Māori Grammar

Usually, the tense marker is at the start of a sentence:

Kei te waiata te wahine.
The woman is singing.

I te waiata te wahine.
The woman was singing.

E waiata ana te wahine.
The woman is singing.

Sometimes a sentence has two parts or clauses, such as "I am listening to the woman who is singing". This sentence has two parts: I am listening, and the woman is singing.

In te reo Māori, the second part of sentence can be expressed using e... ana...:

Kei te whakarongo au ki te wahine e waiata ana.
I am listening to the woman who is singing.