Exercise One
Using hei
He roroa rawa ōu makawe
Using hei
Hei belongs to the same class of words as ki, i, and kei.
All of these words indicate a location in space and time, as illustrated in the following examples.
Tauira:
| Kei te toa tōku māmā. | My mother is at the store. |
| I haere a māmā ki te toa. | Mum went to the store. |
While i indicates a past location, kei indicates a present location, and ki means ‘towards’ or ‘to’. Hei indicates future location. This use you have already encountered as in the following examples.
Hei tauira:
| Hei aha te mati? | What is the match for? |
| Hei tahu i te ahi. | To light the fire. |
in the following examples hei is more obviously being used to indicate future position.
Hei tauira:
| Hei āpōpō rātou hoki ai ki te kāinga. | Tomorrow they return home. |
| Hei te rā nei taku whakamātautau. | My exam is today. |
Hei can also replace e in negative commands as in the examples below.
Hei tauira:
| Kaua e whāki! | Don’t tell! |
| Kaua hei whāki! | Don’t tell! |
For further explanations and examples see Te Pihinga p. 148
Whakatikaina te rerenga kōrero
Rearrange the sentence
Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).
Add 'noho', 'i' and 'ai' to the following sentence.
rā tamariki hei whakatā mō te rā kāinga ngā
The children will stay at home in the weekend.
pīhopa te āpōpō karakia hei ai whare te ki tae mai
The bishop will arrive at the church tomorrow.
te kōrua ai hei o konohete ki te pō te Tūrei haere
You two will go to the concert on Tuesday night.
te hei āpōpō kanikani pō te
The dance is tomorrow night.
kura mātou te hoki hei ki te ata ai
We will return to school in the morning.
pōwhiri hei te āpōpō
The welcome is tomorrow.
te anō ai hei rā tātou Rātapu tātahi ki haere
It won’t be until Sunday that we go to the beach.
aha te rā pouaka hei?
What is that box for?