Verbs Flashcards
To know
Mōhio (experience verb)
To be open
Tuwhera or tuhera
Example given relates to scholarships
(verb) (-a -na) to buy, sell, barter, trade, exchange, purchase - originally used for trade between hapū and iwi.
Hoko
To hurt, be painful,sore
Mamae (stative verb)
Run
Oma
To go
Haere
To come when followed by mai - haere mai
Nau is also come as in nau mai
Haere atu - going away.
To sleep
Moe
Also to marry, have sex with and to die
(verb) (-ia nōhia -ngia) to sit, stay, remain, settle, dwell, live, inhabit, reside, occupy, located
Noho
to stand, take place, set in place, establish, hold, convene
Tū
General comment
passive verb - a word that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
Eg tiro = to look
Tirohia = we are instructed to look at
(verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to straighten, stand up, arise.
Whakatika
Whaka- = to cause something to happen
Tika = to be correct, true, upright, just, fair, lawful, proper, valued
To go back, return
Hoki
To read
Pānui
To watch
Mātakitaki
To listen
Whakarongo
Rongo
1. (experience verb) (rongona -hia -na -tia) to hear, feel, smell, taste, perceive - used for all the senses except sight.
To laugh
Kata
To swim
Kaukau (also kautāhoe)
To hang up (eg clothes), suspend, elevate
Whakairi
To assist, help, support, benefit
Āwhina
To fall
Hinga
To smile
Menemene
Memene
To cook
Tunu
To depart, leave
To separate, divide, detach, log off
Wehe
Whakarite
(-a -hia -ngia) to arrange, adjust, organise, put in order, appoint, assign
Whakaritea - passive command. Asking someone to prepare eg whakaritea te tēpu
To hang, suspended
Iri
Whakairi- to hang up, suspend, elevate
To complete, finish, conclude
Whakaoti
To enter
Kuhu
To lie down
Takoto
To complete
Whakaoti
To carry
Kawe
