Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 1
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kua haere koe ki te toro atu i a Moana?
Have you been to visit Moana?

Haere ki te rūma horoi.
Go to the bathroom.

Haere ki tōku tari tatari ai.
Go to my office and wait.

Kei te haere a Raureka ki te kura.
Raureka is going to school.

Haere mai ki Koro, e Aria!
Come here to your Grandad, Aria!

Kei te whakaaro ia ki te haere ki te moana.
He is thinking of going to the sea.

Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!
Don't bring that pig home!

Me haere tātou ki tua o tēnei maunga.
We've got to go over this mountain.

Ka rere atu tāna tama ki a Tame.
Tame's son rushed off to him.

Kua haere koe ki Te Waipounamu?
Have you been to the South Island?

Ā tērā wiki, e haere ana mātou ki te riketa.
Next week, we're going to the regatta.

I homai te koroua i te moni ki a māua.
The old man gave the money to us (two, but not to you the listener).

Kei te heke iho a Ataahua ki raro.
Ataahua is heading down to the bottom.

Ka kaha ake taku hāereere haere raro, ka iti ake hoki taku haere ki ngā toa.
I walk more, and I go to the shops less.

Nei te mihi ki a kōrua.
Here indeed is my acknowledgement to you both.

Tītaha ki tērā taha.
Leaning to that side.

Kei te hikoi ngā tamariki ki te tāone.
The children are walking to town.

Ka nui te mihi ki a tātou.
Greetings to us all.

Kei te haere ngā tamariki ki Ōtaki.
The children are going to Ōtaki.

Kei te haere ia ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā kai.
He's going to the supermarket to buy food.

Ngā mihi manahau ki a kōrua.
Delighted greetings to you both.

I ahu te ara ki te rerenga mai o te .
The path pointed towards the rising sun.

Engari i mua i te haere ki te marae, i hoki au ki te kāinga ki te kohikohi i aku taputapu.
But before going to the marae, I returned home to pack my gears.

Inanahi ke haere atu ia mai i Rotorua ki Pōneke.
Yesterday, he went from Rotorua to Wellington.

Ka haere tāua ki te pura kaukau.
Shall we go to the pool.

Engari i mua i te haere ki tāwāhi, i hoki au ki taku ūkaipō ki te kite i te whānau.
But before going overseas, I returned home to see my family.

Āpōpō, ka haere au ki te kura.
Tomorrow, I will go to school.

E tata ana rāua ki Waikanae.
They were approaching Waikanae.

Kei te haere māua ki te hokomaha. Kei te hia haere mai kōrua?
We're going to the supermarket. Do you want to come?

I kawea mātou e Aroha ki te tāone.
Aroha took us to town.

I whāia ia tāna hōiho ki te awa.
He chased his horse to the river.

He haere ki te awa, he haere rānei ki te tāone Nan.
We will go to the river or go to town, Nan.

Ka hoe te waka ki uta.
The canoe paddled ashore.