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First Lessons in Maori

§ 82

§ 82.

When, as an interrogative, is commonly expressed by no nahea or i nahea for past time, and a hea for future. To mark the time of occurrence, the prepositions no and i are used for past time, and a and hei for future. (§ 15.)

page 53 Examples.
  • No nahea ia i tae mai ai? When did he arrive?

  • A hea koe haere ai? When shall you go?

  • No toku kitenga i a ia ka homai e ia te toki ki ahua, When I saw (At the time of my seeing) him, he gave the axe to me.

  • I taku korerotanga atu ki a ia inanahi kihai i ki mai tona waha, When I spoke to him yesterday he said nothing.

  • Ka rokohanga ano a Heke ki reira a tou taenga atu, Heke will be found there when you arrive there.

  • Hei te hokinga atu o Tareha ka haere mai ai koe, When Tareha returns you shall come.