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.
Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).
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.