Maori Unpacked, 12, Verbs
12
Verbs
Lunch is finally here!
Hooray, I've had enough of these boxes for now,
I'm boxed right in.
And as for these Mobiles and Mind Maps...
Ka pai te kai.
The food is good.
Let's unpack that. Even though we've eaten it!
ka introduces the verb
pai means good and is a verb here
te is the singular definite article
Kai is food
Ka pai te kai
the food is good
There, we've unpacked a verb!
We could make a Mind Map with CODES like V for Verb, S for Subject and O for Object.
Ka haere au ki te whare.
I go to the house.
In the Maori the code is VSO, Verb and then Subject and then Object
and in the English the code is SVO, Subject and then Verb and then Object.
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