First Lessons in Maori
§ 50. Uses of Subjunctive and Infinitive
§ 50. Uses of Subjunctive and Infinitive.
—After a word expressing ( a) eagerness, desire, intention to do anything, and ( b) after one signifying go, come, stay, etc., and ( c) after teach, use the infinitive with the preposition ki; ( d) after learn, use the infinitive with the preposition i; but ( e) after a word expressing request, command, advice, consent, or permission to another person to do anything, use the subjunctive. ( f) In a clause expressing the object in view, use the subjunctive followed by the particle ai.
Examples.
( a) | E hiahia ana ratou ki te haere, they desire to go. |
( b) | E noho ana ia ki te hanga i te taiepa, he is staying to make the fence. |
( c) | Na wai koe i whakaako ki te whakairo rakau? Who taught you to carve wood? |
( d) | E ako ana taku tamaiti i te tuhituhi, my child is learning to write. |
( e) | I ki mai ia kia haere ahau, he told me to go, or he said that I should go. |
I tuku ahau i a ia kia haere, I allowed him to go. | |
( f) | I haere mai ia inanahi kia kite ai ia i a Te Hau, he came yesterday in order that he might see Te Hau. |