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First Lessons in Maori
§ 78
§ 78.
Whatever in a negative sentence, is often expressed by repeating the clause with the interrogative pronoun, aha, in place of the noun, thus:—
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Kahore he kai, kahore he aha, there is no food whatever.
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Hore he iwi, hore he aha, there was no strength whatever.