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ENM Update
Thursday November 4: Reel Earth AGM - and a chance to get involved

Reel Earth is becoming an incorporated society, and invites you to become an inaugural member!

The first AGM will be held on Thursday November 4th from 7:30-9:00 PM at the Square Edge. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Agenda items will include voting on our society rules and on officers for the board.

Reel Earth is actively planning their 2011 festival. Are interested in being a part of the team for 2011? There are lots of the areas where they could use some help. To find out more visit http://www.environmentnetwork.org.nz/11.html


SPLIT PIN ENGINEERING SPONSORS PETER

Peter Cleave on guitar and vocals at the London on George Street Palmerston North- Fridays and Saturdays 6- 8.30pm. The London is one of New Zealand's best restaurants. Come and eat. The gig goes into its second month. It started with a show called Peter Cleave aqnd the British Invasion to go with the theme of the London. Beatles, Stones, Van Morrison and the like and it carries on from there.

Maori Unpacked continued
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Tense

Are you tense?

Stretch! Take a deep breath! Don't knock any boxes over!

Revise your vowels;

a

e

i

o

u

There. Now that the tension has gone-

Let's look again at tense

Ka pai te kai.
The food is good.

Inanahi ka pai te kai.
Yesterday the food was good.

Aapoopoo ka pai te kai.
Tomorrow the food will be good.

I teenei raa ka pai te kai.
Today the food is good.




Like any good detective you get your clues from the context.

inanahi, yesterday, sets things in the past.

aapoopoo, tomorrow, sets things in the future.

I teenei raa, today, sets things in the present.

ka is like a bit of plasticine, it can be molded to suit the occasion.

ka is known as the inceptive tense marker.

It all depends on the clues Watson, the context, old man

and now we can look at tense markers other than ka

e, future tense marker.

E haere au.
I will go.

E hoki au.
I will return.

E kai au.
I will eat.

i, past tense marker

I haere au.
I went.

I hoki au.
I returned.

I kai au.
I ate