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kāhore - Negative used for verb sentences

Kāhore, ad. 1. No, not. Kahore, e kore e tahuri mai ki a koe (T. 131). Kahore he tangata i runga nei? (T. 32). Kahore kau, none at all. Kahore ano, not yet. Kahore ano he kai (P. 64). ‖ kaore (i).

2. On the contrary. I mea ahau he tangata pai koe: kahore, he tangata kino rawa.

whakakahore, v.t. 1. Deny, refuse. E kore tena korero e taea te whakakahore.

2. Annihilate, make of no account. E kore au e pai ki te whakakahore i tana (i.e., refuse his request). Whakakahore i a ia (Make him of no account).

Williams Dictionary

Kāhore tēnei kete i rarangatia ki te raupō.
This kit was not woven out of bulrushes.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ka haere ahau, engari kāhore a Pāora i haere mai.
I went, but Pāora didn't.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Ka kite hoki i ētahi atu rerekētanga, engari, mō te reremahi, kahore.
There are other differences as well, but for verbal sentences, there aren't any.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kāhore anō māua kia kai.
We have not eaten yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāhore kau he kākā kura o tērā pōkai.
That flock didn't have any red kākā.
That (over there) - tērā

Kahore ia i whakawātea mai mua o te haka.
He didn't move away from the front of the haka.
Towards - mai

Kāhore kau ana taonga nei i whakawhiwhia ki te taitamariki i aua .
These kinds of treasures were not given to the young in those days.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kāhore i āhei te tangata kia haere i te tahatika o te one.
People were not allowed to go to the shore.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

He mea tino tauhou ki te kite i te tamariki kāhore he ringa paru.
It is very strange to see a child without dirty henads.

Kāhore he rangimarie i rāua tūtatakitanga.
He greeted her without warmth.

Kāhore e , māku te papa e tahitahi.
No worries Mum, I will clean the floor.

Ko te Hone e kōrero nei, kāhore e roa.
The John I'm talking about isn't tall.

Kāhore mātou e mākū!
We won't get wet!

Kāhore ia i haere ki te kura.
She didn't go to school.

Kāhore ngā kapu i runga i te taraihe e paru ana.
The cups on the sideboard weren't dirty.

Kāhore he kākā kura o ētahi pōkai.
Some flocks didn't have a red kākā.

Kāhore kau he kupu a rāua ki a rāua.
They did not say a single word to each other.

I patua e ia kāhore he māripi.
He killed it without a knife.

#84: Why is the baby sleeping?
#7: I'm good
#95: The cake was eaten by me
#134: I am unable to drive the car
#15: I'm coming. You're going.
#61: Their father was, is or will be shouting
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