More on statives

Ngā Tohutohu

Kua hinga te tangata matakerepō
More on statives

You learnt in module 8 that there is a small group of statives that do not function in all the ways that the rest do. Below are some of the words from that small group.

Mahue 

Mākona 

Mānu

Mau

Mutu

Ngaro

be left behind

be satisfied (of appetite)

be floating

be caught, fixed, held fast

be ended, finished

be missing, lost, out of sight, disappeared

You may revisit module 8 to help with this revision, also see Te Pihinga pp. 107-108.

Whakakīa te āputa o ngā rerenga kōrero Māori, ki te kupu e tika ana.
Fill in the gap in the Māori sentences with the correct word.

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