Past / Future / Just Happened Tense Sentences

Question 1

What is the sentence for I am talking to the Prime Minister - using both E ana and Kei Te?

Answer 1

Kei te korero ahau ki te Pīrimia
E kōrero ana ahau ki te Pīrimia

Question 2

What is the sentence structure for wasing / wereing?

Answer 2

I te (Tense) + Pānui (Verb) + Ahau (Who) + i (Particle) + te (Particle) + pukapuka (Noun)

Question 3

What is the sentence for “I was reading the book”?

Answer 3

I te pānui ahau i te pukapuka

Question 4

What is the sentence structure for “E ana”?

Answer 4

Used as an active sentence in replacement of Kei te in - is a dialectical (Ngā Puhi) use of Kei te

> E pānui ana ahau ī tāku pukapuka

Question 5

What is the sentence for “I read my book”?

Answer 5

I pānui ahau i tāku pukapuka

Question 6

What is the sentence structure for “you and I drank beers”?

Answer 6

Tense (I) + Verb (inu) + Who (Tāua) + Particle (i) + Noun (ngā) + Noun (Pia)

Question 7

What is the sentence structure for “All of us will eat dinner”?

Answer 7

Tense (Ka) + Verb (kai) + Who (Tātou) + Particle (i) + Noun (Hapa)

Question 8

What is the sentence for “I am eating my toast” using both E ana and Kei Te?

Answer 8

E kai ana ahau ī taku tōhi

Question 9

What is the sentence structure for those three will come to my house?

Answer 9

Tense (Ka) + Verb (Haere) + Who (Rātou) + Particle (Ki) + Possessive (Tōku) + Noun (Whare)