Māori Grammar

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Last week, last month, last year - tērā

Ā tērā wiki rātou hoki mai ai.
They come back next week.

I tērā wiki.
Last week.

Ā tērā tau piki ai taku mātāmua ki te wharekura.
My oldest moves up to wharekura next year.

Ā tērā tau.
Next year.

Ā tērā marama.
Next month.

Ka kite anō i a koe ā tērā wiki.
See you again next week.

E haere ana mātou ki Wānaka ā tērā wiki.
We are going to Wānaka next week.

I tērā marama.
Last month.

I aha koe i tērā marama?
What did you do last month?

Ka haere tātou ki te papatākaro ā tērā wiki.
We will go to the playground next week.

I Rotorua te whakataetae i tērā tau.
The competition was held in Rotorua last year.

I tērā tau ka haere mātou ko aku hoa ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year me and my friends went to Wellington to look around.

Ā tērā wiki.
Next week.

I noho au i reira i tērā tau.
I stayed there last year.

Ā tērā wiki ka hui tātou ki Papaioea.
Next week we will meet in Palmerston.

Ā tērā wiki ka tīmata ngā whakamātautau.
The exams will start next week.

I tērā tau, ka haere mātou ki Wānaka.
Last year, we went to Wānaka.

Kei te aha koe ā tērā wiki?
What are you doing next week?

I tērā tau.
Last year.

He paki te rā, he pai te kai, he pai te kōrero. He rawe tērā mutunga wiki i tērā tau.
It was a sunny day, good food, good conversation. That was an excellent weekend last year.

I tērā tau i hūnuku tōku whānau ki ngā roto o Kai Iwi.
Last year, my family moved to the lakes of Kai Iwi.

Nō tērā tau i tū ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena.
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney.

Ā tērā marama tātou hui ai.
We are meeting next month.

I tērā tau i kauhau a Pita i Te Tai Tonga.
Last year Pita gave a lecture in Southland.

I aha koe i tērā wiki?
What did you do last week?

I aha koe i tērā tau?
What did you do last year?

Ka haere au ki Uropi ā tērā tau.
I'm going to Europe next year.

I tērā tau ka rima tekau ia.
He will be fifty next birthday.

Ka whakatō te paruauru i ngā tipu ā tērā wiki.
The gardener will plant the seedlings next week.

Ka āwhina koe i a au ā tērā wiki.
You will help me next week.

Ka haere tonu ia a tērā tau.
He will go next year.

Ka kite kōrua i a Pāpā Poaka ā tērā tau.
You two will see Pāpā Poaka next year.