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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. '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.