#105: I have not yet eaten crocodile meat
negating kua wirh kāore anō... kia
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) — Kāore ano... kia...
The tense marker kua (has/have) is negated using the structure kāore anō … kia …. This expresses that something has not happened yet, e.g., Kāore anō au kia kai (“I have not eaten yet”). It differs from kāore au e…, which means someone will not do something in the future.