Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 1
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Haere ki te rūma horoi.
Go to the bathroom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 hoe te waka ki uta.
The canoe paddled ashore.

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

Tītaha ki tērā taha.
Leaning to that side.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Kauri?
Have you been to visit Kauri?

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

E tata ana rāua ki Kirikiriroa.
They were approaching Hamilton.

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