Exercise Six
Using me before verbs
Me hari ahau i ēnei ki te motokā
Me is used before a verb as a weak command to suggest that one had better, or should do something. Look at the following examples that demonstrate its use.
| Me haere koe. | You had better go. |
| Me noho ahau. | I had better stay. |
| Me hari ahau i ēnei. | I had better carry these. |
For further explanations see Te Kākano p15.
Whakakīa ngā āputa kia rite te rerenga kōrero Māori ki te rerenga kōrero Ingarihi.
Fill in the gaps so that the Māori sentences match the English sentence.
Kei wareware i a koe ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā ira kati me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.
English translation: You had better go.
English translation: She/he had better stay.
English translation: You two had better go back.
English translation: She/he had better run.
English translation: The elderly lady had better walk.
English translation: Te Hererīpene had better go to the beach.
English translation: Neihana had better run to school.
English translation: Eruera had better eat the ice cream.
English translation: You had better collect the cents.
English translation: I had better carry these to the car.