Te Reo Māori Lessons

Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia. The use of 'e' - e. and others - mā.

Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te. Prononus - au, koe, ia, etc. Pronouns - singular - au, ahau. Pronouns - singular - koe.

Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te. Pronouns - plural, inclusive of listener - tātou. Pronouns - plural - koutou. Pronouns - plural - rātou. Pronouns - singular - ia.

Simple sentences with a subject - . The article - te, ng`a, he. Verb-Subject-Object (VSO) - . Words that change in the plural - wahine, wāhine.

Adectives after a noun - . Rangi is going - a. Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko....

Simple sentences: past tense - i te. Simple sentences: past tense - i. Past - specifying a particular time - i te.

Simple sentences: future tense - ka. Ka used to indicate the past - ka.

Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki. Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i.

Prepositions - ko, me, ma, ki, i.... Using 'i' to mark the object of the sentence - i.

This and that - tēnei, tēnā, tērā. This - tēnei, te nei.

Categorizing sentences - he.

He meaning a or some - he.

Negations - . Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - K`aore... i te....

Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te. Locatives - kei, i, hei.

Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua.

Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana.

Sentences with a subclause - e... ana.

Locatives - runga, raro, rōto, waho.... Possessives - 'o' class - `o, t`oku....

Identity sentences - ko....

Simple possessives - a and o.

Command with e! - e!.

Passive sentences - tikina....

Unrealised possession - m`a, m`aku.

Future agent emphatic - m`aku.

Established possession - n`aku, n`oku....

Statives - mate, ngaro, mau.... Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā.

Simple sentences: you should - me.

Counting 1-10 - . Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi.... Numbering things - e rua, e toru....

Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake....

Achieved the state of... - kua....

Why did? - He aha... i... ai?. Why will? - He aha... e... ai?. Why... now? - He aha... e... nei?.

Direction markers - mai, atu, ake, iho. Towards - mai. Away - atu. Up - ake. Down - iho.

Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu par`aoa....