ehara ... i te

Negating a Classification

Level 2

Ehara tēnei i te hōhipera. — This is not a hospital.

How It Works

For the singular classifications taught here, use ehara + subject + i te + noun phrase. Modifiers follow their noun, as in i te whare hou. The predicate has no person or number agreement ending.

Compare He hōhipera tēnei. — This is a hospital — with Ehara tēnei i te hōhipera. — This is not a hospital. A correction can continue he whare pukapuka kē — it is a library instead.

Wider ehara constructions include i ngā with plural nominal phrases and i a with personal identities. Ownership and origin have their own frames. Learn these complete patterns rather than replacing every article with te. Use verbal kāore constructions to deny actions.

Examples (4)

  1. Ehara tēnei i te hōhipera.

    This is not a hospital.

    The nominal predicate denies a category.

  2. Ehara a Miri i te tākuta.

    Miri is not a doctor.

    A Miri is the subject of the classification.

  3. Ehara taua whare i te whare hou.

    That house is not a new house.

    Hou follows whare inside the denied description.

  4. Ehara tēnā i te taonga tākaro.

    That is not a toy.

    The clause denies membership in a nominal category.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

ehara ... i teLevel 2Negating a Classification

Learn This First

Teach ehara + subject + i te + nominal description as rejection of a category. Its te can correspond to affirmative he; wider identity and plural negatives retain their own complete marking patterns.