3/ ohinga, kua mōhio kē he aha tana mahi ina pakeke. Right from when she was a child she knew what her job would be as an adult. (ohinga = childhood)

2/ Mai and rā anō can occur as 'mai rā anō' or 'rā anō mai' but with a slight change of meaning. Nō tana hokinga rā anō mai ki te kāinga, ka mōhio pū ki te mahi tika māna. It wasn't until she returned home that she knew what would be the right job for her. Mai rā anō i tana...

1/ Order of Particles. They usually go after the word they refer to in this order: 1. Manner particles (kau, kē, mā, noa, rawa, tonu). 2. Directional particles (mai, atu, ake, iho). 3. Locative particles (nei, nā, rā, ai, ana). 4. Others (anō, hoki, anake, koa, rānei, pea).

However, both 'anō ai' and 'ai anō' can occur with no change in meaning. Ko tāna he rapu i te utu ngāwari rawa kia hoki anō ai ki te kāinga (or .... kia hoki ai anō ki te kāinga). His job was finding cheapest price for returning home.

Order of Particles. They usually go after the word they refer to in this order: 1. Manner particles (kau, kē, mā, noa, rawa, tonu). 2. Directional particles (mai, atu, ake, iho). 3. Locative particles (nei, nā, rā, ai, ana). 4. Others (anō, hoki, anake, koa, rānei, pea).

E pupuhi tonu mai ana anō hoki pea te hau āpōpō. Perhaps the wind will still be blowing again tomorrow too. (Not that this type of sentence is likely in Maori, but it's still correct grammatically.)

Order of Particles. They usually go after the word they refer to in this order: 1. Manner particles (kau, kē, mā, noa, rawa, tonu). 2. Directional particles (mai, atu, ake, iho). 3. Locative particles (nei, nā, rā, ai, ana). 4. Others (anō, hoki, anake, koa, rānei, pea).

beach, and came on by land.

Prepositions. 'Rā' as a preposition with the sense of 'by way of'. Not commonly used in modern Māori. Tiaho mai rā roto i te pō. Shining down through the night (from the hymn Whakaaria mai). I waiho tō rātou waka i te one, ka haere mai rā uta. They left their canoe on the ...

Prepositions. 'Me' as a preposition with the sense of 'like'. I tō mātou kitenga i tōna rahi me te tōna teitei, ā, i tō mātou tūnga ki tōna taha, e hika, me he tāngata pīngongo. When we saw his size and height, and when we stood next to him, we felt like people who had shrunk.

commas before names in a list coordinated with ko, however the English use of commas when listing names is becoming widespread in Māori. Language change, or language colonisation?)

Prepositions. Ko as a preposition. 5. Used to coordinate pronouns with other phrases. Me noho mai koutou ko Mere ko Hūhana ko Rewi ko tērā tokorua. You Mary, Susan, Dave, and those two, stay. (Note. Traditionally Māori did not use ...

Prepositions. Ko as a preposition. 4. In Te Taitokerau it is used sometimes as the future form of kei. Ko reira ahau āpōpō. I will be there tomorrow. In some areas of Te Taitokerau it is used instead of 'kua'. Ko haere ia inapō nei. He went last night.

Prepositions. Ko as a preposition. 2. As a fronted subject. Ko Mere te tangata kotahi kua whakaae ki tāna i kī ia. Mary was the only one that agreed with what he said.

Prepositions. Ko as a preposition. 1. The predicate of a sentence. Ko Rūrūtao (rūrū - shake; tao - spear) tētahi whakamāoritanga hangareka mō Shakespeare. Rūrūtao is a playful translation of Shakespeare.

Prepositions. The preposition hei has 2 uses. 2. It can mark future time (along with ā and mō). Hei tērā wiki ka hoki mai anō i tāwāhi i muri i te rua tau ki Kānata. Next week she'll return from overseas after two years in Canada.

Prepositions. The preposition hei has 2 uses. 1. It can mark future position. Hei konei au āpōpō. I'll be here tomorrow. Kō te tūmanako, hei reira kē ia i tō mātou taenga atu. Hopefully, he'll already be there when we arrive.

Prepositions. Mō can also be used to indicate future time. Mō te whā karaka te hui. Ko te tūmanako, kāore e whakaaetia e tērā whakaputa mōhio te whakatopatopa pērā i te hui tōmua. The meeting's set for four. Hopefully that know-it-all won't be allowed to dominate like last time.

Prepositions. Mā/mō. 3. Used in comments about route or means. Mā hea rā koe haere mai ai? How did you get here then? Mā te haere pakituhi. I hitchhiked. Mā Tūrangi. Via Tūrangi. Mā runga i tō Pita waka. In Peter's car.

Prepositions. Mā/mō. 2. Used in the actor emphatic constructions for the future. "Mā wai au e awhina ki te ruirui i ngā kākano?" te pātai a Te Heihei Whero Iti. "Ehara māku", ka kī te poaka. "Who will help me plant the seeds?" asked the Little Red Hen. 'Not I," said the pig.