- I te aonga ake o te ra ka haere mai matou, on the next day we came here.
8. At, (future),
- I te ra horoi whare ka haere ake koe ki a matou, on Saturday you will come to us.
9. Than, (used in comparison); (vid. S. adjectives),
- E rangi tenei i tena, this is better than that.
10. Under this head may be classed some instances that cannot well be reduced to any of the above rules:
- E hara koe i te rangatira noku, you are not my master. E hara i a koe, (a kind of jocose phrase corresponding, perhaps, to that of some in England, you are a pretty fellow.)
The following examples seem to be opposed to rule 1, and are therefore deserving of notice. They are perhaps confined to Waikato:
- Ka timu te tai i a tatou, the tide for us (to pull with) will ebb.
- Haere mai ki te wahi ruru i a koe, come to the spot sheltered for you.
- Kei to moe i ona karu, he is indulging his eyes with sleep.
In such instances as these, we should regard i as pleonastic, somewhat like, perhaps, the prepositions from and in of Hebrew and Arabic.