kia + predicate

A Wish or Desired State

Level 2

Kia mahana tō whare. — May your house be warm.

How It Works

Use kia + predicate + subject in the basic clauses taught here. Short encouragements can leave the subject understood. A descriptive base follows kia directly without an inserted word for English “be.” Predicates do not acquire agreement endings, and name subjects normally retain a.

Compare He mahana tō whare. — Your house is warm — with Kia mahana tō whare. — May your house be warm. The first asserts a condition; the second wishes for it.

In E pīrangi ana au kia hoki mai a Hana. — I want Hana to return — the kia clause identifies whose action is wanted. A wish does not guarantee fulfillment. Kia also occurs in purpose, temporal and not-yet constructions; those uses require their own complete frames rather than one universal English translation.

Examples (4)

  1. Kia mahana tō whare.

    May your house be warm.

    Mahana describes the desired state.

  2. Kia tau te rangimārie ki tō kāinga.

    May peace settle upon your home.

    The wish has an event predicate and an expressed subject.

  3. Kia tūpato koutou i te huarahi.

    Be careful on the road, all of you.

    Koutou identifies the people being encouraged.

  4. E pīrangi ana au kia hoki mai a Hana.

    I want Hana to return.

    Hana is the subject of the desired return.

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kia + predicateLevel 2A Wish or Desired State

Learn This First

Introduce kia directly before a desired state or action, with an expressed subject where needed. Wishes and encouragements do not assert fulfillment; the lesson introduces the desired-event clause without requiring the later complement curriculum.

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