E moe, e te tau.
Go to sleep, my darling.
- this is an example of a command in simple active form
Kei runga i tōna moengamoe ia e moe ana.
She’s sleeping on her bed.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi
‘
ia’ is gender-neutral and so may be translated as he, she or they (1 person).