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The future tense in te reo Māori uses ka as the time marker:
Ka haere au.
I will go.
To negate this we use kāore... e...
Kāore au e haere.
I will not go.
This is similar to how the present tense is negated, except that the particle used here is e rather than i:
Kāore au i haere.
I am not going.
Kāore tātou e harirū, ka hongi kē.
We won't shake hands, we'll press noses instead.Kāore ahau e āhei te hīkoi mā raro.
I can't walk.Kāore mātou e haere ki te tāone āpōpō.
We won't go to town tomorrow.Kāore au e haere ki te mahi.
I will not go to work.Kāore a Pāpā e whāngai i tēnei ngeru.
Dad will not feed this cat.Kāore tātou e whai wā ki te haere ki te awa.
We're not going to have time to go to the river.Kāore ngā putiputi e tupu i te marumaru.
The flowers will not flourish in the shade.Kāore au e paku pai ki te inu waipiro.
I have no desire to drink alcohol.Kāore tātou e haere ki te hokomaha ki te hoko i ngā hēki.
We are not going to the supermarket to buy eggs.Kāore ia e mōhio ki te waiata.
He doesn't know how to sing.Kāore mātou e haere ki te tāone i ngā Tāite.
We do not go to town on Thursdays.Kāore ia e ū ki tāna kupu.
She doesn't do what she says she'll do.