Wetereo

Question 1

Transitive verbs

Answer 1

Actions done to something e.g., patu, tapahi, whakamaroke

Question 2

Transitive verb command

Answer 2

Make a passive e.g., patua, tapahia, whakamaroketia

Question 3

Transitive verbs homai, hoatu, waiho as commands

Answer 3

Use as is for a command e.g., hōmai te pata.
Waiho can have a passive ending but more common not to.
Can use Me before to say should e.g., me hoatu te pata ki a ia.

Question 4

Should command

Answer 4

Me …

Question 5

Adjectives command

Answer 5

Kia … e.g., kia tūpato

Question 6

Negating transitive verb commands

Answer 6

Kaua e … or Kaua … e …
E.g., kaua e tunua te ika or Kaua te ika e tunua

Question 7

Negating homai, hoatu, waiho

Answer 7

Kaua e homai/hoatu/waiho

Question 8

Negating Me transitive verb instructions

Answer 8

Passivise the verb and use kaua e e.g., Me tahu te ahi - Kaua e tahuna te ahi/kaua te ahi e tahuna.

Question 9

Negating Me intransitive verb instructions

Answer 9

Use kaua e but with the people or things the command relates to is directly after kaua.
E.g., Me pakipaki tātou - kaua tātou e pakipaki.

Question 10

Negating Kia instructions

Answer 10

Use kaua e or kia kaua e
e.g., Kia ngāwari tō reo (speak gently) - kaua e ngāwari tō reo/kia kaua e ngāwari tō reo.

Question 11

For me (mā) variations

Answer 11

Māku
Mā taku matua
Mā tāua kurī

Question 12

Shortened e (kupumahi) ana i te/ngā (mea)

Answer 12

E (kupumahi) (mea) ana
E tunu keke ana ia - e tunu ana ia i tētahi keke.

Question 13

Hei

Answer 13

For the purpose of/to.
Hei aha tēnā taura? Hei here i aku pīni.
Purpose of a period of time.
Ko te Rāhoroi te rā pai hei haerenga ki Pōneke.

Question 14

Kia used for when/until

Answer 14

Kia oti katoa ngā mahi, katahi tātou ka haere ai - When all the jobs are done we can go.

Question 15

Statives

Answer 15

Words that describe a state (oti, wareware, ngaro).
Use “i” to show who did it.
I mau i te ngeru tētahi manu (the cat caught a bird).
Kua hōhā au i a koe (you’ve annoyed me).