Te Hū o Moho Book 4 - Te Pirere - Kotahi Mano Kaika

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1. Kai te haere a Hine ki töna rüma.
2. E hïkoi ana a Maru ki te toa.
3. I tiki a Kahu i kä weruweru.
4. Kua horoi a Raki i kä rïhi.
5. I te haere a Poutü ki te papa täkaro.
6. Kua tunu a Roimata i te keke.
7. Kai te whakatika a Taki i töna rüma moe.
8. Ka waea atu a Kura ki ö räua mätua.
9. E mahi ana kä tamariki i ä rätou mahi käika.
10. Ka kohete a Häkui i a Manawa.
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And while you’re on a roll, well make it a little harder by making you do the translation
as well. Whakamäoritia kä whakakähoretaka e whai ake nei – translate the following
negatives:
1. I wasn’t speaking on the phone.
2. They (2) haven’t called yet.
3. I’m not going to talk to your friend.
4. The kids didn’t eat breakfast this morning.
5. Mum, Poutüteraki hasn’t made his bed yet.
6. The baby isn’t sleeping.
7. He’s not writing to his girlfriend.
8. Aunty Roimata and the others are not coming to dinner tonight.
9. You’re not going out of the house in those clothes boy!
10. Täne hasn’t returned my good trousers yet.
Speaking on the Phone
1.Körero i te waea
WHAKAKÄHORE-
TAKA O KÄ
KÖRERO MAHI
NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
Speaking on the phone in Mäori can be one of the hardest things to do when you are
first learning to körero. The stress of having to respond spontaneously to questions
that you have no control over and without the aid of body language to help convey the
meaning can give any decent language learner the jitters and bring on TRA – otherwise
known as Temporary Reo Amnesia.
Now no mocking the anxiety conscious here, TRA can afflict even the most committed
reo speaker – anywhere – and at any time. It just so happens that the phone can be
a significant contributer to the condition, and often leaves people at the end of a phone
call with bitten nails, cursing, and cringing as they kick themselves for not remembering
how to say something or being able to get their point across, or not understanding what
the other person was saying until it was really obvious that...well they didn’t understand
what the other person was saying!
What you will be happy to hear is that TRA becomes less of an issue with time and
the best antidote is – practice! So whatever anxieties you might have, speaking Mäori
on the phone is one of the things that, with a few phrases under your belt, can become
a rewarding way of using your reo. If you don’t have anyone who can speak Mäori
with you on the phone, then you can even practice by calling yourself – and although