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This episode is a lot different. I go through a list of common errors made in Te Reo. This is compiled by Ako Panuku, Haemata, [pg.3-7]. A resource encouraged by The Ministry of Education NZ 2014. I ran out of time, so I only managed to share 10 from their resource.

When:

Ahea koe hoki mai ai? - When will you return

Kia tae au ki Te Hawera, ka korero au ki a ia. -When I get to Hawera I will talk to her.

Ka rongo au i te korero a te tauheke ra, ka tata mate au i te katakata. - When I heard what that old man was saying, I nearly died laughing.

Ka tae ana te manuhiri ki te marae, ka karangahia ratou e te kuia. - When the manuhiri arrive at the marae, they will be called by the kuia.

And also:

Me te mea ano, me korero taua ki tona rangatira. - And another thing, we should talk to his boss.

Do you have.../ I have...:

He pukapuka tahau? - Do you have a book?

He pukapuka tahaku. - I have a book

What is your name:

Ko wai tou ingoa? - What is your name?

What is this for:

Hei aha tenei? - What is this for?

Give me a turn:

Mahaku pea inaianei - It is my turn now.

I caught the train:

I eke au i te tereina - I boarded the train.

See you later:

Ka kite i a koe - [You'll] be seen by me.

Ka kite ano i a koe - [You'll] be seen again by me.

Not yet:

Kaore ano ratou kia tae mai: - They have not yet arrived.

I haven't any:

Kaore ahaku pukapuka. - I haven't any books/ I don't have a book.

Kia ora! Ai are! This was a long episode. Hopefully it wasnt too rambly.

I wanted to look into all the forms and meanings that the particle 'i' has but I quickly found that there are so so many. I did my best, to explain it, hopefully it makes sense.

[The Maori Comparative Dictionary, Edward Treager, pg.99]

I, a particle, used in forming indefinite past tenses or aorists: He aha te mea i haere mai ai koe ki a au ?—P. M., 61.

I, used transitively to connect an active verb with its object.

2. From: He tiki ahi mai ia koe—P. M., 26.

3. From the sight of.

4. At a distance from; wide of, or beyond.

5. In comparison of.

6. Than: A kua oti te hoatu e ia ki tou hoa e pai atu ana i a koe—1 Ham., xv. 28.

7. In complex prepositions, i raro i, &c.: I roto i o ratou whare korero—P. M., 83.

8. Following ehara, not: Ehara i te mea i whanau tangata mai—P. M., 59.

9. By reason of: I taua mate-kai hoki o muri iho—Ken., xli. 31: For want of.

10. By, after neuter verbs: Ka mate koe i au—P. M., 79: Ka pau hoki i a Tangaroa nga tamariki a Tane—P. M., 9.

11. With: E ki ana te whenua i te tutu i a ratou—Ken., vi. 13.

12. At (of place): Katahi ia ka noho i uta—P. M., 59.

13. Upon: Ka manu ia i te au o te moana—P. M., 130.

14. Along: Ka rongo ki te tokomaha o nga tangata kua mate i te haerenga i nga huarahi ma Tauhunui, ma Tuporo, me Tikitapu hoki—P. M., 147.

15. By way of: Ka haere i te Motunui, i te Kaweka, Urenui—P. M., 122.

16. Connected with the last; sometimes translated “of,” and sometimes redundant: No tua atu i Hawaiki—P. M., 71: Kia haere maua ki te tiki i a Takakopiri—P. M., 143.

17. In the act of (past time). In the state of.

18. At, in, by (in time): I te ata ka karanga atu a Tawhaki—P. M., 51.

19. In the time of; at the time that; whilst, during: I te kauanga mai i te po—P. M., 130: I-te-mea, when.

20. Possessing, belonging to (in past time): Ehara i a koe tenei kainga, noku ano—P. M., 81: Ko te kuri i a Te Paki—G.-8, 27.

21. In company with; led by.

22. In the opinion of.

23. Causing trouble to.

Kia ora ra! I really struggled to explain some concepts today, but hopefully you still get the gist of what I am trying to explain.

We look at the below phrases, taken from Ray Harlow's A Maori Reference grammar [pg.265]:

Me noho ki konei kia hoki rawa mai au - Stay here until I get back.

I noho mai ratou, tae noa mai ki te Rahoroi kua hipa nei - They stayed right up till last Saturday.

Me u tonu ki te mahi tae noa atu ki te wa e oti ai - You should stick to the task right up till the time it is completed.

Ae, i tae pai au ki Waitetoko, a, mai i taua wa e noho nei au i taku kainga - Yes, I arrived safely at Waitetoko, and since that time I have been living in my home.