Tenses Flashcards
Present tense marker
Kei te VERB + AGENT (OF THE ACTION)
Past tense marker
I VERB + AGENT (OF THE ACTION)
An action has occurred
Kua VERB + AGENT (OF THE ACTION)
Future tense
Ka VERB + AGENT (OF THE ACTION)
She is running.
Is she running?
Kei te oma ia.
Kei te oma ia?
She is running.
Is she running?
E oma ana ia.
E oma ana ia?
She ran last week.
Did she run last week?
I oma ia i tērā wiki.
I oma ia i tērā wiki?
She has run.
Has she run yet?
Kua oma ia.
Kua oma ia?
She will run tomorrow.
Will she run tomorrow?
Ka oma ia āpōpō.
Ka oma ia āpōpō?
If the English sentence has ‘have’ or ‘has’ in it, use ‘kua’
I have eaten
Kua kai au
The children have slept
Kua moe ngā tamariki
Has Mere gone to the shop?
Kua haere a Mere ki te toa?
Kāore a Mere i haere ki te toa.
Has the milk run out?
Kua pau te mirika?