Exercise Eight
Telling someone not to do something
Kaua e or in some dialects kauaka e, is used to form negative commands, whether there is an object to the action or not.
Hei tauira:
| Kaua e tū! | Don't stand |
| Kaua e haere! | Don't go! |
| Kaua e karanga atu! | Don't call out! |
| Kaua e whakarongo ki a ia! | Don't listen to him! |
| Kaua e pōrangi! | Don't be stupid! |
| Patua te poaka! | Kill the pig! |
| Kaua e patua te poaka! | Don't kill the pig! |
| Tunua tētahi keke māku | Bake a cake for me! |
| Kaua e tunua tētahi keke māku! | Don't bake a cake for me! |
When there is a personal pronoun in the sentence it usually comes early in the sentence.
Hei tauira:
| Kaua koe e moe! | Don't you sleep! |
| Kaua e haere ko koe anake! | Don't just go by yourself! |
| Kaua koutou e mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata! | Don't you (3+) watch the television. |
| Kaua tātou e haere ki te tāone. | Let's not go down town. |
For further explanations and exercises see Te Kākano p. 67, and Te Kākano Pukapuka Tātaki pp. 43-45.
Whakatikaina ēnei rerenga kōrero kia mārama ai. Patopatohia te katoa o te rerenga tika.
Don’t forget to use commas, question marks, and fullstops and macrons where appropriate (ā,ē,ī,ō, and ū).
! e moe Kaua
e ! Kaua haere
kurī Kaua te patua e.
e ia ki Kaua a whakarongo .
haere tōna Kaua whare ki e.
tātou Kaua haere e.
pikitia haere e koe kaua ki . whare te
mai e kaua ahau ki kōrero.
whakaata koutou mātakitaki te e Kaua e i pouaka.
ingoa e ki tō Kaua runga pepa te i tuhia.