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hokomaha - supermarket


I ahau i te hokomaha, ka kite ahau i ōku hoa kura. - While I was at the supermarket, I saw my school friends.

Ehara tēnei i te hokomaha.
This is not a supermarket.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te haere ia ki te hokomaha hoko kai ai.
He's going to the supermarket to buy food.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Ka haere au ki te hokomaha ākuanei.
I will be going to the supermarket soon.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Me haere au ki te whare hokomaha.
I'd better go to the supermarket.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Nō te hokomaha.
From the supermarket.
Belonging to a place - nō

Ka haere māua ko Taika ki te hokomaha tiki ai.
Taika and I are going to the supermarket to shop.
The reason for an action - ...ai.

Kei te hokomaha.
At the supermarket.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore tātou e haere ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā hēki.
We are not going to the supermarket to buy eggs.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...

Kei te haere māua ki te hokomaha. Kei te hia haere mai kōrua?
We're going to the supermarket. Do you want to come?
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kei te haere ia ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā kai.
He's going to the supermarket to buy food.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Ka haere tātou ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā hēki.
We are going to the supermarket to buy the eggs.

Kei te haere ahau ki to hokomaha hoko ai i te kai.
I am going to the supermarket to buy food.

Kei te haere ahau ki te hokomaha hoko ai i te kai mā ōku mātua.
I am going to the supermarket to buy food for my parents.

I muri i tērā, ka haere ki te hokomaha.
After that, I went to the supermarket.

Āe, taki haere tātou, kotahi atu ki te hokomaha.
Yes, let's be off, straight to the supermarket.

Kei te haere au ki te hokomaha.
I'm going to the supermarket.

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