Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Kāore te tama i oma ki te kura.
The boy did not run to school.

Kāore au i maumahara ki te haora o te pahi tuatahi.
I can't remember the time of the first bus.

Kāore ia i oma.
She didn't run.

Did you see the policeman?
Did you not see the policeman?

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.

Kāore a Hemi i haere ki te whare pikitia.
Hemi did not go to the cinema.

Kāore a Rangi i hoko i te waka.
Rangi did not buy the car.

Kāore au i hōhā i a koe.
I wasn't upset with you.

Kāore ngā tamariki i kai i te parāoa.
The children did not eat the bread.

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.

Kāore au i kite i te kurī i te pāmu.
I did not see the dog at the farm.

Kāore ia i tunu i te kai.
He didn't cook the food.

Kāore ngā kōtiro i whakaaro he hangarau, engari i kata he tama.
None of the girls thought it was funny, but a boy laughed.

Kāore ngā wāhine i noho ki te marae.
The women did not stay at the marae.

Kāore a Niko i hīkoi ki te kura.
Niko didn't walk to school.

Kāore ahau i haere me Manu.
I did not go with Manu.

Kāore mātou i haere ki te tāone.
We did not go to town.

Kāore he tamaiti i whānau.
No child is born.

Did they sing at the gathering?
Did they not sing at the gathering?

Did you go to the shop?
Did you not go to the shop?

Kāore māua i whakatā i te whare.
We did not rest at the house.