Verbs (doing words) = Tūmahi: Flash Cards
In Māori, it's common for related verbs and nouns to use the same word.
For example, 'kai' = 'food' or 'to eat.
Verbs have an active and a passive form. These are usually shown in the active form first with the
passive ending in brackets, or if the ending changes the word, the whole version is shown.
E.g. to wash = horoi(-a). The active form is 'horoi' and passive form is 'horoia'.
The 'whaka-' prefix means to 'make or change something', and sometimes single verbs in English will have two versions in Māori. An example is 'to grow'. When a plant grows, the word if 'tipu'. When you grow a plant, the word if 'whakatipu', because you are making the plant grow.
walk
sing(-hia,-tia)
look(tirohia)
drink
speak(-hia,-ngia,-tia)
return
go(-a,-hia,-tia)
eat
sit/stay(-ia,nōhia,-ngia)
see
stand/stop
listen(-hia,-na)
run
work
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| beginner | ||
|---|---|---|
| go | = | haere (-a,-hia,-tia) |
| sit/stay | = | noho (-ia,nōhia,-ngia) |
| stand/stop | = | tū(-ria) |
| walk | = | hīkoi(-tia) |
| run | = | oma(-kia) |
| return | = | hoki(-a) |
| look | = | titiro (tirohia) |
| see | = | kite(-a) |
| eat | = | kai(-nga,-ngia) |
| drink | = | inu(-mia) |
| speak | = | kōrero (-hia,-ngia,-tia) |
| listen | = | whakarongo (-hia,-na) |
| work | = | mahi(-a,-ngia) |
| sing | = | waiata (-hia,-tia) |
| cry | = | tangi(hia) |