kāore ... anō kia

Not Yet

Level 2

Kāore anō te ua kia mutu. — The rain has not stopped yet.

How It Works

Use the supported order kāore anō + subject + kia + predicate. The catalog key names the components; its dots do not require placing the subject before anō. Names normally retain a, and predicates do not change for subject person or number.

Compare Kua tae mai ngā manuhiri. — The visitors have arrived — with Kāore anō ngā manuhiri kia tae mai. — The visitors have not arrived yet. The negative uses kia in place of the affirmative kua frame.

Contrast Kāore ngā manuhiri i tae mai inanahi. — The visitors did not arrive yesterday. That denies arrival within a past period; “not yet” checks whether arrival has occurred by the relevant point. Here anō belongs to the whole construction and is not translated independently as “again.”

Examples (4)

  1. Kāore anō ngā manuhiri kia tae mai.

    The visitors have not arrived yet.

    Arrival remains unrealized at the reference time.

  2. Kāore anō au kia kai.

    I have not eaten yet.

    Au follows kāore anō and precedes kia.

  3. Kāore anō a Hana kia pānui i te reta.

    Hana has not read the letter yet.

    The named subject and object retain their normal marking.

  4. Kāore anō te ua kia mutu.

    The rain has not stopped yet.

    Mutu describes the change that has not yet occurred.

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kāore ... anō kiaLevel 2Not Yet

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Introduce the supported order kāore anō + subject + kia + predicate. Anō belongs to the whole not-yet construction, which leaves later realization open without promising it.

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