Particles in Te reo Māori

Can you translate these Māori particles (pūtūmua) from English?

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Te aka māori dictionary

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Hint	Answer
Of (alienable)	A
Of, from (inalienable)	O
To, towards (direction)	Ki
At (location)	Kei
In, from (past position)	I
In, to (future position)	Hei
Did (past)	I
Does, will (non-past)	E
Was doing (past continuous)	I te
Is doing (present continuous)	Kei te
Has done (perfect)	Kua
Used to (imperfect continuous)	E...ana
Will, start to (incentive future)	Ka
Shall (desiderative)	Kia
Should (prescriptive)	Me
Lest (warning)	Kei
When will (Conditional future)	Ina
If and when (punctative-conditional)	Ana
Stops to (cessative)	Kāti
Uses to (habitual)	Ai
Is a, there is (descriptive)	He
Doesn't (negation)	Kāore

Hint	Answer
Is not	Kāore he
Will not, won’t	Kāore...e
Is the (equitative)	Ko
Manner particles: Alone, just	Kau(tia)
Already, different	Kē(tia)
Simply, randomly	Noa(tia)
Really, exactly	Rawa(tia)
Still, unceasing	Tonu(tia)
Directional particles: Towards the speaker	Mai
Away, beyond, other	Atu
Downwards, below	Iho
Upwards, promptly	Ake
Locative particles: Here	Nei
There	Nā
Yonder, over there	Rā
Still, when, indeed	Ana
Other particles: Again, other, also	Anō
Too, as well, because	Hoki
Only, nothing but	Anake
Please, in fact, however	Koa
Whether, neither, or	Rānei
Maybe, approximately	Pea

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