Kupu Āhua -statives Flashcards
fall from an upright position
hingā
My belly is full with food.
Kua kī taku puku i te kai.
The person was left behind by the train.
I mahue te tangata i te tereina.
Perhaps he was left behind by the bus?
I mahue pea ia i te pahi?
be dead
mate
be spilt
maringi
My sister’s going to kill me
Ka mate au i tōku tuahine
be caught
mau
be finished
oti
Piripi has caught a huge trout!
Kua mau te taraute nui i a Piripi!
be lost
ngaro
The thief was caught by the policewoman.
Kua mau te tāhae i te pirihimana.
I lost the key to my house
I ngaro te kī mō tōku whare i a au
be surprised
ohorere
be alive, well
Ora
The ball was lost by the boy.
I ngaro te paoro i te tama.
His keys have been lost by Rewi
Kua ngaro ana kī i a Rewi
The windows were smashed by the storm.
Kua pakaru ngā matapihi i te āwhā.
I broke the seat on her bike
I pakaru te nohoanga o tōna paihikara i ahau
be consumed
pau
Broken
pakaru
The work was completed by the children
I oti ngā mahi i ngā tamariki
The new chair was broken by her.
Kua pakaru te tūru hou i a ia.
to be lost, absent, disappeared
riro
fall off
taka
It’s nearly seven o’clock.
Kua tata te whitu karaka.
Be late
tūreiti
be forgotten
wareware
be injured
whara
The lollies were consumed by the children.
I pau ngā rare i ngā tamariki.
Stative sentence format
Time marker + stative verb + subject + i + cause of the state.
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.[
The meaning of statives are given as to ‘be …’, for example, reri – be ready.
