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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

E tata ana rāua ki Te Tai Rāwhiti.
They were approaching the Eastland region.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Tītaha ki tērā taha.
Leaning to that side.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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