Kupu Āhua -statives

Question 1

fall from an upright position

Answer 1

hingā

Question 2

My belly is full with food.

Answer 2

Kua kī taku puku i te kai.

Question 3

The person was left behind by the train.

Answer 3

I mahue te tangata i te tereina.

Question 4

Perhaps he was left behind by the bus?

Answer 4

I mahue pea ia i te pahi?

Question 5

be dead

Answer 5

mate

Question 6

be spilt

Answer 6

maringi

Question 7

My sister’s going to kill me

Answer 7

Ka mate au i tōku tuahine

Question 8

be caught

Answer 8

mau

Question 10

be finished

Answer 10

oti

Question 11

Piripi has caught a huge trout!

Answer 11

Kua mau te taraute nui i a Piripi!

Question 12

be lost

Answer 12

ngaro

Question 13

The thief was caught by the policewoman.

Answer 13

Kua mau te tāhae i te pirihimana.

Question 14

I lost the key to my house

Answer 14

I ngaro te kī mō tōku whare i a au

Question 15

be surprised

Answer 15

ohorere

Question 16

be alive, well

Answer 16

Ora

Question 17

The ball was lost by the boy.

Answer 17

I ngaro te paoro i te tama.

Question 18

His keys have been lost by Rewi

Answer 18

Kua ngaro ana kī i a Rewi

Question 19

The windows were smashed by the storm.

Answer 19

Kua pakaru ngā matapihi i te āwhā.

Question 20

I broke the seat on her bike

Answer 20

I pakaru te nohoanga o tōna paihikara i ahau

Question 21

be consumed

Answer 21

pau

Question 21

Broken

Answer 21

pakaru

Question 22

The work was completed by the children

Answer 22

I oti ngā mahi i ngā tamariki

Question 23

The new chair was broken by her.

Answer 23

Kua pakaru te tūru hou i a ia.

Question 24

to be lost, absent, disappeared

Answer 24

riro

Question 26

fall off

Answer 26

taka

Question 29

It’s nearly seven o’clock.

Answer 29

Kua tata te whitu karaka.

Question 30

Be late

Answer 30

tūreiti

Question 31

be forgotten

Answer 31

wareware

Question 31

be injured

Answer 31

whara

Question 31

The lollies were consumed by the children.

Answer 31

I pau ngā rare i ngā tamariki.

Question 32

Stative sentence format

Answer 32

Time marker + stative verb + subject + i + cause of the state.

Question 32

In linguistics, a stative verb is one that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic verb, which describes an action. The difference can be categorized by saying that stative verbs describe situations that are static or unchanging throughout their entire duration, whereas dynamic verbs describe processes that entail change over time.[

Answer 32

The meaning of statives are given as to ‘be …’, for example, reri – be ready.