Māori Grammar

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The bird is flying to the tree

ki to indicate direction towards

The particle ki can be used to indicate direction towards something (in the same way that i can be used to indicate direction away from something):

Haere ki te rūma horoi.
Go to the bathroom.

Kei te haere ngā tamariki ki Ōtaki.
The children are going to Ōtaki.

Nei rā te mihi ki a kōrua.
Here indeed is my acknowledgement to you both.

Ka hoe te waka ki uta.
The canoe paddled ashore.

Haere ki tōku tari tatari ai.
Go to my office and wait.

Engari i mua i te haere ki tāwāhi, i hoki au ki taku ūkaipō ki te kite i te whānau.
But before going overseas, I returned home to see my family.

Kei te heke iho a Nikau ki raro.
Nikau is heading down to the bottom.

Kei te haere ia ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā kai.
He's going to the supermarket to buy food.

I ahu te ara ki te rerenga mai o te rā.
The path pointed towards the rising sun.

Ka rere atu tāna tama ki a Nikau.
Nikau's son rushed off to him.

Āpōpō, ka haere au ki te kura.
Tomorrow, I will go to school.

Kua haere koe ki Te Waipounamu?
Have you been to the South Island?

Me haere tātou ki tua o tēnei maunga.
We've got to go over this mountain.

I kawea mātou e Rangi ki te tāone.
Rangi took us to town.

Ka nui te mihi ki a tātou.
Greetings to us all.

Tītaha ki tērā taha.
Leaning to that side.

Engari i mua i te haere ki te marae, i hoki au ki te kāinga ki te kohikohi i aku taputapu.
But before going to the marae, I returned home to pack my gears.

Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!
Don't bring that pig home!

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

Kei te haere māua ki te hokomaha. Kei te hia haere mai kōrua?
We're going to the supermarket. Do you want to come?

Kei te haere a Raureka ki te kura.
Raureka is going to school.

Ka kaha ake taku hāereere haere mā raro, ka iti ake hoki taku haere ki ngā toa.
I walk more, and I go to the shops less.

Ka haere tāua ki te pura kaukau.
Shall we go to the pool.

Ngā mihi manahau ki a kōrua.
Delighted greetings to you both.

I whāia ia tāna hōiho ki te awa.
He chased his horse to the river.

Kei te hikoi ngā tamariki ki te tāone.
The children are walking to town.

I homai te koroua i te moni ki a māua.
The old man gave the money to us (two, but not to you the listener).

Inanahi ke haere atu ia mai i Rotorua ki Pōneke.
Yesterday, he went from Rotorua to Wellington.

Kei te whakaaro ia ki te haere ki te moana.
He is thinking of going to the sea.

Kua haere koe ki te toro atu i a Ataahua?
Have you been to visit Ataahua?

He haere ki te awa, he haere rānei ki te tāone Nan.
We will go to the river or go to town, Nan.

E tata ana rāua ki Ōtautahi.
They were approaching Christhurch.

Haere mai ki tō Koro, e Kauri!
Come here to your Grandad, Kauri!