Te Reo Maori grammar

27.6.2017

-Past tense

I..(verb) Pronouns/nouns/proper nouns

I waiata te kuri.

Kau..(verb) Pronouns/nouns/proper nouns

Kua oma nga tamariki.

-Present tense

E (verb) ang Pronouns/nouns/proper nouns

E mahi ana nga tamariki,E korero ana Miss Simeon.  

Kei te..(verb) Pronouns/nouns/proper nouns

Kei te katakata ia, kei te kai raton

-Future tense

-Ka..(verb) Pronouns/nouns/proper nouns

Ka haere, Ka kai  kontou

Using ‘na te mea’

• Na re

I am happy because I’m going to Whangarei.

E harikoa ana ahau na te me ka

Haere ahau ka Whangarei.

I am sab because I’m hangy

E pouri ana aha na te me

E hiakau ana ahau

Walt: use ‘na te mea’ to describe why I feel this way.

-Compound sentence

SC

1. Show a simple sentence that describe your ahua, pouri, kari koa
2. Use the contraction ‘Na te mea…’
3. Your reason for you ahau