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past tense using i and i te
Past - specifying a particular time — i te Simple sentences: past tense — i te

Kei te is the tense marker used to indicate that something is happening in the present:

Kei te oma au.
I am running.

The past tense is indicated by using i te.

I te oma au.
I was running.

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Vocabulary

āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • kaha • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • koe • koro • kōrua • koutou • mā • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • oma • ora • pai • pēhea? • rā • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tātou • tāua • tere • tino • wāhine • waiata • whaea

Grammar

Past - specifying a particular time — i te Simple sentences: past tense — i te
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