#132: The cake is not being eaten by Rangi

Negating passive sentences wirh kāore... i te...

Command with e! — e! Negative passive commands (Don't be...) — Kaua... e...

Passive sentences describe actions done to something, using a verb with a passive suffix (e.g. pānuitia). The object marker (i/ki) disappears, and the agent is marked with e. To negate passives, use kāore…i te…. Passive commands use kaua e before the passive verb.

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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

Command with e! — e! Negative passive commands (Don't be...) — Kaua... e...

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