Lets Learn Te Reo Maori

We're Back!

2012-02-22T00:37:00.002-08:00

Let's Learn Te Reo Maori will be back from the beginning of next week. In the mean time, have a look through last year's posts to catch up on what we did in 2011.

If you are visiting this blog for the first time, I suggest that you go back to the first post and work your way forwards from there.

Ka kite!

Revision and farewell for 2011

2011-12-05T14:10:00.000-08:00

This is the last post for the year. We hope that you have enjoyed learning Te Reo Maori with us in 2011. The blog will continue from the beginning of Term 1 in 2012.

The last task for you this year will be to go through all of the posts for the year to revise on all of the content covered in 2011.

Lesson 32 - Body Parts Test

2011-11-27T23:24:00.000-08:00

Click here to complete an online test on body parts. You might want to go back to last week's post for some quick revision first!

Once you have completed the test, leave a comment on the blog to let us know how well you did.

Lesson 31 - Body Parts

2011-11-19T18:08:00.000-08:00

This week we are looking at parts of the body. Clicking on each of the body parts written in Maori on the list below will take you a link where you will be able to hear the words spoken to you.

Arero tongue
Ihu nose
Kakī neck
Kauae, kauwae chin
Māhunga hair (when used for hair must always be used in plural, indicated by ngā [the, plural]), head
Niho teeth
Poho chest (also called uma)
Puku belly, stomach
Ringa hand, arm
Turi knee (also known as pona)
Upoko head
Waewae foot, feet, leg, legs

The material from this post has been taken from the New Zealand History website.

Lesson 30 - time for a test!

2011-11-13T19:28:00.000-08:00

Click here to go to the Toku Reo website. The link will take you to a revision lesson and test that covers a lot of the content that has been introduced on this blog. Don't panic if you find a lot of the questions difficult, but make sure that you go back through both the Toku Reo lessons and the earlier posts from this blog to go over the areas that you found difficult.

Please leave a comment on how well you did. Good luck!

Lesson 29 - Asking someone where another person is from

2011-11-05T17:44:00.001-07:00

To ask the question 'Where is he from?' or 'Where is she from?' we use the same structure, regardless of gender:

No hea ia? - Where is he from
No hea ia? - Where is she from

To answer the question we simply replace 'ia' with the place that the person is from:

No Paraparaumu ia - He/she is from Paraparaumu
No Porirua ia - He / she is from Porirua

Note: there should be a macron over the 'o' in 'no'

To guide you with pronunciation with this lesson, click here to check out the Toku Reo website activity for the same concept.

Lesson 28 - asking someone where they are from

2011-10-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

To ask where someone (one person) is from, you ask:

No hea koe? (there is a macron above the 'o' in 'No') - Where are you from?

The question is answered:

No Paraparaumu ahau - I am from Paraparaumu

Check out this lesson from the excellent Toku Reo resource to help you learn to ask and answer where someone is from.

Lesson 27 - Telling the time at quarter to the hour

2011-10-22T18:03:00.000-07:00

In the previous three lessons we have looked at telling the time on the hour, at half past the hour, and at quarter past the hour. This week we are looking at telling the time at quarter to the hour. Here are five examples:

koata ki te tahi karaka (quarter to one)
koata ki te wha karaka (quarter to four)
koata ki te whitu karaka (quarter to seven)
koata ki te iwa karaka (quarter to nine)
koata ki te tekau ma rua karaka (quarter to twelve)

For your own learning, come up with your own example and leave it as a comment for this post.

Lesson 26 - Telling the time at quarter past the hour

2011-10-02T00:30:00.000-07:00

In the previous two lessons we have looked at telling the time on the hour and at half past the hour. This week we are looking at telling the time at quarter past the hour. Here are five examples:

koata pahi i te tahi karaka (quarter past one)
koata pahi i te wha karaka (quarter past four)
koata pahi i te whitu karaka (quarter past seven)
koata pahi i te iwa karaka (quarter past nine)
koata pahi i te tekau ma rua karaka (quarter past twelve)

For your own learning, come up with your own example and leave it as a comment for this post.

