Exercise One

Habitual action

Haere ai rātou ki te whare karakia ia Rātapu
Showing habitual action

By now you have learnt how to express a habitual action. In this exercise you will be reintroduced to the term ai and given another eight questions to answer.

Remember the word ai directly follows the verb with no particle before the verb. Because you have covered this before, you get to skip the examples and get straight into the exercise.

Whakatikaina ngā rerenga kōrero nei.

For further explanations and examples see Te Pihinga p.8.

Kei wareware ki te whakamahi i ngā piko, ngā tohu pātai, ngā kopi me ngā tohutō i ngā wāhi e tika ana.

Pūrei uka whaea ai ngā

Kanikani kaumātua ngā ai ngā tamariki mō

Tuhia niupepa te ai kōrero mō ngā


Kōhimuhimu kōtiro ai ngā rā ia ia rā.

Hīkoi tātou rā ki ia ai katoa mahi te

Haere Pāpā ki a whare karakia rāua Rātapu ko ai Māmā ki ia

Pūhia ngāhere ai poaka ngā te i


Hangaia ponga taiapa ngā ai te ki