Maori Unpacked, 15, The inceptive, ka
15
The inceptive, ka
Ka is actually known as an inceptive, it works for any tense.
Ka pai te kai
could mean the food will be/was/is good
It all depends on the context.
We need to do some detective work before we unpack the context!
So if we are unpacking into Time Boxes we have to be sure to think of ka, the any time, any tense word as relating to several boxes, The Past Box, The Future Box and he Present Box.
Gee there are are boxes in all directions, no playing couch rugby or we'll wreck the arrangement!
Mind you we could just put ka in a Mind Map right in the middle of the verbs...
If we were to make a mobile for ka it could be made to face in all directions, facing to the past, the present and to the future...
Perhaps in a drawer at the top of the set of drawers in the Verbal Sentence Desk.
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