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Typically, the tense marker ka is used to indicate that something will happen in the future. However, when telling a story, ka is often used to indicate that something happened next. Usually this will be in a situation where we have already established that the events are in the past. In the following example, the word inanahi sets the event in the past, and therefore ka is translated as a past event:
Inanahi, ka haere au ki Te Tai Rāwhiti.
Yesterday, I went to town.
Ka mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.Ka puta taua tini rā ki waho o te pā.
That group went out of the pā.Ka maremare rawa atu ahau.
I had to cough.Ka haere te ope o Ngāti-Kahukoka i mua o ēnei.
The Ngāti-Kahukoka group went in front of them.Ka tae ki te teihana, ā, ka hīkoi mātou i te taha moana ki Te Papa.
We arrived at the station and we walked by the sea to Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum.Ka mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.Ka waiho tonu tātou hei tinihangatanga mā tō tātou whaea.
We are always left cheated by our mother.Ka hoki atu ngā tamariki ki te kura āpōpō.
The children are returning to school tomorrow.Ka nui taku aroha ki a koe.
My love for you knows no bounds.Ka whāngaia ngā manu e ia.
The birds were fed by her.Ka mīharo rātou, me te tino whakamihi.
They were all full of admiration, and very grateful.Ka haere ki Zealandia mō te kawhe.
I went to Zealandia for a coffee.Ka mutu tonu te kōrero ki konei.
The story finishes right here.Ka pupihi te hau, ha hingahinga ngā rākau, ka rere ngā tīni o te whare.
The wind blew, the trees blew over and roofing iron blew off.Ka tū mai te tumuaki ki te mihi ki a rātou.
The headmaster stood up to greet them.Ka noho ia i tētahi rākau e noho rā he tāngata i raro.
[He] came to rest in a tree under which some people sat.Ka nui taku hiahia kia kite i a koe!
I greatly desire to see you.Ka noho au ki te moenga inu ai i taku kawhe.
I sat in bed and drank my coffee.Ka māharahara te rōpā rā ki te mate whakamomori o tana ariki.
That slave was anxious that his master might commit suicide.Ka kitea kua puta i tētahi taha o te pā, kua haere whakatētahi taha o te pā.
They were seen emerging from one side of the pā, going towards the other side.Ka tae mai te taraka o Aria me ngā tēpu, me ngā tūru.
Aria's truck arrived with the tables and the chairs.Ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru.
The Pleiades had descended to the west from its highest point.Ka tū ngā tamāhine i te mataihi katau o te marae.
The daughters stood at the front right of the marae.Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.Ka kuhu mai te hoa o Mere.
Mere's friend comes in.Ka karakia ia i ngā karakia mō ngā taniwha moana.
He chanted the incantations for the taniwha of the sea.Ka roherohea taua moana e rātou.
That sea was divided up by them.Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei.
A place was left open between the stone walls.Ka patua katoatia.
All [the people] were killed.Ka mau ana te ururoa ka kaha whawhai ia kia ora ake anō.
Whenever a shark was caught it put up a terrific fight to survive and personifies the epitome of striving.Ka tono tonu ia i ngā turituri.
He kept hearing noises.Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.Ka mea atu a Kupe ki a Hotu,
Kupe said to Hotu, "We must return".Ka riro i te hai hāte a Paki.
It was taken by Paki's ace of hearts.Ka hoki te kōrero ki a Hotu i ruku rā i te punga o tō rāua waka.
The story returns to Hotu who had dived for the anchor of their canoe.Ka mea atu a Kupe ki a Hotu...
Kupe said to Hotu...Ka pangaa atu to pāoro e Tame ki a Manu.
Tame passes the ball to Manu.Ka hoki te ope rā ki tana pā.
That group returned to its pā.Ka kite o reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhihuia,.
The young chiefs from there was this girl, Puhihuia.Ka kiriweti ia ki ngā mahi whakapātaritari a tōna tungāne.
She gets annoyed with the teasing antics of her brother.Ka tū ia, ā, ka kōrero.
He stood and spoke.Ka pōwhiri ia i a Pongo.
She beckoned to Pongo.Ka mamae aku turi, ngā wāhi katoa ōku, engari kāore e heke taku taumaha.
They hurt my knees, and every other part of me, yet I don't seem to lose any weight.Ka tae te ope rā ki ā rātou mea i mahia mai rā i Āwhitu.
The group took their things which had been made in Āwhitu.Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.Ka hoki mai nā roto i te nehenehe.
They returned by way of the patch of bush.Ka puta katoa ki waho ngā tāngata o te pā ki te tahu kai.
All the people of the pā came outside to cook food.Ka pōwhiri ki ana ringaringa.
She beckoned with her hands.Ka tū a ia, ka karanga mai i waho i te whare.
He stood and called from outside the house.Ka titiro a Pāora ki te parani i runga i te pounamu.
Pāora looked at the brand on the bottle.Ka mataku ngā kararehe i te whatitiri.
Thunder frightens animals.Ka tū mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.Ka kite atu ngā tāne o tēnei i ngā wāhine o tērā.
The men of this [tribe] saw the women of that [tribe].Ka pātōtō ia ki te kūaha.
