Making negative sentences using ehara in Te Reo Māori

NB:  Unfortunately this flashcard plugin doesn’t allow me to add macrons and I haven’t yet found a better replacement so to help with the correct pronunciation, with the Te Reo Māori words I’ve doubled all the vowels that  should have a macron (tuhoto).

• Use ehara + i te or i a ... to negate
  sentences without verbs.
• Use ehara ... i a ... with ...
  peoples names or pronouns.
• Is that Eru?
  Ko Eru teeraa?
• Thats not Eru.
  Ehara teera i a Eru.
• Thats him.
  Ko ia teera.
• Thats not him.
  Ehara teeraa i a ia.
• Use ehara ... i te ... with ...
  nouns or adjectives.
• Eru is a teacher.
  He kaiako a Eru.
• Eru is not a firefighter.
  Ehara a Eru i te tangata tinei ahi.
• Is Eru a policeman?
  He pirihimana a Eru?
• Eru is not a policeman.
  Ehara a Eru i te pirihimana.
• That is a dog.
  He kurI teeraa
• That is not a dog.
  Ehara teeraa i te kurI.
• Those are dogs.
  He kurI eeraa.
• Those are not dogs.
  Ehara eeraa i te kurI
• This is a bad book.
  He pukapuka kino teenei.
• This is not a bad book.
  Ehara teenei i te pukapuka kino.
• These are bad books.
  He pukapuka kikino eenei.
• These are not bad books.
  Ehara eenei i he pukapuka kikino.
• That meal is hot.
  He wera teenaa kai.
• That meal is not hot.
  Ehara teenaa kai i te wera.
• Those plates are hot.
  He wera eenaa pereti.
• Those plates are not hot.
  Ehara eenaa pereti i te wera.
• This is a hard job.
  He mahi uaua teenei.
• This isnt a hard job.
  Ehara teenei i te mahi uaua.
• That woman is the boss.
  Ko teeraa wahine te rangatira.
• That woman is not the boss.
  Ehara teera wahine i te rangatira.
• Thats a good house.
  He whare pai teeraa.
• Thats not a good house.
  Ehara teeraa i te whare pai.
• These potatoes are rotten.
  He pirau eenei riwai.
• These potatoes are not rotten.
  Ehara eenei riiwai i te pirau
• That bird is a kiwi.
  He kiwi teera manu.
• That bird is not a kiwi.
  Ehara teera manu i te kiwi.
• That cat belongs to that girl.
  Na te kootiro ra teeraa ngeru.
• That cat does not belong to that girl.
  Ehara teera ngeru i te kootiro ra.
• That house is the teachers.
  No te kaiako teeraa whare.
• That house is not the teachers.
  Ehara teeraa whare i te kaiako.
• He tangata pai a Haami?
  Is Haami a good man?
• Haami is not a good man.
  Ehara a Haami i te tangata pai.
• Is this Mihi's?
  No Mihi teenei?
• That is not Mihi's.
  Ehara i a Mihi teenaa.

Grammar notes:   Ehara …. i te / a   is used to negate any phrase beginning with ko, na, no, or any article (eg. he) or definitive.

Use ehara … i a with personal names.