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Kei is used to indicate both present and future location:
Kei korā ahau.
I am there.
I will be there.
In some situations, where the speaker wishes to convey a strong sense of time, hei is used:
Hei korā ahau.
I will be there in the future.
Hei tua te whare i te marae.
The house will be beyond the marae.Hei te taha o te motokā te wahine.
The woman will be by the car.Hei mua te kurī i te kuaha.
The dog will be in front of the door.Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.Hei te marae rātou.
They will be at the marae.Hei te Rāmere haere atu ai au ki Otepoti.
I will go to Dunedin on Friday.Hei waho ngā kai i te pāmu.
The food will be outside the farm.Hei te kāinga te tamaiti.
The child will be at home.Hei Ahuriri te hui a Oketopa.
The meeting in October will be at Napier.Hei tai te waka.
The boat will be by the sea.Hei uta ngā waka.
The boats will be ashore.Hei roto au i tōku tari.
I will be in my office.Hei te toa a Hemi.
Hemi will be at the shop.Hei mua te waka i te whare.
The car will be in front of the house.Hei te taha mauī te tama.
The boy will be on the left-hand side.Hei āpōpō au tae atu ai.
I will come tomorrow.Hei raro ngā kuri i te tēpu.
The dogs will be under the table.Hei te kura ia.
She will be at school.Hei konā tō waea.
Your phone will be there (by you).Hei runga te pukapuka i te tēpu.
The book will be on the table.Hei muri te kaiako i te akomanga.
The teacher will be behind the classroom.Hei raro ngā hū i te tūru.
The shoes will be under the chair.Hei runga te manu i te rākau.
The bird will be on the tree.Hei te whare kē noa atu au noho mai ai.
I will stay at another house far away from yours.Hei roto te pirihimana i te waka.
The policeman will be in the car.Hei tawhiti te whare.
The house will be in the distance.Hei te taha matau te kōtiro.
The girl will be on the right-hand side.Hei konei he kāinga mo mātou.
Here will be a home for us.Hei korā ngā tūru.
The chairs will be over there.Hei tātahi ngā tāngata e whakatā ana.
The people will be relaxing at the beach.Hei roto te tāne i te whare.
The man will be inside the house.Hei taha mauī te waka i te whare.
The car will be to the left of the house.Hei te papa tuatoru te hui ā te ahiahi nei.
The meeting will be held on the third floor this afternoon.Hei waenganui ngā tamariki i te papa tākaro.
The children will be in the middle of the playground.Hei reira te pukapuka.
The book will be there.Hei korā ahau.
I will be there.Hei konei ngā ngeru.
The cats will be here.Hei tāwāhi tō whānau.
Your family will be overseas.Hei konei ahau ā te ata.
I will be here in the morning.Hei te Rātapu hikoi ai au me to kurī.
On Sunday I will walk with my dog.