12 Sentences Flashcards
The apple is red
He whero te āporo
It is John’s apple
Nā John taua āporo
“taua āporo” means “the aforementioned apple”, and I’m using “Nā” for possession. The literal meaning is “The aforementioned apple belongs to John”.
I give John the apple
active
E hoatu ana au i te āporo ki a John
active
Different books I’ve read say hoatu doesn’t get a passive suffix (the -ngia in this example) but others say modern Māori does.
I give John the apple
passive
E hoatungia ana te āporo e au ki a John
passive
Different books I’ve read say hoatu doesn’t get a passive suffix (the -ngia in this example) but others say modern Māori does.
We give him the apple
active
E hoatu ana mātou i te āporo ki a ia
active
For “we” I used mātou which is “me, excluding the person being talked to but including two or more other people”. Te reo Māori has multiple possible meanings for “we”. I could have gone for māua (me, excluding the person being talked to, including one other person), tātou (me, and the person being talked to and anyone else), or tāua (me and the person being talked to, no one else).
We give him the apple
passive
E hoatungia ana te āporo e mātou ki a ia
passive
For “we” I used mātou which is “me, excluding the person being talked to but including two or more other people”. Te reo Māori has multiple possible meanings for “we”. I could have gone for māua (me, excluding the person being talked to, including one other person), tātou (me, and the person being talked to and anyone else), or tāua (me and the person being talked to, no one else).
He gives it to John
active
E hoatu ana ia i te mea ki a John
active
I’m using “te mea”, or “the thing” for “it” in this translation. Another possibility might be “taua” to mean the aforementioned thing, assuming we’ve talked about it before.
He gives it to John
passive
E hoatungia ana te mea e ia ki a John
passive
I’m using “te mea”, or “the thing” for “it” in this translation. Another possibility might be “taua” to mean the aforementioned thing, assuming we’ve talked about it before.
She gives it to him
active
E hoatu ana ia i te mea ki a ia
active
There’s no differentiation between he/she in te reo Māori. It’s possible that this could be read as “She gives it to herself”, but usually if the second “ia” is the same referrent as the first “ia” then I believe the second “ia” would be marked with “anō”.
She gives it to him
passive
E hoatungia ana te mea e ia ki a ia
passive
There’s no differentiation between he/she in te reo Māori. It’s possible that this could be read as “She gives it to herself”, but usually if the second “ia” is the same referrent as the first “ia” then I believe the second “ia” would be marked with “anō”.
Is the apple red?
He whero te āporo?
The apples are red
He whero ngā āporo
I must give it to him
active
Me hoatu au i te mea ki a ia
active
For “must” I used me, which is a weak imperative. The passive form of verbs aren’t used with me, even though the sentence is in passive form which is why I used hoatu and not hoatungia.
I must give it to him
passive
Me hoatu te mea e au ki a ia
passive
For “must” I used me, which is a weak imperative. The passive form of verbs aren’t used with me, even though the sentence is in passive form which is why I used hoatu and not hoatungia.
I want to give it to her
E hiahia ana au ki te hoatu i te mea ki a ia
