In Mฤori grammar, expressing the positive vs. the negative is achieved through the use of different particles that work in tandem with the verb of the sentence. A positive sentence uses the particle ‘ka’, while a negative statement uses the particle ‘kฤore’. For example, ‘Ka whakapau kaha ahau’ means ‘I will try hard’, but when you say ‘Kฤore ahau e whakapau kaha’, it turns into ‘I will not try hard’.
1. *Ka* hoko ahau i te waka (Buy)
2. *Ka* whakakฤซ ngฤ taraka (Fill)
3. *Ka* mahi te tamariki (Work)
4. Kฤtahi anล *ka* whiwhi rฤtou i te pounamu (Receive)
5. *Ka* hฤซkoi ahau ki te pฤmu (Walk)
6. He roa te wฤ *ka* tatari mฤtou (Wait)
7. *Ka* whakaputa mฤtou i te whare (Exit)
8. *Ka* piakararฤซ ahau ki te whakapฤ atu (Snobbish)
9. *Ka* kapi te marama (Cover)
10. Kฤtahi anล *ka* whiwhi rฤtou i te pounamu (Receive)
11. Kฤti, *ka* whakakapi ahau (Finish)
12. *Ka* whakawhiti te rฤ (Cross)
13. *Ka* ngohe ngohengohe te oneone (Crumble)
14. Ka whawhai tonu ahau *mล* ฤ tฤtau tino rangatira (For)
15. *Ka* whawahi e hoa ma! (Break)
1. *Kฤore* ahau e whakapau kaha (Not)
2. *Kฤore* e taea te whakaore (Deny)
3. *Kฤore* i whiwhi rฤtou i te pounamu (Receive)
4. *Kฤore* ahau e tino mลhio (Know)
5. *Kฤore* e whฤnau anล (Born)
6. *Kฤore* ahau e whakapae (Accuse)
7. *Kฤore* rฤtou i pakaru i te waka (Break)
8. *Kฤore* e ea i te pล kotahi (Solve)
9. *Kฤore* e whakaaetia te kai tupeka (Allow)
10. *Kฤore* koe i te whakakฤซ te taraka (Fill)
11. *Kฤore* e whakaae ahau (Refuse)
12. *Kฤore* e whakakore rฤtou (Deny)
13. *Kฤore* ahau e haere ki te whakapae (Go)
14. *Kฤore* e whakakapi (Finish)
15. *Kฤore* rฤtou e tuku i te puhi pฤmu (Let)
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