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A Dictionary of the Maori Language

Scheme of a Maori Verb — Affirmative and Negative Forms

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Scheme of a Maori Verb

Affirmative and Negative Forms

Indicative

1.

Inceptive: Past or Future

Ka karanga ia, He called or began to call; he will call or will begin to call.

Ka kore ia e karanga, He ceased to call or began not to call; he will cease to call or will begin not to call.

2.

Imperfect (Continuous): Past, Present, or Future

E karanga ana ia, He was, is, or will be calling.

Kahore ia e karanga ana, He was not, is not, or will not be calling.

3.

Perfect (Completed): Past, Present, or Future

Kua karanga ia, He had, has, or will have called.

Kahore ia kia karanga, He has not, had not, or will not have called.

4.

Indefinite: Past

I karanga ia, He called.

Kihai ia i karanga, He did not call.

5.

Indefinite: Future

E karanga ia, or Tera ia e karanga, He will call.

E kore ia e karanga, or Tera ia e kore e karanga, He will not call.

6.

Narrative Form

Karanga ana ia, He called.

(Not used in the negative.)

Imperative

1.

Strong (Mandatory or Precatory)

Karanga! Call!

Kaua e karanga! Do not call!

2.

Weak (Hortatory or Deliberative)

Me karanga ia, He had better call; let him call.

(Not used in the negative.)

Subjunctive

1.

Imperfect

Me e karanga ana ia, If he were calling.

Me kahore ia e karanga ana, If he were not calling.

2.

Perfect

Me i karanga ia, If he had called.

Me i kahore ia i karanga, If he had not called.

3.

Future (Contingent)

Ki te karanga ia, If he should call.

Ki te kore ia e karanga, If he should not call.

4.

Future (Consequential)

Kia karanga ia, That he should call.

Kia kaua ia e karanga, That he should not call.

5.

Future (Deprecatory or Pre-Cautionary)

Kei karanga ia, Lest he should call.

Kei kore ia e karanga, Lest he should not call.

Infinitive

Karanga, call, preceded by an article or definitive pronoun, thus, he karanga, te karanga, tana karanga, etc.