338 NEW ZEALAND LANGUAGE. [PART III. 



The participle is formed with the particle ana : 



E korero ana speaking. 



Also with the syllable ka; for instance: 



Ka korero ia him speaking. 



The present indicative is formed from the participle with 

 the personal pronoun ; thus : 



E aroha ana ahau .... I love. 

 But ana may be omitted, or it may be used with another 

 of the customary particles ano, ra, ra Jioki ; or the latter 

 may be used alone, as already observed. 



The past tense is formed by prefixing the syllable kua ; 

 for instance : 



Kua kite ahau I saw, or have seen. 



The past tense can also be formed by the syllables i and 

 ai, or one of them alone ; thus : 



Taku matua ahau i karanga . . my father has called me. 

 Taku matua i karanga ai ahau. 



I rongo ai matou we have heard. 



The future tense is formed by the syllable ka, or the 

 syllable ai, or by both together ; for instance : 



Kai ai ahau } 



Ka kai ahau > I shall eat. 



Ka kai ai ahauj 



The imperative either is merely the root of the verb, or is 

 formed by the syllable ka or kia being prefixed to it : 

 Kia tu ngatahi taua . . . . let us stand together. 

 Kia tata mai kira au . . . .let him come near to me. 

 The subjunctive mood is formed by prefixing the syllable 

 kia, and affixing the syllable ai to the verb : 



Kia hoatu ai ia that he may give. 



The conjugation of the causative verbs is the same as that 

 of the active verbs. 



I will now give an example of the conjugation of verbs. 



