What is a reremahi? A reremahi is a sentence that shows action. The basic reremahi structure is made up of 3 main parts which are;

Tohu wā = Tense markers

Tūmahi = Verbs

Kaimahi = Doer (of the action).

The basic action phrase looks like this:

Tohu wā + Tūmahi + Kaimahi

Tense marker + Verb + Doer (of the action)

Lets look at some examples using the tūmahi oma or run and the pronoun ia or he/she to highlight the differences of each tense marker.

Kei te oma ia He/She is running

E oma ana ia He/She is running

I oma ia He/She ran

Kua oma ia He/She has run

Ka oma ia He/She will run

The tohu wā or tense marker are important because they indicate and let us know when the action takes place. Tūmahi come in three different tohu wā: past, present and future. The past tense is used to describe things that have already happened. The present tense is used to describe things that are happening right now. The future tense describes things that have yet to happen.

In the reremahi structure we have 5 different tense markers we can use which are;

Kei te...

E...ana

I...

Kua...

Ka..

Tūmahi or verbs are words that show action. In this sections we will look at 3 different types of verbs with are tūmahi poro, tūmahi whiti, and tūmahi wheako.

Tūmahi whiti are verbs that need an object to complete itself. These verbs pass the action from doer to object.

Tūmahi poro are verbs that dont need any object to complete itself. It doesnt pass its action from doer to object.

Tūmahi wheako are verbs that you can't see, usually feelings and emotions.

The doer or kaimahi is the person or thing that performs the action in a reremahi. Just like the tohu wā and tūmahi there are different kinds of kaimahi too. The three main kaimahi we will be using are;

Tūingoa = nouns

Ingoa = names

Tūkapi = pronouns