#133: Why didn't you talk to the teacher?

he aha i kore ai e?

Did not — kore... ai Why didn't? — he aha i kore ai e?

In Māori, asking “why” uses he aha with different particles for past (i…ai), present (e…ana, or e…nei for right now), and future (e…ai). To negate (“why didn’t/aren’t/won’t”), add kore: he aha [subject] i kore ai e [verb] (past), e kore ai e (future), or i kore ai e…ana (present).

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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

Did not — kore... ai Why didn't? — he aha i kore ai e?

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