Section outline

  • Learning Outcomes

    Students should be able to:

    • Use a simple verb sentence (E verb ana)
    • recognise and use singular pronouns correctly
    • recognise and use plural pronouns correctly


    Active Verbal Sentences

    To describe an action that is presently taking place we use the verbal sentence pattern:

                                                    E (verb) ana (kaimahi)

    This sentence pattern results in adding ‘ing’ to the verb. For example:

    E kōrero ana           speaking
    E tū ana                   standing
    E noho ana              sitting


     The kaimahi is the person or thing that is doing the action.

    E kōrero ana te tama                The boy is speaking
    E tū ana ngā kōtiro                    The girls are standing
    E noho ana te kurī                      The dog is sitting