Saturday, October 04, 2008

Maori Unpacked, 9. Unpacking at the beach

9

Unpacking at the beach
i te tai
at the beach
i ngaa tai
At the beaches

i is a locative, it gives a place for things to exist or happen
te is the singular definite article
tai is a noun meaning beach
What have we unpacked?

A locative!

And there's more!
You can say ki instead of i if you want.
Ki konei. Here, at this place.
Kei
Kei te tai
At the beach, present
Hei
Hei te tai
At the beach, future.
Put your locatives all in a row: i, kei, hei...

Are you all set in space and time?

Hang it on the wall beside the definite articles and nouns.

Make a mobile with a symbol of your choice like an arrow pointing to a place.

Put it in a box somewhere handy as you use these words a lot.
Make a Mind Map with signs pointing here, there and everywhere you want to emphasise the location.

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