Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 3
Has just... - kātahi anō...

Kātahi ano... ka can mean one of three things:

 

a.  has just happened
b. it has finally happened
c. it has heppened for the first time

Kātahi anō [subject] ka oho

 

 

Kātahi anō ka mutu te hui.
The meeting has just finished.

Kātahi anō te whānau nei ka maranga.
The family has just woken up.

He tamāhine hou tāna kātahi anō ka whānau mai.
She has a new daughter than has just been born.

Kātahi anō ia ka kite he rākau kē.
It was then that he saw it was just a stick.

Kātahi anō au ka tae mai ki runga i tēnei marae.
This is my first time on this marae.

Kātahi anō a Amaru ka tae mai.
Amaru has just arrived.

Kātahi anō au ka oho.
I have just woken up.

Kātahi ka a Honi ka oho.
Honi has just/finally/for the first time woken up.

Kātahi anō a Kauri ka wehe atu.
Kauri has just left.

Kātahi anō ahau ka hoki mai i te toa.
I finally comeback from the shop.

Kātahi anō tō hoa ka waea mai.
Your friend just called. (or: your friend finally called; or: your friend called for the first time)

Kātahi anō au ka hoki mai.
I have just come back.

Kātahi anō ngā manuhiri ka tae mai.
The guests have just arrived.

Kātahi anō taku hoa ka haere atu ki Hawaii.
My friend has gone to Hawaii for the first time.

Kātahi anō rātou ka tīmata ki te kai.
They have just started to eat.