Kauaka hei kona te pukapuka, let not the book be there.
Kauaka hei a Hemi taku pu, let not my gun be in the possession of Hemi.
When the preposition is kei, or i signifying at, or in possession of, use kahore for the negative, with the preposition i only and never kei.
Examples.
Kei hea te hoiho? Kahore i konei. Where is the horse? It is not here.
Kahore i a ia to pukapuka, your book is not in his possession.
§ 36. Interrogative Sentences do not differ in form from those which are not interrogative. Those which are not essentially such from the meaning of the words, are shewn to be so by the tone with which they are uttered. Those which are essentially interrogative are those which contain an interrogative pronoun or adverb.
Examples.
He hoiho tau? Have you a horse?
Nou tena potae? Is that hat yours?