Tahitian/Verbs

• Love – here
• Accompany – 'ape'e
• Accelerate – ha' apuai
• Clap – popo
• Bath – hopu
• Buy – ho'o mai

Progressive

The modality represents to the Present continuos. Uses the marker TĒ preceding the verb, followed of the marker NEI.

read	tai'o
I'm reading	tē tai'o nei au
You're reading	tē tai'o nei o'e
He's reading	tē tai'o nei 'ōna
Us two are reading	tē tai'o nei tāua
Us two are reading	tē tai'o nei māua
You two are reading	tē tai'o nei 'ōrua
They two are reading	tē tai'o nei rāua
We're reading	tē tai'o nei tātou
We're reading	tē tai'o nei mātou
You're reading	tē tai'o nei 'ōutou
They're reading	tē tai'o nei rātou

Past

Aspect grammatical that expresses a finished action and uses the marker 'UA.

write	papa'i
I wrote	'ua papa'i au
You wrote	'ua papa'i o'e
He wrote	'ua papa'i 'ōna
Us two wrote	'ua papa'i tāua
Us two wrote	'ua papa'i māua
You two wrote	'ua papa'i 'ōrua
They two wrote	'ua papa'i rāua
We wrote	'ua papa'i tātou
We wrote	'ua papa'i mātou
You wrote	'ua papa'i 'ōutou
They wrote	'ua papa'i rātou

Future

This modality expresses an unfinished action. The marker that precedes to the verb is E.

learn	ha'api'i
I will learn	e ha'api'i au
You will learn	e ha'api'i o'e
He will learn	e ha'api'i 'ōna
Us two will learn	e ha'api'i tāua
Us two will learn	e ha'api'i māua
You two will learn	e ha'api'i 'ōrua
They two will learn	e ha'api'i rāua
We will learn	e ha'api'i tātou
We will learn	e ha'api'i mātou
You will learn	e ha'api'i 'outou
They will learn	e ha'api'i rātou

Others aspects

• Imperative
  • Give me your hand! : 'a toro mai to rima!
• Negative imperative
  • Do not eat! : 'eiaha e 'amu!