Māori Grammar

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I did not go, I was not going, I am not going

Negating past tense with kāore subject i verb

Kāore ngā tamariki i kai i te parāoa.
The children did not eat the bread.

Kāore a Manu i hīkoi ki te kura.
Manu didn't walk to school.

Kāore au i maumahara ki te haora o te pahi tuatahi.
I can't remember the time of the first bus.

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.

Kāore ia i pānui i tāna mahi-ā-kāinga.
He didn't read his homework.

Kāore ahau i haere me Niko.
I did not go with Niko.

Kāore a Hemi i haere ki te whare pikitia.
Hemi did not go to the cinema.

Did they sing at the gathering?
Did they not sing at the gathering?

Kāore māua i whakatā i te whare.
We did not rest at the house.

Kāore ia i tunu i te kai.
He didn't cook the food.

Kāore te tama i oma ki te kura.
The boy did not run to school.

Kāore ngā kōtiro i whakaaro he hangarau, engari i kata he tama.
None of the girls thought it was funny, but a boy laughed.

Kāore au i hōhā i a koe.
I wasn't upset with you.

Kāore mātou i haere ki te tāone.
We did not go to town.

Did you see the policeman?
Did you not see the policeman?

Did you go to the shop?
Did you not go to the shop?

Kāore ia i oma.
She didn't run.

Kāore au i kite i te kurī i te pāmu.
I did not see the dog at the farm.

Kāore ngā wāhine i noho ki te marae.
The women did not stay at the marae.

Kāore a Rangi i hoko i te waka.
Rangi did not buy the car.

Kāore he tamaiti i whānau.
No child is born.