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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64
IV. — Can. Could
IV.
Can. Could.
He kupu enei mo te mea e taea ana e te tangata, te mea e mohiotia ana e ia te mahi, mo tona [unclear: wateata] ranei ki te mea i tetahi mea. Ko te can, mo te [unclear: pre]
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time, ara mo te wa i te tangata e korero nei; ko te could, mo te past time, ara, mo te wa kua paliure atu. Me ata titiro ki nga whakahuatanga, ka mohio ai ki te tikanga.
| Now that the bridge is finished, I can fetch firewood from the other side of the river. | Ka oti nei te araiohata, [unclear: ka] taea e au te tiki toahie i tawahi o te awa. |
| John has not been long at school, but he can read and write already. | Kahore a Hoani kia roa ki te kura, [unclear: tira] kua mohio ke ia ki te korero pukapuka, ki te [unclear: tuhituhi]. |
| George cannot come to-day, because he has not yet finished planting potatoes. | E kore e ahei i a Hori te [unclear: haere] mai aianei, no te mea kahore ano kia mutu tana [unclear: whakato] riwai. |
| I can't (can-not) find your horse. | Kahore e kitea e [unclear: au] to hoiho. |
| Can George come to-morrow? | E ahei ranei i a Hori [unclear: te] haere mai apopo? |
| Can't he lift that box? | Kahore ranei e ahei i a ia te [unclear: hapai] i tena pouaka? |
| Can't you carry that? | Kahore ranei tena e taea te [unclear: hari] e koe? |
| Could they have crossed to the other side if they had [unclear: wished]? | I ahei ano ranei i a raua te whakawhiti ki [unclear: tawahi], me i whai hiahia? |
| John was very ignorant then; he could neither read nor write. | He kuware rawa a Hoani i taua wa; kihai i [unclear: mohio] ki te korero pukapuka, kihai i mohio ki te tuhituhi. |
| We could not go to fish yesterday because we had so much to do. | Kihai i ahei i a matou te haere ki te hi ika [unclear: inanahi], he nui no ta matou mahi. |