He Kuputaka | Glossary

(particle) Used before people's - names, wai, mea and personified objects when they stand as the subject of the sentence and when they follow i, ki, hei and kei.

(noun) what?

wifi

cozy

1. (noun) student, pupil, learner, protégé.

progress

headache

rainbow

white cumulus cloud

Pedestrian Crossing

 (pronoun) I, me - like all pronouns and personals, takes a when following ki, i, kei and hei but does not take a when used as the subject of the sentence, except in some dialects. Never occurs after he, te and ngā and is not used after the prepositions a, o, mā, mō, nā, nō or with tā and tō.

ingenuity

River

storm

help!

Some, others

recycle

wind

breeze

drizzle

whirlwind/tornado

1. (particle) (determiner) a, an, some - used when referring to something that is not specific. It is not used following prepositions other than me when meaning 'like' or 'if'. May be followed by a noun or an adjective.

(particle) what? why?.

Pātai: what is the correct command?

what is the correct response?

Chicken

beautiful day

(numeral) how many? - combines with e, kia, toko-, ka and tua- to mean 'how many are there?' (e hia?); 'how many are wanted?' (kia hia?); how many people are there (tokohia?); 'how many?/how long?' (ka hia?); and 'how many?' (kia tuahia?).

sunshine

(verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria) to give (away from the speaker), put, add, hand over (something), gift, pay, move away - does not take a passive ending when used as a command and traditionally never took one. A passive suffix is often used in passive sentences, other than commands, in modern Māori.

give (it) to Mere

(verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to give (towards the speaker), contribute, grant, provide - does not take a passive ending when used as a command and traditionally never took one. A passive suffix is often used in passive sentences, other than commands, in modern Māori.

give (it) to me

1. (verb)  to press noses in greeting.

draft

Road , Pathway

1. (noun) fruit.

seafoam

frost

snow

There are many different ways 'i' is used in Te Reo Māori. Here are two examples that you will be learning

1. (particle) Connects a location word with its related noun or noun phrase. 

2. (particle) used before verbs and statives to indicate past time.

(particle) each, every - usually the phrase with ia is repeated together with the preposition if one is needed.