Exercise Six
Statives with other verbs
As already discussed, statives function in a different way from ordinary verbs, or universals. If what would normally be an ordinary verb or another stative follows a stative in the same sentence, it is treated as a noun and preceded by te.
Hei tauira:
Kua tata te paraoa te pau i a tātou. We’ve nearly used up all the bread.
I oti i ngā tamariki te whare te peita. The children finished painting the house.
For further explanations: Te Kākano pp. 99-100.
Tuhia ngā tūāhua me ngā tūmahi.
Identify the statives and the verbs and write them in the spaces provided.
Kei wareware i a koe ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā ira kati me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.
Kua tata te miraka te pau i a Hone.
Kua oti i ngā tamariki te miraka te inu.
I pau i a Tāmati te panana te kai.
Kua oti i a ia ngā pukapuka te pānui.
I oti ngā rīwai te waru i te tangata rā.
Kua pau i ngā kōtiro ngā tiakarete te kai.
I pau i a Tirama ngā inu te inu.
Kua oti ngā kōrero i a Hēni te tuhituhi.
I tata ngā rare te pau i a Mārama.
I tata ngā ika te mau i a Hōri.