Grammar

Let's review again how to say that someone did not have or has not got something using 'kāore.....i a .......'.

How would you say in Māori 'You don’t have my shoes'?
  • Kāore ōku kākahu i a ia
  • Kāore ōku hū i a koe
  • Kāore ōku hāte i a koe
  

How would you say in English 'Kāore ngā kī i a Tamati'?
  • Tamati didn’t have the keys
  • Able doesn't have the pasta
  • Jacob doesn't have olives
  

How would you say in Māori 'Whaea Tiri didn’t have the cell phone'?
  • Kāore te urunga i a Matu
  • Kāore te paraikete i a Tiare
  • Kāore te waea pūkoro i a Whaea Tiri
  

How would you say in English 'Kāore te kāri moni i a Koro Paki'?
  • Koro Paki didn’t have the money card
  • Albert didn't have the steak
  • Joseph didn't have the iron
  

How would you say in Māori 'Matia didn’t have the socks'?
  • Kāore ngā pēke i a Huria
  • Kāore ngā tōkena i a Matia
  • Kāore ngā poti i a Mataia
  

How would you say in English 'Kāore te pōro i a Pururu'?
  • Pururu didn't have the drawer
  • Pururu doesn't have the calculator
  • Pururu didn’t have the ball
  

How would you say in Māori 'I don’t have the cup'?
  • Kāore te kiore i te kaiako
  • Kāore te kapu i a au
  • Kāore te kapu i a ia
  

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