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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64
VIII. — Irregular Verbs. — I
VIII.
Irregular Verbs.
I.
Tenei ano etahi verbs e rere ke ana te tikanga; ina hoki tenei, "send," tono [tangata]; e kore e kiia "sended," engari "sent," i tono; "have sent," kua tono. Kei raro iho nei etahi.
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| lend, hoatu (he mea kia whakahokia) | lent, | have lent, |
| feed, whangai, | fed, | have fed. |
| meet, tutaki | met, | have met, |
| keep, pujpuri, | kept, | have kept, |
| sweep, tahi, | swept, | have swept, |
| leave, whakarere, | left, | have left, |
| make, hanga | made, | have made, |
| sit, noho, | sat, | have sat. |
| Have they sent George to fetch the doctor? | [unclear: K]tono ranei raua i a Hori lei te tiki i te rata? |
| His father did not send him to school. | Kihai [unclear: to], papa i tono i a ia ki te kura. |
| William lent his coat to Joseph. | I hoatu a [unclear: Wi] tona koti ki a Hohepa. |
| John fed the horses this morning. | I whangai Hoani i nga hoiho i te ata nei. |
| She has fed the child with arrowroot. | Kua [unclear: whang] ia i te tamaiti ki te ararutu. |
| We met those two men coming from Waikato. | tutaki matou ki aua tangata tokorua e haere mai [unclear: am] Waikato. |
| Where did you meet them? | I tutaki koutou [unclear: ki] raua ki whea? |
| Mary kept him to dinner yesterday. | I pupuri a [unclear: Mi], i a ia ki te Una inanahi. |
| Has John kept the black horse? | Kua pupuri [unclear: ra] a Hoani i te hoiho mangu? |
| She did not sweep the house for her guests. | [unclear: K] ia i tahi i te whare mo ana manuhiri. |
| They have left their canoes on the beach. | [unclear: K] whakarere ratou i o ratou walca ki te one. |
| I left my horse on the other side. | I whakarere [unclear: ah] i taku hoiho ki tera taha.page 11 |
| Robert has made a good box for the new books. | Kua hanga a Rapata i tetahi pouaka pai mo nga pukapuka hou. |
| They made some handles for our axes. | I hanga ratou i etahi kakau mo a matou toki. |
| We sat on the side of the road to rest. | I noho matou ki te taha o te ara ki te okioki. |
| They have sat down. | Kua noho ratou ki raro. |
N.B.—The teacher may advantageously vary these examples by substituting different nouns, by putting affirmative sentences into a negative form and negatives into an affirmative form, and by putting both affirmatives and negatives into the interrogative form. Each example, too, may be varied by repeatedly changing the tense of the verb until all the tenses are gone through, as given in the last chapter. A little perseverance in this process will soon familiarize the pupils with the various verbs and their inflexions.