#77: In the future, the children will tidy their room

ā for the future

ā to indicate the future — ā Last week, last month, last year — tērā

I marks past time, appearing in past sentences and time phrases (e.g., i tērā wiki, inanahi, inapō). Ā marks future time, used with expressions like ā tērā wiki, āpōpō, and ākuanei. I indicates actions that have already happened, while ā indicates actions that will happen later.

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Vocabulary

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

Grammar

ā to indicate the future — ā Last week, last month, last year — tērā

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