Lesson 25 - telling the time on the half hour

2011-09-25T01:55:00.000-07:00

Last week we looked at telling the time on the hour. This week we are going a little further and will look at telling the time on the half hour. Here are five examples:

hapahi i te toru karaka
hapahi i te rima karaka
hapahi i te waru karaka
hapahi i te tekau karaka
hapahi i te tekau ma rua karaka

Leave a comment on the blog with your own example.

Lesson 24 - telling the time on the hour

2011-09-18T17:14:00.000-07:00

Here is how you tell the time on the hour in Maori:

Te taima - The time

He aha te taima? - What is the time?

One o'clock - tahi karaka
Two o'clock - rua karaka
Three o'clock - toru karaka
Four o'clock - wha karaka
Five o'clock - rima karaka
Six o'clock - ono karaka
Seven o'clock - whitu karaka
Eight o'clock - waru karaka
Nine o'clock - iwa karaka
Ten o'clock - tekau karaka
Eleven o'clock - Tekau ma tahi karaka
Twelve o'clock - Tekau ma rua karaka

Lesson 23 - An interactive quiz

2011-09-10T17:13:00.000-07:00

After all of the learning that you have been doing this year with our Let's Learn Te Reo Maori website it's now time to take a quiz on some of the topics that we have covered.

This first quiz is from the Korero Maori website. Click here to try out the quiz.

Lesson 22 - Seasons

2011-09-04T00:56:00.000-07:00

This week we are looking at the seasons:

	Raumati (Summer)
	Ngahuru (Autumn)
	Hotoke (Winter)
	Koanga (Spring)

Click on the link and you will hear the seasons said in Te Reo Maori.

Lesson 21 - Months of the year

2011-08-28T01:35:00.000-07:00

Last week we did days of the week, this week we are looking at the months of the year:

Kohi-tātea
(January)

Hui-tānguru
(February)

Poutū-te-rangi
(March)

Paenga-whāwhā
(April)

Haratua
(May)

Pipiri
(June)

Hōngongoi
(July)

Here-turi-kōkā
(August)

Mahuru
(September)

Whiringa-ā-nuku
(October)

Whiringa-ā-rangi
(November)

Hakihea
(December)

Click on the links to hear the months pronounced. You will first hear the 12 transliterations, then you will hear the official Maori name for each month.

Lesson 20 - Days of the Week

2011-08-21T01:29:00.000-07:00

This week our topic is days of the week. Click on the day in Maori and it will take you to a page of audio and video to help you with your pronunciation.

Rāhina
(Monday)

Rātū
(Tuesday)

Rāapa
(Wednesday)

Rāpare
(Thursday)

Rāmere
(Friday)

Rāhoroi
(Saturday)

Rātapu
(Sunday)

Lesson 19 - The Maori Alphabet

2011-08-13T21:43:00.000-07:00

This is something that we should have done some time ago, as the Maori alphabet is significantly different to the English alphabet in terms to the number of letters. However, it's better late than never!

There are 13 letters:

a e i o u p t k m n r h w

and two combinations of letters:

ng and wh

To hear the vowels pronounced, click here.

To hear the consonants pronounced, click here.

Lesson 18 - Asking and answering questions about colours

2011-08-06T22:00:00.000-07:00

Below are examples of asking and answering questions about colours:

He aha te tae o tēnei? - (What colour is this?)

He kikorangi te tae o tēnā. - (It is blue. [That colour is blue])

He aha te tae o tēnei? - (What colour is this?)

He whero te tae o tēnā. - (It is red. [That colour is red])

Click here to hear the colours again. At the end of these short clips you will hear the above questions asked and answered.

Lesson 17 - Colours

2011-07-31T01:42:00.000-07:00

Colours is our new topic to start the term. Here are some colours in Maori:

Ma (macron above the a) - White
Whero - Red
Karaka - Orange
Kowhai - Yellow
Kakariki (a macron above each a) - Green
Mango - Black
Mango - Black
Kikorangi - Blue
Waiporoporo - Purple
Parauri - Brown
Kiwikiwi - Grey

Click here to hear the colours pronounced in Te Reo Maori

Revision - The first 16 lessons

2011-07-09T18:00:00.000-07:00

Well done to everyone who has completed the first 16 lessons on our Let's Learn Te Reo Maori blog.

