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Māori · 23 October 2026 · Location Particles (Ki, I, Kei, Hei)

ki te kura

to school

phrase

Denotes movement toward a school or place of learning. It combines the locative/directional marker 'ki' with 'te kura'.

In a sentence

Nā te mea, i ōku rā, he mea kino te reo Māori ki te kura.

Because, in my day, the school treated Māori as something bad.

From KupuMate: Learn Māori
The Māori word ki te kura, illustrated
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