Each term or so, we have a focus or new sentence structure in te reo Māori to learn. For the rest of the year, we are giving ourselves the challenge to learn two new sentence structures and the kupu that go along with it!
The Weather
Each morning, we start the day with the karakia and then one child leads the class in asking and answering what the weather is today.
He aha te huarere? (What is the weather?)
He rangi _____. (The weather is _____).
At the moment, we are focusing on these kupu: Kapua (cloudy), Makariri (cold), Pupuhi te hau (windy), Paki (fine), Ua (raining) and Mahana (warm).
Example:
He aha te huarere? (What is the weather?)
He rangi Kapua. (The weather is cloudy).
Let's hope we don't become too familiar with Ua and Makariri when saying the weather each morning, and more familiar with Paki and Mahana!
Pass me...
During our scheduled te reo Māori time each week, we are learning about how to pass familiar objects found in the classroom to each other.
The more physical nature of this sentence structure has allowed us to learn it more easily. We have found students are picking up this new kupu as we are often passing each other objects. Now, we could ask others to pass us things in te reo Māori rather than English!
Homai te ___ (pass me the ____).
Ānei! (Here!)
The objects we are focusing on are pene rākau (pencil), pene hinu (crayon), muku (rubber), whakakoi (pencil sharpener), kutikuti (scissors), pukapuka (book), pepa (paper), kāpia (glue stick), pene whītau (felts), pukapuka tuhituhi (writing book), iPapa (iPad), korowhiko (computer).
Example:
Homai te kutikuti. (Pass me the scissors).
Ānei! (Here!)
Māori Alphabet song
Check out this video to help with pronunication for the vowels and consonants in te reo Māori.
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