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Am. is. was. Were.

Tenei etahi kupu, am, is, are; me enei, was, were. page 26 Kahore a te tangata Maori kupu hei rite mo enei; engari ma te titiro, ma te whakaaro ake, ka kitea ai te tikanga o tenei kupu, o tenei kupu. Ma te the tonu ki te korero i nga kupu e mau nei ka hohoro ai te mohio ki te tikanga o enei kupu.

He whare pai tenei, this is a good house.

He pai tenei whare, this house is good.

Ko toku whare tenei, this is my house.

Mo Hemi tera whare, that house is for James.

No ratou te whare, the house is theirs.

Kei Tauranga a Hoani, John is at Tauranga.

Kei roto i te whare te pukapuka, the book is in the house.

E ora ana a Pita, Peter is well.

Ko ena kupu, mo te mea kotahi, ara mo te whare kotahi, mo te pukapuka kotahi, mo te tangata kotahi, na reira i tika ai te is; ki te malia ia nga mea e korerotia ana, heoi ano te kupu tika ko te are.

He whare pai enei, these are good houses.

He pai enei whare, these houses are good.

Ko o matou whare enei, these are our houses.

Mo Herni raua ko Hoani enei whare e rua, these two houses are for James and John.

No ratou nga whare, the houses are theirs.

Kei Tauranga a Hemi ratou ko Hoani, ko Ropata, James, John, and Robert are at Tauranga.

Kei roto i te whare nga pukapuka, the books are in the house.

E ora ana maua ko Pita, Peter and I are well.

Ko te are ano hoki te kupu tika hei hoa mo te you, ahakoa i whakahuatia mo te tangata kotahi, ahakoa mo te tokorua, me to te tokomaha ranei, ara, mo enei kupu Maori, koe, korua, koutou.

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He tangata roa koe, you are a tall man.

E hiakai ana koe, yon are hungry.

No Waikato korua ko Tamati, yon and Thomas are from Waikato.

E ora ana koutou, you are well.

I te mea e korerotia ana te kupu penei, He tangata roa alum, e kore e tika te is, te are ranei, engari te am.

He tangata roa ahau, I am a tall man.

E mate-kai ana ahau, I am hungry.

No Akarana ahau, I am from Auckland.