Na wai tenei mara? Whose is this cultivation?
He kai ranei kei roto i te whare? Is there any food in the house?
Kahore o pukapuka maku? Have you no book for me?
§ 37. The Time of these "sentences without verbs" may, as far as the form of the sentence is concerned, be either past, present, or future. When it is not shewn by the essential meaning of any of the words it must be gathered from the context. If no clue to the time is given, what is said will be understood in present time.
Examples.
Kahore aku pukapuka inanahi, I had no book yesterday.
E hia nga hoiho mana? How many horses are there for him?