1. Examine the following set of Maori data in phonetic transcription.

Active Passive
1. awhi awhitia ‘embrace’
2. hopu hopukia ‘catch’
3. patu patua ‘strike’
4. aru arumia ‘follow’
5. tohu tohuia ‘point out’
6. mao maoria ‘carry’
7. wero werohia ‘stab’
8. kite kitea ‘see’

(1) List the underlying forms of all verbs in the data.

awhit hopuk patu arum tohu maor weroh kite

(2) State, formally or informally, the rule or rules required to derive the Maori verbs provided in the data.
If you want to change the verbs from underlying forms to active forms, you only need to remove the consonants.
And if you want to change the verbs which ending in a consonant to passive forms, you need to apply the suffix
“ia”. And the verbs which ending in vowel need to apply suffix “a”.

(3) Comment on the following passage taken from Teach Yourself Māori:
'The passive terminations are:
-a, -ia, -hia, -kia, -mia, -ngia, -ria, -whia, -na, -ina, -rina, -whina
….
There is no set rule to indicate which endings are used to change the form of any given verb, but they will
become familiar through usage. Always keep in mind that in this case, as in others, Māori pay much attention to
euphony, and will therefore employ the most melodious-sounding word rather than follow a particular rule.'

The passive terminations are: -a, -ia. And you need to see the ending of the words is vowel or consonant then you
can decide which suffix you need to add. So the passage taken from Teach Yourself Māori is not exactly right.