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A passive sentence is one which describes something being done something, such as "the boy was hit" or "the song was sung". In te reo Māori this is indicated by a passive ending on the verb:
Kei te aroha te whaea ki te tamaiti.
The mother loves the child. (active)
Kei te arohaina te tamaiti e tōna whaea.
The child is loved by his mother. (passive)
To negate a passive sentence, we begin with kāore.
Kāore te āporo e tohia e Mere.
The apple will not be picked by Mere.Kāore a Tame i te whāia e rātou.
Tame is not being chased by them.Kāore te papa e whakapaingia e ngā tamariki.
The floor will not be cleaned by the children.Kāore te pōro i te tākarohia e ngā tamariki.
The ball is not being played with by the children.Kāore te tatau e tuwherahia e te kaiako.
The door will not be opened by the teacher.Kāore anō aua nanakia kia whiua.
Those rascals have not yet been punished.Kāore te ngeru e patua e te kurī.
The cat will not be attacked by the dog.Kāore anō ngā rīhi kia horoia e ngā tamariki.
The dishes have not been washed by the children.Kāore ngā hū i hokona e Hōne.
The shoes were not bought by Hōne.Kāore te mōhiohio i te riro e te pirihimana.
The information is not being received by the policeman.Kāore te hoa i te āwhinatia e au.
The friend is not being helped by me.Kāore te mahi i mahia e ngā tamariki.
The work was not done by the children.Kāore te kaupapa i te kōrerohia e te kaiako.
The topic is not being discussed by the teacher.Kāore te kēmu e whakatauria e te kaiwawao.
The game will not be decided by the referee.Kāore te pātītī i tapahia e au.
The grass was not cut by me.Kāore anō te pātītī kia tapahia e au.
The grass has not been cut by me.Kāore a Nikau i te whāia.
Nikau is not being chased.Kāore anō te reta kia tuhia e Hine.
The letter has not been written by Hine.Kāore anō kia kitea te kōtiro a ngā kaikimi.
The girl has not yet ben found by the searchers.Kāore te ngeru i whāngaia e a Rangi.
The cat was not fed by Rangi.Kāore tēnei e tukua kia haere e ia.
She won't let this one go.Kāore ia i te kimihia e ōna hoa.
His friends aren't looking for him.Kāore te pepa i te tāia e te kaituhi.
The paper is not being printed by the author.Kāore te waiata i waiatatia e ngā tauira.
The song was not sung by the students.Kāore te papa i te tahia e ia.
The floor is not being swept by him/her.Kāore anō kia kitea te kōtiro iti.
The little girl has not yet been found.Kāore anō kia kitea e ia tāna tamāhine.
He has not yet found his daughter.Kāore te wharepaku e kīia e ngā manuhiri.
The bathroom will not be used by the guests.Kāore te kōtiro i te kitea e tōna māmā.
The girl is not being seen by her mother.Kāore te waka e tāria e ngā kaiako.
The car will not be waited for by the teachers.Kāore rāua i whāia e Hēmi.
They were not chased by Hēmi.Kāore te whare e whakatikahia e ngā kaimahi.
The house will not be fixed by the workers.