🟣 Time + 🔵 Action + 🟡 Place

🌈 Te Tauira / Example Sentence Pattern

🟣 I te wiki tuatahi o ngā hararei, 🔵 i haere ahau 🟡 ki te moana.
➡️ In the first week of the holidays, I went to the beach.

🟣 Wā / Time (Choose one)

• I te wiki tuatahi o ngā hararei — In the first week of the holidays

• I te wiki tuarua o ngā hararei — In the second week of the holidays

• I te tīmatanga o ngā hararei — At the start of the holidays

• I te mutunga o ngā hararei — At the end of the holidays

🔵 Mahi / Action (Choose one)

• i haere ahau — I went

• i noho ahau — I stayed

• i tākaro ahau — I played

• i mahi ahau — I worked

• i toro ahau — I visited

• i kite ahau — I saw

• i moe ahau — I slept

🟡 Wāhi / Place (Choose one)

• ki te moana — to the beach

• ki te toa — to the shop

• ki te pāka — to the park

• ki te whare o taku kuia — to my grandmother’s house

• ki Taranaki — to Taranaki

• ki te whare pikitia — to the movies

• ki te kāinga — to home

• ki te whare wānanga — to university

• ki te ngahere — to the forest
  
  

✍️ Hei tauira

1. 🟣 I te wiki tuatahi o ngā hararei, 🔵 i haere ahau 🟡 ki te pāka.

2. 🟣 I te wiki tuarua o ngā hararei, 🔵 i noho ahau 🟡 i te kāinga.

3. 🟣 I te tīmatanga o ngā hararei, 🔵 i toro ahau 🟡 i te whare o taku kuia.

Switch to future tense:

🟣 Ā te tīmatanga o ngā hararei, 🔵 ka toro ahau 🟡 i te whare o taku kuia.
(At the start of the holidays, I will visit my grandmother’s house.)

🟣 Ā te wiki tuarua o ngā hararei, 🔵 ka haere ahau 🟡 ki te pāka.
(In the second week of the holidays, I will go to the park.)

🟣 Ā te wiki tuatoru o ngā hararei, 🔵 ka whakanui ahau 🟡 i te Kirihimete.
(In the third week of the holidays, I will celebrate Christmas.)