Tīkina ōu kākahu paru!
Fetch your dirty clothes!
- this is an example of a command in simple passive form
Kua tīkina ngā kākahu horoi e ngā tamariki.
The clean clothes have been fetched by the children.
- this is an example of a passive sentence
Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
- this is an example of an active sentence