1. E patu ana maua, or matou.
  2. E patu ana korua, or koutou.
  3. E patu ana raua, or ratou.

OTHER FORMS FOR THE PRESENT.

  1. E kore ahau e pai, I am not willing.
  2. Ko au tenei, here I am, (lit. this is I).
  3. He tangata kino koe, you (are) a bad man.
  4. Ko toku matua ko Kukutai, Kukutai (is) my father.
  5. Ka pai, it is good.
  6. E haere mai, she is coming.
  7. E pai ranei koe? are you willing?
  8. E ki nei (or na) koe, you affirm.
  9. Kei te patu, he is killing (it), (lit. at the killing).
  10. Noku tenei wahi, this place is mine (lit. mine this place.)

PAST TENSE.

  1. reira ahau i te ata nei, I (have been) there this morning.
  2. Ko Rawiri te matua a Horomona, David (was) the father of Solomon.
  3. He tangata mohio a Horomona, Solomon (was) a wise man.
  4. I haere ano ahau, I went.
  5. Nau i wakaatu, you disclosed.
  6. Ka haere a Ihu, Jesus went.
  7. E ngari a Hone ka kite, John rather saw it (not I.)
  8. Haere ana a Ihu, Jesus went.
  9. He ua tena, that was rain, it rained (used chiefly in animated description.)
  10. He tini aku korerotanga ki a ia, many (have been) my conversations with him.
  11. Ko te tangata kua tukua mai, the messenger had been sent (before the other thing was done.)
  12. Kihai i pai mai, he was not pleased.
  13. Ka te tuku tena wahi, (Ngapuhi) that place has been given to, &c.
  14. Kua patua te poaka? has the pig been killed?
  15. Kua oti noa ake taku mahi, my work has been finished this some time.
  16. He mea hanga naku te purutangi, the handle was made by myself; [lit. the handle (was) a thing made of mine, (actively).]

FUTURE.

  1. Ka haere ahau, I will go.
  2. E riri mai koe? will you be angry?
  3. Maku e patu, I will kill (it) [lit. the killing (it is to be) for me.]
  4. Ko koe te haere? are you (the person) that is to go?
  5. Tera e mate, he will die (perhaps), (lit. that will die.)
  6. E kore e tukua, it will not be let go.
  7. E tae koe ki Waitemata, When you go to Waitemata.
  8. Akuanei ko ia kua tae, the chances are that he will get there first; (lit. presently it is he that has arrived.)
  9. Kowai hei tiki? who is to fetch it?

INFINITIVE MOOD.

  1. Haere ki te whiu, go to drive (it), (lit. go to the driving.)
  2. Pai kia haere, willing to go.
  3. E kore e ahei te tohe, I cannot press you; (lit. the pressing cannot be effected.)

§. 6. Voice.—Maori verbs, in respect of voice, may be considered under the three well known heads of active, passive and neuter.