learning māori made easy kete 1

Make it stick!!! you have done the book now it is time to put it into practise and master it . Tuhia ki te pō

Translate in ENGLISH….i tū a Wesley

Wesley stood up.

Translate in MĀORI…Wesley stood up

i tu a wesley

Translate in MĀORI…. those two played

i tākaro rāua

NEGATE THIS SENTENCE i pupuhi te hau

kāore te hau i pupuhi (the english is the wind did not blow)

i tai mai te whanau -translate

the family arrived/the family came

i hoki mai te whānau- translate

The family returned.

negate the family hasn’t returned in māori

kāore te whānau i hoki mai

kua oma te tama- translate

the boy has run

kua kai au

i have eaten

kua ngaro māua

We are lost/We have gotten lost.

Kua toa ia- NEGATE THIS SENTENCE

Kāore anō ia kia toa

translate into ENGLISH-kua piki te tama i te rākau

the boy has climbed the tree

in TE REO MĀORI Mereana has sung -NEGATE the sentence(not yet)

Kāore anō a Mereana kia waiata

Kāore anō ngā tamariki kia takaro -Translate in ENGLISH

The children have not played yet.

When asking about how many items or objects there are what do you use

E hia te/e hia ngā

The prefix Toko is used when counting people. you should only use toko when the number of people being spoken about is?

Between 2 and 9

Translate in MĀORI- there is one bird

Kotahi te manu

There are two mountains- translate

e rua ngā maunga

Tokorima ngā kaitakaroa? (7 players)

tokowhitu ngā kaitakaroa

When asking how many items or objects are required, what do you use

Kia hia

What does māu mean

for you

what does māu mean

for you

Kia hia ngā huka māu- translate

How many sugars for you/How many sugars would you like

homai kei rua ngā kawhe māku- translate

i will have 2 coffees

I will have 5 drinks- translate

Hōmai kia rima ngā inu māku