As we approach the end of Term 2, now is a good time to look back on all of the topics covered so far. Take to time to check through all of the posts listed below to revise on what we have already done. Here is a list of the 16 topics:

Lesson 1: Kia Ora
Lesson 2: Greetings
Lesson 3: Greeting someone by their name
Lesson 4: Greeting people by what they are
Lesson 5: Greeting more than one type of person (friends, girls, children, etc)
Lesson 6: Counting to 10
Lesson 7: Farewells
Lesson 8: Asking one person 'How are you?'
Lesson 9: Answering the question 'How are you?'
Lesson 10: More answers to 'Kei te pehea koe?'
Lesson 11: Asking two people how they are
Lesson 12: Asking three or more people 'How are you?'
Lesson 13: Counting from 11 to 20
Lesson 14: Counting in 10s to 100
Lesson 15: Two digit numbers
Lesson 16: Counting in 100s

Lesson 16 - Counting in hundreds

2011-07-02T19:22:00.000-07:00

This week our post is on counting in hundreds, from 100 to 1000. Here is the post vocab:

kotahi rau 100,
rua rau 200,
toru rau 300,
whā rau 400,
rima rau 500,
ono rau 600,
whitu rau 700,
waru rau 800,
iwa rau 900,
kotahi mano 1000

Click here for a video from maorilanguage.net to help you with your pronunciation.

Lesson 15 - two digit numbers

2011-06-26T01:13:00.000-07:00

In this lesson we will be learning about two digit numbers beyond those ending in zero. The system for two digit numbers is very consistent. Here are some examples:

75 is whitu tekau ma rima - seven tens and five
43 is wha tekau ma toru - four tens and three
31 is toru tekau ma tahi - three tens and one

Using the above examples can you name some of your own two digit numbers? Give it a go.

Lesson 14 - counting in tens to 100

2011-06-18T23:26:00.000-07:00

This week we are learning to count in tens, fro 10 to 100.

tekau 10,
rua tekau 20,
toru tekau 30,
whā tekau 40,
rima tekau 50,
ono tekau 60,
whitu tekau 70,
waru tekau 80,
iwa tekau 90,
kotahi rau 100.

For pronunciation practice, click here to see an activity from the excellent maorilanguage.net website.

Lesson 13 - counting from 11 to 20

2011-06-11T16:39:00.000-07:00

Back in lesson 6 we learned how to count from 1 to 10 in Te Reo Maori. This lesson takes us to the next logical step; counting from 11 to 20. Here are all the numbers from 1 to 20:

1, Tahi.
2, Rua.
3, Toru.
4, Wha.
5, Rima.
6, Ono.
7, Whitu.
8, Waru.
9, Iwa.
10, Tekau
11 tekau ma tahi
12 tekau ma rua
13 tekau ma toru
14 tekau ma wha
15 tekau ma rima
16 tekau ma ono
17 tekau ma whitu
18 tekau ma waru
19 tekau ma Iwa
20 Rua tekau

For a video that highlights the pronunciation of the numbers 11 to 20, click here.

Lesson 12 - asking three or more people 'How are you?'

2011-06-05T16:38:00.000-07:00

To ask three or more people how they are we use the same sentence structure we do for asking one or two people, but we replace 'koe' or 'korua', with 'koutou' so:

Kei te pehea koe? (How are you?) to one person, and Kei te pehea korua? (How are you?) to two people becomes:

Kei te pehea koutou? How are you? to three or more people.

Lesson 11 - asking two people how they are

2011-05-28T22:35:00.000-07:00

To ask two people how they are we use the same sentence structure are we do for asking one person, but we replace 'koe' with 'korua'', so:

Kei te pehea koe? How are you? to one person becomes:

Kei te pehea korua? How are you? to two people.

Lesson 10 - more answers to 'Kei te pehea koe?'

