Tuesday, November 07, 2006

hau 128 three sets of verbs

We have looked at verbs of movement.
Also at stative verbs.
There is another class of verb which can take the passive.
ka mahi au i te mea. I work at the thing.
Ka mahia e au te mea.
The thing is worked by me.
Note that i and ki are used differently in each class or set of verbs;
Following verbs of movement i means from and ki means to.
Following stative verbs i means by.
Following verbs which take the passive i or ki do not have a distinct meaning.
And then then there is the instrumental ki.

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