Negating

Question 1

Tense marker + verb + agent becomes?

Answer 1

Kāore AGENT + TENSE MARKER + VERB. ‘kei te’ becomes ‘i te’‘Ka’ becomes ‘e’

Question 2

He/she is not going

Answer 2

Kāore ia i te haere

Literal translation
Is not + he/she + going

Question 3

No, he is not running

Answer 3

Kāore ia i te oma

Question 4

No, she is not sleeping.

Answer 4

Kāore ia i te moe

Question 5

No, John is not eating.

Answer 5

Kāore John i te kai.

Question 6

Kei te moe a Mary? No.

Answer 6

Kāore a Mary i te moe.

Question 7

Did I paint the Whare?

E peita ana au i te whare?

Answer 7

Kāore koe e peita ana i te whare?

Question 8

Will you talk?

No, I will not talk.

Answer 8

Ka korero koe?

Kāore au e korero?

Question 9

Will Mere be sad?

Mere will not be sad.

Answer 9

Ka pōuri a Mere?

Kāore a Mere e pōuri.

Question 10

Will I not be speaking?

Answer 10

Kāore au e korero?

Question 11

I will cry.

I will not cry.

Answer 11

Ka pōuri au.

Kāore au e pōuri.

Question 12

Ka whiti te rā

The sun is shining

Answer 12

Kāore te rā e whiti

Question 13

I ate

Answer 13

I kai au

Question 14

You were late

Answer 14

I tōmuri koe

Question 15

The dog died

Answer 15

I mate te kuri

Question 16

He brought food

She brought food

Answer 16

I hoko kai ia

Question 17

He did go

He did not go

Answer 17

I haere ia

Kāore ia i haere

Question 18

The sun did shine

The sun did not shine

Answer 18

I te rā whiti

Kāore te rā i whiti

Question 19

You were late

You were not late

Answer 19

I tōmuri koe

Kāore koe i tōmuri

Question 20

He brought food

He did not bring food

Answer 20

I hoko kai ia

Kāore ia i hoko kai

Question 21

The plants died

The plants did not die

Answer 21

I mate ngā putiputi

Kāore ngā putiputi i mate

Question 22

The boy grew

The boy didn’t grow

Answer 22

I tipu te tama

Kāore te tama i tipu

Question 23

I tried

I didn’t try

Answer 23

I ngana au

Kāore au i ngana

Question 24

You won

You didn’t win

Answer 24

I toa koe

Kāore koe i toa