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.