kāore ... e

Negating a Nonpast Action

Level 2

Use kāore + subject + e + verb phrase: Kāore a Hana e haere ki te toa āpōpō. — Hana will not go to the shop tomorrow.

How It Works

Begin with kāore, add the subject, then introduce the verb phrase with e. Objects and destinations retain their usual marking. Name subjects normally take a; ordinary pronoun subjects generally do not. Neither the verb nor these particles changes for person or number.

Compare Ka haere a Hana ki te toa āpōpō. — Hana will go to the shop tomorrow — with Kāore a Hana e haere ki te toa āpōpō. — Hana will not go to the shop tomorrow. Here tomorrow establishes future time; affirmative ka is not invariably future.

Use kāore ... i for a past event and the complete i te or e ... ana frame for ongoing negation. A prohibition uses kaua e.

Examples (4)

  1. Kāore au e hoko mai i taua pahikara.

    I will not buy that bicycle.

    Hoko mai expresses buying; i introduces the object.

  2. Kāore a Hana e haere ki te toa āpōpō.

    Hana will not go to the shop tomorrow.

    Āpōpō makes the future interpretation explicit.

  3. Kāore mātou e noho ki reira āpōpō.

    We, excluding you, will not stay there tomorrow.

    Mātou excludes the addressee; the verbal frame remains unchanged.

  4. Kāore te kurī e haere ki te takutai.

    The dog will not go to the beach.

    This translation reads the clause as a future refusal or prediction.

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kāore ... eLevel 2Negating a Nonpast Action

Learn This First

Introduce kāore + subject + e + verbal phrase as a complete negative construction. The subject now precedes the verb, while objects and destinations retain their marking; context distinguishes a general denial from a future prediction.

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