Kei te mahana te wai?
Is the water warm?
- this is an example of a stative sentence
Auē! E mahana haere ana te kaimoana i te rā.
Oh dear! The seafood is getting warm in the sun.
- this is an example of a stative sentence
whakamahana means to warm, for example,
Ka whakamahana au i te kai.
I will warm the food.
- this is an example of an active sentence