#126: I don't have any wives

Kāore aku...

Do you have any...? — He... ? I have no... — Kāore aku...

Te reo Māori distinguishes between possession and ownership.
Kei a koe he pukapuka? asks if a book is with you (locative possession).
He pukapuka āu? asks if you own a book (possessive).
Negation differs: Kāore he pukapuka kei a au (none with me) versus Kāore āku pukapuka (I own none, using plural possessive).

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Vocabulary

ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • ehara ehara • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hōiho • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • kāore • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • ki • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • ko wai • koe • koro • kōrua • koutou • kōwhai • kua • mā • mai • māua • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • ō • oma • ora • pai • pango • pēhea? • rā • rātau • rāua • rūma moe • taku • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tana • tātou • tāua • tere • tino • tō • wāhine • waiata • whaea • whero

Grammar

Do you have any...? — He... ? I have no... — Kāore aku...

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