Kāore ngā putiputi e tupu i te marumaru.
The flowers will not flourish in the shade.
- this is a negative verbal sentence
Ka tipu te rito o te harakeke i tēnei marama.
The new shoots of flax will sprout this month.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi
Haere ki te whakamākū i ngā tipu.
Go water the seedlings.
- this is an example of a command in simple active form