
450. Using ai to link two subclauses
451. Using ai to mean whom - ai
452. Using ai to specify a location - ai
453. Using ai to specify a time - ai
454. Using at to mea n that which - ai
455. Verbs
456. Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
459. Via - mā
460. Wait a while - taihoa
462. What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
463. What happened to...? - ahatia?
466. What? - ko te aha?
468. When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
469. When in the future - ana and ina
470. When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
474. Where? - kei hea?
476. While - kei... ana
477. While - i... ka...
478. While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
479. While... - i... e... ana, ka...
480. Whilst... - Nōna e... ana...
481. Who did? - Nā wai?
482. Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
485. Whose? - nā wai; nō wai
486. Why aren't... - he aha... e kore nei e...
489. Why is, what is the reason? - He aha te take... e... ana
490. Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?
491. Why will? - He aha... e... ai?
492. Why won't... - He aha... e kore ai e...
493. Why... now? - He aha... e... nei?
494. With, if, like, as - me
495. Without - -kore as a suffix - -kore
498. Words that change in the plural - wahine, wāhine
499. You forgot to... - Ka mahue tō...
500. You go on ahead - hoatu koe
501. You’d better watch it! - Ākuanei!