Māori · 13 October 2026 · Negation Structures
ehara au i te kaiako
I am not a teacher
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A non-verbal negative sentence using 'ehara... i te' to negate a nominal identity or classification for the first-person singular pronoun 'au' (I).
In a sentence
Ehara au i te kaiako, he tauira kē au i tēnei akomanga.
I am not the teacher; I am actually a student in this class.
