20 August 2024 - Whakakāhoretanga (negating sentences)
Whakakāhoretanga is the negation of sentences.
This is where I’m keeping my notes for reo Māori study as I follow along with Not Another’s Daily Te Reo Māori bot posting new kupu each day into my work chat. I’m a relative beginner with te reo Māori, so don’t go thinking any of this is going to be 100% correct, it’s mostly my study notes.
Sources for the grammatical content and example sentences are generally Ray Harlow’s “A Māori Reference Grammar”, Winifred Bauer’s “The Reed Reference Grammar of Māori”, kupu.maori.nz and Te Aka.
If anyone pays enough attention to this that you feel motivated to add corrections, you can create issues here.
Whakakāhoretanga is the negation of sentences.
Hauora means: Health, healthy, wellbeing.
Hapori means: Community, neighbourhood.
Autaia means: Pretty good, not bad.
Pouaka makariri means: Fridge.
Karere means: Message or news.
Kaiwhakahaere means: Manager / boss / administrator (the one who makes things go).
Kua pakaru taku rorohiko means: My computer is broken.
Me tūtaki tāua ki te pātaka kōrero means: We should meet at the library.
Ka peka atu au ki tō tari means: I’ll pass by your office.
Me haere tātou ki te tina means: Let’s (3 or more of us) go for lunch.
Me haere tāua ki te tina means: Let’s (you and I) go for lunch.
Āe, engari kāore ia i te wātea i tēnei wā means: Yes, but unfortunately he/she is not available at this time.
Āe, taihoa ake nei means: Yes, one moment please.
He kaputī māu? means: Do you want a cup of tea?
He kawhe māu? means: Do you want a coffee?
Mahia te mahi means: Do the work.
Titiro mai means: Look in my direction (of speaker).