Grammar: Kua kore e kaha ki te ___.
Kua kore e kaha ki te kōrero; ka oho ko te manawa anake, manawa paku; ka kīia tēnā he manawa kiore (W 1971:174). / No longer able to speak; only the heart is active and the breathing is shallow; that is said to be the breath of a dying person. - Te Aka
What a gem! I love finding reusable phrases like this. It really helps build my knowledge base of phrases to call upon when speaking the reo.
So just a little breakdown:
Kua kore e kaha ki te kōrero;
Kua kore - This tells us that something has now transitioned into a state of nothing.
e kaha - This is the little extra piece of information that tells us what has entered into the state of nothing. Strength. It is the strength which has gone.
ki te korero - This here adds the final bit of info we need- We now know that 'the strength has gone', but the strength to do what? We see here that is the 'strength to speak is now gone.'
Lets move on to the next breakdowns within this phrase:
e kaha - This is the little extra piece of information that tells us what has entered into the state of nothing. Strength. It is the strength which has gone.
ki te korero - This here adds the final bit of info we need- We now know that 'the strength has gone', but the strength to do what? We see here that is the 'strength to speak is now gone.'
Lets move on to the next breakdowns within this phrase:
ka oho ko te manawa anake, manawa paku;
Ka oho - This short bit right here tells us that something is awake/active/alert.
ko te manawa anake - The use of the ko here identifies exactly what is active, while anake adds exclusivity. So we can see that 'it is the heart only [that is active].
manawa paku - Manawa in general terms has the idea of 'inner, heart, feelings, rythmn, breath'.
Think of phrases like, manawanui, ta te manawa, taki o te manawa, and we can get a broad idea of how this word works.
As we can see, manawa is modified by the word paku (shallow/small/short) we can infer that the meaning here is 'shallow breath).
When speaking english you might say something like 'A good stone house.' This idea can be expressed in te reo by giving two phrases: 'He whare kowhatu, he whare pai.' [First Lessons in the Maori Language, with a Short Vocabulary, pg. 19]
And this is how we have the idea of 'the heart is only active, and the breathing is shallow.'
Finally the last phrase in this breakdown:
ko te manawa anake - The use of the ko here identifies exactly what is active, while anake adds exclusivity. So we can see that 'it is the heart only [that is active].
manawa paku - Manawa in general terms has the idea of 'inner, heart, feelings, rythmn, breath'.
Think of phrases like, manawanui, ta te manawa, taki o te manawa, and we can get a broad idea of how this word works.
As we can see, manawa is modified by the word paku (shallow/small/short) we can infer that the meaning here is 'shallow breath).
When speaking english you might say something like 'A good stone house.' This idea can be expressed in te reo by giving two phrases: 'He whare kowhatu, he whare pai.' [First Lessons in the Maori Language, with a Short Vocabulary, pg. 19]
And this is how we have the idea of 'the heart is only active, and the breathing is shallow.'
Finally the last phrase in this breakdown:
ka kīia tēnā he manawa kiore
ka kiia tena - Ka is the inceptive tense , meaning it lets us know of something new, some kinda change, an additional piece of information relating to things spoken of. 'ki' means to say, -ia is the passive voice suffix, 'tena' is 'that' (which had been spoken of).
he manawa kiore - He is the indefinite marker, manawa kiore refers to one's breath, one's heart being weak.
And thats our breakdown!
Hopefully helpful, I know for sure that I'll put this phrase in the bank to help me on my reo journey.
Kia ora!
he manawa kiore - He is the indefinite marker, manawa kiore refers to one's breath, one's heart being weak.
And thats our breakdown!
Hopefully helpful, I know for sure that I'll put this phrase in the bank to help me on my reo journey.
Kia ora!