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202 months ago

Vineula Gounder (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

English > Maori

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

How to say "I am married" in Maori

Context:

translate "I am married" to Maori

Keywords:

I am married

 

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202 months ago

  See profile wrote:

kua moe or kua marena

My comment:

kua means that the action has been completed. Moe is the pure maori word whereas marena is a word adapted from English. The subject of the sentence comes after kua moe (tane, wahine, tangata, etc.

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202 months ago

  See profile wrote:

moe tane (woman), moe wahine (man)

My comment:

married My daughter is married.
moe tane Ka moe tane taku tamahine.
married My son is married.
moe wahine Kua moe wahine taku tama.

My references:

http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/nz/online/ngata/e2mdictionary