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Ko te wā e hāngai ana ki tētahi tūmahi i roto i te whakapuakanga kōrero. Ko ngā wāmahi matua e toru, ko te wāmua, ko te wātū, ko te wāheke.
The time reference related to a verb in an utterance. The three main tenses are past, present and future.
wā - time
Me pēhea te huri i te wāmahi o te rerenga kōrero nei ki te wāmua?
Ko ngā hapa wāmahi ngā mea e tino rangona ana i te reo o ētahi.
Whakamāramahia mai ngā wāmahi matua e toru.
I te reo Māori, ka pūmau tonu te tūmahi, ahakoa te wāmahi. Ko te pūmahi i mua i te tūmahi hei whakaatu i te wāmahi. Hei tauira:
Ko te nuinga o ngā kupu, kīanga rānei e tohu ana i te wāmua, ka tīmata ki te ‘i’, ki te ‘nō’ rānei. Hei tauira:
Ko te ‘ā’ me te ‘hei’ ngā kupu matua o te reo Māori hei tohu wāheke. Hei tauira:
wā - time; mahi - activity