Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kāore ia i oma.
She didn't run.

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

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

Kāore he tamaiti i whānau.
No child is born.

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

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

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

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