She knocks on the door.Ka haere mātou ki te tāone i nga Tāite.
We go to town on Thursdays.Ka kite ia i te tīwaiwaka.
He sees the fantail.Ka hoki ake anō te kotiro rā ki te pā.
The girl returned once more to the pā.Ka oho te tini i roto i te whare manuhiri.
The party at the visitor's house woke up.Ka kapo au i te pū.
I snatched the gun.Ka kīa e te taitamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.Ka whakatika te kōtiro rā, ka mua ki te kīaka.
The girl got up and took a calabash.Ka pahemo te awa o Tōrere.
He passed Tōrere's stream.Ka rongo a Koa i te whakapū ahi.
Koa heard the fire siren.Ka tangi ngā tamāhine ki tō rātou pāpā.
The daughters mourned for their father.Ka rongo ahau i tētahi waiata pai i tēnei rā.
I heard a nice song today.Ka mahana haere te kaimoana i te rā.
The seafood is getting warm in the sun.Ka rite i te tokomaha te whakataāe te rā hei hokinga mō rātou.
The many young people reached agreement on the day for their return.Ka nui te mīti, te hēki me te tuna.
There's plenty of meat, eggs and eels.Ka aha koe i ngā hararei?
What do you do in the holidays?Ka haere i te ara i runga i te rangitoto.
They went along the path over the coria.Ka tūpeke a ia i reira.
He jumped into the air there.Ka mau anō te kōtiro rā i te ipu.
That girl picked up the calabash again.Ka mutu te mahi inanahi, ka haere mātou ki te tāone.
When yesterday's work was finished, we went to town.Ka pīrangi ia ki ngā mea katoa.
He wants all the things.Ka oma mai ngā tamariki i muri i te whare.
The children ran up from behind the house.Ka mea atu te kotiro rā ki tana whaea...
That girl said to her mother...Ka roa, ka haere atu ia.
After a while, he left.Ka rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi.
His mother listened to his question about scented oil.Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.
He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.Ka kōrero ia ki tētahi atu āpiha.
He talked to another officer.Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.Ka takaia, ka kawea, ka whakairia ki runga ki te kauere.
They wrapped him up and took him and suspended him in a puriri tree.Ka whakawhanaunga koe ki a ia?
Do you relate to him?Ka whakatika atu ētahi ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā.
Some stood to wave outside the pā.Ka mōhio taku hoa ki te tangata rā.
My friend knows that man.Ka kite mātou i te Wind Wand, ā, ka hīkoi i te ara moana.
We saw the Wind Wand, and walked on the beach walkway.Ka puta mai te mate moe ki a Te Tahi.
Te Tahi became sleeopy.Ka mutu te kōrero.
The discussion finished.Ka mātihe a Kauri.
Kauri sneezed.Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.Ka whakatika te ope tamariki nei, ka tātou i a rātou mō te haere.
The group of young people got ready and girded themselves for the journey.Ka puta a Pihihuia me te wai.
Puhihuia appeared with the water.Ka tae tētahi tauhou ki te kāinga.
A certain stranger came to the village.Ka kauhoe ia i Rotorua ki Mokoia.
She swam from Rotorua to Mokia.Ka hoe mai whaka te tauranga waka i Onehunga.
They rowed through the canoe anchorage at Onehunga.Ka puta te iwi rā i te pā.
The tribe emerged from the pā.Ka karanga ki tana rōpā ki te wai ki a ia.
He called to his slave to get water for him.Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā.
One of those women stood up.Ka mutu ōna tohu, ka noho ki raro.
When his instructions were ended, he sat down.Ka tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.Ka karanga atu te rōpū whakaeke ki ngā tangata whenua.
The group ascending onto the marae calls back to the people of the land/marae.Ka mutu te kai, ka kī ia...
When the meal was over, he said...Ka kite a Amaru i te kōrua.
Amaru saw the crayfish.Ka kite a Tū i te mamaha e puta ake ana i mua o te tereina.
Tū saw the steam rising from the front of the train.Ka herea e ia tā tāua kurī.
He tied up our dog.Ka rere mai ngā waka i tai ki uta.
The canoes came from the sea to the shore.Ka hapū anō hoki ia i muri iho i a Kōpako.
She conceived again after Kōpako.Ka mau ki te kākahu o waho.
And took hold of her outer garment.Ka kite au i a ia, ka aroha atu.
When I saw her I was moved.Ka tātua i a rātou mō te haere.
They girded themselves for the journey.Ka kīa e te tatamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu.
The young people said it was done with black magic.Ka heke iho ko ngā roimata.
The tears fall down (representing the rain).Ka tangi te pere ākuanei.
The bell has rung.Ka haere a Te Kooti.
Te Kooti goes.Ka tū atu anō he wahine.
Another woman stood up.Ka tino kaha rawa tōna tangi ki tōna mamae.
She mourned deeply for her pains.Ka hokona e ua te koti rā mō te whā rau tāra.
She bought that coat for four hundred dollars.Ka piki puku atu hoki a Ponga i muri i a ia.
Ponga also climbed up silently behind her.