1. PRESENT.

1. PRESENT.

Me e pupuri ana ahau, _if I were holding_.

Me kahore ahau e pupuri ana, _if I were not holding_.

2. PAST.

Me i pupuri ahau, _if I had held_.

Me i kahore ahau i pupuri, _if I had not held_.

3. FUTURE.

Ki te pupuri ahau, _if I should hold_.

Ki te kore ahau e pupuri, _if I should not hold_.

In the Present and Past it is implied that the contrary to the alternative expressed is the fact. In the Future simple uncertainty is expressed.

§ 42. OPTATIVE MOOD.

1. With "kia".

Kia pupuri ahau, _let me hold_, or, in a dependent sentence, _that I may hold_.

Kaua ahau e pupuri, _let me not hold_.

Kia kaua ahau e pupuri, _that I may not hold_.