puff 577 Wednesday December 1st

Maori Unpacked continued
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Tenses

Are you still tense?

We could talk about the future.

Or we could talk about the past.

Better for now perhaps to stay in the present.

Kei te peehea koe?

How are you doing?

Kei te is a present continuous tense marker.

So is E...ana

E pai ana koe?
How are you doing?

So put Kei te and E...ana in the Present Box.

Even in a box marked -ING, a Present Continuous Box.

Make Mobiles for the Present and the Present Continuous Tenses.

Write messages on posters on the wall in the Present and Present Continuous Tenses.