#98: I am being eaten by the cake.

i and e in active and passive sentences

i and e in active and passive sentences — i, e

In Māori, i marks the object in active sentences, e.g., Kei te kai ahau i te keke (“I am eating the cake”). i is not used in commands or passive sentences. In passive sentences, the person performing the action (the agent) is marked with e, e.g., Kei te kainga te keke e au (“The cake is being eaten by me”).

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Vocabulary

ā • āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • āku • āna • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • engari • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hōiho • hou • i • ia • iho • iti • ka • kaha • 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

i and e in active and passive sentences — i, e

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