Results for 'time'
i - object of the sentence, from; concerning; in; in the past; on; → | Several uses; not always translatable with a specific English word.
Past tense verb particle: I haere ia ... She went
Past mearker: I tērā wiki ... Last week
Direct object marker: Ka kai ia i te āporo.
Source marker (from): Kua hoki mai au i te kura.
kei - Various uses, meanings, eg:
preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...
wā - time, times
āmua - future, time to come
amuri ake nei - time to come; afterwards; later
matenga - time or circumstance of death
maumau - waste (of time, effort etc)
tāima - time
whanaketanga - youth (the time of being young)
nāwai rā - after a time, in due course, for some time
kaituki - coxswain (a person who gives the time to the paddlers on a canoe)
noa atu rā - ago [a specified time in the past]
rerewā - temporal expressions, time phrases
pūtūmua wā (i) - time preposition [at, in, during]
He aha te aha. - Nothing changes, nothing changed, to no avail, it was a waste of time.
A tōna wā. - All in good time. There will come a time for that.
anamata - time to come, hereafter, the future
He aha to aha! - To no avail! A waste of time!
Ko te raumati te wā kauhoe.
Summer is the time for swimming.
Identity sentences - ko...
Nō te roa o te noho, ka mōhio a Kupe ko te wairua katoa o Kura e hiahia ana ki a ia.
From the length of time they stayed, Kupe knew that Kura's entire spirit desired him.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te wā o ngā tūpuna ēnei ritenga.
These customs come from the time of the ancestors.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.
At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te tau 1950 taku kitenga mutunga i a ia.
The last time I saw her was in 1950.
Belonging to the past - nō
Mā te kōrerotia i ngā wā katoa e ora ai te reo.
It is through being spoken all the time that the language will survive.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka mura te ahi i te rarauhe, mea ake ka toro ki te ngahere.
The fire blazed up in amongst the bracken. In no time at all it had spread to the forest.
All of a sudden - Mea ake
Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don't actively look after those children of Tāne, they'll become extinct in no time at all.
All of a sudden - Mea ake
Kia oti i a koe tēnei mahi a te wā e hoki mai ana ahau.
This job should be finished by you at the time when I return.
When - Kia
I te wā o te āraitanga e haere ana mātou ki te one.
At the time of the eclipse, we were going to the beach.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Kāore au i maumahara ki te haora o te pahi tuatahi.
I can't remember the time of the first bus.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...
Tae rawa atu rātou, kua mate te koroua.
By the time they got there, the old man had died.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Kāore tātou e whai wā ki te haere ki te awa.
We're not going to have time to go to the river.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Tae rawa atu te whānau ki te hōhipera, kua hoki kē te koroua ki tōna kāinga.
By the time the family arrived at the hospital, the old man had already gone home.
Away - atu
Kātahi anō au ka tae mai ki runga i tēnei marae.
This is my first time on this marae.
Ordindinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Toru karaka te wā.
The time is 2 o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Kātahi ka a Hera ka oho.
Hera has just/finally/for the first time woken up.
Has just... - kātahi anō...
Kāore e taea te taraiwa kia tika me te pātuhi anō.
You can't drive properly whilst at the same time texting.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia
E āhei ana tēnei pū-tohu-wā te noho hei wāhipa, wātū hoki rānei.
The time marker can also be used for present or past tense.
Or... - ...rānei
Mā te wā tāua tūtaki anō ai.
In time we'll meet again.
Hei te wā tāua tūtaki anō ai.
In time we'll meet again.
Moumou tāima pēhea nei?
A waste of time in what way?
Ko te Raumati taku tino wā o te tau.
Raumati is my favourite time of the year.
Ko te haurua mai i te toru karaka te wā,
The time is 3.30pm
E toru ngā pū-tohu-wā "wāhipa".
There are three time markers for the past tense.
I te reo Māori, e ono ngā pū-tohu-wa matua, e whitu me ka whakaarohia te "kātahi āno... ka", engari he mono tūkē te "kātahi anō".
In the Māori language, there are six main time markers, seven if we include "kātahi anō... ka", but "kātahi anō" is considered a standalone.
E rua ngā pū-tohu-wā "wātū".
There are two time markers for the present tense.
Nō mua noa atu.
A long time before.
Kai pai tō mahi.
Have a good time at your work.
Whitu karaka te tāima tīmata o te purei kāri.
7pm is the time the card games will start.
I te kōanga te wā pai mō te tirotiro i tērā wāhi.
The best time to see that area is in the spring.
Ko te timatatanga o te raumati te wā haere ki te hopu tītī.
The start of summer is the time to go mutton-birding.
Kāore e taea te taraiwa tika me te kai hamupaka anō.
You can't drive properly whilst at the same time eating a hamburger.
Mai i te wā o ngā tīpuna.
From the time of the ancestors.