Māori Grammar

ā to indicate the future - ā

The particle ā can be used to indicate the future, in the same way that i can be used to indicate the past. 

Ā tērā wiki. Ka haere atu au.
Next week, I will go.

The sentence can begin with ā, or it be in the second part of the sentence in a subclause:

Ka haere atau au ā tērā wiki.
I will go next week. 

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In the future, the children will tidy their room

ā for the future

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

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

Ā tērā tau.
Next year.

Ā tērā atu wiki.
The week after next.

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

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

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

Ā tērā atu marama.
The month after next.

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

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

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

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

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

A tērā wiki, kei te haere mai tētahi rangatira ki tō mātou kāinga.
Next week, a chief is coming to our home.

Ā tērā wiki.
Next week.

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

Ā tērā marama.
Next month.

Ā tērā Rāmere, ka haere māua ki Temuka.
Next Friday, we (2 exclusive) will go to Temuka.

Ā tērā atu tau.
The year after next.

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

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

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

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