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tāwāhi - overseas
Tāwāhi, l.n. (‖ F.L. § 8). The other side of the sea, a river, or valley. E haere ana kia whiti ki tawahi o te awa (T. 41). Ko nga atua enei i haere mai i tawahi i Hawaiki (M. lxxvii). Otira, kaore a Kupe i noho, i hoki ano ia ki tawahi (T. 110).
whakatāwāhi, v.i. Boast oneself, brag. He waiata whakatawahi na Paretuarangi (M. 310).
‖ tarawahi.
Williams Dictionary
E hiahia ana ia ki te haere ki tāwāhi.
Do you want to go to.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ka haere atu ia ki tāwāhi.
She will go overseas.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua haere a Aroha ki tāwāhi.
Aroha's gone overseas.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua tae atu koe ki tāwāhi?
Have you been overseas?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kei tāwāhi ia e mahi ana.
He's working overseas.
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Pēnei māua kei tāwāhi tonu koe!
We thought you guys were still overseas!
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
Kei tāwāhi tōna whānau.
His/Her family is overseas.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
I tāwāhi tōna whānau.
His/Her family was overseas.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
He āhua matatau tonu ia ki te reo Māori, ahakoa nō tāwāhi kē a ia.
She's a pretty fluent speaker of Māori even though she's from overseas.
Discourse markers - although - ahakoa
Engari i mua i te haere ki tāwāhi, i hoki au ki taku ūkaipō ki te kite i te whānau.
But before going overseas, I returned home to see my family.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Hei tāwāhi tō whānau.
Your family will be overseas.
Future locative - hei
Kāore tōna whānau i tāwāhi.
His/Her family isn’t overseas.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore tōna whānau i tāwāhi.
His/Her family was not overseas.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore tō whānau hei tāwāhi.
Your family will not be overseas.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Ki tāwāhi o te awa.
Across the river.
Kua haere koe ki tāwāhi?
Have you been overseas?
Ka haere rāua ki tāwāhi ā tēnei Rāhina.
They're going overseas on Monday.
I muri i tērā, ka haere ki tāwāhi.
After that, I went overseas.
Kei tāwāhi ia.
She is overseas.
I muri i tērā, ka haere ki tāwāhi.
After that, I went overseas.
Kei te hiahia haere koe ki hea, ki tāwāhi?
Do you want to go to where, overseas?
