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hei - at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)

āmua - future, time to come

wā e heke mai nei - future

wāheke - future tense [eg 'ka']

Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakaohorere ki te ākonga reo Māori, ko te akoranga nei, ehara noa te wātū i te "ka".
A common confusion for Māori language learners is that the verb "ka" is not only used for future tense.

Ko ā tātou tamariki o nāianei ko ngā rangatira o te wā kei te haere mai.
Our children today are the leaders of the future.

Ā muri ake nei.
Afterwards, in the future.

Hei korā ahau.
I will be there in the future.

E kōrero ana te kaumātua
The elder is/was talking (active); continuing action set in past, present or future time.

E kōrerotia ana ngā mahi a ngā tīpuna
The deeds of ancestors are/were being talked about (passive); continuing action set in past, present or future time.

Āpōpō atu.
At some undefined point in the future.

Kāorɛ au *e* kai.
In the future, i *will* not eat.

Ā muri, ka haere au ki te tāone.
In the future, I will go to the town. (And we use ā here for the future)

Ka mahi ahai ā tēnei rā
I will work today - and ā indicates that is future.

Ā muri, ka whakapai nga tamariki i tō rātou rūma
In the future the children will tidy their room

Hei ake nei, hei kaumātua ēnei tamariki.
In a future time, these children will be elders.

E tūmanako ana a Brosnan, ka mātāmua ake te reo i ngā whakatakotoranga mahere anamata o ngā rāngai maha, mai i te ao pāpāho ki te hauora.
Brosnan hoped the language could take precedence in future planning within different sectors from broadcasting to health.

#185: Don't talk like that!
#201: The reason why something will happen
#208: Mere is baking the cake that Rangi will eat
#27: I am reading the book to the children in the house
#195: For the purpose of someone else doing something
#54: Their mothers are angry
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