initial in non-verbal sentences. Personal pronouns you -2 or more- and I they and I Tense-Aspect-Mood markers {| class="wikitable" ! Marker ! Aspect ! Examples |- ! Tē... nei | present continuous | Tē manako nei au i te oki ki te are : I am thinking of going back to the house Tē kata nei rātou : They are laughing Kāre au e tanu nei i te pia : I'm not planting any arrowroot |- ! Kia | Mildly imperative or exhortatory, expressing a desire, a wish rather than a strong command. | Kia vave mai! : be quick ! (don't be long!) Kia viviki mai! : be quick (don't dawdle!) Kia manuia! : good luck! Kia rave ana koe i tēnā angaanga : would you do that job Kia tae mai ki te angaanga ā te pōpongi Mōnitē : come to work on Monday morning Teia te tātāpaka, kia kai koe : Here's the breadfruit pudding, eat up |- ! e |Imperative, order | e eke koe ki raro : you get down e tū ki kō : stand over there |- ! Auraka | interdiction, don't | Auraka rava koe e āmiri i tēia niuniu ora, ka utiutiia koe : don't on any account touch this live wire, you'll get a shock |- ! kāre | indicate the negation, not, nothing, nowhere | Kāre nō te ua : It will not rain Kāre a Tī tuatua : Tī doesn't have anything to say |- ! e… ana | habitual action or state |E aere ana koe ki te ura : Do you go to the dance? E noo ana aia ki Nikao i tē reira tuātau : he used to live in Nikao at that time |- ! Ka | Refers prospectively to the commencement of an action or state. Often translatable as the English future tense or "going to" construction |Ka imene a Mere ākonei ite pō : Mary is going to sing later on tonight Kua kite au ē ka riri a Tere : I know (or knew) that Tere will (or would) be angry |- ! Kua | translatable as the English simple past or present tense (with adjectives) |Kua kite mai koe ia mātou : You saw us Kua meitaki koe ? : Are you better now? Kua oti te tārekareka : the match is over now |} Most of the preceding examples