Example 71-86

Pehea oe paa keia koi?
Pehea
why
oe
2sg
paa
hold
keia
this
koi?
fishing-pole
Why are you holding this fishing pole?
Comment:
Paa is a neuter verb, which most often is stative. Here the temporal reference is non-past.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1881