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categorizing sentences with "he"
Categorizing sentences — he this here — nei
Sentences that start with he are called "categorizing sentences" and put something into a class or category. For example "he pene tēnei" means "this is a pen", or, literally "in the category of pen this is".

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