§ 54. The place of the substantive Verb in connexion with Adjectives and Participles, is supplied by the verbal particles, the adjective or participle being treated as though it were a verb. It will be seen by the following example of the adjective ora, well, in health, that the notion of becoming, which is peculiarly the characteristic of the transitional, runs more or less through almost all the tenses.
The present tense with e—ana is not required with participles.
[A] By participles here are meant, not participles derived from verbs, as in the European languages, but a class of words of independent origin which can only be rendered into English by participles. Such are oti, completed; makona, satisfied; pau, consumed; &c.
1. Present.
E ora ana ahau, I am well.
Kahore ahau e ora ana, I am not well.
2. Perfect.
Kua ora ahau, I have become well.