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Karanga Part 2


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This is part 2 of using the Strong Imperative, I source this time from W.Bauer 1982 Aspects of the Grammar of Maori.

"Intransitives have imperatives formed by the verb stem preceded by the imperative particle 'e' if the stem has two vowels or less".

Examples are below (I also forgot to mention the Negative form so it's below for reference.

Affirmative:

E moe - sleep

E tu - stand

E oho - get up / arise

Negative:

Kaua e moe - dont sleep

Kaua e tu - dont stand

Kaua e oho - dont get up / arise



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