COLUMN: In the last column the focus was on the verb particles. These are nine structural words, any one of which, when accompanying a verb, indicates exactly how the verb is to be interpreted. The ...
There are two types of verb in te reo Māori: action verbs (verbs of doing) and stative verbs (verbs of being). Many stative verbs, such as pai ("to be good or fine") are used as adjectives, just as ...