nō ... ka

When One Event Led to Another

Level 4

Use nō te + nominalized event and its participants, followed by a ka clause.

How It Works

The formation taught here is nō te + nominalized event + participant phrase, ka + predicate. The event noun names an occurrence; a following phrase identifies its participant. Learn the actual forms taenga, mutunga and tīmatanga. Their endings are not freely interchangeable.

Nō supplies a past temporal setting. The ka clause presents an event at that point or in the ensuing sequence. Its subject need not be a participant in the first phrase. Neither the event noun nor the predicate has person or number agreement endings.

Compare Nō te taenga mai o te kaiako, when the teacher arrived, with Nō Rotorua te kaiako, identifying origin. Running indoors after rain begins suggests a response, but temporal ordering alone does not prove causation. Keep this nominalized event frame distinct from the origin construction.

Examples (3)

  1. Nō te taenga mai o te kaiako, ka tīmata te akoranga.

    When the teacher arrived, the lesson began.

    The arrival anchors the lesson's beginning.

  2. Nō te mutunga o te kēmu, ka hoki ngā kaitākaro.

    When the game ended, the players returned.

    The game's ending is the temporal reference.

  3. Nō te tīmatanga o te ua, ka oma ngā tamariki ki roto.

    When the rain began, the children ran inside.

    A response to the rain is inferred from the situation.

How It Connects

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nō ... kaLevel 4When One Event Led to Another

Learn This First

Teach nō te plus a named event and its participant phrase, followed by a ka event. Arrival, ending and beginning supply past anchors; this temporal sequence does not itself prove causation or require the later nominalized-clauses extension.