A Maori Podcast

Karanga Part 3


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Kia ora!


This is part 3 on the Strong Imperative form. I felt like I struggled a lot to speak on this topic

due to the technical language used from my reference material. Anyways I hope you can

at least understand a bit of what I'm trying to say even if I fumble over it.


I reference Ray Harlow's book A Maori Reference Grammar. The examples he gives are below:


"...for transitive verbs with objects...if the object of a verb is one which would be marked with 'i', then the verb is made passive,

and the 'object' loses the 'i', and is in fact the subject:"


Whakapaingia nga kai! - Bless the food!

Tuhia! - Write(it) - ("Notice that this applies even when the object is only implied (usually expressed by a pronoun such as 'it' or 'them' in English")

Kimihia he tikanga - Look for a way.

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