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i - object of the sentence, from; concerning; in; in the past; on; → | Several uses; not always translatable with a specific English word. stense verb particle: I haere ia ... She went stime marker: I tērā wiki ... Last week Direct object marker: Ka kai ia i te āporo. Source marker (from): Kua hoki mai au i te kura.

wāhipa noa - past simple [eg 'i...']

wāhipa mau - past continuous [eg 'i te...']

wāhipa oti - past perfect [eg 'kua']

wāhipa oti tata - past perfect [eg 'kÄtahi anÅ... ka]

wāhipa - past tense

rima meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - five minutes past one

tekau meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - ten minutes past one

hauwhā mai i te tahi karaka - quarter past one

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - twenty minutes past one

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tahi karaka - twenty-five minutes past one

haurua mai i te tahi karaka - half past one

rima meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - five minutes past two

tekau meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - ten minutes past two

hauwhā mai i te rua karaka - quarter past two

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - twenty minutes past two

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te rua karaka - twenty-five minutes past two

haurua mai i te rua karaka - half past two

rima meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - five minutes past three

tekau meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - ten minutes past three

hauwhā mai i te toru karaka - quarter past three

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - twenty minutes past three

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te toru karaka - twenty-five minutes past three

haurua mai i te toru karaka - half past three

rima meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - five minutes past four

tekau meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - ten minutes past four

hauwhā mai i te whā karaka - quarter past four

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - twenty minutes past four

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te whā karaka - twenty-five minutes past four

haurua mai i te whā karaka - half past four

rima meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - five minutes past five

tekau meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - ten minutes past five

hauwhā mai i te rima karaka - quarter past five

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - twenty minutes past five

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te rima karaka - twenty-five minutes past five

haurua mai i te rima karaka - half past five

rima meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - five minutes past six

tekau meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - ten minutes past six

hauwhā mai i te ono karaka - quarter past six

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - twenty minutes past six

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te ono karaka - twenty-five minutes past six

haurua mai i te ono karaka - half past six

rima meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - five minutes past seven

tekau meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - ten minutes past seven

hauwhā mai i te whitu karaka - quarter past seven

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - twenty minutes past seven

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te whitu karaka - twenty-five minutes past seven

haurua mai i te whitu karaka - half past seven

rima meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - five minutes past eight

tekau meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - ten minutes past eight

hauwhā mai i te waru karaka - quarter past eight

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - twenty minutes past eight

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te waru karaka - twenty-five minutes past eight

haurua mai i te waru karaka - half past eight

rima meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - five minutes past nine

tekau meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - ten minutes past nine

hauwhā mai i te iwa karaka - quarter past nine

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - twenty minutes past nine

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - twenty-five minutes past nine

haurua mai i te iwa karaka - half past nine

rima meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - five minutes past ten

tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - ten minutes past ten

hauwhā mai i te tekau karaka - quarter past ten

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - twenty minutes past ten

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau karaka - twenty-five minutes past ten

haurua mai i te tekau karaka - half past ten

rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - five minutes past eleven

tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - ten minutes past eleven

hauwhā mai i te tekau mā tahi karaka - quarter past eleven

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty minutes past eleven

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty-five minutes past eleven

haurua mai i te tekau mā tahi karaka - half past eleven

rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - five minutes past twelve

tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - ten minutes past twelve

hauwhā mai i te tekau mā rua karaka - quarter past twelve

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - twenty minutes past twelve

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - twenty-five minutes past twelve

haurua mai i te tekau mā rua karaka - half past twelve

I pahure atu au i te whare.
I walked past the house.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka numia ki te pakitara maui o waho o te whare.
And led him past the outside of the left wall of the house.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.
Telling time - kara

Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.
Telling time - kara

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.
Telling time - kara

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.
Telling time - kara

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.
Telling time - kara

I roto i ngā tau...
In years past...
The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...

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

He aha rātou I kōrero ai
What them past or present talking reason for?

Kei te hoki ōku whakaaro ki ngā wā o mua.
My thoughts are going back to the past.

I roto i ngā tau, i tū taku whare ki kora.
In years gone past, my house stood there.

mōna rā te oriori rā, ko wai ia, ko wai ōna tīpuna.
In the past, it was usually these songs which showed the child for whom the song was composed who he was and who were his ancestors.

E toru ngā pū-tohu-wā "wāhipa".
There are three time markers for the past tense.

Rima meneti pāhi i te ono karaka.
Five past six o’clock.

Tekau meneti pāhi i te ono karaka te tāima.
The time is ten past six.

Koata pāhi i te ono karaka te tāima.
It is a quarter past six.

E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.

Hāwhe pāhi i te ono karaka te tāima.
It is half past six.

Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.

Pahure atu te whare pukapuka, ko te toa hua rākau.
The fruit shop is past the library.

I pahure mātou tata tonu ki te kōwhao.
We walked past, near the hole.

I haere ia mā, muri i te kaikōrero.
He walked past, behind the speaker.

ka haere tonu ki kō atu o te hēti
(then) carry on past the shed

Ka haere rāua i te taha tonu o te pahi.
They walked past the bus.

I mahi rātou
They worked (active); simple past.

I mahia ngā mahi katoa
All the tasks were worked on/done (passive); simple past.

I oma rātou nā tua o ngā rākau.
They ran past beyond the trees.

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.

He koata pāhi i te ono karaka te taima.
The time is a quarter past six.

Hoki mai koutou ngā kaihoe o mua, eke mai koutou ngā kaihoe hou!
Come back you past paddlers, welcome aboard you new paddlers!