Examples.
Naku i pupuri tena tangata, I detained that man, i. e. it was I who detained him.
Ma Hone e hanga he whare mou, Hone shall build a house for you.
§ 50. Imperative Future. Another irregular construction is that of the Imperative Future with me, in which the verb is active in form but passive in sense.
Examples.
Me kawe e koe taku pukapuka, you shall carry my letter (or, my letter must be carried by you).
I mahara ahau me patu tenei manu, I thought that this bird was to be killed.
This is not used with a negative.
The verb ai, "there is", "it is" &c.