342 NEW ZEALAND LANGUAGE. [PART III. 



Example of a Passive Verb. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 



PRESENT TENSE. 

 E aroha ana ahau ... I love. 

 E arohahina ana ahau . . I am loved. 



koe . Thou art loved. 



PAST TENSES. 

 Kua arohahina ahau . . I was or I have been loved. 



FUTURE TENSE. 

 Ahau e arohahina ai . I shall be loved. 



IMPERATIVE MOOD. 



Arohahina koe, or arohahina 



ra koe 



Kia arohahina 



hahina ra 



in. ia, or Ida aro-1 him gr her be Ioyed . 

 am. . . . j 



FIRST OR ABSOLUTE DUAL. 



Kia arohahina ra tana . . Let us (two only) be loved, 

 korua . You 

 raua . . They 



The other persons and numbers are expressed by the 

 change of the personal pronouns. 



The other tenses can be easily formed by changing the 

 active root aroha into the passive arohina. 



Example of a Causative Verb. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 



ACTIVE FORM. 



E matau ana ahau ... I know. 

 CAUSATIVE FORM. 

 SINGULAR. 



E waka matau ana ahau . I cause to know or teach. 

 koe . . You teach. 



