Kua wehe atu rātou tā rātou kēmu … ki te kore pea kua mutu tā rātou mahi — nā te mea i ētahi wā ka rite ki te kore he tangata kei waho e mahi ana i te mahi paru, e kukume ana i ngā kaipahua. Kei te kōrero ahau mō te Pirihimana o te Reo.
Nga rangatira, ngā kaitōrangapū, ngā tohunga, ngā kaituhi, tae atu ki ngā rangatira New York Times — rātou katoa — kei te mawhiti i te kohuru wetereo.
Ko tenei i tae mai i tēnei rā. He āhua mārie, engari he tohu mō te hekenga ki raro ki te kore ture. E rua ngā "raka-ake" e tatauhia ana e au i te tīmatanga. Nō reira, me pānui tātou, me wetewete.
Kei te tū te hunga e whakarārangi ana mō te whai wāhitanga.
1. HE tāngata
Tuhinga: he maha ngā kupu "iwi", nō reira ka mea tātou, "Kei reira" ko tangata" "Kei reira rānei"'re "tēnei te iwi." Kāore mātou e kī ana, "He iwi" he "He iwi" rānei.
- He're ngā pukapuka i roto i te whare pukapuka. — Kei reira's he pukapuka kei runga i te tepu.
- He're ngā kiore i te parae. — Kei reira's he kiore i roto i te whare.
- He're he tini ngā tāngata. — Kei reira's he tini ngā tāngata.
2. He tāngata kei reira
Āue anō: "ngā tāngata" he, āe … ngā tāngata, ā, e whakamahia ana e mātou nei ina kōrerotia ana te homo sapiens. Ko te kupu "that" me "which" e pā ana ki ngā mea.
- Te tangata nei Nāku te pukapuka i homai ki ahau, ko taku whaea kēkē.
- Ko te whaea keke nei i homai e ia ki ahau ko te pukapuka taku tino pai.
- Nga tangata nei i aroha ahau ki te pānui i te pukapuka.
- Ko nga mea nei He hoa aroha ōku ki te pukapuka.
Ko enei e rua he hara noa. Kia aro mai, ā, ka tīmata koe ki te kite i te auau o tō rongonga i te "there's" hei utu mō te "there's" … me te "that" hei utu mō te "who".
Te pai, kātahi. Me whakamātau anō tātou i te rerenga kōrero:
Kei te tū te hunga e rapu ana i te whai wāhitanga.
He pai ake koinei tēnei (ngana kia kaua e tīmata i tētahi rerenga kōrero ki te "there"):
Kua whakarārangihia te iwi kia whiwhi ai i te whai wāhitanga.
Kia pa ki a tatou, heoi anō: he mea nui rānei tētahi o ēnei mea? Ki ahau nei, he rite ki ngā maikuku i runga i te papa pango, engari i roto i te whānuitanga o ngā mea … kāore au i te tino mōhio he mea nui.
*Āe! Anei tētahi atu kua tae mai: "He pānuitanga rapu āwhina kei ngā wāhi katoa." —1/11/2018