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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 3d

Prepositions. Ko as a preposition. 4. In Te Taitokerau it is used sometimes as the future form of kei. Ko reira ahau āpōpō. I will be there tomorrow. In some areas of Te Taitokerau it is used instead of 'kua'. Ko haere ia inapō nei. He went last night.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 4d

Prepositions. Ko as a preposition. 2. As a fronted subject. Ko Mere te tangata kotahi kua whakaae ki tāna i kī ia. Mary was the only one that agreed with what he said.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 5d

Prepositions. Ko as a preposition. 1. The predicate of a sentence. Ko Rūrūtao (rūrū - shake; tao - spear) tētahi whakamāoritanga hangareka mō Shakespeare. Rūrūtao is a playful translation of Shakespeare.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 6d

Prepositions. The preposition hei has 2 uses. 2. It can mark future time (along with ā and mō). Hei tērā wiki ka hoki mai anō i tāwāhi i muri i te rua tau ki Kānata. Next week she'll return from overseas after two years in Canada.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 6d

Prepositions. The preposition hei has 2 uses. 1. It can mark future position. Hei konei au āpōpō. I'll be here tomorrow. Kō te tūmanako, hei reira kē ia i tō mātou taenga atu. Hopefully, he'll already be there when we arrive.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 6d

Prepositions. The preposition hei has 2 uses. 1. It can mark future position. Hei konei au āpōpō. I'll be here tomorrow. Kō te tūmanako, hei reira kē ia i tō mātou taenga atu. Hopefully, he'll already be there when we arrive.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 11d

Prepositions. The preposition hei has 2 uses. 1. It can mark future position. Hei konei au āpōpō. I'll be here tomorrow. Kō te tūmanako, hei reira kē ia i tō mātou taenga atu. Hopefully, he'll already be there when we arrive.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 12d

Prepositions. Mō can also be used to indicate future time. Mō te whā karaka te hui. Ko te tūmanako, kāore e whakaaetia e tērā whakaputa mōhio te whakatopatopa pērā i te hui tōmua. The meeting's set for four. Hopefully that know-it-all won't be allowed to dominate like last time.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 13d

Prepositions. Mā/mō. 3. Used in comments about route or means. Mā hea rā koe haere mai ai? How did you get here then? Mā te haere pakituhi. I hitchhiked. Mā Tūrangi. Via Tūrangi. Mā runga i tō Pita waka. In Peter's car.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 17d

Prepositions. Mā/mō. 2. Used in the actor emphatic constructions for the future. "Mā wai au e awhina ki te ruirui i ngā kākano?" te pātai a Te Heihei Whero Iti. "Ehara māku", ka kī te poaka. "Who will help me plant the seeds?" asked the Little Red Hen. 'Not I," said the pig.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 20d

Prepositions. Mā/mō. Marks phrases that show for whose benefit something is, or happens. Homai he parāoa parai māku kei pau katoa te kai i a rāua. Pass me some fried bread before those two eat it all. Mōna tēnā karaehe wai. That glass of water is for her.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 23d

Prepositions. Nā/nō. Nō is also used for fronted time comments (as a alternative to 'i'). Nō tērā tau i kī taurangi ia meāke ka pai ake anō te ōhanga. Kei te tātari tonutia tērā. Last year she said the economy would soon improve. We're still waiting for that.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 24d

Prepositions. Nā/nō. Used for the past actor emphatic construction. Tahi: Nā wai taku pae tiakarete i kai? Rua: Nāku. Kaitoa! Nāu aku rare i whānako inanahi. One: Who ate my chocolate bar? Two: I did. Serves you right. You pinched my lollies yesterday.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 26d

Prepositions. Nā/nō. Indicating possession. Nā wai tērā mōkī kei runga i te tēpu. Whose parcel is that on the table? Nō te Pirimia tērā whare, me ētahi atu e rua. That house, and two others, belong to the Prime Minister.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · 27d

Prepositions. The preposition ā is used in time comments relating to the future. Ka kai tātou ā te haurua i te ono karaka, ki te tae mai a DeliverEasy i te wā i kīia mai. We will at at six thirty, if DeliverEasy arrives when they said.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 19

Prepositions. 2. Kei is used in formal language by a speaker to address his or her listeners. Kei te rangatira, kei te whakaae mātou ki tāu i kī ai. Sir. we agree with what you said.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 17

Prepositions. 1. Kei is used to introduce phrases stating where the subject is. Kei konei au tae noa atu ki te Paraire. I'm here until Friday. Kei Pōneke te Whare Pāremata, i mua i Tāmakimakarau. The Houses of Parliament are in Wellington, previously they were in Auckland.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 15

2/ te auheke ohaoha, me tētahi anō ngaru kiritōpū a te iwi. Another statement was issued blaming the economic recession on the previous government, with another collective groan on the part of the people.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 15

1/ Prepositions. Uses of 'me'. 4. When two actions are performed at the same time they can joined by 'me'. If the subject of the second action is different from the first then add a possessive determiner. I puta mai tētahi anō puakanga e uapare ana i te kāwanatanga o mua mō ...

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 15

Prepositions. Uses of 'me'. 4. When two actions are performed at the same time they can joined by 'me'. Ka taunu rātou me te tāwai, engari ka parau noa, ka kōrero tonu a Winitana. They heckled and jeered to no avail, Winston kept on talking.

kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 11

1/Prepositions. Uses of 'me'. 3. To indicate a circumstance that accompanies an action. E tama, kaua e tuaritia he tirikai anō māu me te waha e kī tonu ana. Son, don't dish out a second helping for yourself with your mouth still full.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 10

Prepositions. Uses of 'me'. 2. To indicate things or people in company with which something occurs. I tae rawa ia ki te kūaha me ngā rēhi hū e matara tonu ana. He eventually got to the door with his shoelaces still undone.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 8

2/ dog laughed to see such fun, and the dish ran away with the spoon.

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 8

1/Prepositions. Uses of 'me'. 1. With the sense of 'with'. Hei tira tira, te poti me te whira, te kau peke runga te marama, ka kata te kurī ki ana mahi pai, ka oma te rīhi me te pune. Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, the little...

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kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social · Sep 8

2/ the disappearance of his favourite yoghurt from the supermarket shelves, saying that 'It was probably some idiot in head office in Sydney that decided to do that.'

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