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#130: Negative active commands - Don't!

Kaua e..., kāti...

Commands without any verb signs — Haere! Negative active commands - Don't! — Kaua e..., kāti...

Te reo Māori uses various commands: gentle (kia), should (me), direct (e), and intense (passive). Prohibitions use kaua e + verb, with pronouns and objects possible. Kāti stops an ongoing action, taihoa delays, and kaua rawa forbids forever. Active objects use i, passives use e.

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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

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Commands without any verb signs — Haere! Negative active commands - Don't! — Kaua e..., kāti...

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