Māori Grammar
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The particle ā can be used to indicate the future, in the same way that i can be used to indicate the past.
Ā tērā wiki. Ka haere atu au.
Next week, I will go.
The sentence can begin with ā, or it be in the second part of the sentence in a subclause:
Ka haere atau au ā tērā wiki.
I will go next week.
Ā tērā wiki.
Next week.
Ā tērā marama.
Next month.
Ā tērā tau.
Next year.
Ā tērā atu wiki.
The week after next.
Ā tērā atu marama.
The month after next.
Ā tērā atu tau.
The year after next.
Ā tērā wiki, e haere ana mātou ki te riketa.
Next week, we're going to the regatta.Ā tērā wiki ka hui tātou ki Papaioea.
Next week we will meet in Palmerston.E haere ana mātou ki Wānaka ā tērā wiki.
We are going to Wānaka next week.Ka haere tātou ki te papatākaro ā tērā wiki.
We will go to the playground next week.Ka āwhina koe i a au ā tērā wiki.
You will help me next week.Ā tērā Rāmere, ka haere māua ki Temuka.
Next Friday, we (2 exclusive) will go to Temuka.Ā tērā wiki ka tīmata ngā whakamātautau.
The exams will start next week.Ā tērā marama tātou hui ai.
We are meeting next month.Ka haere au ki Uropi ā tērā tau.
I'm going to Europe next year.Ka kite kōrua i a Pāpā Poaka ā tērā tau.
You two will see Pāpā Poaka next year.Ā tērā tau piki ai taku mātāmua ki te wharekura.
My oldest moves up to wharekura next year.A tērā wiki, kei te haere mai tētahi rangatira ki tō mātou kāinga.
Next week, a chief is coming to our home.Ka kite anō i a koe ā tērā wiki.
See you again next week.Ā tērā wiki rātou hoki mai ai.
They come back next week.Ka whakatō te paruauru i ngā tipu ā tērā wiki.
The gardener will plant the seedlings next week.Ka haere tonu ia a tērā tau.
He will go next year.