Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kāore a Koa i hīkoi ki te kura.
Koa didn't walk 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 ia i oma.
She didn't run.

Kāore he tamaiti i whānau.
No child is born.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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