2011-05-22T01:32:00.000-07:00

Last week we looked at answering the question:

Kei te pehea koe? (how are you? - to one person)

The answer we focused on was:

Kei te pai

This week we look at more responses to the question through the same Toku Reo video that was linked to last week's post. Click here to check it out, where you will see these responses:

Kei te ngenge ahau (I am tired)
Kei te maauiui ahau (I am sick)
Kei te ora (I am well)
Kei te ruha (I am exhausted)
Kei te hiakai (I am hungry)
Kei te hiainu (I am thirsty)
Kei te hiamoe (I am sleepy)

Lesson 9 - Answering the question 'How are you?'

2011-05-15T13:32:00.000-07:00

This is the same video clip from Toku Reo that was used last week. Watch it again to get a number of responses to the question introduced last week:

'Kei te pehea koe? (How are you to one person)

One answer that isn't given on the video is the one that we most often use:

'Kei te pai' (I am fine).

Click here to watch this week's video.

Lesson 8 - asking one person 'How are you?'

2011-05-07T21:56:00.000-07:00

When asking one person how they are, we say:

'Kei te pehea koe? (there should be a macron over the first 'e' in 'pehea')

Check out this Toku Reo video to see examples of this question being asked and answered.

Lesson 7 - Farewells

2011-04-30T21:17:00.000-07:00

Click here to see a Toku Reo video on farewells. The video covers a range of ways to say goodbye to:

People who are leaving
People who are staying
When saying goodbye on the phone.

Lesson 6 - count to 10 in Maori

2011-04-08T23:11:00.000-07:00

This maorilanguage.net video goes over the numbers from 1 to 10 in Maori. Even if you already know these numbers, this video will help you with your pronunciation.

Lesson 5 - Greeting more than one type of person (children, friends, girls, est)

2011-04-02T00:35:00.000-07:00

The last lesson looked at greeting individuals by what they are for the following groups:

kare - close friend
hine - girl (short for kōhine)
tama - boy
whaea - mother
tangata - person
pakeke - adult
wahine - woman
koroua - elderly man
tamariki - children
matua - father

This week goes over how to greet more than one boy, girl, friend, etc. The process is quite simple, simply add 'ma' onto the end of the greeting. For example:

Kia ora e tama - Hi boy

Kia ora e tama ma - Hi boys.

The first 40 seconds of this Toku Reo video goes over this concept.

Lesson 4 - Greeting people by what they are

2011-03-26T16:40:00.000-07:00

This week's lesson is about greeting people using terms such as the following (always useful when you forget someone's name!):

kare - close friend
hine - girl (short for kōhine)
tama - boy
whaea - mother
tangata - person
pakeke - adult
wahine - woman
koroua - elderly man
tamariki - children
matua - father

The first minute and a half from this Toku Reo video models how to use these terms when greeting people.

Lesson 3 - Greeting someone by their name

2011-03-21T01:06:00.000-07:00

Kia ora. When you greet someone by name in Maori, there are some simple rules to follow:

If the name is a Maori name and has only one or two syllables, it is preceded by 'e', for example 'Kia ora e Pita'.
If the name is a Maori name and has more than two syllabyls, the preceding 'e' isn't required, for example 'Tena koe Rahera'.
If the name is an English name the preceding 'e' is not required, regardless of how many syllables are in the name, for example 'Kia ora Tim', and 'Tena koe Timothy'.

To find out more about this concept check out this excellent video from the Toku Reo series.

Lesson 2 - Greetings

2011-03-13T00:22:00.000-08:00

Before you begin this, I apologize for not adding the macron in the Maori words. I will add them as soon as I learn how to do so.

This week we will use the series Toku Reo to introduce simple greetings in Te Reo Maori. It will go over last week's phrase 'kia ora', and then introduce:

tena koe - greetings to one
tena korua - greetings to two
tena koutou - greetings to three of more

Click here to see the video.

Lesson One - Kia Ora

2011-03-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

This week our word is Kia Ora. Kia ora means:

Hello
Thank you
Good health (similar to 'cheers' when toasting someone).

Check out this video of Room 2 students saying kia ora.